Item 3: PH on Ordinance Concerning Manufactured Dwelling Park Closures

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zone or flood plain, the amount determined due shall be reduced by 50%. (8) [Benefits to Special Category Tenants] Housing Counselor. The park owner shall hire a person or entity as a housing counselor for affected tenants who [are also special category tenants. The housing counselor] shall [perform the following services for special category tenants on behalf of the park owner] assist affected tenants with moving and relocation assistance claims. In addition to any other duties that may be assigned, the housing counselor shall: (a) [Determine special category tenant eligibility by conducting tenant surveys, keeping records, and preparing reports as the city requires. (b)] Explain moving and relocation benefits to [special category] affected tenants. (cb) Act as a housing referral resource by providing [special category] affected tenants with a list of alternative manufactured dwelling parks and other available housing. (dc) Provide assistance in locating and securing alternative housing [based on special category tenant needs]. [(e) Seek alternative housing to meet special category tenant needs by maintaining an inventory of potential spaces in parks and vacancies in alternative housing, possibly including on-site visits to determine those most suitable.] (fd) Assist [special category] affected tenants in viewing spaces in parks or alternative housing. (ge) Assist [special category] affected tenants in understanding rental agreements. (hf) Assist [special category] affected tenants [to] with arrangements for moving. After notice of park closure is given, no [special category] affected tenant shall be evicted for a reason not specified in ORS 90.630[, as amended on or before January 1, 1991,] from the manufactured dwelling park or required to pay more rent than the rent charged for a comparable manufactured dwelling or space in the manufactured dwelling park. (9) Retaliation Prohibited. If an owner has as his or her dominant purpose retaliation against an affected tenant because of the exercise by the affected tenant of rights under this section 2.1086, because the tenant has expressed an opinion on any matter relating thereto, and the tenant is not in default in payment of his or her rent or otherwise in breach of the rental agreement, the owner may not recover possession of the manufactured dwelling park space in any action or proceeding, cause the tenant to quit involuntarily, or increase the rent or decrease any services to that tenant. (9) 10 Enforcement. [The city shall have the general enforcement powers with respect to this section of the code as is provided by section 2.1078(2) Ordinance - 11