Selling

By:  Dale Strom, Second Generation Oregon Community Owner and MHCO Board Member

It is fairly common in litigation or disputes involving mobile home tenancies for title to a home to change hands, whether pursuant to a "warehouse lien" authorized by statute after an unlawful detainer (evictions) judgment is obtained against a defaulting tenant, or by reason of a settlement between the parties or a surrender of a home to the park by heirs of a deceased tenant.

This is a multiple part series on a private owner of a Manufactured Home Community willingly attempting to sell that Community to an Association of tenants within that Community. Riverbend MHP is a 39 space community located within the city limits of Clatskanie, OR. The motivation of the seller was discussed in the first part.

By Dale Strom

Dale Strom is a second generation Manufactured Home Community landlord. He is a Board Member, past President and current Treasurer of MHCO.

Editor's Note:  Last month the Eugene "Registered Guard" ran an article on the front page on a manufactured home community - Falconwood Manufactured Home Community.  The article has caught the attention of Oregon Legislators who are demanding more protections for residents.  Many of the protections that may be proposed have already been passed into law (HB 3016 - passed in 2015).

Consignments. First, it gave a name to the process; consignment". It is defined as follows: "...an agreement in which a tenant authorizes a landlord[2]to sell a manufactured dwelling or floating home on behalf of the tenant who owns the dwelling or home in a facility that is owned by the landlord and for which the landlord receives compensation."

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Answer:  The answers to some of your questions can and should be found in the rules and regulations.

Answer: ORS 90.680 permits tenants to resell their homes to qualified prospective tenants. The refusal to permit or process new applications would appear, on its face, to be a clear violation of the statute.[1] The landlord certainly has the right to screen the new applicants, but not to refuse them outright.