Renters will need to sign and submit a form to their landlords in order to qualify for continued protection from eviction for non-payment.
Before 10 n's eviction moratorium went into effect and is set to last for landlords and tentants through june 30th 20-21.
New protections for renters are not automatic.
Governor kate brown and the oregon legislature have made it illegal for landlords to evict their tenants if they can't pay their rent due to financial hardship.
But the new moratorium also helps landlords.
Family members to an 85-year-old homeowner in multnomah county worte testimonials to joint interim committee members encouraging the moratorium be passed.
We were motivated by my mother-in-law her situation is a small landlord.
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She relies on the rent from that home to live on.
She wasn't living there because she needed the rental income and had moved to a smaller place.
She says the tenant who has not paid rent has been difficult and this new moratorium will be beneficial to all people who have had a hard time making up for living expenses during the pandemthan nothing.
A reminder... you'll pay more for cigarettes and vaping devices starting today in oregon.
Voters passed measure 108 in the november election... raising the cigarette tax by two dollars a pack.
Vaping and e cigarette products will be taxed at a rate of 65 percent... of the wholesale purchase price.
The cap on the tax for cigars goes from 50 cents to a dollar.
Revenue will be used to pay
Laurie Davis, 30, and her husband Tyler, 33, welcomed their daughter Iris Anne Davis at 4:14 a.m. on Friday morning.
