Community Updates

By Bill Miner and Seth (Moe) Tangman First, the bad news: Recent uptick in class action lawsuits puts manufactured home park landlords at risk of damages for technical statutory violations. There has been an uptick in class action lawsuits filed by manufactured home tenants related to submeter or…

HB 2634 moves the regulation of Recreational Vehicles out of the Manufactured Dwelling/Floating Homes portion of the ORLTA (ORS 90.505 – 90.850) and into the residential dwelling portion (ORS 90.100 – 90.465). ORS 90.505 – 90.850 now only applies to situations where the tenant owns a manufactured…

On July 6, 2023 the Oregon Legislature passed SB 611 which lowered the existing cap on annual rent increases for residential tenancies.  With the Governor's signature the bill is now the law.   Every year in late September, the state of Oregon calculates a maximum rent increase for residential…

Reviewing the applicant’s rental application Since 1995 when Orca Information, Inc. first opened its doors for business Nationwide, we found the following: The Landlord who reviews a rental application, making sure it is filled out correctly, all phone numbers are provided, signatures, etc., will…

  By:  Phil Querin, MHCO Legal Counsel   The Oregon Governor will sign HB 2001 on Wednesday, March 29, 2023; it makes significant changes to the Oregon Residential Landlord Tenant Act (“ORLTA”). Here is a summary of those provisions most likely to impact landlords and tenants in Oregon…

By Phil Querin, MHCO Legal Counsel, Querin Law, LLC Under Oregon law, a security interest on a manufactured home must be recorded on the structure’s Ownership Document. (ORS 446.571(3)). The Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services administers the Manufactured Home Ownership Document…

Editor's Note:  MHCO is working on the revised Form 82A - we hope to have that uploaded and fillable later this month.  Thank you for your patience, By Phil Querin Introduction. October 1, 2022 is an important day for Oregon landlords. First, it marks the end of the “Safe Harbor” program, one of…

At the MHCO training on June 24th  I presented a slide that stated landlords were no longer required to include the eviction protection notice with a 10 day nonpayment notice after July 1, 2022.  The rationale was the tenant protections were moot because after June 30 the protections no longer…

Bill Miner's power point presentation for MHCO's 90 minute seminar (June 24, 2022) on Non Payment of Rent Evictions (for MHCO Members Only) is attached above.   MHCO would like to thank Bill for an outstanding presentation and for his continued efforts to provide quality information on all aspects…

Note:  Sample Rent Ledger is attached above. Question 1: Tenant's balance goes back to the beginning of April 2020. Do we have to follow the rent schedule that is laid out by rental assistance agency?  Example: Oregon Emergency Rental Assistance Program gives you a statement on how to apply the…