Eugene, OR Rental Property Rules: Repairs & Habitability (2026)

410 applies to essentially every dwelling unit under a rental agreement except transient lodging, licensed care facilities, vacation dwellings, employee-conditioned housing, and a handful of other narrow categories. Structural components, per subsection (1), must resist the loads set by the building code in effect when the building was constructed. Subsection (2) requires plumbing systems free of defects, leaks and obstructions, with any mold-causing leak repaired permanently through generally accepted plumbing methods, and subsection (8) imposes the same good-working-order and permanent-repair standard on electrical outlets, fixtures and switches.

Subsection (3) is the code's numeric core: every habitable room needs a permanently installed heat source capable of holding 68 degrees Fahrenheit three feet above the floor at the room's approximate center, and portable space heaters cannot be used to satisfy that duty. Subsection (4) requires roofs, exterior walls, windows and doors to be maintained against water intrusion, again with permanent, not temporary, repairs. 015. 425(11) additionally requires landlords to document the unit's condition with photos and a written statement before move-in and again when accounting for a security deposit.