housing & industry advocacy

Local Government Affairs Updates Hba Of Greater Portland

In the meantime, we are urging our members working the county to leverage video calling, photos, and videos for inspections on their simple jobs, especially for re-inspections. While the county hasn’t yet outlined a formal policy for which types of inspections qualify for this type of submission, individual inspection staff do have the discretion to accept them in this form. We continue to urge the county to remain flexible in the interpretation of regulations that do not pertain to health and safety standards.

HBA realizes how much of an impact this has on builders and trades being able to deliver homes on time to their customers as well as the frustrations, scheduling issues, and costs involved with these delays. We are actively working to address and get relief as quickly as possible.

Happy Valley’s Pleasant Valley / North Carver Comprehensive Plan Gets LUBA Appeal

On March 28th the City of Happy Valley’s Comprehensive Plan for the Pleasant Valley and North Carver areas received a Notice of Intent from a local resident to appeal land use decisions to the Land Use Board of Appeals. In response, HBA is working within a coalition of landowners and builders who were involved in the early planning efforts to support the city in its defense of the adopted plan. While we are still weighing our options, we are likely to file an intervening motion that will allow HBA and others involved in the planning process for Pleasant Valley / North Carver to participate in the defense of the plan, if any further legal action is pursued. If you or your company participated in or supported the Comp Plan process and would like to become more involved, please reach out to HBA staff.