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Phil Querin Q&A

Phil Querin Q&A: For Cause Eviction Notices - 30 Day, 20 DAY, 3-Strikes
  Question:  I am confused on the use of rules violation notices.  Do I use a 20-day notice or 30-day notice?  Does the “three strikes law” apply?        
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Phil Querin Q&A: Expiration of Lease Term - No Response From Resident
  Question.Landlord has given resident notification of expiration of lease term, but tenant has not responded.  What does landlord do when there is no response from resident?  Should she still accept rent, which would turn it into a month-to-…
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Mark Busch Q&A

Mark Busch Q&A: COVID-19: Reopening RV Park Facilities 
  Question:  Our county has entered Phase 2 of the reopening procedures for COVID-19.  While we have kept the park restrooms, showers and laundry room open during the state-wide shutdown, we have kept other park facilities closed. …
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Mark Busch Q&A: COVID-19 Emergency Violations by Residents
    Question:  We have residents in our RV park who seem to be blatantly violating the governor’s COVID-19 emergency stay-at-home order.  Some residents have outside family members or guests come by regularly, while a few other…
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Property Management

Creating A Plan for the Unplannable - Emergency Action Plan - Disaster Preparedness
  Who bought a planner for 2020?  Doesn’t that seem like the most useless purchase now? Fear, failure, and uncertainty have been words we have heard, seen, and felt this year.  2020 has certainly thrown us a curve ball, and if you…
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How to Fulfill Your Duty to Prevent Race Discrimination (Article 3 of 6) - Beware of Unlawful Steering
  When showing available units in your community, refrain from any comments or conduct that suggest a prospect should—or shouldn’t—live at your community, or in a particular area within your community—because of her race or color. It’s considered “…
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Community Updates

Phil Querin: Oregon House Bill 4213 (Special Session, June 26, 2020) - Three Temporary Forms to Use During Crisis
June 30, 2020
  Effective June 26, 2020, during its Special Session, the Oregon Legislature passed HB 4213 (the “Bill”). The purpose of the Bill was largely to extend, and expand upon, the Governor’s…
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Legislative Update:  MHCO Defeats ‘2 Year Rent Freeze’; Legislature Extends Non Payment of Rent; Mark Busch Article                        
June 28, 2020
  Editor’s Note: On Friday, June 26ththe Oregon Legislature concluded it’s First Special Session of 2020. Unfortunately, political hostilities between landlords/community owners and the…
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Headline #3: Owners Pay $40K to Settle Claims that Neighbors Harassed Resident’s Disabled Daughter
June 18, 2020
  The Justice Department announced that the owners and property managers of a 15-unit apartment community have agreed to pay $40,000 to settle allegations that they failed to stop disability-…
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Headline #2:  Community Owner to Pay $35,000 to Settle Dispute Over Resident's Pit Bull
June 8, 2020
The owners and managers of a Midwest community recently agreed to pay $35,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by the Justice Department, alleging that they violated fair housing law by placing undue…
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Thoughts on Opening of Community Common Areas
June 2, 2020
  By Phil Querin and Bill Miner   Now that most Oregon counties are gradually permitting the opening of certain businesses, it’s time to think about manufactured housing communities,…
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