Rights
continued from page 6B
enter a rental unit without notice.
“One of the biggest problems I see is access
abuse,” said Brenda Woods, manager of the
Rental Office in the EMU. The landlord must
give a 24-hour verbal or written notice before
entering, unless there is a reason for not pro
viding notice, such as an emergency or in
stance where the tenant has agreed to let the
landlord in without notice. A “notice” does
not necessarily mean a written statement; no
tices may be informal conversations.
“Every instance when your landlord enters
the unit must be after a 24-hour notice,”
Woods said. “If the landlord fails to notify
you, he must pay you one month’s rate.”
This right also applies to backyards, which
are private spaces and an extension of a ten
ant’s rented property. If a repair person is
hired, the landlord also must give the tenant a
24-hour written notice stating the names of
the workers and the work that is to be done.
Hughes said the right of privacy is one of
the more important issues to students, but she
is hesitant to proclaim it as “supremely para
mount.”
(Students) need to be familiar with every
thing, but this is pretty important because
they can endanger their own legal rights,”
Hughes said.
While the Oregon Landlord and Tenant
Act protects tenants, it also standardizes
some of the penalties landlords can levy upon
tenants, something Hughes also believes stu
dents should know. For month-to-month
renters who are more than seven days late in
paying rent, the landlord can give a 72-hour
notice to pay or move. Week-to-week renters
can receive the notice if the rent is more than
four days late.
Woods said careful students should be
sure to document the apartment’s state when
they move in to aid their defense if it comes
to refuting a landlord’s denial of a deposit re
turn.
Students or tenants who think they have
been wronged or have had their rights violat
ed can in most cases sue for damages. ASUO
Legal Services offers help and counsel to stu
dents who need it.
“If something seems wrong or illegal, it
probably is,” Woods said.
Steven Neuman is a freelance
reporter for the Oregon Daily Emerald.
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