(1) There is created, separate and distinct from the General Fund of the State Treasury, the Oregon Housing Fund, which consists of five separate revolving accounts:

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(a) The Housing Development and Guarantee Account;

(b) The Emergency Housing Account;

(c) The Home Ownership Assistance Account;

(d) The Agricultural Worker Housing Development Account; and

(e) The General Housing Account.

(2) Earnings on investment of moneys in:

(a) The Housing Development and Guarantee Account accrue to that account.

(b) The Emergency Housing Account accrue to that account.

(c) The Home Ownership Assistance Account accrue to that account.

(d) The Agricultural Worker Housing Development Account accrue to that account.

(e) The General Housing Account accrue to that account.

(3)(a) Moneys in the Housing Development and Guarantee Account are continuously appropriated to the Housing and Community Services Department to carry out the provisions of ORS § 458.630.

(b) Moneys in the Emergency Housing Account are continuously appropriated to the department to carry out the provisions of ORS § 458.650.

(c) Moneys in the Home Ownership Assistance Account are continuously appropriated to the department to carry out the provisions of ORS § 458.655.

(d) Moneys in the Agricultural Worker Housing Development Account are continuously appropriated to the department to carry out the provisions of ORS § 458.660.

(e) Moneys in the General Housing Account are continuously appropriated to the department to carry out the provisions of ORS § 456.515 to 456.725.

(4) Individuals and corporations, both for profit or nonprofit, may make monetary contributions to be credited to:

(a) The Housing Development and Guarantee Account; or

(b) The General Housing Account. [1991 c.740 3,8; 1995 c.174 § 1; 2001 c.310 2,3; 2009 c.18 § 8; 2015 c.737 § 2; 2019 c.576 § 4; 2020 s.s.2 c.10 § 39; 2021 c.525 23,24]