Community Updates
Yesterday, Oregon Governor Kate Brown signed the coalition bill (HB 3016). The abandonment/past due tax portion of the bill will go into effect on January 1, 2016. MHCO has already been working with Phil Querin and Diane Belt (Oregon Tax Assessors) to create the forms necessary to take…
This morning the Oregon State Senate passed the 2015 Landlord-Tenant Coalition Bill on a vote of 29-0 with one Senator absent. The bill now moves on to Governor Kate Brown's desk for signature. MHCO is THRILLED that a long standing legislative goal - the ELIMINATION of the…
The last two weeks in the Oregon Legislature have been hectic. Yesterday was the deadline for bills in their originating chamber to move out of that chamber. In other words, House bills need to be out of House Committees and Senate bills had to be out of the Senate. This results…
On Monday morning the Oregon House of Reprentatives unanimously passed HB 3016 - the manufactured home landlord-tenant bill. This legislation contains the elimination of past due property taxes on an abandoned home when the community owner wants to purchase the abandoned home. This is MHCO's…
Legislative Update - Coalition Bill Passes Key Legislative Hurdle - Rent Control Discussion is Back!
Yesterday afternoon the coalition bill (HB 3016) passed out of the House Human Services and Housing Committee late yesterday afternoon on a unanimous vote. Representative Parrish (R - West Linn) will carry the bill. I expect the bill to pass out of the House later next week…
H.R. 650 Clears Key Hurdle in U.S. House The House Financial Services Committee today passed H.R. 650, bipartisan legislation to protect the availability of financing for manufactured homes. Introduced by Representatives Stephen Fincher (R-TN), Terri Sewell (D-AL), Andy Barr (R-KY…
On Monday, March 9th the Oregon House Revenue Committee held a Public Hearing and Work Session on HB 3016 - also known as the Manufactured Housing Landlord Tenant Coalition Bill. The House Revenue Committee voted unaminsously to pass the bill to the House Human Services and Housing…
Last week the Manufactured Housing Landlord Tenant Coalition held it's final meeting. Some changes were made to the In Park Sales Conflict" issue but the other three issues remained substantially unchanged from our meeting in January. The MHCO Board of Directors has reviewed the…
The 2015 Oregon Legislative Session convened this month with House and Senate Committees beginning their work the first week in February. There are a wide variety of issues the Oregon Legislature will be dealing with - many being repeats from previous sessions such as education funding and…
The Manufactured Housing Landlord-Tenant Coalition met again this month to discuss a number of issues as we head into the 2015 Oregon Legislative Session that is just over a month away. Lengthy Discussion on Competing Sales Conflict"