(2) The Oregon Housing Stability Council, with the advice of the Community Action Partnership of Oregon, shall develop policy for awarding grants to organizations that shall use the funds:

(a) To provide to low and very low income persons, including but not limited to, persons more than 65 years of age, persons with disabilities, farmworkers and Native Americans:

(A) Emergency shelters and attendant services;

(B) Transitional housing services designed to assist persons to make the transition from homelessness to permanent housing and economic independence;

(C) Supportive housing services to enable persons to continue living in their own homes or to provide in-home services for such persons for whom suitable programs do not exist in their geographic area;

(D) Programs that provide emergency payment of home payments, rents or utilities; or

(E) Some or all of the needs described in subparagraphs (A) to (D) of this paragraph.

(b) To align with federal strategies and resources that are available to prevent and end homelessness.

(3)(a) The council shall require as a condition of awarding a grant that the organization demonstrate to the satisfaction of the council that the organization has the capacity to deliver any service proposed by the organization.

(b) Any funds granted under this section shall not be used to replace existing funds. Funds granted under this section may be used to supplement existing funds. An organization may use funds to support existing programs or to establish new programs.

(c) The council, by policy, shall give preference in granting funds to those organizations that receive grants from the Housing Development Grant Program established under ORS 458.625.

(4) The department may expend funds from the account for administration of the account as provided for in the legislatively approved budget, as that term is defined in ORS 291.002, for the department. [1991 c.740 §7; 2007 c.70 §268; 2011 c.605 §2; 2013 c.646 §3; 2015 c.180 §27; 2017 c.350 §1; 2019 c.576 §5]