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Can Small Claims Court Help Tenants?
Small Claims Court
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 "Landlord-Tenant Law in Oregon" booklet. )
By: Legal Aid Services of Oregon
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Getting Back Your Security Deposit & Personal Property
Filing a Challenge to Garnishment and Exempt Wages, Money, & Property
Instructions on how to use a Challenge to Garnishment and a list of wages, funds, and property that are exempt from collection in Oregon.
By: Legal Aid Services of Oregon
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Getting Your Security Deposit Back After You Leave
Find out how to get your refundable security deposit returned to you after you move. (An excerpt from the Landlord-Tenant Law in Oregon booklet)
By: Legal Aid Services of Oregon
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Getting Your Things Back After You Move
Information about what happens if you leave things behind after you move. (An excerpt from the "Landlord-Tenant Law in Oregon" booklet.)
By: Legal Aid Services of Oregon
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Sample Letters to the Landlord Samples of letters you can send to your landlord, including: getting repairs done, moving out, and requesting a return of your deposit. (From the Landlord-Tenant Law in Oregon booklet.)
By: Legal Aid Services of Oregon
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Getting the Landlord to Make Repairs
How to get your landlord to make needed repairs. (An excerpt from the Landlord-Tenant Law in Oregon booklet.)
By: Legal Aid Services of Oregon
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Retaliation by a Landlord Information about retaliation when a tenant complains about the need for repairs or asserts other rights. (An excerpt from the Landlord-Tenant Law in Oregon booklet.)
By: Legal Aid Services of Oregon
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Sample Letters to the Landlord Samples of letters you can send to your landlord, including: getting repairs done, moving out, and requesting a return of your deposit. (From the Landlord-Tenant Law in Oregon booklet.)
By: Legal Aid Services of Oregon
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Tenants' Rights and Bed Bugs How to know if you have bed bugs in your rental space and what to do about it.
By: Legal Aid Services of Oregon
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Discrimination Against Tenants
The law protects tenants from some types of discrimination. Find out more here. (An excerpt from the Landlord Tenant Law in Oregon Booklet.)
By: Legal Aid Services of Oregon
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Fair Housing - It's Your Right
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Information about the federal Fair Housing Act and about the HUD Housing Discrimination Complaint process.
By: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
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Fair Housing Council of Oregon
(Separate Website)
The Fair Housing Council of Oregon is a statewide organization whose mission is to eliminate housing discrimination through education and enforcement. This site provides detailed information about the different categories of housing discrimination.
By: Fair Housing Council of Oregon
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Housing Discrimination Complaints
(Separate Website)
Federal law prohibits housing discrimination based on your race, color, national origin, religion, sex, family status, or disability. If you have been trying to buy or rent a home or apartment and feel your rights have been violated, you can file a fair housing complaint.
By: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
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Housing Rights For Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking Survivors Information regarding housing rights for domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, and stalking survivors.
By: Oregon Law Center and Legal Aid Services of Oregon
Illegal Housing Discrimination
(Separate Website)
An overview of illegal housing discrimination in Oregon.
By: Oregon State Bar
Know Your Rights: Domestic Violence and Assisted Housing Are you a victim of domestic violence, dating violence, or stalking? Do you live in public housing, Section 8 housing, or supportive housing for the
elderly or disabled? A law called VAWA, the Violence Against Women Act, may help you.
By: National Housing Law Project
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Know Your Rights: Sexual Harassment and Housing Have you experienced unwanted touching, unwanted sexual advances, sexual jokes, comments, or gestures in your rental housing? Fair housing laws may help you.
By: National Housing Law Project
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Challenge to Garnishment Forms
(Separate Website)
A link to the Oregon Department of Justice page with various Challenge to Garnishment forms.
By: Oregon Department of Justice
Disability Law Handbook
(Separate Website)
This handbook is a broad overview of rights and obligations under federal disability laws. This handbook is intended to inform rather than to advise. You should consult an attorney for advice about your particular situation. By DBTAC Southwest ADA Center.
Fair Housing Council of Oregon
(Separate Website)
The Fair Housing Council of Oregon is a statewide organization whose mission is to eliminate housing discrimination through education and enforcement. This site provides detailed information about the different categories of housing discrimination.
By: Fair Housing Council of Oregon
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