My husband was walking down the stairs, and it just dropped from right under him! Can we sue?

Your husband needs to talk to a good landlord-tenant lawyer right away. I have helped oodles of tenants who have been injured by dangerous...

Can landlord change lease so that she isn't responsible for pool repair?

When it comes time to renegotiate the lease for another year, your landlord can probably exclude the pool from the rental. But if she fails to do...

I agree with Emily - as long as you properly raise the issue in advance, the government (probably through the issuing officer) will be responsible...

Can my landlord evict or tell me my 15 year old son has go? and demand a medical letter for mental health treatment?

Depending on what happened during the argument, a landlord may be able to give a tenant like this a termination notice. My philosophy is "talk to a...

It depends on what you mean by "without reason." If a tenant leaves a house in perfectly-clean condition with no damage whatsoever, and the...

I rented a house and I got a roommate ( no lease from owner) we haven't been getting along and I asked her to move.

If this roommate is essentially renting from *you*, then you may have unwittingly become a landlord under Oregon law. This may be good for you,...

Landlady Adamantly believes I or other roommates wrote a defamatory post about her online and threatens to give bad referrence.

I recommend hiring a good lawyer to write this landlord a stern letter and set her straight. A good lawyer should be able to scare her into leaving...

At the end of the day, a landlord would need to prove the noise violation in court before a court would order a tenant out of the home, assuming...

Measure 11 on assault to waive the right to a speedy trial or not??

The main "pro" of having a speedy trial is that you avoid the psychological toll that prosecution takes. It would not be pleasant to have the...

Can a landlord compel a tenant to allow realtors entry to the home if a separate agreement has not been signed? In Oregon state.

I wrote an article on this exact topic - the issue of when and how a landlord (or the landlord's realtors or other agents) can enter a tenant's...