Litigation

This article is not intended as legal advice for any specific issue that might arise, since every situation is different. Always consult a knowledgeable landlord attorney with your specific legal issues.

By Mark Busch, Attorney

An initial question a community owner might have is, "How about my pre-existing community, does it need to comply with ADA issues?" Answer: "It depends." If your community pre-dates the ADA statute, and the community has not gone through any significant renovations (determined on a case-by-case basis), then the community may be "grandfathered in" in most cases.

By: Arthur Grebow, founding partner of Grebow and Rubin,?LLP

There is an old Chinese curse which says: May you live in interesting times." While sometimes taken as a blessing

Good morning.  This has been a very busy week in the Oregon Legislature as we head into the home stretch of the 2016 Oregon Legislative Session.

Answer: One of the most common types of residential eviction is also the most misunderstood - the nonpayment of rent eviction. A good tenant's attorney can frequently retain possession for his/her client, even though they clearly failed to pay the rent when due.

This morning MHCO and several other landlords filed a lawsuit against the City of Portland to declare invalid a portion of the Renter Protection" Ordinance which requires property owners to afford tenants a minimum 90 day notice for rent increases of more than 5%.

Update:  Last week the MHCO Board decided unanimously to make a major contribution to  "Say No To Rent Control".  This coalition will be working to overturn the new Portland City Code.  The MHCO Board believes that any trespassing on landlord's ability to raise raent needs to be strongly rebuked.