First, you should fully document the landlord's actions - dates, times, witnesses, what was said, etc. You may well have claims against the landlord for the unlawful entries and/or the WiFi. Beyond that, no, neither text nor email messages are valid forms of issuing a termination of tenancy... View More

As long as they do not raise the rent more than the statutory cap, certainly a landlord may raise rent with 90 days prior written notice. Covid protections prohibit evicting a tenant for failure to pay rent during the pandemic; they say nothing about prohibiting rent increases.

Yes, any rent increase requires at least 90 days advanced written notice, lawfully served. If you want to delay the increase as long as possible, don't tell the landlord that he's in violation until after the increase is supposed to go into effect. If he wants to evict because of it, you... View More

You need to fully review everything with a local landlord-tenant attorney. You are extremely limited in what you can do. You SHOULD have made getting rid of the tenant a condition of closing the sale. If you are intending to use the dwelling as your primary residence, the seller would have had... View More

Yes, generally speaking a landlord can require a tenant to sign a new lease with proper notice. Many of the changes are likely possible anyway if the landlord issues them as Rules and Regulations with proper notice. Whether smoking changes is material enough to avoid being changed in a Rules and... View More

If the dog bit anyone, you should report that to your local county animal control. If the dog bit at the command of a human, you should report that to your local police or sheriff. As to getting rid of him, you need to review everything with a local landlord-tenant attorney. IF you can establish... View More

By its own terms, it only applies to manufactured dwellings and floating homes.

Possibly yes, with proper notice etc (assuming you own the property of course) but you cannot even issue the mandatory 90 day advanced notice until after the Covid-19 emergency is officially declared over in Oregon. Thank you Governor Brown.

No, no fee and no notice required. Nothing changes except who you pay your rent to (they will have to give you notice of that when the time comes). If the buyer wants to use your dwelling as their own primary residence, then the seller has to give you at least 90 days advanced notice and copies of... View More

You need to be VERY careful - and likely are already exposed to a lawsuit by your tenant and are likely liable to him for statutory damages if the rental dwelling is within the City of Portland city limits. Did you include written notice of his tenant's relocation assistance rights? Did you... View More

In Oregon, a landlord MUST send either a refund or accounting for why they are keeping part or all of a tenant's security deposit in writing within 31 days of having possession restored to them. They are free to send it in any other manner they wish so long as it is in addition to, not in... View More

If you originally had a fixed term lease that has now expired, you are now likely on a month to month tenancy. As such, your landlord is free to raise your rent anytime as long as they provide you at least 90 days prior written notice and it otherwise complies with the legal requirements. You can... View More

Assuming you are inquiring about a residential rental in Oregon, you likely have damage claims against your landlord as well as being due a refund for being over charged on rent. How much in damages depends in part upon exactly where the rental is located. In addition to the damages, you are... View More

You don't say WHY the showers were closed or if it is intended to be permanent. Whether the rent increase is lawful likely depends upon whether it is a less than 10% increase in the last 12 months and if the notice contained the required information, provided at least 90 days (94 days,... View More

It sounds as if your tenant simply abandoned his tenancy. If so, you assume possession and prepare it for re-renting or whatever else you intend to do with the dwelling. If he left any personal property, you have to protect it and only dispose of it according to the requirements of ORS 90.425.... View More

A landlord has 31 days after the tenant restores possession to them to either refund the tenant's security deposit in full or to provide a written accounting for how much they are keeping and for what. If damages exceed the amount of the security deposit, the landlord is free to account for... View More

There are numerous things wrong with this - email is NOT a lawful method of notifying a tenant of a rent increase; any rent increase notice must be in writing (yes, paper and toner/ink/pencil) contain the required information and be lawfully served. It must provide at least 90 days prior written... View More

IF you currently are residential landlord-tenant and IF you have been there more than a year, then a landlord may not even issue a no cause termination notice until after the Covid-19 crisis is declared over (currently scheduled for September 30th but subject to change as the time comes closer) and... View More

Unless you can evict for a permitted reason, you may not even issue a termination notice until after Covid-19 is no longer an emergency - currently scheduled to be September 30 but subject to change.

It depends upon what your written rental agreement says. IF she is listed on it as a permitted occupant, that should not change when she becomes 18. If she is not, and is just listed (if at all) as a minor child of the actual tenant, then a landlord likely can require that she submit to a... View More