July 2021

On June 26, 2021 the Oregon State Legislature adjourned “sine die”. Adjournment sine die (from the Latin “without day”) means “without assigning a day for a further meeting or hearing”. To adjourn an assembly sine die is to adjourn it for an...
June 2021

June 2021

As the saying goes, the third time is the charm! June 30th will be the third ending date that has been announced for Oregon’s Eviction Moratorium. So what does this mean? Will we begin to finally get back to normal rent collections? Landlords and Tenants are...
May 2021

May 2021

Over the course of the last few years ago I have been one among a growing number of voices who have challenged Landlords in particular, and Legislators and Housing Organizations in general, on what changes need to take place for us as a community to stay on top of the...
April 2021

April 2021

How important is the Rental Housing Alliance Oregon to you? I had a disgruntled Landlord write to me this month to say he was terminating his membership because, in his opinion, we have not done enough “with the war perpetrated by Salem and Portland city council on...
March 2021

March 2021

“March comes in like a lion and out like a lamb.” Adages stick through time because they are true. Lions are fearsome and found in jungles and caged in a zoo. Lambs are gentle grazing in fields and on grasses they chew. So, what are we afraid of – and what are...