Community Updates

Editor's Note:  Earlier this year MHCO passed significant changes to Oregon's abandonment law in the Oregon Legislature.  To assist MHCO Members with these changes, MHCO has developed three new forms as a result of the new abandonment law:  The new forms are: MHCO Form 31A "Declaration of Intent";…

The short" session of the legislature begins this coming Monday

By Michael G. McCloryAttorney, Bullard Law. Mike can be reached at mmcclory@bullardlaw.com While you were attending last weekend's record opening for Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Congress approved and President Obama signed the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2016, which provides for $1.14…

By: Phil Querin, MHCO Legal CounselCurrent Oregon Law. ORS 90.680 is the statute governing the on-site sale of homes in a manufactured housing community. It previously contained no limitations on landlords who required, as a condition of tenancy, that residents selling their homes must enter into a…

By: Phil Querin, MHCO Legal CounselCurrent Oregon Law. ORS 90.680 is the statute governing the on-site sale of homes in a manufactured housing community. It previously contained no limitations on landlords who required, as a condition of tenancy, that residents selling their homes must enter into a…

This morning MHCO and several other landlords filed a lawsuit against the City of Portland to declare invalid a portion of the Renter Protection" Ordinance which requires property owners to afford tenants a minimum 90 day notice for rent increases of more than 5%. MHCO believes the notice provision…

Update:  Last week the MHCO Board decided unanimously to make a major contribution to  "Say No To Rent Control".  This coalition will be working to overturn the new Portland City Code.  The MHCO Board believes that any trespassing on landlord's ability to raise raent needs to be strongly rebuked.  …

Yesterday the Portland City Council followed through with there their to change "no cause" eviction notices and the length of time required for a rent increase notice. Click here to read "The Oregonian" article: http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2015/10/portland_oks_90-day_notice_for.…

With the 2015 Oregon Legislative Session over, local government has taken up the campaign for greater regulation of rental property and more specifically RENT. Here are two articles from "The Oregonian" covering hearings/discussions held in the last couple days at Metro and Portland City Council: …

Financing Your Community  By:  J. DiMarco and Gerard D. DiMarcoAlmost every community owner at some point in time will experience the need for financing of some kind. There have been many ups, downs, and complexities of the financial markets over the past 25 years, and the impact these fluctuations…