Salem, Ore. – On Wednesday, the Senate Committee on Human Services voted to pass HB 2004A on to the full Senate with a significant amendment that will weaken the bill’s proposed tenant protections. The amended bill will leave in place the statewide ban on local rent stabilization policies while retaining some limits on no-cause evictions. Following the vote, Pam Phan, Policy and Organizing Director for the Community Alliance of Tenants, issued the following statement on behal

As amended in the Oregon House, HB 2004 strikes a balance between the rights of tenants and landlords Salem, Ore.—The Oregon Senate held its first hearing Wednesday on legislation to help keep Oregon families in their homes by requiring statements of just-cause for evictions and repealing the statewide prohibition on modern rent stabilization policies. The version of the bill considered by the Senate Human Services committee was amended and approved by the Oregon House last m