Or. Admin. Code § 813-138-0005 - Definitions
Terms used in OAR chapter 813, division 138 are defined in Oregon Revised Statute (ORS) or in OAR 813-005-0005 and herein. As used in these rules:
(1) "Applicant" means
a person or entity that applies for an allocation of PSH resources from the
Department by completing an application provided by the Department.
(2) "Comprehensive Tenancy Support Services"
means on-site services provided to Project residents that facilitate housing
access, housing retention, and increased wellness and stability. Residents to
service staff ratios must meet PSH Program requirements. Baseline services
should include:
(a) Assistance with removing
housing barriers;
(b) Developing
individualized housing support plans with residents that are reviewed and
updated annually;
(c) Early
identification and intervention for behaviors that may jeopardize
housing;
(d) Educating residents on
the role, rights, and responsibilities of the resident and landlord, along with
support in landlord communication and lease navigation;
(e) Services navigation and linkages to
community resources;
(f) Access to
culturally responsive and specific services.
(3) "Continuum of Care" 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 formally homeless individuals to
the extent these groups are represented within the geographic area and are
available to participate.
(4)
"Coordinated Entry" 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 to, and connected to housing
and assistance based on the person's strengths and needs, operated by a
region's Continuum of Care.
(5)
"Chronically Homeless Households" means households identified as chronically
homeless by a Project's local Continuum of Care. If no definition exists,
"chronically homeless households" means:
(a)
an individual who:
(A) is homeless and lives
in a place not meant for human habitation, a safe haven, or in an emergency
shelter;
(B) has been homeless and
living or residing in a place not meant for human habitation, a safe haven, or
in an emergency shelter continuously for at least one year or on at least four
separate occasions in the last three years; and
(C) can be diagnosed with one or more of the
following conditions: substance use disorder, serious mental illness,
developmental disability (as defined in section 102 of the Developmental
Disabilities Assistance Bill of Rights Act of 2000 (42 USC §
15002)), post-traumatic stress disorder,
cognitive impairments resulting from brain injury, or chronic physical illness
or disability;
(b) an
individual who has been residing in an institutional care facility, including a
jail, substance abuse or mental health treatment facility, hospital, or other
similar facility, for fewer than 90 days and met all of the criteria in
paragraph (a) of this definition, before entering that facility; or
(c) a family with an adult head of household,
or if there is no adult in the family, a minor head of household, who meets all
of the criteria in paragraph (a) of this definition, including a family whose
composition has fluctuated while the head of household has been
homeless.
(6) "Operated"
means to have sufficient direct or indirect control of the Qualified Property
that reasonably enables the Department, in its determination, to ensure the
Qualified Property's use for the purpose of providing affordable housing under
the PSH Program.
(7) "Owned" means
to possess one or more interests in a Qualified Property that reasonably
enables the Department, in its determination, to ensure the Qualified
Property's use for the purpose of providing affordable housing under the PSH
Program.
(8) "Permanent Supportive
Housing" or "PSH" project means a housing or program type that combines a
leased unit with Rental Assistance and Comprehensive Tenancy Support Services
for persons experiencing chronic homelessness so that they may live
independently.
(9) "Permanent
Supportive Housing Frameworks" or "PSH Frameworks" or "Frameworks" means the
most recent PSH services program guidelines dated for the Permanent Supportive
Housing Program as described in OAR chapter 813. The frameworks may be accessed
online at the Department's website.
(10) "Project" means a qualified permanent
supportive housing development with rental units specifically set aside for the
occupancy of a chronically homeless family or individual as approved by the
Department. A Project may include one or more buildings and any associated
common area and may be located on scattered sites.
(11) "Qualified Property" means real or
personal property, including infrastructure and indebtedness related to the
real or personal property.
(12)
"Rental Assistance" means a rental subsidy that provides the difference between
the monthly rental rate and the tenant's contribution, with contribution rates
defined in the Rental Assistance resource.
(13) "Residents" means an approved occupant
within a PSH Program.
Notes
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 456.612, ORS 456.620 & ORS 456.625
Statutes/Other Implemented: SB 5505 (2021), SB 5506 (2021), HB 5005 & HB 5050 (Section 26)
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