Community Updates

This is the third in a series of articles on disaster preparedness and how to safeguard your community, save lives and minimize damage.   Some disasters, like hurricanes and floods, allow you to take action ahead of time to save lives and property.  Others, like tornadoes, earthquakes, and flash…

APPLICATION OF PORTLAND’S NEW TENANT ORDINANCES TO MANUFACTURED HOUSING COMMUNITIES By Phillip C. Querin, MHCO Legal Counsel July 1, 2019 Discussion: The Portland Ordinance, 30.01.085 (“Portland Renter Additional Protections”) here, has identified the occurrence of certain events that now…

This the second in a series of articles on disaster preparedness and how to safeguard your community, save lives and minimize damage.For manufactured home communities, emergency management experts recommend putting together a committee of residents, with the following minimum responsibilities: …

MHCO.ORG Editor's Note:  These new regulations out of Portland will only impact rental property inside the city limits of Portland.  MHCO and Phil Querin will review MHCO Forms and make necessary changes in light of these new Portland regulations.  Although these new laws do not impact the rest of…

This is the first in a series of articles on disaster preparedness and how to safeguard your community, save lives and minimize damage There are three steps in a good disaster plan: planning, prevention and recovery. Knowing what to do in each step can help you reduce injuries and damage to your…

 By Elliot Njus | The Oregonian/OregonLiveThe Oregon Legislature has approved a bill that would bar landlords from holding minor marijuana convictions or medical marijuana use against prospective tenants.The bulk of Senate Bill 970 prohibits the owners of manufactured home parks or marinas from…

 By Elliot Njus | The Oregonian/OregonLive Few renters will get any benefit from Oregon's first-of-its-kind rent control law in the next few years, a Portland State University report says.The new law caps annual rent increases at 7% plus inflation, for a total of 10.3% this year. But the annual…

By:  Dale StromThis is the sixth and final part of a series of a private owner of a Manufactured Home Community willingly attempting to sell that Community to an Association of tenants within that Community. Riverbend MHP is a 39 space community located within the city limits of Clatskanie, OR.The…

Just over a year ago a story broke on the Sunday front page of 'The Eugene Register Guard' about several elderly residents in a Eugene park who claimed to have been swindled by one or more persons affiliated with the park management.  The community became the topic of discussion in legislative…

By: Mark Weiner      CFO, Monolith Properties       E-mail:  mark@monlithparks.com.        Phone:  916-292-9473. The world of commercial mortgage can be quite intimidating for those who only enter the arena every ten years or so when their loan reaches maturity. Luckily for us MHCO members there…