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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.

Does Section 8 apply to manufactured housing parks?

There have been questions recently from MHCO members as to whether Section 8 housing assistance programs apply to manufactured housing facilities. The short answer is "yes," parks are required to comply with Section 8 housing requirements.

Why have things changed?

Answer: The answer lies squarely in ORS 90.394 (Termination of rental agreement for failure to pay rent.) In summary, the statute provides as follows:

Mistake #1: Rent increases

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.

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.

Answer: Oregon case law says that holding a check an "unreasonable period of time" is deemed to be acceptance. What is a "reasonable" vs. "unreasonable" period of time? The answer is based on the facts of each case, prior conduct of the parties, and a host of other variables.

We are now in day 9 of the 2016 Oregon Legislative Session.  Today is a major milestone for the session - after today House Bills NOT passed out of House Committees (and likewise Senate Bills in Senate Committees) are considered dead and will have to be reintroduced in the 2017 Legislative Session.

Answer: As to your question regarding the assessment of a late fee, here is what ORS 90.260(1) provides:

(1)A landlord may impose a late charge or fee, however designated, only if:

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%.