Community Updates

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…

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…

    Background   Emergency Period. The Covid-19 pandemic hit Oregon in Spring, 2020; Governor Brown declared a State of Emergency and a temporary ban on evictions (FEDs) in March, 2020. The Oregon legislature then extended the eviction moratorium by enacting a series of bills, beginning with HB…

On December 13, 2021, the Oregon Legislature passed significant changes (SB891) to the process of non payment of rent.  MHCO requested attorney Phil Querin to do a complete analysis of the new laws and provide guidance to owners/operators of manufactured home communities in Oregon.  Phil's complete…

  Phillip C. Querin, MHCO Legal Counsel   Introduction. On August 26, 2021 the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the CDC’s[1] current eviction moratorium, ruling that the government agency had exceeded its authority. So, while Oregon landlords are now free of any federal eviction prohibitions, they…

Attached (above) is a Flow Chart for Non Payment After July 1, 2021

Effective July 1, 2021 the process for evicting residents who have not paid rent since July 1, 2021 forward will require a new process and forms.  The necessary forms for the new non payment of rent process are attached above to this article.  These new forms ARE NOT posted under the "Form Section…