Community Updates

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…

    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…

MHCO Forms for Non Payment of Rent Evictions/Rental Assistance - Effective December 15, 2021 are attached ABOVE.

On December 13, 2021, the Oregon Legislature passed SB891 which made significant changes to the non payment of rent eviction process in Oregon.  A revised flow chart of the process is attached above: "891 Update Flowchart Draft 2.pdf".

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…