AARP Oregon
https://states.aarp.org/oregon/
AARP Oregon#
AARP Oregon is the state office of AARP, the national nonprofit organization representing the interests of Americans aged 50 and older. With approximately 500,000 members in Oregon, AARP Oregon advocates at the state legislature on issues including health care, financial security, and housing.1
In housing policy, AARP Oregon has been a consistent advocate for expanding housing options that allow older Oregonians to age in place. The organization supports middle housing, accessory dwelling units, housing accessibility standards, and tenant protections, framing these issues through the lens of livable communities for residents of all ages.2
Policy Positions#
- Middle housing and zoning reform: Supports expanding middle housing options, including duplexes, triplexes, and cottage clusters, in residential zones to increase housing choices for older adults seeking to downsize or age in community.2
- Accessory dwelling units: Advocates for reducing barriers to ADU construction as an affordable, accessible housing option that allows multigenerational living and aging in place.3
- Housing accessibility: Champions accessibility standards for state-funded housing, including no-step entries, single-floor living, and wider doorways, and supports requiring Oregon Housing and Community Services to track accessible units.4
- Tenant protections: Supports rent stabilization, eviction prevention programs, and protections for renters using non-electronic payment methods.5
- Affordable housing production: Supports increased funding for affordable housing construction, including manufactured housing and housing for older persons within expanded urban growth boundaries.6
- Property tax foreclosure protections: Supports ensuring former homeowners can claim surplus proceeds from tax foreclosure sales, protecting older adults from losing home equity.7
Key Legislative Involvement#
- HB 4082 (2026): Testified in support of expanding Oregon’s temporary urban growth boundary addition program to include sites for manufactured dwellings and housing predominantly for older persons affordable at 120% of area median income.6
- SB 1576 (2026): Testified in support of requiring accessibility standards for state-funded rental housing, aligning the state building code with Fair Housing Act accessibility requirements.4
- SB 1523 (2026): Testified in support of requiring landlords to provide non-electronic alternatives to tenant portals for submitting applications and making rent payments.5
- HB 2138 (2025): Testified in support of expanding middle housing allowances and extending middle housing requirements to urban unincorporated lands.8
- SB 973 (2025): Testified in support of extending the notice period landlords must give tenants of publicly supported housing when affordability restrictions are expiring.9
- SB 1537 (2024): Testified in support of creating the Housing Accountability and Production Office and expanding housing production tools, including streamlined urban growth boundary amendments.10
- HB 3309 (2023): Testified in support of directing Oregon Housing and Community Services to report on accessible dwelling units and increase the quantity of accessible housing.4
- HB 2001 (2019): Part of the coalition of more than 25 organizations, led by 1000 Friends of Oregon, that supported Oregon’s landmark middle housing bill eliminating exclusionary single-family zoning statewide.11
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Legislative Testimony
2026
7 testimonies
| Bill | Name | Position | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| HB 4123 Limits the circumstances under which a landlord may disclose confidential information. |
Andrea Meyer | Support | 2026-02-24 |
| HB 4082 Adds to a temporary UGB addition program an option for each city or Metro to also add to its urban growth boundary a site for manufactured dwellings, prefabricated structures or manufactured dwelling parks, or for housing that is predominantly for older persons and affordable for households with incomes not more than 120 percent of area median income. |
Bandana Shrestha | Support | 2026-02-24 |
| SB 1523 Defines "tenant portal" for the purposes of residential tenancies. |
Andrea Meyer | Support | 2026-02-19 |
| HB 4123 Limits the circumstances under which a landlord may disclose confidential information. |
Andrea Meyer | Support | 2026-02-05 |
| HB 4082 Adds to a temporary UGB addition program an option for each city or Metro to also add to its urban growth boundary a site for manufactured dwellings, prefabricated structures or manufactured dwelling parks, or for housing that is predominantly for older persons and affordable for households with incomes not more than 120 percent of area median income. |
Bandana Shrestha | Support | 2026-02-05 |
| SB 1576 Requires the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services to adopt rules to conform the state building code to accessibility requirements under the Fair Housing Act. |
Andrea Meyer | Support | 2026-02-05 |
| SB 1523 Defines "tenant portal" for the purposes of residential tenancies. |
Andrea Meyer | Support | 2026-02-04 |
2025
10 testimonies
| Bill | Name | Position | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| HB 2089 Provides for a process by which former owners of real property deeded to the county for delinquent property taxes may claim the surplus value after the property has been disposed of by the county. |
Andrea Meyer | Support | 2025-06-16 |
| HB 2089 Provides for a process by which former owners of real property deeded to the county for delinquent property taxes may claim the surplus value after the property has been disposed of by the county. |
Andrea Meyer | Support | 2025-04-09 |
| HB 3589 Requires the Housing and Community Services Department to develop a senior housing development initiative. |
Bandana Shrestha | Support | 2025-03-06 |
| SB 134 Establishes the right of a resident of a long term care facility, residential care facility or adult foster home to use an electronic monitoring device in the resident's room or private living unit. |
Andrea Meyer | Support | 2025-03-05 |
| HB 2138 Expands allowable middle housing and expands middle housing requirements to include urban unincorporated lands. |
Bandana Shrestha | Support | 2025-03-04 |
| SB 973 Requires a landlord of publicly supported housing to provide all applicants and new tenants notice of when the affordability restrictions may be terminated. |
Andrea Meyer | Support | 2025-03-03 |
| HB 3249 Allows a partial exemption of ad valorem property taxes due on the owner-occupied principal dwelling of an individual who is at least 65 years of age and the individual's surviving spouse regardless of age. |
Andrea Meyer | Oppose | 2025-02-21 |
| HB 3378 Requires residential landlords to offer a method of accessing the dwelling unit other than software on tenant-owned phones or other electronic devices for the dwelling to be considered habitable. |
Andrea Meyer | Support | 2025-02-18 |
| SB 444 Requires the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services to adopt rules to conform the state building code to accessibility requirements under the Fair Housing Act and to certain American National Standards Institute standards for housing accessibility. |
Andrea Meyer | Support | 2025-02-05 |
| HB 2096 Provides for a process by which former owners of real property deeded to the county for delinquent property taxes may claim the surplus value after the property has been disposed of by the county. |
Andrea Meyer | Support | 2025-01-31 |
2024
7 testimonies
| Bill | Name | Position | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| HB 4056 Requires counties to establish a process for handling the surplus proceeds from property tax lien foreclosure sales. |
Andrea Meyer | Support | 2024-03-05 |
| HB 4058 Creates a residential property wholesaler registration. |
Andrea Meyer | Support | 2024-02-19 |
| HB 4056 Requires counties to establish a process for handling the surplus proceeds from property tax lien foreclosure sales. |
Andrea Meyer | Oppose | 2024-02-15 |
| SB 1591 Authorizes the Department of Human Services to license adult foster homes serving up to seven residents if the home meets specified criteria and pays the appropriate fee. |
Andrea Meyer | Oppose | 2024-02-14 |
| SB 1530 Appropriates moneys to and modifies expenditure limitations for the Housing and Community Services Department, Oregon Health Authority, Department of Human Services, State Department of Energy, Oregon Business Development Department, Department of Transportation, Water Resources Department and Oregon Department of Administrative Services for various programs. |
Andrea Meyer | Support | 2024-02-12 |
| SB 1537 Requires the Department of Land Conservation and Development and the Department of Consumer and Business Services to jointly establish and administer the Housing Accountability and Production Office. |
Andrea Meyer | Support | 2024-02-07 |
| HB 4058 Creates a residential property wholesaler registration. |
Andrea Meyer | Neutral | 2024-02-06 |
2023
6 testimonies
| Bill | Name | Position | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| HB 3309 Directs Housing and Community Services Department to provide report to appropriate interim committee of Legislative Assembly on department's financial support of dwelling units with certain accessibility features. |
Andrea Meyer | Support | 2023-05-02 |
| HB 2982 Requires insurer to offer 70 percent of coverage insured previously purchased for contents of residence to insured who holds policy of personal insurance without requiring inventory of loss if total loss of contents occurs as result of major disaster. |
Andrea Meyer | Support | 2023-04-19 |
| SB 2 Creates Oregon personal income tax subtraction for amounts received for renting out room in taxpayer's home. |
Andrea Meyer | Support | 2023-03-21 |
| HB 2001 Establishes Oregon Housing Needs Analysis in Oregon Department of Administrative Services. |
Andrea Meyer | Support | 2023-02-22 |
| HB 2982 Requires insurer to offer 70 percent of coverage insured previously purchased for contents of residence to insured who holds policy of personal insurance without requiring inventory of loss if total loss of contents occurs as result of major disaster. |
Andrea Meyer | Support | 2023-02-22 |
| HB 3032 Creates Oregon personal income tax subtraction for amounts received for renting out room in taxpayer's home. |
Andrea Meyer | Support | 2023-01-24 |
2022
3 testimonies
| Bill | Name | Position | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| HB 4064 Prohibits local governments from prohibiting siting of prefabricated structures in all residential zones. |
Andrea Meyer | Support | 2022-02-21 |
| HB 4064 Prohibits local governments from prohibiting siting of prefabricated structures in all residential zones. |
Andrea Meyer | Support | 2022-02-07 |
| SB 1536 Limits restrictions on portable cooling devices in residences by landlords, homeowners associations, condominium associations and local governments. |
Andrea Meyer | Support | 2022-02-02 |
2021
1 testimony
| Bill | Name | Position | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| SB 282 Extends grace period for repayment of residential rent accrued during emergency period of April 1, 2020, to June 30, 2021, until February 28, 2022. |
Andrea Meyer | Support | 2021-04-26 |