Editor's Note:  This article appeared in the "Oregonian" earlier this week.  Although the article's focus is Seattle and Portland and apartment rent this debate on rent will likely generate several rent control bills in the 2017 Oregon…

Question. We have a resale compliance form that we give to residents planning to sell their home on site. We recently had a resident tell us we could not dictate what they had to do in order to prepare their home for resale. Is that correct?

Before adjourning for the summer recess last week, the U.S. Senate passed H.R. 3700, the Housing Opportunity Through Modernization Act (HOTMA), which includes language allowing Section 8 vouchers to be used for the purchase of manufactured homes.…

Summer is here again! And the kids have started their seasonal pilgrim- age to the coolest place in the all- age park, the swimming pool. Each year, there is accidental loss of life in private residential pools. Management is not required to provide…

 (Editor's Note:  This article pertains to a New Jersey case - but Oregon also has Section 8 Housing Vouchers.  Do you know your rights and responsibilites when an applicant or resident says they want to pay with a Section…

Question. A resident living alone is in a coma in the hospital. Family and friends have arrived and insist in staying at the resident's home. What should the manager do? How does the manager even know if these people should be allowed in the…