Fair Housing Update on Advertising Fair housing law prohibits housing providers and the media from printing or publishing an advertisement that indicates a preference, limitation, or discriminates based on a protected class.
The House Financial Services Committee Passes Bipartisan Legislation to Protect the Availability of Financing for Manufactured Homes (Editor's Note: As mentioned in the earlier article with the passage of similar legislation pending in the US Senate, MHCO is working with the Oregon Congressional delegation to ensure passage of this critical legislation.)
Answer: As to whether you or the resident is responsible for the condition of the ground upon which the home sits, it depends on whether the infestation existed at the time of commencement of the tenancy. If "yes," the it's your responsibility to abate; if "no" then it's the tenant's responsibility. Here is a summary of the applicable statute.
Answer: This situation is not directly addressed in the Oregon manufactured housing laws. First, some general observations: The manufactured housing side of the landlord-tenant law regards the "space" as the "premises." For example, a resident in an apartment may not, without landlord permission, intentionally make major structural changes to the interior of the premises.
Here are my questions: 1. Do we write a new lease for the remaining resident or keep the old lease with both residents on the lease? A new lease would presumably require than any new occupants be qualified all over again. But the current occupant would not qualify. Secondly, the ex-spouse would have no liability for space rent going forward.
Answer: Here is a summary of ORS 90.260, the late fee statute.