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MHCO.ORG Note: Pressure continues to build to provide more renter rights and legalize some form of rent control or rent justification. Portland City Council's action this afternoon is yet another precursor of more to come in the Oregon Legislature. Stay tuned - this issue is not going away anytime soon.
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Answer: One issue is accepting rent from a person occupying the space after the legal tenant has moved out. This can occur, for example, where someone is residing at the space under a Temporary Occupancy Agreement, but the approved tenant, no longer resides there.
Answer. Your questions are all good ones, but generally are dealt with in the utility pass-through laws.[1] Here is a summary:
Answer: Here is a summary of ORS 90.260, the late fee statute. It answers the questions posed above.
(1) A landlord may impose a late charge or fee, however designated, only if:
This afternoon the Senate Committee on Human Services amended HB2004A with a dash 9 amendment that DOES NOT include rent stabilization, rent control or the elimination of the preemption of local rent control. The dash 9 amendment is attached below and replaces all of the language from the original HB 2004 that was introduced in January 2017.
We are in the home stretch of the 2017 Oregon Legislative Session. The target adjournment date is June 23rd, the constitutional deadline for adjournment is July 10th. The actual date will fall somewhere between the two - most likely in late June. Significant budget, tax, transportation issues still need to be haggled over as the legislative session draws to a close.
Answer: It is now statewide law that rents cannot be raised at all during the first year of a month-to-month tenancy. After the first year of the tenancy, you are required to give written notice to the tenant at least 90 days prior to the effective date of the rent increase.
Answer. This is not an issue under ORS 90.632, which relates to damage and deterioration of the home.