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February 11, 2016
We are now in day 9 of the 2016 Oregon Legislative Session. Today is a major milestone for the session - after today House Bills NOT passed out of House Committees (and likewise Senate Bills in Senate Committees) are considered dead and will have to be reintroduced in the 2017 Legislative Session…
February 9, 2016
Good morning! We are now on day 7 of the 2016 Oregon Legislative Session - 28 days left. MHCO has been monitoring several bills. The most significant is HB 4143, now referred to as the renter protection bill". This bill is the legislature's response to the Portland housing crisis that has been…
February 3, 2016
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";…
January 28, 2016
The short" session of the legislature begins this coming Monday
December 24, 2015
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…
December 14, 2015
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…
December 14, 2015
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…
November 17, 2015
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…
November 5, 2015
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. …
October 16, 2015
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.…
