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Recreational Vehicle Question and Answer with Attorney Mark Busch: RV Rental Agreements

Community Update
Chuck Carpenter

By Mark L. Busch, P.C., Attorney at Law Question: Can our park use the regular MHCO manufactured home rental agreement for RV tenants who are allowed in certain spaces throughout our manufactured home park? Answer: No, the park should definitely not use a regular manufactured home rental agreement for RVs.

Helpful Tips for 55 & Older Community Owners

Community Update
Chuck Carpenter

By David M. Weber & M. Christine Weber We all know it is far easier to maintain a resident than find one who will fill a vacant space within a community. This is particularly true in 55+ communities. To be great at resident retention, managers need to believe strongly in the lifestyle that has led many seniors to a manufactured housing way of life.

Phil Querin Q&A: Tree Limb Falls On A Residents House

Phil Querin Questions & Answers
Phil Querin

Answer. Many manufactured housing communities in Oregon have large trees. While Oregon law has imposed the duty of general tree maintenance on the residents, there is little question but that most do not have the expertise, skill or financial means to provide the type of maintenance that may be required for large older trees.

Phil Querin Q&A: More Questions on Water Sub-Metering

Phil Querin Questions & Answers
Phil Querin

Answer: ORS 90.532 (3) provides as follows: Except as allowed by subsection (2) of this section for rental agreements entered into on or after January 1, 2010, a landlord and tenant may not amend a rental agreement to convert water or sewer utility and service billing from a method described in subsection (1)(b)(C)(i) [i.e.

Comparison of Current Law to Compromise Legislation - (Community Sale Notification Process - Removal of "Right of First Refusal" Language from Current Statute)

Community Update
Chuck Carpenter
Current Oregon law (adopted in 1989) already requires manufactured home park landlords/owners to notify park residents prior to a sale to another owner and to negotiate a possible sale to the residents. ORS 90.760, 90.800 to 90.840. Unfortunately, both landlord and tenant advocates recognize that the current law is seriously flawed and doesn't work for either side.

Occupancy By Who's Standard (Part 1 of 2)

Community Update
Chuck Carpenter
By Jo Becker, Education/Outreach Specialist, Fair Housing Council Serving Oregon and SW WashingtonI recently read an article on screening by a representative of a NW property management firm.

Phil Querin Q&A: Submetering and Common Areas

Phil Querin Questions & Answers
Phil Querin

Answer: The submetering statutes, ORS 90.531 - 90.539 are complex and confusing. As most owners and managers know who have explored converting to submeters, the concept is relatively simple. But the devil is in the details, i.e. the statutes. The basic concept is that for communities with utilities [e.g.

Recreational Vehicle Question and Answer with Attorney Mark Busch

Community Update
Chuck Carpenter
An owner of a mobile home park allows RVs to stay in spaces within his mobile home park. He has them sign an RV nonresident agreement which states that they are not residents and they sign a set of rules and regulations that are different from what the mobile home residents sign. Over the weekend the landlord called the sheriff to evict one of the RVs that had fallen behind in their rent.