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Housing professional tells Portland committee lawmakers: eviction-assistance rules creating loopholes
Summary
A housing-credit professional testifying Feb. 11 alleged Oregon rental-assistance and court practices are allowing some landlords and attorneys to circumvent protections in House Bill 2001, and urged the committee to pursue oversight and changes.
At the Feb. 11 meeting of Portland’s Homelessness and Housing Committee, Addie Smith, who identified herself as a housing-credit certified professional with more than 30 years' experience, told members she had observed what she described as repeated problems in how rental-assistance funds are distributed and used in eviction cases.
Smith told the committee that tenants pursuing appeals of eviction judgments have limited access to rental-assistance funds and that, in her view, some landlords and their attorneys are using payment and court-timing strategies to obtain…
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