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Executive Rule: temporary moratorium on residential evictions for nonpayment due to COVID-19 wage loss; suspension of eviction court hearings; lodging must retain County-subsidized guests (announced March 17, 2020)

Chair Kafoury, Mayor Wheeler announce moratorium on residential eviction; steps to protect unhoused residents from COVID-19

Chair Deborah Kafoury (Executive Rule under the March 11, 2020 Declaration of Emergency) · Multnomah County, Oregon (County)

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The record

Jurisdiction
Multnomah County, Oregon · Portland · Oregon
Level
County
Authority
Multnomah County Declaration of Emergency of March 11, 2020; Multnomah County Code emergency powers; ORS ch. 401
Issued
2020-03-17 Mar. 17, 2020
Effective
2020-03-17
End
For the duration of the County emergency as declared; overtaken by the State's EO 20-11 (Mar. 22, 2020), HB 4213 (June 30, 2020) and HB 4401 (Dec. 23, 2020), whose moratorium and grace period ended June 30, 2021 (Exs. OR-006, OR-024, OR-037) (read as 2020-03-22)
In force
Mar. 17, 2020 to Mar. 22, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q3
Limitation types
Business closureCourts and public officesOther
Addressees
  • residential landlords in Multnomah County
  • hotels, motels and places of lodging
  • the Circuit Court (eviction hearings)
Functions reached
  • PM property management (evictions barred; late fees barred)
  • CL closings and recording (County recording customer service closed)
  • LG lodging (must accept and retain County-subsidized guests)
  • CT courts (eviction hearings suspended to Apr. 30, 2020)
  • CB tenants
Collection
Portland MET-PDX

Operative words

Among the orders included in Kafoury's new executive rule, which builds on her countywide emergency declaration signed March 11: A temporary moratorium on all residential evictions in Multnomah County for tenants on the basis of nonpayment of rent, due to wage loss resulting from COVID-19. No late fee may be charged or collected for rent that is delayed for the reasons stated in the moratorium; Court hearings on eviction proceedings will be suspended until April 30, 2020, or later. Any place of lodging within Multnomah County, including hotels and motels, must accept and/or retain housing for any individual whose payment is subsidized by the County or a County contractor.... What's Closed? All County library branches; Student health centers at Jefferson High School and Cleveland High School; Division of Assessment, Recording, and Taxation Customer Service (recording functions, marriage licenses, tax payments, passport services and passport photos).

Enforcement

Not stated in the release (civil fine up to $1,000 per day per offense added Apr. 9, 2020, MET-PDX-005)

Notes

The first eviction moratorium in Oregon, five days before the Governor's EO 20-11. The same release lists County facilities closed (libraries; recording, marriage license, tax payment and passport counters) and the consolidation of County clinics with reduced dental services.

Retrieval note

County release describing the executive rule; Upgrade to verified_primary requires that file.

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