2026 Regular Session SB 1521

• At the request of: (at the request of Senate Interim Committee on Housing and Development)
• Bill Title: Relating to local requirements to develop affordable housing.

Catchline/Summary

Digest: This Act makes Portland-area cities and counties make up the usual costs to a builder when making the builder add low-cost homes. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.4).

Prohibits cities and counties within the Portland MSA from enforcing requirements that developers provide affordable units in multiunit dwellings unless the city or county first calculates the developers' average expected losses due to providing affordable housing and the city or county offsets those losses.

Becomes operative for rental housing on January 1, 2028.

Becomes operative for all housing on January 1, 2029.

• Fiscal Impact: May Have Fiscal Impact, But No Statement Yet Issued
• Revenue Impact: May Have Revenue Impact, But No Statement Yet Issued
• Current Location: In Senate Committee
• Current Committee: Senate Committee On Housing and Development