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°¿°ù±ð²µ´Ç²Ô’s Housing Production Advisory Council, which Gov. Tina Kotek established to ramp up home construction across the state, has released its next steps for reaching production goals.

The council will break into five work groups to develop recommendations on the following topics: availability of land, land development permit applications, codes and design, workforce shortages, and financing.

The specific recommendations for policy changes and investments outlined must meet the following minimum requirements: address known barriers to housing as prioritized by the council, identify changes to state laws and rules that hold promise for accelerating production, prioritize housing affordability levels by the scale of the deficit of each housing type, and plan for production that is equitable and affirmatively furthers fair housing.

The council’s action plan is due to the governor’s office no later than Dec. 31.

Kotek, on her first full day in office in January, Kotek signed Executive Order No. 23-04 to establish a statewide housing production goal of 36,000 per year and create the Housing Production Advisory Council (HPAC) to develop comprehensive budget and policy recommendations to meet that goal. Additionally, the order charges the council with ensuring the policy changes and investments included in their final action plan affirmatively further fair housing.

The new production goal represents an 80 percent increase over recent construction trends. The pilot Oregon Housing Needs Analysis estimated the state’s housing shortage at 140,000 homes.

Kotek appointed a diverse group of housing development experts to the HPAC in March. Following appointments, the council met four times that month to develop the plan framework.

The HPAC’s 25 members are charged with identifying and recommending changes to state policies to reduce barriers to housing production.

The HPAC’s plan framework is available at: .