Oregon Statutes 90.493 – Prohibited acts following notice of conversion to condominium; damages
(1) The landlord of a building for which a declarant of a conversion condominium has issued the tenant a notice of conversion under ORS § 100.305 may not:
Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 90.493
- Action: includes recoupment, counterclaim, setoff, suit in equity and any other proceeding in which rights are determined, including an action for possession. See Oregon Statutes 90.100
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- Dwelling unit: means a structure or the part of a structure that is used as a home, residence or sleeping place by one person who maintains a household or by two or more persons who maintain a common household. See Oregon Statutes 90.100
- Landlord: includes a person who is authorized by the owner, lessor or sublessor to manage the premises or to enter into a rental agreement. See Oregon Statutes 90.100
- Rent: means any payment to be made to the landlord under the rental agreement, periodic or otherwise, in exchange for the right of a tenant and any permitted pet to occupy a dwelling unit to the exclusion of others and to use the premises. See Oregon Statutes 90.100
- Rental agreement: includes a lease. See Oregon Statutes 90.100
- United States: includes territories, outlying possessions and the District of Columbia. See Oregon Statutes 174.100
(a) Give the tenant a 30-day notice without stated cause that causes the tenancy to terminate on a date that is prior to the end of the 120-day period described in ORS § 100.305 or the 60-day period described in ORS § 100.310; or
(b) Increase the rent for the dwelling unit in excess of:
(A) Any scheduled increase provided for in a written rental agreement; or
(B) A percentage equal to the percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers, West Region (All Items), as published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the United States Department of Labor.
(2) A tenant may bring an action against a landlord that violates subsection (1) of this section to recover the greater of:
(a) Six times the monthly rent for the dwelling unit; or
(b) Twice the actual damages to the tenant arising out of the termination. [2007 c.705 § 5; 2019 c.57 § 7]
[Formerly 91.868; 1991 c.844 § 4; 1993 c.580 § 2; repealed by 1995 c.559 § 58]
MANUFACTURED DWELLING PARKS AND MARINAS
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