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Phil Querin Q&A

Phil Querin Q&A: Resident Retaliation by Deliberately Running Water
Question: What can a landlord do about resident’s who deliberately leave water running  to get back at the landlord?  
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Phil Querin Q&A: Rental Application, Social Security Number and Fair Housing Laws
  Question:  We require that the application for residency in our manufactured housing community be completely filled out - including Social Security numbers.  We require two pieces of identification - one may be a social security card.…
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Mark Busch Q&A

RV Eviction for Nonpayment of Pre-COVID Rent?
Question:  We have a couple living in a nice RV in our park on a month-to-month rental agreement.  They have been here for about two years, are retired, and have never had trouble paying the rent.  To make a long story short, we…
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Mark Busch RV Q&A: Covid-19 Eviction Moratoriums and RVs
Question: Do the state and federal eviction moratoriums apply to RV tenants?  What about short-term guests who are not technically “tenants?”  
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Property Management

How to Limit Liability for Tenant on Tenant Harassment
  While the current law is unsettled, for landlords there’s much more at stake than what the law requires.   MHCO’s  mission is to provide landlords and other community owners with a game plan to train their managers, supervisors,…
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Follow These 10 Rules To Avoid Fair Housing Trouble
In celebration of Fair Housing Month, 2021, MHCO is highlighting 10 essential rules to help you to comply with fair housing law.   Housing discrimination has been outlawed for more than 50 years, but all too often communities still find themselves on…
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Jet Utilities

Kindi King

Jet Utilities
PO Box 12155
Salem, OR 97309

Ph: 503-585-4040
Fax: 503-585-4774
Email: kindi.k@jetcommunications.net

Website: www.jetutilities.com

Community Updates

Oregon’s Eviction Moratorium Update - Necessary Forms - Charts - Summary by Phil Querin, MHCO Legal Counsel
March 17, 2021
  Undoubtedly, there is a lot here. And it is all subject to change based upon the whims of the Oregon Legislature. So before taking any legal action against a tenant for nonpayment of rent,…
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New Landlord Tenant Laws for 2021 - New Forms- Extension of Non Payment of Rent Moratorium - Summary of House  Bill 4401
January 4, 2021
      MHCO Editor's Note:  This summary is extensive with a lot of information.  A PDF copy of the same summary as below is attached above (the attached pdf version…
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Headline #3: Owners Pay $40K to Settle Claims that Neighbors Harassed Resident’s Disabled Daughter
June 18, 2020
  The Justice Department announced that the owners and property managers of a 15-unit apartment community have agreed to pay $40,000 to settle allegations that they failed to stop disability-…
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Headline #2:  Community Owner to Pay $35,000 to Settle Dispute Over Resident's Pit Bull
June 8, 2020
The owners and managers of a Midwest community recently agreed to pay $35,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by the Justice Department, alleging that they violated fair housing law by placing undue…
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Thoughts on Opening of Community Common Areas
June 2, 2020
  By Phil Querin and Bill Miner   Now that most Oregon counties are gradually permitting the opening of certain businesses, it’s time to think about manufactured housing communities,…
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