Community Updates

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), and Kyrsten…

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 Committee. We…

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 proposed…

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 taxes…

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" 

OREGON'S 2011 SUBMETERING LAWBYPHILLIP C. QUERIN, LEGAL COUNSEL MANUFACTURED HOUSING COMMUNITIES OF OREGON (

The Fair Housing Act (FHA") was passed in 1968

The Manufactured Housing Landlord Tenant Coalition met earlier this week to continue negotiations on a variety of issues.  Here is a summary of what is moving, what is not and what still needs to be discussed as we prepare for the 2015 Oregon Legislative Session.Abandoned Manufactured Home and Back…

Last week MHCO met with representatives of the Oregon county tax assessors and successfully negotiated the elimination of abandoned home back taxes.For those you who have been following this issue - earlier this year MHCO set out to make significant changes to ORS 90.675 that requires community…

Elder Abuse in our society is hidden.  For every one case that is reported, 24 cases go unreported (National Clearinghouse on Abuse in Late Life).  There are several factors that contribute to this.  An older adult is reluctant to admit that abuse is happening.  Guilt and shame are silencers in…