MHCO Article Topics
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
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Oregon Senate Bill 1523 & House Bill 4123 (2026) Summaries
While concerning, those numbers aren’t all that surprising. But what is surprising is that retaliation complaints more than doubled from the previous year to the highest recorded level.
Key Provisions.
That’s because landlords have a duty to provide reasonable accommodations to disabled applicants and tenants, and in many cases an accessible parking space will fit the bill.
HB 4123 (2026) – Overview
What Did FHEO-2020-01 Do?
Guidelines.