Do I need a license to sell manufactured homes?Yes. Individuals or entities that sell a manufactured home on behalf of another person have always required a license. If I am a licensed real estate agent, can I sell manufactured homes?In some cases, real estate brokers will need an MSD license. If a manufactured structure is sold separate from the sale of the land, this is considered a personal property transaction and requires an MSD license. The sale of a manufactured structure and land in a single transaction is a real estate transaction and requires a real estate license (but not an MSD license). I sell Park Model structures. Do I need a DFCS dealer's license to sell these structures?Yes. Except for person-to-person sales, any individual or entity engaged in selling manufactured homes is required to get a license. If you are a park owner and you sell less than 10 manufactured homes in a year, you may apply for a limited license. You can apply for either license online at https://licensesonline.dcbs.oregon.gov/MyLicense Enterprise/ What is the purpose of a limited dealer's license?The limited license allows a park owner to sell up to ten homes per year within the licensee's park without having to obtain a full dealer license. ORS 446.706 What are the bonding requirements for a manufactured structures dealer?A bond or letter of credit is required before a license is issued. The bond must be submitted with your application on a Division of Finance and Corporate Securities surety bond form (Form 440-2966) . How do I apply for a manufactured structures dealer license?To apply for a regular or a limited license, submit a completed application form to the Division of Finance and Corporate Securities. Alternatively, you can take advantage of the department's online licensing system - License 2000/My License. This system provides licensees a robust set of tools to apply for, renew, update, or check license status via the web. More information can be found online at https://licensesonline.dcbs.oregon.gov/MyLicense Enterprise/. How do I make changes to my manufactured structures dealer license?If dealers need to change the street address, mailing address, or the DBA or ABN on their license, a correction to the license must be submitted and a $30 fee applies. Please note, the legal name on the license cannot be changed, only the DBA or ABN. As a dealership, if I want to open another sales center, do I need another license?Dealer licenses are good for one location only. If a dealer has, or intends to open, a branch office at a different location under the same business name and license, the dealer must apply for a supplemental license. Does a dealer need a trip permit to move a new home between dealer inventory lots?No. New homes identified as dealer inventory may be moved between a dealer's inventory lots provided the dealer has obtained a supplemental dealer license for the lots in question. Please note that a trip permit is required whenever a used home is moved from one site or dealer location to another. As a dealer, am I subject to taxation on a home I have installed as a spec home?If you have a supplemental license for the home's location, the home is considered inventory.See ORS 446.576 How should a dealer handle a spec home that is placed in a manufactured home park?The statute makes provisions for a dealer to license a park as a dealer site from which the home can be sold. In essence, this means that the initial placement of a spec home on a lot in a park, before it has actually been sold, would be viewed as movement from a dealer lot to a dealer lot. Can an Escrow Agent complete the sales transaction of a manufactured structure on behalf of my dealership?Yes, provided the conditions specified in ORS 446.591 are met. Who should I contact if I have any questions about dealer licensing?Licensing Staff (503) 378-4140dcbs.dfcsmail@state.or.us

By Jo Becker, Education/Outreach Specialist, Fair Housing Council Serving Oregon and SW WashingtonIn our last article, we looked at the work of Tim Iglesias and the legal implications of, as well as the disparate impact of overly restrictive occupancy standards, including two-people-per-bedroom policies. In this article, the last in the two-part series, the work of Ellen Pader, an anthropologist and Associate Director of the Housing Research Center at the University of Massachusetts Amherst we look at the historical and cultural perspectives behind our country's occupancy policies. I recently read Ms. Pader's Housing Occupancy Standards: Inscribing Ethnicity and Family Relations on the Land, published in the Journal of Architectural and Planning Research in the winter of 2002. Despite being more than a few years old, it is packed with - what for me - was stunning revelations about the deep and particularly contrived history of occupancy standards in the US. As you read along with me, I ask that you do so with an open mind. Step outside the lens of your role as a housing provider to gain greater perspective. Warning: Ms. Pader's vocabulary is rich but dense; I hope the excerpts I have selected here are not too arduous. That said, I strongly suggest you download the entire document (available at www.FHCO.org/occupancy.htm) and read it over a cup of something yummy some long, rainy evening. I'll start you off with the verbose preface to Pader's paper:THE PREMISEAttempts to define family and the appropriate sociospatial arrangements for an idealized "normal" U.S. household formation have had profound influences on the design and size of houses

By: Robert S. Coldren, ESQ and James S. Morse, Esq.If you are reading this, chances are you are one of the millions of baby boomers at or near retirement. Although you might not care for the moniker, the government has officially designated you as an older person". If you own property designated as housing for "seniors" you should periodically refresh yourself on the state of the law protecting "older persons" and to avoid the mistakes of other property owners.HistoryThe Civil Rights Act of 1968 enacted The Fair Housing Act ("FHA") to prohibit housing discrimination based on race

By: Robert S. Coldren, ESQ and James S. Morse, Esq.If you are reading this, chances are you are one of the millions of baby boomers at or near retirement. Although you might not care for the moniker, the government has officially designated you as an older person". If you own property designated as housing for "seniors" you should periodically refresh yourself on the state of the law protecting "older persons" and to avoid the mistakes of other property owners.HistoryThe Civil Rights Act of 1968 enacted The Fair Housing Act ("FHA") to prohibit housing discrimination based on race

We all know that 80% or more of a community homesites must be occupied by at least one 55+ person, and that documented proof of age must be consistently required to qualify for 55+ status under HOPA. Let's not forget that the requirements also mandate the re-survey.What do the Regulations say? ...The procedures described in paragraph (b) [routinely determining the occupancy of each unit

Your Screening Criteria" is another important document that should be provided to an interested applicant. This is the document that will determine where you draw the line between acceptance and denial. Your "Screening Criteria" is a written statement of the factors the landlord considers in deciding whether to accept of reject an applicant and any qualification required for acceptance. What can you have on that list? That is up to you. Here is a brief list to get you started: unsatisfactory rental references

The Department of Justice published revised final regulations implementing the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) for title II (State and local government services) and title III (public accommodations and commercial facilities) on September 15, 2010, in the Federal Register. These requirements, or rules, clarify and refine issues that have arisen over the past 20 years and contain new, and updated, requirements, including the 2010 Standards for Accessible Design (2010 Standards). OverviewThis publication provides guidance on the term service animal" and the service animal provisions in the Department's revised regulations. ? Beginning on March 15

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