Property Management

Rule 1. Do not accept rent if you know that the tenant is in violation of the Park Rules and you intend to issue a 30-day notice of default. Example: If the tenant has an unpermitted pet or has someone living with him/her who has not applied for residency as a tenant do not accept rent if you are planning to give the tenant a 30-day notice of default.

Answer. Here is a summary of what you can and cannot do. The statute is found at ORS 90.300.

Answer: First, please understand that Oregon law does not directly deal with this - and neither is it addressed in most rental/lease agreements, including MHCO's. So my responses are based upon my opinion alone. Until an appellate court rules on these issues - which is unlikely, since most such cases are never appealed - the best we can do is speculate.

Answer: This fact pattern should be a cautionary tale for all park owners and managers about the risk of letting too much time elapse between the violation and legal action. In order to fully answer the question, I need to assume certain facts. First, I assume that the rules clearly do not permit one to occupy a home without management approval.

1. Make sure that the rental agreement really applies to your situation.  The MHCO rental agreement comes in two flavors: (a) The month-to-month (or “periodic”) rental agreement, and (b) the lease (or fixed term) agreement.  The difference is that the month-to-month agreement runs for 30 days at a time.  In the absence of termination, the periodic tenancy jus

Mistake #1: Rent increases

Last night the Oregon Senate passed HB 4143 the Tenant Protection" bill. The bill is now on its way to Oregon Governor Kate Brown.

'The Oregonian' reports -

"... the 16-9 vote came late Wednesday

Those of us that have been associated with this housing form for a length of time have watched and embraced the evolution from trailer to mobilehome to manufactured housing. We are sometimes less passionate about recognizing the evolution from trailer park to today's communities. The key word is community.

Since the last MHCO Legislative Update" last week there has been significant progress in moving the "inclusionary zoning" bill (SB 1533) and the "tenant protection" bill (HB 4143).  

We are now approaching the halfway point in the 2016 Oregon Legislative Session. We are starting to get a much better sense of what legislative proposals are moving forward and which ones will likely remain in committees and not see the light of day until perhaps the next legislative session in 2017.