I am not clear as to your fact pattern but normally your rights regarding any refund are specified in the written lease/buy agreement. When you say no lease in writing, that truly is concerning. If you have no written agreement specifying the terms of this supposed rent to own, you likely have no... View More

Not entirely certain if you are sub leasing to them, or you are sub leasing from them. If you are sub leasing to them, you are the landlord, and you can sent notices of deficiencies or a for cause eviction if they are violating the lease.

If it is the other way around, review the lease and... View More

Not unless they can show you raised the rent on them for an impermissible reason - discrimination, etc. A landlord can charge whatever amount of rent they wish in Oregon (including more than a 10% raise in rent - it just may trigger a relocation assistance payment if in City of Portland). If you... View More

It depends in part what your lease says. Absent provisions in it, you have to provide at least 24 hrs advanced notice each time you or your agent (i.e. gardener) want to access areas where the tenant has a right to exclude. The tenant then has the right to refuse you entry so long as they do not... View More

If all are on the same lease, and one leaves, that terminates the tenancies of all. Regardless, you have no obligation to renew the lease even if they all wanted to stay. If the rental is within the Portland city limits, and all wanted to stay, if you refused to renew it might trigger an... View More

Assuming the landlord follows the correct technical procedures (serves a legally compliant 24 hour notice (or longer) and serves it properly, absolutely they can terminate your tenancy and evict if/when (in reality, no one actually gets out within 24 hours) you fail to vacate. As long as you are... View More

Be careful here - you may be being set up. First, a landlord must allow a tenant to inspect and if they pay for the copying costs, make a photocopy of their lease within a reasonable time of being requested. Be sure to put your request in writing and either hand deliver or mail it to them,... View More

It is a bit ambiguous. The statute says rent cannot be increased during the first year after the tenancy begins. It is not clear whether that applies to the first year after a month to month tenancy begins or after any form of tenancy begins. Regardless, it seems likely that a 90 day notice is... View More

It depends in part upon what you have rented - if it is just the basement, and the landlord is doing nothing in your space, then he likely has the right to do what he wishes with the upstairs space. However, depending upon the duration and extent of the disturbance (and hours), you may have claims... View More

No, the landlord files that with the court; the court then issues a Judgment against you; and the landlord asks the court to issue a Notice of Restitution. That Notice of Restitution must be served on you and it gives you 4 days to go to the court to contest the Declaration of Non-Compliance IF... View More

IF the tenant provided false information about his criminal history (has he been convicted or only charged? If only charged, likely not much you can do) you can give a 24 hr notice and terminate the tenancy. If he commits domestic violence while being a tenant you can terminate. If his victim... View More

Not at all. A landlord must disclose in writing to a potential tenant, before the execution of a rental agreement, if the dwelling is the subject of an existing lawsuit such as it is being foreclosed upon or potentially being forfeited, but landlord's are free to sell the rental dwelling all... View More

4 times a year excessive? Not in my mind and I strongly doubt in any Judge's mind. I suspect once a month would be lawful. They still have to provide at least 24 hrs notice.

First, you only are potentially entitled to relocation assistance payments if your rental dwelling is within the Portland city limits. If it is, you were likely owed notice of the amount of assistance and of your rights to the assistance at the time the termination notice was served (it IS a 90... View More

Not likely - if you gave proper notice, even if mutually modified, and we're out on time, your rent obligation normally ends when you restore possession and are out. If the landlord withholds more out of a security deposit and does not refund it within 31 days of your restoring possession,... View More

Assuming the rent increase notice is technically correct (contains required info, properly served, etc), then yes, there is no rent control in Oregon and a landlord can raise it any amount they wish. If you don't wish to pay it, your remedy is to move. As to relocation assistance payments,... View More

If the rental is within the Portland city limits, and you want to use a no cause termination notice, you need to issue a 90 day no cause notice and you need to be sure you are fully complying with the City's relocation assistance requirements. Your posting suggests, however, that you may have... View More

Certainly they can - No Cause means No Cause needed to terminate your tenancy so long as the notice contains the information required and was lawfully served, it likely is enforceable.

It depends whether your 90 day notice was the minimum required for a no cause termination (if so, it must be within the city limits of Portland). Then the question is why the landlord is only giving you 30 days notice - if in Portland, it must be for cause (unlawful subletting perhaps?).... View More

No, you are entitled to a minimum of 30 days notice, assuming you have been there less than a year and are not within the city limits of Portland. More than a year is 60 days; and if you are within the city limits of Portland, 90 days regardless of how long you have been there. If you are in... View More