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Picture this: A gay couple visits your leasing office asking about available one-bedroom apartments. There are two such apartments available, but your leasing agent shows the couple only one — because she's heard the neighboring resident use gay slurs and wants to keep the couple away from him. Since she's only trying to protect the couple, her actions don't violate fair housing law.
1. Most of your residents are over 55, so you're allowed to exclude families with
children and market your property as an “adult” community under the senior
housing exemption.
Answer: False. Even if most residents are 55 and older, a community can still face fair housing
Not all fair housing-related decisions are straightforward. Even when staff members make the correct decision, prospects or residents may contest it by filing a discrimination claim.
Guidelines.
Be prepared to produce your written policy detailing your community’s standard of conduct and documentation that the resident knew about it.
Answer: Absent an agreement that the Landlord has assumed this responsibility, ORS 90.740(4) provides that maintenance of the Space is the Tenant’s responsibility.
Answer A: First, the MHCO Lease cited above addresses this. Not fixing the leaks, which are their responsibility to do, is a violation.
Editor's Note: MHCO is working on developing a new form - addendum - to meet the new requirements set forth in SB1069. We hope to have the new form uploaded to MHCO.ORG later next month.
Late Charges or Fees.