Please note: These resources are primarily aimed at low-income tenants. If you are a landlord seeking information, please also see the Oregon State Bar Landlord and Tenant Resources page.
Can Small Claims Court Help Tenants?
Information about how renters can use small claims court when there are problems with the landlord. (An excerpt from the 2016 Landlord-Tenant Law in Oregon community education booklet.)
Rent Increase Cap and New Eviction Laws
Read about a rent increase cap change for 2023 and new changes in state eviction processes effective October 1, 2022. This is a bilingual resource.
Eviction Notice Handout
How a landlord must give a termination (eviction) notice to a tenant and what kinds of notices may be given. Updated 3-30-23 to include changes due to Oregon's HB 2001.
Eviction - Going to Court
Information about what happens when your landlord takes you to court to evict you. (An excerpt from the 2016 Landlord-Tenant Law in Oregon community education booklet.)
Residential Eviction Notices
Information about the types of eviction notices that landlords must give tenants.
How to Use a Form Answer in an Eviction
Examples of possible defenses to use on a form Answer in an eviction. A sample form Answer is included as a PDF attachment. (An excerpt from the 2016 Landlord-Tenant Law in Oregon community education booklet.)
Residential Eviction Defenses
Information about possible defenses available to tenants in eviction cases.
Can Small Claims Court Help Tenants?
Information about how renters can use small claims court when there are problems with the landlord. (An excerpt from the 2016 Landlord-Tenant Law in Oregon community education booklet.)
Residential Evictions
Information about the steps a landlord must take to lawfully evict a tenant.
Rights of a Mobile Home Owner Threatened with Eviction from a Mobile Home Park
People who own their mobile homes and rent only their space in a mobile home park have certain rights when a landlord threatens to evict them. Find out more here.
Additional Eviction Protections for Subsidized Renters - CARES Act
Renters who live in low-income housing, or who have a voucher that pays some or all of their rent, have additional protections against evictions for nonpayment of rent. For renters with low incomes who get government help paying their rent, landlords have to give at least 30 days’ notice in writing before filing an eviction in court.
Rent Increase Cap and New Eviction Laws
Read about a rent increase cap change for 2023 and new changes in state eviction processes effective October 1, 2022. This is a bilingual resource.
Setting Aside a Default Judgment in an Eviction Case
Renters are required to show up (“appear”) at their eviction cases. If a renter doesn’t show up, the court will enter a default judgment against the renter if the landlord has followed all of the legal requirements for the eviction. If renters have a default judgment against them, the landlord can have the sheriff remove the renters. But if the default judgment got entered less than four days ago or the sheriff has not yet come to change the locks, there may still be time to ask the court to set aside the default judgment and reschedule the court date. This resource has an 8-page PDF packet with forms.
Some Renter Protections End After June 30, 2022
Since July 1, 2021, renters were able to pause evictions for nonpayment by giving their landlords written proof that they have applied for rent assistance. If the proof was given before the landlord filed a termination case, the landlord was not allowed to file an eviction case until the application no longer pending, or until October 1, 2022. If the proof was given after the landlord filed the eviction case, the court would pause the case until October 1, 2022, or the application was approved or denied. After June 30, 2022, providing proof of an application for rent assistance will not pause eviction proceedings.
Can Small Claims Court Help Tenants?
Information about how renters can use small claims court when there are problems with the landlord. (An excerpt from the 2016 Landlord-Tenant Law in Oregon community education booklet.)
Additional Eviction Protections for Subsidized Renters - CARES Act
Renters who live in low-income housing, or who have a voucher that pays some or all of their rent, have additional protections against evictions for nonpayment of rent. For renters with low incomes who get government help paying their rent, landlords have to give at least 30 days’ notice in writing before filing an eviction in court.
Rights of a Mobile Home Owner Threatened with Eviction from a Mobile Home Park
People who own their mobile homes and rent only their space in a mobile home park have certain rights when a landlord threatens to evict them. Find out more here.