Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012, November 15, 1989, Page 8, Image 8

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Regrouped tenants council plans
action on rent increases, zoning
K\ ( atherine Hawlev
ime rah) Reporter
I uyene renters i mu ernert
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who want to lake at I ion on
renter issues sin ll as set urih
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anti responsibilities anti rent
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( ontrol
Kleven |><*«>|»!*• including two
rental properh mvncrs. attriul
imI .1 (iiuncil mi l ling Iuesd.w
night lu determine .1 1 nurse n)
,i< linn Im llm organization
u Im h has l» i n dormant for
several nnmills
Right non mu jol) is lo (In
nut homework illtd get the
fin ts Morrison smd
People who at tended the
meeting volunteered to gather
information on topn s sue h .is
ini reused costs lo landlords
possible /.one 1 hnnges to pro
mote the ((instruction of more
housing and rent (olllrol legls
latum m other i dies and stales
Those who attended the
meeting also de< ided lo investi
gaO a report of a rent spike
staged In tenants In iilg in the
Kivei Road area and lo lend
support to those who m.iv he
111V ohed ill tile strike
( )ue nl the main goals ol the
i nuneil w ill he to repeal a 1*185
state law lh.it prohibits the es
tahlishment of rent controls
Morrison said
ll will lie (liffil nil lo get tin'
legislature to reverse itsell. lie
said Landlords will light ev
er\ step ol I lie w a\ It may take
more than one Ir\
I \ ell ll the group SUI 1 eeds in
repealing the law il w ill still
have to promote the establish
meld ol rent 1 onlrols in I n
gene
Mthongh rents in the Kugene
area have been in< reusing
steadih m recent vears rent
i (intro! is nut the answer to the
prohleni. said Mar\ Slogsdill
president of the Rental Owners
Asms lation. an organization
that represents about dll) own
els ot small rental properties 111
Kugene
"We arc completely opposed
lo rent ( onlrols ' Slogsdill
said. adding that the (|ii.iiit\ o!
housing would deteriorate with
rent controls h\ discouraging
owners from reinvesting in
their property
I.muted profits would also
return e the mi entive tor build
ers to ( re.lte new housing, she
said
Rei eld rent im leases are a le
suit hI p.iHti t,i\ reform. w lm h
I'limm.ili'd soini' las i .redits and
write-offs lm propcrtx owners
who compensated by increas
mills. Slugsdill said.
The amount ul profit is not
sii tremendous as il might ap
pear. Mog.siiill s.iid.
Ihi' council would [impose
reasonable rent i oiltrol legis
latino that would allow owners
to make a profit u hilc prolei I
mg tenants from unreasonable
or unexpei ted ini leases in
rent. Morrison said
"We know landlord's i lists
have gone up." Morrison said
" I be quest ion is bow milt II
Landlords i an make a prntil
but tho\ can't profiteer
Other i ilies with rent control
ordinal)! es have been pleased
with them. Morrison said
Kent control max be new lor
(iregon. hut its not new for the
rest ol the i ountrx be said
The nearest i itles with rent
i ontrol ordinances are in the
Max Area
I'w o landlords w ho attended
Tuesdax s meeting encouraged
the imini il to lm us their alien
lion on issues besides rent i on
trol sui h as i hunges in local
zoning laws that would permit
i onslru! lion ol new bousing
I be biggest problem in
landlord tenant relationships is
that people are unaware ol their
lights and responsibilities ."
said Lee Hughes, a rental prop
erl x ow iter
1 he i oiln( il was begun more
than a vear ago as a "hunch ol
us who were ticked off about
rent increases." Morrison said
1 he group held a puhlu meet
mg that altrai led aliou! -ft) pen
pie and also established a tele
phone helpline to answer ten
.mis' questions Hut the group's
momentum died out and the
helpline was eventually discon
turned
\\ e made the mistake of not
having a program of activities
for people to pilug into. Morn
son said
I he council is the otgani/.a
lion in hugene that deals e\i hi
sivelx with tenant issues Mnr
rison said
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