Community Updates
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…
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…
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-…
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…
By: Ken Pryor, Program Coordinator, Oregon Housing & Community Services, Manufactured Communities Resource CenterMediation:To anyone that owns or manages a manufactured home park, conflict is a given, a part of the landscape and as common as breathing. However, as familiar…
Financing Your Community Feature Article: Anthony J. DiMarco and Gerard D. DiMarco Almost 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…
Financing Your Community Feature Article: Anthony J. DiMarco and Gerard D. DiMarco Almost 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…
Earlier this week the 2015 Oregon Legislative Session adjourned. This session was notable for two reasons - the first for passing MHCO's long awaited changes eliminating past due taxes on abandoned homes and the second for the tenacity of rent control to raise it's head in floor…