(1) The Housing and Community Services Department shall provide funds to assist very low income elderly persons to defray the cost of rental housing through programs administered by the department including, but not limited to, the Emergency Housing Account created in ORS 458.620 and disbursed pursuant to ORS 458.650.
(2) The department shall adopt rules to carry out the provisions of this section.
(3) For purposes of this section:
(a) “Elderly person” means a person 58 years of age or older.
(b) “Very low income” has the meaning given that term in ORS 458.610.