February 2022

President's Message

Tia Politi, ORHA President


This month begins our short legislative session. After two solid years of constantly changing rules, we’re anticipating a bit of a breather this year which means we can focus on some very exciting races coming up in November that will impact how the 2023 long legislative session goes. We’ll be focusing on...
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Office Update

Benjamyn Seamans, ORHA Office Manager

Hello all, February is off to a quick start and the ORHA office has been busy, busy, busy! With that being said, the office is finally catching up and getting back on track. Cheers to a great start in 2022 and I look forward to working with each and every one of you throughout this year.

Following up from our January 2022 board meeting, the office has reached out to a handful of small local associations who qualify for our Mentorship Program to assist in scheduling and hosting educational webinars for their association. If your association qualifies for the program, please...

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Membership Reporting Update

New ORHA Monthly Membership Dues Form and Reporting Process

As mentioned at our January 2022 board meeting, the Oregon Rental Housing Association has updated their 2022 ORHA Membership Reporting Process as follows...

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Forms Committee Update

Tia Politi, ORHA Forms Committee Chair


As I reported in last month’s President’s Message, we are transitioning to a drop-ship company, Moonlight BPO, to print and ship our legal forms. Like any transition, there have been bumps in the road! Thank you for your patience as we smooth out the bumpy parts. Also, we have discontinued offering our free application on the forms store due to some major changes in law related to resident screening. Some of our other forms have been slightly improved, others significantly improved, but some must be purged and not used anymore. The following table shows which forms have been changed, but are still useful, which forms should be purged, and which forms have stayed the same...
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Mind Your Business: Tia's Tips for Better Rental Management

Expiration of (some) Pandemic Restrictions Ahead! -- Tia Politi, ORHA President

February 28, 2022, marks the end of some of our pandemic-related restrictions. Remember under the mandates of SB 282, housing providers were required to allow a “non-tenant guest” to reside in the dwelling unit as a temporary occupant (TO) if they passed screening (except for income and credit) and signed a temporary occupant agreement. By statute, the agreement could not end prior to...
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PAROA

COVID Tenant Protections, Eviction Moratoriums, and Tenant Debt Protection

02/10/2022 | 11:00am - 1:00pm PST

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Lane ROA

The Move-In Process

02/10/2022 | 11:00am - 1:00pm PST

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SOROA

Rentec Direct Presentation (in-person ONLY)

02/15/2022 | 5:30pm - 7:00pm PST

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LBRHA

The Small Claims Process

02/16/2022 | 11:00am  - 1:00pm PST

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Lane ROA

SB 278, 282, Tenant Non-Compliance, Tenancy Termination & Delivery

02/17/2022 | 11:00am  - 1:00pm PST

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TVRA

Legislative Update 2022

02/22/2022 | 4:30pm - 6:30pm PST

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ROADC

Housing Provider 101A

02/22/2022 | 7:00pm - 8:00pm PST

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Lane ROA

February General Meeting: "Collections-What You Need To Know"

02/24/2022 | 5:00pm - 7:30pm PST

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PAROA

Tenant Violations and How to Enforce Them

02/28/2022 | 11:00am  - 2:00pm PST

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