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A Message from Tia Politi, Lane ROA President: November/December 2023

Our September meeting was sold out for the presentation by attorney James Gardner, which included special guests Charlie Hansen of R & R Properties along with Lieutenant Stotts of the Eugene Police Department. James gave us a rundown of the requirements for termination for nonpayment since the passage of HB 2001. Charlie and Lieutenant Stotts came to tell the group about the final lockout for the “rent strikers” at Sharon Prager’s Almaden Street property. 

Thankfully, the lockout went smoothly with no injuries or arrests. EPD arrived on the scene in the early morning hours of September 25th, broke through the barricade the strikers had erected and escorted around 11 people off the premises. I was there to help that rainy Monday and was so impressed with the professionalism of all the officers on scene. They stood in the rain all day while Charlie’s team removed the barricades, took loads of trash to the dump, secured all four units, installed security lights and security fencing around the perimeter of the property. All while being called filthy names, and enduring vulgar taunts, and gestures.

For those who may not be aware of the situation, this property has four units on one tax lot and months ago, one of the tenants decided that she would stop paying rent in an ill-advised attempt to get the owner to sell her the property (not sure how an unemployed single mom thought she could get a loan to buy it), and was told the owner was not interested. Charlie proceeded to eviction court and in a jam-packed courtroom James Gardner prevailed at trial. But that was just the beginning.

The Sheriff did perform a forcible removal of that tenant, but then she and an unruly gang of protesters came back to the property and began illegally camping on the premises. One of the four renters had already given notice and moved out, the owner agreed to pay another unit’s occupants to leave which left one occupied unit. Because there are four units on one tax lot, police were unable to remove the protesters due to the permission of the one remaining legal household to allow them to stay in the common areas on the premises. That began another eviction for cause to the last remaining legal household which took a long time and resulted in another trial in which James and Charlie prevailed.

Then it took another couple of weeks for EPD to arrange for around 25% of the city’s police officers to be on scene for the whole day to allow Charlie to regain possession for her owner and secure the premises. During the intervening months this has taken, Sharon Prager has been under repeated assault at her rented apartment in California including defamatory posters pasted around her neighborhood and loud, vulgar, ugly protests at her home. The stress and uncertainty have been overwhelming to Sharon, who is not the rich out-of-state landlord they claim. Sharon was the best thing these renters had going for them as she kept their rents lower than market. Her LLC is even named Almaden Affordable Living LLC! She is not some huge corporate landlord with vast assets, she’s a regular person who grew up here and lives largely on the proceeds from her affordable rents to fund her retirement. How these people felt justified abusing her is beyond comprehension.

Sharon has incurred tens of thousands of dollars in costs for eviction, property clean up and repair of significant damage to the property, including tenant vandalism. Charlie has set up a Go Fund Me page to help Sharon recover financially from this devastating experience. If you have not yet donated and want to support another property owner’s rights to their property, please consider making a donation at: https://gofund.me/285156e0.

As we enter the holiday season, our best wishes to you and your families for a safe and joyous holiday!

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Annual Rent Increase Percentage – Oregon Rent Increase Information for 2024


Housing Providers (Landlords, Owners, Property Managers),

Senate Bill 611 was signed into law on July 06, 2023. This bill will cap rent increases at 10% or 7% plus CPI (whichever is lower) - The exemption for new constructions remains at 15 years.

The maximum allowable rent increase percentage for the 2024 calendar year is 10% or 7% plus CPI (whichever is lower) – The allowable annual rent increase in 2024 is 10.0%. Only one rent increase may be issued in any 12-month period.

The allowable rent increase percentage for the previous year, 2023, was 14.6% if the increase was issued before July 6th, or 10.0% if issued after July 6th. 



Attention Eugene Landlords...
Phase 2 of Eugene’s renter protection ordinance goes into effect on August 25th, 2023, so if you intend and are eligible to issue a 30-day ‘no cause’ termination notice, a 30-day notice of non-renewal [both within the first year of occupancy] or a 90-day termination notice for qualifying landlord reason and can issue that notice before 8/25/23, you won’t have to pay the city’s relocation assistance required by that new ordinance (if you own 4+ units, you’ll still have to pay one month’s rent with your 90-day notice). From 8/25 on, be prepared to pay relocation assistance equal to two months’ rent.

Oregon Senate Bill 611:
Effective Immediately, New Restrictions on Rent Increases

On July 6, 2023 Governor Kotek signed Senate Bill 611,
which enacts the following restrictions on rent increases:

·    Housing Providers may only raise rent once in any 12-month period.

·    Unless an exemption applies, rent increases may not exceed the LESSER
 OF EITHER: 10% OR 7% plus the published Consumer Price Index (CPI).

·    If a Housing Provider terminates a tenancy without cause in the first year
of occupancy, the maximum amount of rent that may be assessed to the
subsequent renter in that unit may not exceed the maximum amount the
Housing Provider could have charged the terminated tenancy.
 

Because this is an emergency measure, all rent increase notices issued on or after July 6, 2023 must comply with these new rules.
SB 611 expressly does not apply to rent increases that were sent prior to it being signed into law by the Governor.
Please contact your ROA Member Helpline if you have any questions regarding any of these changes.

Renter Protections Phases - Ordinance AIS

Phase 1 of Eugene's New Housing Ordinance PASSED
Signed July 13th and went into effect August 13th, 2022
Click on this link to read Phase 1: Phase 1 - City Council Ordinance Passed 7-13-22


Phase 2 of Eugene's New Housing Ordinance PASSED

Click on this link to read about Phase 2: Mind your Business - Eugene Code Regulations phase II


Working on Your TAXES???

(All Lane ROA Members will be notified ASAP, via email, when the 2023 Percentage has been computed)

94.5% of your 2022
ROA Regular Membership Dues
ARE Tax Deductible!

A portion of your ROA 'Regular' Membership Dues
are sent to ORHA to support Lobbying on YOUR behalf
through the Oregon Rental Housing Association (ORHA)


 – ORHA Form T14 –
Abandoned Property Notice – Deceased Sole Tenant
** New Address for the Oregon State Treasury **

There is a new address for the Oregon State Treasury – When dealing with unclaimed property,
you will now direct all abandoned property/deceased sole tenant forms
and unclaimed tenant funds to the new Oregon State Treasury address: 

867 Hawthorne Ave. SE
Salem, OR 97301

This new address will soon be updated on ORHA Form T14 | Abandoned Property Notice – Deceased Sole Tenant.
Please be sure to double check the address on any T14 forms revised prior to April of 2023.

For more details, please view the Oregon State Treasury Website.


PURCHASING FORMS...

Members and Non-members can purchase blank hard copies of ORHA forms
at the Lane ROA office (4217 Main St, Suite E, Springfield, OR)

or
Members and Non-members can purchase forms ONLINE
at the Forms Store through ORHA at www.oregonrentalhousing.com
 ~ then click on the Forms Store tab
Note: Lane ROA Members, your discount code to purchase online ORHA forms at a discount is always listed on page 4 in each bulletin.

ATTENTION:  ORHA has a new numbering system
.
Please read:  ORHA New Numbers Explained


 
The City of Eugene
Housing Code FORMS ARE NOW AVAILABLE!

Unit Condition Form:
https://www.eugene-or.gov/DocumentCenter/View/67411/Renter-Protections-Move-In-Move-Out-Checklist_92022?bidId=

 The Tenant Education Information Form you’re required to distribute can be found at:
https://www.eugene-or.gov/DocumentCenter/View/67409/Tenant-Education-Information-Flyer_92022?bidId=

 The Rental History Form you’re required to give can be found at:
https://www.eugene-or.gov/DocumentCenter/View/67410/Tenant-Reference-Form_92022?bidId=

For more information visit EugeneRentalCode.org


Find more information about the Renter Protections Process on this webpage:

 
https://www.eugene-or.gov/4885/Renter-Protections-Process

To be included in the Renter Protection interested parties email list, please email renterprotections@eugene-or.gov


READ ALL ABOUT IT!!!

A Landlord Provided Cooling Space Initiative from Energy Trust of Oregon:

NEWS ALERT from Energy Trust of Oregon.pdf



READ: Proposed Protections and Landlord Requirements:

 Eugene Implementation


Find out who your legislator is and write to them!
Link:
https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/FindYourLegislator/leg-districts.html


Senate Bill 891 - Oregon Emergency Rental Assistance Program (OERAP)
:
OR Emergency Rental Assist Fund FAQs_SB891_OERAP

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