Oregon

Resident record management is anything but sexy.  Nevertheless, it is essential to maintaining a profitable manufactured housing community.  All too often community owners and managers think the job of records management is over once a new resident moves into the community.  After all, if the file checklist has been followed and all the appropriate forms have been completed what else is there to do.  Lets examine the importance of maintaining accurate resident records through the use of two examples.

Both state and federal law prohibit discrimination in the selling, renting or leasing of real property.  Federal fair housing laws have been in place since 1968.  Federal law makes it illegal to discriminate in the sale, purchase or lease of property on account of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, familial status or handicap and sexual orientation. 

Question:  If a manager is going to give a resident their third 72-hour notice within 12 months, does the manager give the 72-hour notice and then wait for payment, which if the resident pays then serve the 30 day three strikes notice?  

The tenant application process is one of the least understood by landlords and managers.  This lack of familiarity can result in significant liability to park owners.  The purpose of this article is to set forth the applicable laws governing the process, and discuss some tips and traps that may be useful when certain issues and problems arise.