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Home Energy Score before a public listing

The Oregon Real Estate Agency notice dated March 2026 names Bend, Hillsboro, Milwaukie, and Portland as cities that require a seller to obtain and disclose a Home Energy Score before publicly listing a qualifying home. The notice says the score runs from 1 to 10, no city on that list requires a minimum score in order to sell, and the requirement applies to detached single-family homes and to attached units that run from the foundation to the roof. It says an assessment typically costs $150 to $300, and that those four cities offer a free assessment for households at or below 80 percent of area median income. Exemptions are on each city program page. A city not named in the notice may still have its own rule.

Hillsboro is one of the four cities named in that notice. The City of Hillsboro Home Energy Score program page, as read on November 9, 2026, says the city requires homeowners to obtain and disclose a Home Energy Score and Report before listing a home for sale. It says this covers new or existing houses, cottages, and attached units with shared walls, including row houses, duplexes, triplexes, quadplexes, condominiums, and townhomes, located within the Hillsboro city boundary.

The page lists building types that are currently exempt, including mobile and manufactured homes, units with another unit directly above or below the unit being sold, detached accessory dwelling units, and single dwelling units used primarily for commercial purposes. It also lists personal exemptions a seller can apply for with documentation, such as a trustee's sale, a pre-foreclosure sale, a notice of default, or participation in the Oregon Property Tax Deferral for Disabled and Senior Citizens. The page says foreclosures and bank-owned sales are not exempt.

The page asks sellers to have the Home Energy Score Report loaded into the RMLS listing so the score and report link appear on public listing sites, as it says city code requires.