DO Keep Good Records to Counter Discrimination, Retaliation Claims - DON’T Neglect Your Paperwork
Be prepared to produce your written policy detailing your community’s standard of conduct and documentation that the resident knew about it.
Be prepared to produce your written policy detailing your community’s standard of conduct and documentation that the resident knew about it.
House Bill 3054A affects four sections of Oregon’s manufactured housing laws. Below is a summary of the changes.
Answer: Unfortunately, Oregon’s “3-strikes rule” only applies to mobile home park tenants who own their homes. It allows parks to issue a non-curable, 30-day eviction notice to mobile home tenants if they accumulate three or more 10-day nonpayment notices within a 12-mon
Under the FHA, it’s unlawful to “coerce, intimidate, threaten, or interfere with” anyone who has exercised her rights under fair housing law—as well as anyone who has helped or encouraged someone to do so.
Later this week, the Oregon House Committee on Housing and Homelessness will introduce an amendment to HB3054 (Rent Control & Vacancy Control). The committee is expected to adopt this amendment later in April.
Answer: You do not have to offer him a rental agreement. Since you indicate that he has signed the MHCO vacation occupancy agreement, presumably he qualifies as a vacation occupant. Under Oregon law (ORS 90.110 (7)), vacation occupants are not tenants and are not entitle
Just make sure that the rules don’t unfairly target families with children—or anyone else protected under fair housing law. You may have legitimate concerns about outdoor play activities that could disturb neighbors or damage your property, but avoid rules that specifically target children’s behavior.
1. How to Initiate Mediation or Informal Dispute Resolution
If a resident with a disability is harassing or otherwise threatening his neighbors, then you may take action, but only after considering the ramifications of fair housing law.
However reasonable your suspicions, it’s necessary to set them aside and handle the request as a request for a reasonable accommodation.