Q: If a rental increase from a new owner forces relocation, can tenants request moving expenses to be compensated?
The apartments where I live (Oregon) have been sold and we have received notice of a new property management company. All tenants are on month-month leases and some have lived here for as long as 20 years. If the new company increases our rent by more than 10% and we are forced to relocate, can they be legally requested to cover moving expenses up to a certain amount? Does the year time frame restart with the new property managers? What time frames do month-month tenants have in the event of sold rentals and rent spikes to protect them? Can the tenant have their moving expenses compensated if the spike in rental price is so excessive that they can no longer afford to live there, thereby they are forced to move?
A: Request? Sure...Force them to? Not unless you are within the city limits of Portland. Rent can be raised in month to month tenancies with at least 90 days prior written notice to the tenant. It cannot be raised during the first year of a month to month tenancy and no, the year timeframe does not restart with no property managers. If a tenant does not want to pay the higher rent, they simply have to give notice and move elsewhere.
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