Oregon Statutes 90.525 – Unreasonable conditions of rental or occupancy prohibited; notice of rights
(1) A landlord may not impose conditions of rental or occupancy which unreasonably restrict the tenant or prospective tenant in choosing a fuel supplier, furnishings, goods, services or accessories.
Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 90.525
- Dealer: means any person in the business of selling, leasing or distributing new or used manufactured dwellings or floating homes to persons who purchase or lease a manufactured dwelling or floating home for use as a residence. See Oregon Statutes 90.100
- Facility: means a manufactured dwelling park or a marina. See Oregon Statutes 90.100
- Floating home: has the meaning given that term in ORS § 830. 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
- Manufactured dwelling: includes an accessory building or structure. 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
(2) A landlord may not prohibit a tenant from engaging a real estate agent or a licensed manufactured structure dealer of the tenant’s choice to facilitate the sale or sublease allowed under ORS § 90.555 of the tenant’s manufactured dwelling or floating home.
(3) The landlord of a facility may not require the prospective tenant to purchase a manufactured dwelling or floating home from a particular dealer or one of a group of dealers.
(4) A landlord renting a space for a manufactured dwelling or floating home may not give preference to a prospective tenant who purchased a manufactured dwelling or floating home from a particular dealer.
(5) A manufactured dwelling or floating home dealer may not, as a condition of sale, require a purchaser to rent a space for a manufactured dwelling or floating home in a particular facility or one of a group of facilities, except that a dealer who is a landlord of a facility may require a purchaser of a dwelling or home from the landlord to rent a space for the dwelling or home in the landlord’s facility.
(6) At the time of evaluating an applicant under ORS § 90.303 or a prospective purchaser under ORS § 90.680 (10)(a) or upon the execution of a rental agreement, whichever is earlier, the landlord of a facility shall provide the applicant, purchaser or tenant a copy of an informational handout regarding rights of tenants and landlords when a tenant is selling a manufactured dwelling or floating home in a facility, in a form prescribed by the Housing and Community Services Department. [Formerly 91.895; 1991 c.844 § 7; 2019 c.268 § 2]