City Code Section
- A. Owners of Federal Preservation Projects must provide the City and each building tenant with a one year’s notice of a pending HUD Section 8 contract expiration. In order to facilitate the owner’s knowledge of the City’s interest in notification, PHB shall provide written confirmation of the City’s interest in the property to each Section 8 property within the City of which PHB is aware.
- B. Owners of Federal Preservation Projects who have decided to Opt Out must provide to the City a notice of 210 days of intent to do so if the owner is opting out of a long-term contract, and 150 days if the owner is opting out of a one-year extension to a long-term contract. The notice shall specify:
- 1. whether the owner intends to withdraw the property from the Section 8 program;
- 2. whether the owner intends to convert the participating property to a nonparticipating use; and
- 3. whether the owner is involved in negotiations with HUD or the Housing and Community Services Department regarding an extension of an expiring contract.
- C. Owners of Federal Preservation Projects who have decided to Opt Out must consent to reasonable inspection of the property and inspection of the owner reports on file with HUD or the State of Oregon Housing and Community Services Department. These inspections are designed to facilitate the City’s ability to assess the Fair Market Value of the property and evaluate status of the tenants, viability of transfer and/or continuation of a Section 8 agreement with HUD and other pertinent information.
- D. To the extent allowed by HUD, owners of Federal Preservation Projects must maintain an available HUD Section 8 contract in good standing during the notice periods identified in this chapter as well as any condemnation proceeding commenced under ORS Chapter 35.
- E. Owners of Federal Preservation Projects must refrain from taking any action, other than notifying HUD of the owner’s intention to not renew the contract, that would preclude the City or its designee from succeeding to the contract or negotiating with the owner for purchase of the property during the notice periods identified in this Chapter as well as any condemnation proceeding commenced under ORS Chapter 35.
- F. In addition to any other times, during the notice periods identified in this Chapter, the City may pursue preservation of the Federal Preservation Project through negotiation for purchase or through condemnation under ORS Chapter 35.