Housing Updates

State Partnership Announces New Foreclosure Prevention Campaign to Support Homeowners

Oregon Housing and Community Services (OHCS), together with the Oregon Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Oregon Division of Financial Regulation (DFR), part of the Department of Consumer and Business Services, has launched a new website and awareness campaign to support ...

Salem, OR – Oregon REALTORS® wants to thank the Oregon Legislature for supporting an important piece of consumer protection legislation, House Bill 4103.

HB 4103 increases the fine for conducting unlicensed real estate business in Oregon. Currently, the fine for unlicensed real estate activity is just $100. The danger to consumers ...

Salem, OR – REALTOR® Member and State Representative Vikki Breese-Iverson has been tapped to lead the Oregon House Republican Caucus.

Rep. Breese-Iverson represents Oregon’s 55th House District. She has served in the legislature since 2019, representing parts of Deschutes, Jackson, Klamath, and all of Crook County. She and her husband own and operate several small businesses, ...

Today, the Oregon Legislature met for a third special session to extend the eviction moratorium. We knew this extension was coming and have been working to advocate to the Legislature to ensure that there are some key provisions in the bill.

House Bill 4401, which was passed today, extends the eviction moratorium ...

The Oregon Legislature adjourned the First Special Session of 2020 on Friday, June 26. The Government Affairs Key Committee and staff have remained actively engaged with the Governor’s office leading into the session, and advocated to shape legislation with impacts on Oregon REALTORS® and their clients. In the face of an inevitable extension of the ...

What is Oregon’s New COVID-19 Commercial Eviction Law and When Does It Take Effect?

The new law takes effect immediately and replaces the Governor’s Executive Order 20-13. Bans certain notices and evictions for nonpayment of rent, late charges, utility or service charges or any other charge or fees that comes due between April ...

What is Oregon’s New COVID-19 Residential Eviction Law and When Does It Take Effect?

The new law takes effect immediately and replaces the Governor’s Executive Order 20-13. Bans certain notices and evictions during a defined “Emergency Period” (April 1 – Sep 30, 2020) Creates a 6 month “grace period” (Sep 30 – March ...

On Friday, June 5, the legislature’s Joint Emergency Board met to make a series of decisions about how to spend money the state has received from the federal government as part of the CARES Act. With many newly unemployed Oregonians struggling to afford their rent or mortgage payments, OAR was pleased to see housing as the ...

Today, 14 Oregon Counties enter Phase 2 of Oregon’s Reopening. Tomorrow, an additional 11 counties enter Phase 2.  Subject to public health guidelines, physical distancing, gathering size limits and sanitation guidelines Phase 2 activities include: recreational sports; pools; venues like movie theaters, bowling alleys, and arcades; some additional in-office work; bars and restaurants able to stay open ...

On March 27, 2020, OAR and nearly fifty other industry groups sent a letter to Governor Brown asking her to suspend Oregon’s new Corporate Activity Tax (CAT) due to the economic fallout of the Coronavirus pandemic.

While Governor Brown has not suspended the tax, according to a letter sent Friday to Oregon Business ...