Oregon Housing and Community Services (OHCS) is hosting a public hearing for the administrative rules that are being amended for the Housing Preservation program to align with the updated program requirements as specified in Senate Bill 51(2025). The hearing officer will be reviewing the drafted rules and provide an opportunity for public comment and feedback.
Date: June 16, 2026
Time: 11-11:30 a.m. 
Hearing officer: Heather Gramp 
Location: Join the Teams meeting..
Conference ID: 226285843646130
Phone passcode: 389524870#
Accommodations: OHCS wants to ensure meaningful access. Please submit requests for accommodations, including alternate formats and interpreters for the deaf or hard of hearing, 72 hours prior to the meeting. Please contact our Administrative Rules Team at 503-986-6796 or email [email protected].
Rules: 813-028-0001, 813-028-0020, 813-028-0030, 813-028-0040, 813-028-0050, 813-028-0060, 813-028-0070, 813-028-0080, 813-028-0090 Program: Housing Preservation
Caption: Implements the passage of Senate Bill 51 (2025) and establishes the Preservation Program rules.
Summary: Senate Bill 51 (2025) made the Department’s preservation work a statutory program, necessitating the update of rules. With the development of the first Preservation Program Manual, the rules were simplified and now emphasize to interested parties that details on program policies can be found in the manual. Other changes to the rules were made to complement rules updates elsewhere, reflecting the Department’s prior implementation of the Oregon Centralized Application.
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 456.555, SB 51 (2025)
Statutes/Other Implemented: 2009 OL Ch. 906 Sec. 5, SB 51 (2025)
Related Documents: Senate Bill 51 (2025), Oregon Centralized Application, 2023 Preservation Strategy Framework and 2025 OHCS Preservation Funding Overview 
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (attachment)
Public Comment: The agency requests public comment on whether other options should be considered for achieving the rule’s substantive goals while reducing negative economic impact of the rule on business. Persons interested in providing oral or written comments may submit them by contacting Jaci Davis by emailing [email protected]
Comments will be accepted through 4 p.m. PDT, June 29, 2026.