4 0 obj Oregon lawmakers in both the House and Senate passed a much-anticipated extension to the state's eviction moratorium Monday evening during the state's third special session of … On the table of bills to consider is a six-month extension on the state’s eviction moratorium, as well as a push to establish a program to pay landlords 80% of the rent and payments due to them, as long as they then forgive the debts of tenants impacted by the pandemic. Oregon Governor Kate Brown has extended the eviction moratorium preventing residential evictions for non-payment of rent and other no-cause evictions from September 30 to December 31, 2020, according to a release. The extension, passed on Monday, creates a $150 million landlord bailout fund which puts landlords on the hook for forgiving 20% of back rent out of pocket should they apply for the program. Notifications can be turned off anytime in the browser settings. “The politicians ... they need to help us, need to see my way of life.”. %PDF-1.7 The eviction moratorium is set to end on Dec. 31st. Gov. On Monday, Oregon’s U.S. senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley also joined 15 other Democrats in the Senate in sponsoring legislation to extend the federal eviction moratorium to … The committee also wants to create a Landlord Compensation Fund which would take $100 million from Oregon's general fund to help residents pay back rent. <> RELATED: Wave of evictions feared as moratorium set to expire at the end of the year. Members of Oregon's Housing Committee are seeking a six-month extension to the state's moratorium on residential and commercial evictions ahead of its expiration on December 31. stream “I'm not going to go in the middle of winter and sleep in my car with a baby, and I figure that if there's this many people that are struggling and there's this many people that face this… I don't feel like they're going to send that many sheriffs out one by one, put everybody out of their door,” she said. Bethany Anderson will be watching closely. Tenant advocacy groups fear there will be a wave of mass evictions. “They're spending down emergency and retirement savings, all to stay in their home.”. They are selling assets like their car,” she said. PORTLAND, Ore. — Tens of thousands of Oregon households will be looking to state lawmakers during next week’s special session in Salem to save them from being evicted with the new year, according to one estimate. Some tenant advocates say this has resulted in increased reports of tenant harassment. And a tenant can also sue the landlord for three months’ rent. Sept. 28, 2020 You need something, and not a lot of us have money anymore.”, RELATED: Oregon lawmakers hear proposal to extend eviction moratorium for renters. If you rent your home, the Oregon Governor Kate Brown has issued a moratorium on evictions for non-payment of rent due to the Coronavirus or for no-cause evictions.The version of her Executive Order from March 22nd would have stopped the Sheriff from coming to enforce the eviction order. Oregon Rep. Paul Holvey, D-Eugene, has been leading the push to extend the foreclosure moratorium in the state. “We're a few weeks away from, you know, probably one of the worst realities for our lifetime,” said Ryan Bowser. Torres has also been able to get some help covering rent through COVID-19 relief funding, dispensed by the county, but the aid is shaky. December 23, 2020 12:56 pm. Oregon's ban on evictions … If property owners can’t pay the mortgage on a rental property because a renter stops paying rent the home will go into foreclosure at some point. The stories about those sacrifices come as eviction moratoriums put in place early in the pandemic by the state of Oregon and the CDC are set to run … endobj <>/Metadata 219 0 R/ViewerPreferences 220 0 R>> \X�?D�����g�ȓT�_���1ֽ X. ���_&�+���r&����5��L*҄W��w��#�JnG Her husband works in tech, and the family loves their two-bedroom apartment in Polk County. “I feel like they're hopefully not going to just give us all the boot,” she said via Zoom Wednesday, while holding her 10-month-old son Kane. ��@��'��H�,�G0�R�4O��)t(�8J8�_ݖ��������oX���R��$|%��TA?^Kр�����7�qm�)�VY�A�Q��6���k�~ �7d8�C8?N�r�D�/`������G��� Oregon Governor Kate Brown announced Monday that the state’s eviction moratorium — set to expire at the end of September — will now extend through December 31, 2020. A landlord will have to wait until April 1, 2021 to evict a tenant for not paying rent that came due during the eviction moratorium. Working as a seamstress to support her family of six, Melesia Torres has more protections than Bowser by virtue of where she lives: a trailer in Northeast Portland’s Cully Neighborhood. Bowser said he also recently learned his girlfriend is pregnant. It … Oregon’s eviction moratorium gives renters a grace period to pay back some accumulated rent, but a portion of unpaid rent could be due at the end … 1 0 obj On Thursday morning, Multnomah County commissioners voted to extend their eviction moratorium to July 2021, a move that gives renters until January 2022 to catch up on back rent. Eviction moratoriums put in place early in the pandemic by the state of Oregon and the CDC are set to run out on Jan. 1. The couple both clean classrooms at Oregon State University, but off and on throughout the pandemic, child care needs have forced at least one of them to stay home and forfeit a paycheck. Brown signed the state's eviction moratorium on April 1 and the state legislature has since extended the moratorium through June 30. “This community is … very low income, very low income,” she said, pausing to let her daughter translate from Spanish to English during the interview. endobj Oregon legislators have approved an emergency bill extending the state's moratorium on residential evictions until June 30, 2021. 3 0 obj SALEM, Ore. – Just hours after Oregon lawmakers passed a bill to extend the statewide eviction ban, three landlords filed a lawsuit to end the policy. In a statement, the governor praised lawmakers for taking up coronavirus-related bills, including to give relief to landlords and tenants and extend the moratorium. <>/ExtGState<>/ProcSet[/PDF/Text/ImageB/ImageC/ImageI] >>/MediaBox[ 0 0 612 792] /Contents 4 0 R/Group<>/Tabs/S/StructParents 0>> In an interview Wednesday, McIntosh said, amid economic hardships brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, surveys show renters are making “extreme sacrifices” to pay rent on time. Oregon legislators have approved an emergency bill extending the state's moratorium on residential evictions until June 30, 2021. Rent free living can’t go on forever. That's like 20 mountains. Bowser, his girlfriend Taylor and her daughter are on the brink of being evicted from their two-bedroom apartment in Corvallis. SALEM, Ore. – Just hours after Oregon lawmakers passed a bill to extend the statewide eviction ban, three landlords filed a lawsuit to end the policy. Farhoud owns about 1,200 apartment … Oregon Eviction Moratorium extended through June 30, 2021 in certain circumstances. “I mean, Taylor's cried about it numerous times.”. �.X�J��j��N��[=;yu����-g��g'\ޔ2��)��fU�$�`w�w�*v�U6�n�[���{v���bZM������Y9a�iu�vw�r2���l��W�j�b�+�i�u�3�N���f������_�{�O�HE���_��g'?ʾ�����A�Ixo�86=��Q�M�Ǐ���Ȳ�j7��n|��搕K�+W�I�1�%�~�3=馵��br#��ÔsX�b�~c��g��U�E�>uOw�g"/�����I4��v�\| ����O쓤&ݣz��V^��oxIO�b�O,'��*Kʑ!�ҁԣ ?�0%?d�D�y*y�ȨD:�D�%URVq�CXN�T扨䄥LRX!Y�sٸ����t��%�$�!���?�. %���� It had been due to expire on Wednesday, the last day of September. The bill he is referring to is IC-18, which proposes to extend Oregon's residential eviction moratorium by six months. Anderson added, if the special session comes and goes without an extension on the eviction moratorium, she and her husband have decided they’ll physically refuse to leave. Oregon lawmakers hear proposal to extend eviction moratorium for renters "The case for action is clear," said House Committee on Housing Chair … With a statewide eviction moratorium, a handful of countywide bans and courts closed to eviction cases, many Oregon renters and landlords are confused about their … The bills included rent relief for landlords and an extension on the statewide eviction moratorium through June. The vote, held during … The Governor's Executive Order 20-13 created a state-wide temporary moratorium on certain evictions and terminations of rental agreements and leases in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. They're among thousands hoping Oregon extends an eviction moratorium until July 1 in a special legislative session next week. If a landlord violates any part of the new law, a tenant can get a court order to force the landlord to allow the tenant to move back into their home. x��]Ys�8~wU��)�&�{+���l���#�݇�y�-�r%5������' в�V�"���n� ���6�׳� {����f3�Z.���v�����zq����v5�ܶ��O�� \��b6_t/^�Wo^�����I <> [It’s] $1,000 a month, and then we're currently only behind $4,000,” she said, adding she feels like her family is lucky. Those living outside of Multnomah County will be watching state lawmakers closely next week. “I mean, there's got to be human compassion somewhere … because right now, I don’t know. They have been borrowing money from family or friends. Kate Brown initially put a … If experts’ worst fears come to fruition, the cascade of evictions could more than quadruple Oregon’s homeless population. Anderson lost a job in the beginning of the pandemic and hasn't been able to get work since. The stories about those sacrifices come as eviction moratoriums put in place early in the pandemic by the state of Oregon and the CDC are set to run out on Jan. 1. “Folks have been putting basic needs and rent on credit cards. PORTLAND, Ore. — Tens of thousands of Oregonians are behind on rent payments during the COVID-19 pandemic. Oregon lawmakers hear flood of testimony on extended eviction moratorium, new landlord compensation fund Updated Dec 18, 2020; Posted Dec 18, 2020 The Oregon … “There's people who are behind so much in rent that you look at it and that's not even a mountain. “There's an underrepresented amount of people I think, who kind of slipped through the cracks in the pandemic so far… who didn't lose all of their income, but they lost enough of it to where making ends meet was impossible.”. Published. Oregon eviction moratorium set to end on Dec. 31, unless lawmakers act The eviction moratorium is set to end on Dec. 31st. endobj House Bill 4401 looks to extend the current eviction moratorium through the beginning of July 2021. I would move to a warmer climate and camp before I would squat on somebody’s property. Both renter and landlord groups are unhappy with a legislative proposal to extend a state residential eviction moratorium for six months. “We're kind of still processing that, while still trying to process the possibility of being homeless in a couple of weeks,” he said. “We pay about $1,165 a month… but right now we're three months’ rent back,” he said. During the statewide eviction moratorium, landlords cannot evict a tenant for not paying rent. 'Like an angel': Friends, coworkers shocked after 20-year-old Vancouver woman killed outside hospital, Oregon reports 908 new COVID-19 cases, 7 more deaths, Occasional rain stays with us through Saturday, Winter Weather Advisory in Hood River area, Gobert dominant inside, Lillard struggles, Jazz rout Blazers, Police: Possible human remains found near downtown Nashville explosion, Wave of evictions feared as moratorium set to expire at the end of the year, Oregon lawmakers hear proposal to extend eviction moratorium for renters. The draft bill, … She argues Oregon's politicians don't realize people of color disproportionately live on the brink of homelessness. Tenant advocacy groups … The vote, held during Oregon's third special legislative session of 2020, comes just ten days before the state's current moratorium expires. This order was signed April 1, 2020 and was in effect until June 30, 2020. Review Executive Order 20-13. “[The apartment] is really nice. How are you going to climb that?”. “I don't take for granted the fact that Jan. 1, [the landlord] can put an eviction notice my door if I don't have that rent that's past due paid.”. “It’s between, I believe, 25,000 to 57,000 households may be at risk of eviction on Jan. 1,” said Alison McIntosh, policy and communications director at Neighborhood Partnerships. Oregon’s residential eviction ban was originally issued on April 1. 2 0 obj Under the proposal, Oregon’s eviction moratorium would extend by six months, to July 1. Members of the Oregon House have been circulating a proposal that would extend the eviction moratorium through the end of June for renters facing financial hardship and create a … The last federal count, conducted in January of 2019, showed Oregon had an estimated 15,876 people experiencing homelessness on any given day. 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