Troutdale, OR Rental Property Rules: Just Cause Eviction (2026)

Oregon Senate Bill 608, enacted in 2019 and effective February 28, 2019, made Oregon the first state with statewide just-cause eviction protection. The substantive rule, codified at ORS 90.427, applies to every residential tenancy in every Oregon city, including Troutdale, and Troutdale has not layered an additional just-cause ordinance on top. Within the first year of occupancy, a landlord may terminate a month-to-month tenancy without cause on 30 days' written notice; after the first year, no-cause termination is prohibited and the landlord must rely either on a 'tenant cause' ground (non-payment of rent with the statutory 72-hour or 144-hour notice under ORS 90.392/90.394, material lease violation with the statutory 30-day cure/14-day terminate notice under ORS 90.392, repeat violations, outrageous conduct, etc.) or on a 'qualifying landlord reason' under ORS 90.427(5): (a) intent by the landlord to demolish the dwelling unit or convert it to a non-residential use, (b) intent to undertake repairs or renovations that make the unit unsafe or unfit for occupancy and that cannot reasonably be undertaken in occupied premises, (c) intent by the landlord or an immediate family member to occupy the dwelling as a primary residence (and the landlord does not own a comparable available unit in the same building), or (d) sale of the dwelling to a person who intends to occupy it as a primary residence (with documentation requirements). Qualifying-landlord-reason terminations require at least 90 days' written notice and payment of one month's rent in relocation assistance to the tenant under ORS 90.427(7), unless the landlord qualifies for an exemption: ORS 90.427(8) exempts (i) a landlord who owns four or fewer residential dwelling units in the state of Oregon, and (ii) a landlord who is an owner-occupant of a duplex residing in one of the two units. Fixed-term tenancies are governed by ORS 90.427(4), which prohibits a fixed-term landlord from declining to renew the lease except on the same just-cause grounds; a non-renewal at the end of a fixed term must satisfy the same notice and relocation-assistance rules. Violations expose the landlord to damages equal to three months' rent plus actual damages, attorney fees, and costs under ORS 90.375 and ORS 90.427(9). Troutdale evictions are filed in Multnomah County Circuit Court (FED docket) and follow the standard Oregon summary-eviction procedure (ORS 105.105 through 105.168). Troutdale has not adopted any city-level just-cause ordinance, rent-stabilization escrow, or right-to-counsel program; the operative rules are the statewide SB 608 framework.