The Bend Planning Commission voted 6-1 Tuesday to recommend development code changes to regulate what kind of homeless shelters are allowed and where they can be located. The commission will pass along their recommendations to the Bend City Council, who will decide whether to adopt the codes. Commissioner Jeff Payne was the lone dissenting vote. The proposed code changes would define shelter types, with an option for “hardship housing” including where and under what conditions. Hardship housing allows property owners to help someone facing difficulties finding housing to live on their property in an RV. Other recommendations included increasing the time for hardship housing from six to 18 months. Commissioners also recommended prohibiting property owners from charging rent for hardship housing, with the exception of utility fees in an effort to prevent vacation or long term rentals.