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Portland Rent Board schedules April 9 special meeting to address backlog of rent-increase applications
Summary
Portland Rent Board members agreed to hold a special session on April 9 to begin resolving a backlog of 29 rent‑increase applications filed under older rules; the board will first address five applications that were previously tabled and asked applicants and staff to supply updated rent rolls and groupings by owner where appropriate.
The Portland Rent Board voted unanimously on Feb. 26 to hold a special meeting on April 9 to start processing a backlog of rent‑increase applications filed under the board’s prior rules.
The board’s chair, Buddy Moore, said the backlog includes applications “under the old rules” and that some have been noticed and tabled while others have not yet been noticed. He told members the board had discussed “potential ways to sort of work through this backlog in an efficient way,” including consolidated hearings for applications that are similar.
Why it matters: The board has 29 applications in the backlog, five of which have already been on an agenda and were identified as the first group to address. The special meeting is intended to move those five applications forward while staff and applicants…
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