MHCO Legislative Update - The 2016 Legislative Session Begins This Monday - MHCO's Legislative List "The Good, The Bad and The Ugly"
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New Oregon Law - Consignment Sales in Manufactured Home Communities
Community Update
By: Phil Querin, MHCO Legal Counsel
Current Oregon Law. ORS 90.680 is the statute governing the on-site sale of homes in a manufactured housing community. It previously contained no limitations on landlords who required, as a condition of tenancy, that residents selling their homes must enter into a consignment agreement with the landlord. That will change on January 1, 2016.
New MHCO Forms and New Abandonment Law - Effective January 1st
Property Management
New Oregon Law. No. 4 above has been stricken,2 and the following rules (found at ORS 90.675(14)(d) and (e) and (15) of HB 3016,) will apply. On January 1, 2016, if the landlord follows these new laws, the tax collector and Department of Revenue (collectively "tax collector") will be required to cancel unpaid taxes in the following additional circumstances:
Local Governments Consider Rent Control and Greater Regulation of Rental Property
Community Update
With the 2015 Oregon Legislative Session over, local government has taken up the campaign for greater regulation of rental property and more specifically RENT.
2015 Oregon Legislative Session Adjourns - The Good and the Ugly and Nothing In Between
Community Update
Earlier this week the 2015 Oregon Legislative Session adjourned. This session was notable for two reasons - the first for passing MHCO's long awaited changes eliminating past due taxes on abandoned homes and the second for the tenacity of rent control to raise it's head in floor debates, a legislative work group proposal and amendments.
Legislative Update: A Signature and a Move to Rules
Community Update
Yesterday, Oregon Governor Kate Brown signed the coalition bill (HB 3016). The abandonment/past due tax portion of the bill will go into effect on January 1, 2016. MHCO has already been working with Phil Querin and Diane Belt (Oregon Tax Assessors) to create the forms necessary to take advantage of the new law. Those forms will be uploaded to MHCO.ORG at the end of the year.
Legislative Update: Senate Action on Coalition Bill and a PROPOSED Rent Control Amendment
Community Update
This morning the Oregon State Senate passed the 2015 Landlord-Tenant Coalition Bill on a vote of 29-0 with one Senator absent. The bill now moves on to Governor Kate Brown's desk for signature.
Legislative Update - Legislative Task Force, Discussions on Rent, Coalition Bill
Community Update
The last two weeks in the Oregon Legislature have been hectic. Yesterday was the deadline for bills in their originating chamber to move out of that chamber. In other words, House bills need to be out of House Committees and Senate bills had to be out of the Senate. This results in a large number of legislative proposals not moving forward which almost always is a good thing.&
Legislative Update - Key Legislation Passes in Oregon House.
Community Update
On Monday morning the Oregon House of Reprentatives unanimously passed HB 3016 - the manufactured home landlord-tenant bill. This legislation contains the elimination of past due property taxes on an abandoned home when the community owner wants to purchase the abandoned home. This is MHCO's top legislative issue. We now move on to the Oregon Senate.