Oregon Administrative Rules
Chapter 813 - OREGON HOUSING AND COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT
Division 385 - PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING RISK MITIGATION POOL
Section 813-385-0010 - Definitions

Universal Citation: OR Admin Rules 813-385-0010

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 9, September 1, 2024

Terms used throughout OAR chapter 813, division 125 may be defined in Oregon Revised Statute (ORS) or in the OHCS General Definitions (OAR 813-005-0005). Terms used within this division observe those definitions except as defined below:

(1) Continuum of Care (CoC): means a regional or local planning body that coordinates housing and services funding for families and individuals experiencing homelessness. The group organized to carry out the responsibilities required under 24 CFR part 578 and is composed of representatives of organizations, including nonprofit homeless service providers, victim service providers, faith-based organizations, governments, businesses, advocates, public housing agencies, school districts, social service providers, mental health agencies, hospitals, universities, affordable housing developers, law enforcement, organizations that serve homeless and formerly homeless veterans, and homeless and formerly homeless individuals to the extent these groups are represented within the geographic area and are available to participate.

(2) Coordinated Entry (CE): means a centralized or coordinated process developed to ensure that all people experiencing a housing crisis have fair and equal access and are quickly identified, assessed for, referred, and connected to housing and assistance based on their strengths and needs, operated by a region's Continuum of Care.

(3) Culturally Specific Organization (CSO): an entity that provides services to a cultural community, and the entity has the following characteristics:

(a) Majority of members and/or clients are from a particular community of color.

(b) Organizational environment is culturally focused, and the community being served recognizes it as a culturally specific entity that provides culturally and linguistically responsive services.

(c) Majority of staff are from the community being served, and the majority of the leadership (defined to collectively include board members and management 2023 Permanent Supportive Housing PSH NOFA positions) are from the community being served.

(d) The entity has a track record of successful community engagement and involvement with the community being served; and

(e) The community being served recognizes the entity as advancing the best interests of the community and engaging in policy advocacy on behalf of the community being served.

(4) Non-Metro Urban areas: Areas of the state that are not classified as rural and are located outside of the Portland Metro area.

(5) Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH): rental housing that is deeply affordable to households with extremely low incomes and provides comprehensive on-site tenancy support services. PSH must be designed and prioritized for households experiencing chronic homelessness, and units must be filled through a community's Coordinated Entry process or approved alternative approach emphasizing equity and racial justice. PSH properties must utilize a form of project-based rental assistance and must provide comprehensive PSH services on site.

(6) Rural areas: Jurisdictions outside the Portland Urban Growth Boundary that are also located in counties within Metropolitan Statistical Areas with populations under 15,000, or jurisdictions with populations under 40,000 in the balance of state.

Statutory/Other Authority: SB5511

Statutes/Other Implemented: SB5511

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