Rent Repayment Period Lengthened by Oregon Legislature
May 18, 2021
The Oregon Legislature just announced a bill that would expand the grace period for missed rent until February 28, 2022.
Currently, Oregonians are due to pay back missed rent the day after the moratorium lifts, July 1. Senate Bill 282, introduced by Portland Senator Kayse Jama, would not extend the moratorium, but instead give tenants more time to repay the money due.
When introduced on the House floor, Eugene Representative Julie Fahey described it as a way to support landlords and tenants and give more time to those waiting for Federal aid to reach them. Oregon is currently waiting for $222.5 million from the federal American Rescue Plan Act to give to those in need of emergency rental assistance, but it is unclear when these funds will arrive.
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Oregon Legislature Extends Deadline for Tenants to Pay Back Rent Debt Tenants who owe back rent will have until Feb. 28 of next year to repay their debt to landlords. An apartment gate in Portland. (Brian Burk) Updated May 11 Tenants who owe back rent to their landlords can breathe a sigh of relief. On May 11, the Oregon Legislature passed Senate Bill 282, extending the deadline for back rent payments until February 2022. This offers a significant reprieve for current and former renters who owe their landlords money for rent they couldn’t pay. The impending deadline to make those payments was June 30.
by Alex Zielinski • May 12, 2021 at 12:22 pm RETROROCKET / GETTY IMAGES
The Oregon Legislature has advanced a bill that would lessen the expected impact of the looming June 30 termination of the statewide COVID-19 eviction moratorium.
Currently, Oregonians who ve been unable to pay rent due to the pandemic s financial toll are required to pay back any missed rent payments on July 1, the day after the moratorium lifts. Senate Bill 282, introduced by Portland Senator Kayse Jama, expands the grace period to repay skipped rent until February 28, 2022.
Eugene Representative Julie Fahey introduced the bill on the House floor Tuesday, where she described the legislation as a compromise bill, acknowledging that it had the support of both landlord and tenant groups. While she underscored the fact that the bill does not extend the current eviction moratorium, Fahey said that this delay would allow more time for expected federal aid to reach
PCUN receives $100k grant February 27 2021
Oregon Consumer Justice donates more than $1.7 million in trust-based community grants to 26 Oregon nonprofits
Woodburn-based Pineros y Campesinos Unidos del Noroeste (PCUN), received a $100,000 grant as part of a $1.7 million distribution from Oregon Consumer Justice.
OCJ announced the awards on Thursday, Feb. 25, as part of a mission to advance consumer protection with emergency response grants. In total, 26 entities received funds. We were honored, and relieved honestly, to get the financial support of OCJ, especially after the effects of Oregon s Labor Day wildfires. Those two weeks, and post air quality finally coming back to normal, PCUN Executive Director Reyna Lopez said. PCUN came in contact with about 1,000 people who needed help. This funding allowed us to increase capacity in our healthy workplaces program, which is the main program at PCUN that focuses on farmworkers outreach, services, and education.
Local Non Profits Awarded Emergency Response Grants
Warm Springs Community Action Team, Latino Community Association, and the Oregon Food Bank all benefited from emergency response grants from Oregon Consumer Justice, an Oregon nonprofit with a mission of advancing consumer protection. A total of more than $1.7 million in emergency response grants were donated to 26 Oregon nonprofit organizations that in turn assist communities across the state in both rural and urban areas.
In determining the grant recipients, Oregon Consumer Justice implemented a trust-based philanthropy model, which uses trust as a starting point to break down the traditional power dynamic between funder and grantee and build relationships based on transparency, dialogue and mutual learning. Trust-based grants place the responsibility of due diligence on the grantmaker rather than the grant seeker and simplify and streamline paperwork to remove unnecessary burdens and barriers for grantees.