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Committee hears bill to extend tenant notice for expiring affordability restrictions to 30 months
Summary
Senate Bill 973 would require landlords of publicly supported housing to notify applicants and tenants in writing about the date affordability restrictions may end and extend the tenant notice period from 20 to 30 months; proponents said the change aligns timelines and improves tenant protections.
Representative Courtney Neron and Sen. Deb Patterson urged the House Committee on Housing and Homelessness on April 23 to back Senate Bill 973, which would strengthen tenant notification requirements when affordability restrictions on publicly supported housing expire.
The bill would extend the required notice to tenants from 20 months to 30 months, require owners to notify prospective tenants in writing before a lease is signed that the unit’s affordability restrictions may expire, and direct Oregon Housing and Community Services to provide template notice language in English and the five other most‑spoken languages in the state.
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