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My landlord says she has the receipt proving my check was accepted by the bank. How long can it take for the bank to resolve this problem? What if weeks/months go by and the check never is cashed? If I write the bank another check are they responsible for the stop payment fee?
answered on Nov 13, 2018
Talk to your bank and find out what the problem is and where your check currently is. That knowledge will in turn allow you to fix the problem and go forward.
I always have to clean his mess before I can cook. He leaves trash all over the house. I'm always cleaning up after him. I like to live in a clean house but he makes it impossible. He tracks dirt all over the floor, piles things everywhere. He never wipes up spills, grease or crumbs on the... View More 
answered on Nov 10, 2018
Unless his lack of cleanliness is so bad as to actually violate health laws, your remedy is to terminate your tenancy and live elsewhere, hopefully in a more comparable environment. Generally you do not, however,
have the right to move into someone else's home and then demand they... View More
Is there any legal way of getting more time to find a roommate? Once a 72 hr eviction is filed with the courts, how long do I have to get out?
answered on Nov 10, 2018
You can talk with the landlord to see if they will give you a payment plan. You can have a landlord-tenant attorney review everything to see if there are any technical defenses to an eviction. You can move out by the time of your 1st court appearance ( between 1 and 2 weeks after the eviction... View More
I'm also female. I wanted to save on rent so I placed an ad for a roommate. I added her to the 12-month lease when it was renewed in January. It was a form entitled: Addendum to rental agreement to add or remove resident(s).
Shortly after moving in she's made my life a living... View More
answered on Nov 9, 2018
It is not clear to me what your status is - are you also the landlord? Or did you just recruit a roommate and now both of you are signers on the lease with your landlord? Who does she pay her rent to - you or your landlord? The answers make all the difference in what your rights are.... View More
Soon after she took my daughter's money she kicked her out without notice or reimbursement and left my daughter homeless in a strange place. There is more but as you see it's a long story
answered on Nov 9, 2018
Assuming you can prove it, and it occurred in Oregon, your daughter simply needs to review everything in detail with a landlord-tenant attorney who practices in the same geographic area as the rental. Good luck.
answered on Nov 5, 2018
Certainly they can. Many may allow a payment plan for either last or security deposit - say over 2 or 3 months...
55 plus apartment community
answered on Nov 3, 2018
Guest isn't obligated to report to you and is not trespassing if there with tenant's permission. You may have grounds to issue a for cause termination notice to tenant for breaking the rules. In my opinion it is questionable whether a court would uphold and/or enforce such a policy... View More
OUT OF WASHINGTON. THEY JUST GAVE A NOTICE TODAY THAT OUR RENT IS GOING UP $100. IN DECEMBER. WHAT I WANT TO KNOW IS THAT LEGAL TO RAISE IT THAT MUCH AND DON'T THEY HAVE TO GIVE A 90 DAY NOTICE FOR THE RENT
answered on Oct 30, 2018
Assuming you are on a month to month tenancy, they cannot raise your rent during the first year of that tenancy at all. Thereafter rent can only be raised with at least 90 days advanced notice. That said, they can raise the rent any amount they wish - your remedy is to simply give notice and move... View More
The tenant is on a one year lease and will be going onto month to month
answered on Oct 30, 2018
At least 90 days and, if in the Portland City limits, you must include a description of the tenant's rights and obligations and amount of Relocation Assistance they are entitled to under the Portland city ordinance. Failing to do so can cost you 3 months rent plus tenant's court costs... View More
I rented a house over 4 years was evicted last Dec. paid first last month rent and sec deposit. recently found out I'm supposed to have my deposit returned within 31 days but I never received it or an accounting for it. I've spoke with them after this time and they never mentioned it.... View More
answered on Oct 30, 2018
You may or may not have claims regarding the fire and you and your son's injuries. That would need to be reviewed and evaluated by an attorney.
As for the security deposit and/or any last month's rent refund you might be due, the landlord had an absolute duty to either refund... View More
I got tge notice october 23 and was asked to vacate by the 15th of november which is not even 30 days. They also adressed it to sharon cook and i am sharon moore. Is it valid? I sent them a copy of the deposit and reservation fee i paid on a nee place on oct 24 th but cant move in until the 29 th... View More
answered on Oct 29, 2018
If the tenancy is related to employment, and it sounds like it is through your roommate, then the regular landlord/tenant laws are not all applicable.
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... View More
answered on Oct 26, 2018
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... View More
I'm trying to settle a dispute between a person I co-signed an apartment with. Well, it's more like I signed myself with her, so she can have a place to stay by herself since she has bad credit. I offered to pay the initial monthly rent plus fees, so she can move in as soon as possible.... View More
answered on Oct 26, 2018
The burden of proof will be on you to show that she owes you the money but yes, either small claims or regular court are you options. If you start in small claims court, she will then have the choice to remove it to regular circuit court or to let it stay in small claims court. If you start in... View More
Or does it mean I have 72 hours to pay the rent before I receive a 30-day eviction notice?
answered on Oct 24, 2018
No, it means you have 72 hours to either pay the rent due in full or get out - your choice. If you do neither, the landlord can file to evict you in court anytime thereafter.
answered on Oct 23, 2018
While certainly undesirable; highly unprofessional; and a bad management practice; I know of no law that prohibits or penalizes the practice, at least absent actual damages resulting therefrom.
Does ORS (looks like requires a 60 day if tenancy longer than 12 months)
trump the rental agreement (which provides for 30 days notice)
answered on Oct 21, 2018
As a general rule, particularly in residential landlord-tenant matters, Oregon law governs over the contents of a lease. If the tenant has resided there more than a year, at least 60 days notice is required to terminate their tenancy without cause - 90 days if the dwelling is within the Portland... View More
The Landlord/Tenant relationship is just taking too much energy. Unbeknownst to us, tenants made a friend a house-key and had her move in over the summer (which we let tenants live in rent-free for that 3 months). Our lease specifically says no one can live in the house without a signed lease. We... View More
answered on Oct 17, 2018
You are not obliged to provide a reason in a no-cause termination notice. You may, however, if you wish so long as the notice states: 1) the notice is given without stated cause; 2) the recipient of the notice does not have the right to cure the reason for the termination; and 3) the person... View More
Oregon Revised Statutes 98-805
answered on Oct 15, 2018
Possession of 10 lbs is likely to be illegal. Your safest bet is to simply report it to the police and go from there. They might even tow it off for you as evidence.
He became hostile and threatened to kick us out because he " wasnt welcome in his own house". He evicted us 3 days later and still no heat in our home.
answered on Oct 15, 2018
Not clear what you mean by he "evicted" you three days later but it sounds as if you may have a variety of potential claims against the landlord and possibly to any eviction lawsuit. Only way for you to really know much is for you to review everything in detail with a landlord-tenant... View More
We have all cancelled checks showing part of money is rent ,additional is toward down pyt.. we never had any document notarized and we were not happy with part of agreement byt felt pressure because we had already been paying -w/o written agreement and we had no where else to move
answered on Oct 15, 2018
It largely depends upon what the written agreement says and, in the end, what the seller/landlord admits or disputes. The only way to know much is to take everything you have in documentation to an attorney for evaluation and review. Sadly, your feeling pressured and/or having no where else to go... View More
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