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December 12, 2019
By:
Brad Kraus, Attorney at Law, Warren Allen LLP
850 NE 122nd Avenue, Portland, OR 97230
Phone: (503) 255-8795 Fax: (503) 255-8836
E-mail: kraus@warrenallen.com
The 2019 legislative session brought several tough changes for Landlords. From rent control to the (near) complete…
November 25, 2019
1. Why is Miner writing an article on taxes?
Good question, because I am not a tax lawyer and (as with all of our articles) this is not legal advice. MHCO has been receiving questions from owners about the new corporate activity tax. The below questions and answers are an attempt to…
November 20, 2019
The Justice Department recently filed a lawsuit alleging that the owners and managers of residential rental housing in Honolulu, Hawaii, refused to rent to families with children, in violation of federal fair housing law. The lawsuit alleges that the three properties are operated as student housing…
November 18, 2019
Dalila Molina set her sights on living near Northwest Portland’s high-end Pearl District. The 25-year-old human resources specialist knew she’d have to pay higher rent than in other corners of the city or the suburbs, but she could walk to work and avoid commuting time and costs.
In October,…
November 6, 2019
The owners and managers of a single-family rental home in Idaho recently agreed to pay $15,000 to settle allegations that they violated fair housing law by refusing to rent the large home to a married couple because they have more than four children.
The federal Fair Housing Act makes it unlawful…
October 17, 2019
Over the past two years the Oregon Manufactured Housing Landlord Tenant Coalition reviewed sub metering statutes. Last year a landlord-tenant work group drafted a number of significant changes to existing statute. Those changes were adopted into the Landlord Tenant Coalition Bill (SB 586) and…
October 14, 2019
Federal fair housing law doesn’t ban discrimination based on military or veteran status, but many state and local governments have gone beyond what’s required under federal law to ban discrimination based on veteran and military status.
Meanwhile, veterans with disabilities are covered under…
October 8, 2019
By: Phil Querin, MHCO Legal Counsel
Always Assume The Matter Will Go To Court
While most legal notices will have their desired effect – e.g. the tenant will pay the rent, or maintain the space, or do what is necessary to comply – there are a small number of tenants who will fight. Of those…
October 1, 2019
Continuing education for your employees is one of the most cost effective and morale boosting activities you can provide for them. Additional training can also be your best defense if you are named in a lawsuit. We cannot afford to not provide education for our managers.
By Angel Rogers,…
September 30, 2019
By Elliot Njus | The Oregonian/OregonLive
Rent increases will be capped at 9.9% through 2020, the first full year Oregon’s new rent control law will be in effect, state economists announced Wednesday.
The Oregon Legislature this year passed Senate Bill 608, which imposed the nation’s…
