HB 4170
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Requires the Oregon Housing and Community Services Department to conduct a study of housing and submit a report with findings and potential legislative recommendations to relevant legislative interim committees by September 15, 2027; the authority for this study expires on January 2, 2028.
Basis: Bill text · Source: Introduced
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Must allocate staff resources to conduct the study, draft the report in compliance with public records law, and submit it by the statutory deadline without new appropriations.
Basis: Bill text · Source: Introduced
Will receive the department's report and may use its findings or recommendations to shape future legislative priorities or bills.
Basis: Bill text · Source: Introduced
OHCS must manage the study within existing operations as no appropriation language appears in the text; costs are limited to internal staff time.
Basis: Bill text · Source: Introduced
The report will be subject to public inspection under ORS 192.245, ensuring transparency of findings and recommendations.
Basis: Bill text · Source: Introduced
The sunset provision ensures the mandate does not extend beyond January 2, 2028, preventing indefinite agency obligations without legislative renewal.
Basis: Bill text · Source: Introduced
State of Oregon
OHCS produces a comprehensive, data-rich analysis that identifies a critical systemic failure in housing supply or affordability, leading to targeted legislation that significantly increases affordable housing units and stabilizes costs across the state.
Basis: Inferred · Source: Introduced
Oregon Housing and Community Services Department
The broad mandate forces OHCS to divert critical staff from urgent regulatory or grant-making duties to produce a vague report that offers no actionable recommendations, resulting in lost time on pressing housing crises without any legislative follow-up.
Basis: Inferred · Source: Introduced
The phrase 'study housing' lacks a defined scope, creating ambiguity that could be exploited for duty creep if oversight is lax.
Sources · Introduced
The measure trades agency bandwidth for a potential evidence-based policy roadmap, risking resource diversion on a vague mandate without ensuring the resulting recommendations will be adopted by the legislature.
Generates official state data and legislative options on housing.
Basis: Bill text · Source: Introduced
Ensures findings are public via ORS 192.245.
Basis: Bill text · Source: Introduced
Consumes staff time with no guaranteed output utility.
Basis: Bill text · Source: Introduced
'Study housing' is undefined, creating ambiguity in execution.
Basis: Bill text · Source: Introduced
high confidence. The bill text is clear and self-contained regarding the mandate, deadline, sunset, and reporting requirements. No external sources are needed to determine the text's operative provisions.
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Introduced bill text posted
Posted Feb 4, 2026, 5:15 PM PST
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Regular sponsors: House Committee on Rules
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In committee upon adjournment.
Referred to Rules.
First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.
“Digest: This Act makes OHCS study housing. (Flesch Readability Score: 87.9). Requires the Housing and Community Services Department to study housing. Directs the department to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to housing no later than September 15, 2027. Sunsets on January 2, 2028.”
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