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Mark Busch Q&A: Abandoned Recreational Vehicle

Mark Busch Questions and Answers
Mark L. Busch

Answer: So long as the park reasonably believes under all the circumstances that the tenant has left behind the RV with no intention of asserting any further claim to it, the park does not need to file an eviction action. Instead, the park can treat the RV as abandoned property and issue an abandoned property notice.

Legislative Update - Tenant Rights Bills Moves Out of Key House Committee

Community Update
Chuck Carpenter

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.

Phil Querin Q&A: Holding Rent Checks Without Depositing or Returning

Phil Querin Questions & Answers
Phil Querin

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.

Legislative Update - Day 9 - Housing Bills Move - No Rent Control

Community Update
Chuck Carpenter

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.

Oregon Legislative Update - Week 2 of the 2016 Session

Community Update
Chuck Carpenter

Good morning!  We are now on day 7 of the 2016 Oregon Legislative Session - 28 days left.

 

MHCO has been monitoring several bills.  The most significant is HB 4143, now referred to as the renter protection bill".  This bill is the legislature's response to the Portland housing crisis that has been the focus of the media over the past 6 months.

 

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