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Property Management
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…
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Fair Housing
Phil Querin Questions & Answers
Phil Querin Q&A: Dealing with Unpaid Rents Today
  Question:  We had a resident that we entered into a stipulated judgment agreement with on March 6, 2020.  This was prior to tenants having the ability to claim financial hardship or having the Moratorium in place. They paid 2…
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COVID-19 Crisis, Non Payment of Rent
Property Management
Fair Housing: How to Steer Clear of Illegal Steering
Contrary to popular belief, housing segregation remains alive and well not just in specific regions of the U.S. but across America. So concluded HUD upon completing its most recent review of the state of fair housing in the U.S. “Real estate agents…
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Fair Housing
Property Management
Rent Assistance for Residents and Landlords
MHCO Note:  Rent in arrears has become a large problem for community owners as we move out of the COVID-19 crisis.  There has been a lot of media on executive orders banning evictions for nonpayment of rent and grace periods for residents…
Community Update
Oregon’s Eviction Moratorium Update - Necessary Forms - Charts - Summary by Phil Querin, MHCO Legal Counsel
  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, charges, utilities, or fees (or a no-cause eviction…
Property Management
Four Questions and Answers on Assistance Animals
One of the most frequently asked questions on the MHCO Landlord/Manager hot line or seminars is assistance animals.  Here are five questions and answers to help provide some guidance.
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Assistance Animals