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Rep. Hartman seeks streamlined eviction path for squatters in HB 3522; landlords and legal aid back bill
Summary
House Bill 3522 would allow property owners to use the standard forcible entry and detainer eviction process to remove squatters after 24‑hour notice, even when no forcible entry or landlord‑tenant relationship exists. Supporters ranged from the bill sponsor to landlord groups and the Oregon Law Center; committee closed the hearing with no vote.
Representative Vanessa Hartman told the Senate Committee on Housing and Development on May 12 that House Bill 3522 would correct “a glaring oversight” in state law that can leave new property owners unable to use the standard eviction process against unauthorized occupants who did not forcibly enter a property and where no landlord‑tenant relationship exists.
Hartman described a constituent who bought a foreclosed house only to have people who knew the…
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