After the first year of occupancy, Portland landlords may terminate tenancies only for qualifying landlord-based reasons such as demolition, major repairs, owner move-in, or sale, and must pay relocation assistance for these no-fault removals.
Portland's FAIR Ordinance and PCC 30.01.085 effectively eliminate true no-cause evictions after the first year. Landlords may still terminate without tenant fault but only for enumerated qualifying reasons: demolition or conversion to non-residential use, repairs requiring vacancy over thirty days, owner or immediate-family move-in, or sale to a buyer who will occupy. Each qualifying termination requires written notice with specific factual support, ninety days' advance notice, and full relocation assistance payment. Oregon SB 608 layers an additional statewide twelve-month for-cause requirement and one-year landlord-occupancy lockup.
Improper no-fault terminations expose landlords to wrongful eviction claims, three times monthly rent damages under ORS 90.453, three times relocation assistance under PCC 30.01.085, and attorney fees.
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