90.600
Increases in rent; limitations; notice; meeting with tenants; effect of failure
to meet. (1) If a
rental agreement is a month-to-month tenancy to which ORS 90.505 to 90.850
apply, the landlord may not increase the rent:
(a) Without
giving each affected tenant notice in writing at least 90 days prior to the
effective date of the rent increase;
(b) More than
once in any 12-month period; or
(c) By a
percentage greater than the maximum calculated under ORS 90.324 (1).
(2) The written
notice required by subsection (1)(a) of this section must specify:
(a) The amount of
the rent increase;
(b) The amount of
the new rent;
(c) Facts
supporting the exemption authorized by subsection (3) of this section, if the
increase is above the amount allowed in subsection (1)(c) of this section; and
(d) The date on
which the increase becomes effective.
(3) A rent
increase is not subject to subsection (1)(c) of this section if:
(a) The first
certificate of occupancy for the dwelling unit was issued less than 15 years
from the date of the notice of the rent increase;
(b) The dwelling
unit is regulated or certified as affordable housing by a federal, state or
local government and the change in rent:
(A) Does not
increase the tenant’s portion of the rent; or
(B) Is required
by program eligibility requirements or by a change in the tenant’s income; or
(c) The rent increase
is:
(A) For a
facility with more than 30 spaces;
(B) Not greater
than 12 percent;
(C) In lieu of
and not in addition to a rent increase allowed within the 12-month period as
described in subsection (1) of this section;
(D) Occurring at
least five years following a previous rent increase authorized under this
paragraph, if any;