Portland landlords must pay tenants relocation assistance when issuing no-cause terminations, qualifying rent increases above ten percent, or substantial lease modifications, with payment amounts tiered by unit bedroom count under PCC 30.01.085.
Adopted by Ordinance 188219 and now codified at PCC 30.01.085, Portland's Mandatory Renter Relocation Assistance program requires landlords to pay relocation assistance ranging roughly from $2,900 for studios to $4,500 for three-bedroom-plus units. Triggering events include no-cause terminations, qualifying landlord-based terminations, rent increases above ten percent in a twelve-month rolling period, and substantial lease modifications the tenant declines. Payments must be made before the termination effective date or before the rent increase takes effect. Limited landlord exemptions apply for true single-rental owners and week-to-week tenants.
Failure to pay required relocation assistance subjects landlords to private tenant lawsuits for three times the assistance amount plus attorney fees, plus city enforcement action under Portland Housing Bureau rules.
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