Phil Querin Q&A: Repairs Upon Resale
Answer: The answers to some of your questions can and should be found in the rules and regulations.
Answer: The answers to some of your questions can and should be found in the rules and regulations.
Answer: In theory, you should be able to give a 20-day non-curable notice within the 30 days if the same violation occurs. This is because the law provides that the 20-day notice may be issued if substantially the same violation occurs within six months of the date of issuance of the 30-day notice. A few years ago, the law measured the six month period from the end of the 30-day period.
Answers to Questions Nos. 1 and 2. Under the Fair Housing Act ("the Act") landlords are required to make reasonable accommodations to the rented facilities and common areas, if so requested by a handicapped tenant or their legal occupant. This law applies to the use of assistance animals.
A: The writ of execution is necessary only in those cases in which the tenant refuses to vacate after the court has awarded possession of the space back to the landlord (also known as a "judgment of restitution"). If the tenant has voluntarily left following issuance of the judgment of restitution, the landlord may declare an abandonment after 7 days following the judgment.
Answer. There is a critical difference between fixed term leases (i.e. those having a definite commencement date and expiration date) and periodic tenancies (i.e.
Answer: You should discuss this with the applicant. Reasonable cause for rejection includes the failure of their references to respond to your request for verification within the time allowed for acceptance or rejection.
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.
Answer. I’ll try. First let’s start with some definitions:
Section 603 of the FCRA defines a “consumer report” as:
A: The landlord did several things wrong:
(a) he/she failed to reduce the agreement to writing, saying, for example, that the niece had to comply with all of the rules and regulations, that she was responsible for the rent, and generally fully memorializing the arrangement.
Answer. The land is owned by the landlord, not the tenant. While the landlord has certain responsibilities regarding the ground,[1] most of these duties apply at the time in installation of the home.
However, ORS 90.730(3)(g) provides: