HB2001

Require cities of a certain size to allow denser housing development

State: Oregon

Status: Enacted ✅

Magnitude: Major

Formal Title: An act relating to housing; creating new provisions; amending ORS 197.296, 197.303, 197.312 and 455.610 and section 1, chapter 47, Oregon Laws 2018; and declaring an emergency.

Summary: Mandates cities with populations of 25,000 or more and counties within metropolitan districts to allow development of duplexes, triplexes, quadplexes, cottage clusters, and townhouses in residential zones. Requires cities with populations between 10,000 and 25,000 to permit duplexes on any lot zoned for detached single-family homes.

Main sponsors: Tina Kotek

Legislative text: https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/HB2001