Oregon Residential Rent Increase Notice

Oregon Residential Rent Increase Notice

Use this form only after completing every legal, lease, coverage, cap, and local-law check below. Municipal rent-control amounts stay out of this state form and must be entered from current local authority.

Oregon Notice and Annual-Cap Module

For a covered tenancy, do not increase rent during the first year. After the first year, give written notice at least 90 days before the effective date and do not issue more than one increase in a 12-month period. Determine whether the unit is subject to the annual maximum under ORS 90.323, including the 15-year new-construction exception, and use the percentage officially published for the effective calendar year. Separate rules apply to week-to-week tenancies and facility spaces.

• Tenancy start date: [__/__/____]; first year completed: ☐ Yes
• Last increase date: [__/__/____]; only one increase in 12 months: ☐ Confirmed
• At least 90 days' written notice: ☐ Yes
• Unit age/coverage basis: [________________________________]
• Official DAS maximum for effective year: [____]%; proposed increase complies: ☐ Yes

• Week-to-week or manufactured-home/facility tenancy: ☐ No ☐ Yes — separate rule used

• Fair-housing review confirms the increase is not based on a protected characteristic: ☐ Yes

• Local rent control/stabilization, emergency orders, subsidy rules, and deed restrictions checked: ☐ Yes
• Longer notice required by another law, agreement, or program: ☐ No ☐ Yes — [____] days

1. Property, Parties, and Tenancy

• Date of notice: [__/__/____]
• Housing provider/agent: [________________________________]
• Tenant(s): [________________________________]
• Property address/unit: [________________________________]
• Tenancy: ☐ Fixed term ending [__/__/____] ☐ Month-to-month ☐ Week-to-week ☐ Other: [________]
• Lease section authorizing change/renewal: [________________________________]
• Rent is normally due on day [____] of each month.

2. Increase Calculation and Effective Date

Calculation: (proposed amount − current amount) ÷ current amount × 100 = [____]%.

3. Notice to Tenant

Date: [__/__/____]

To: [TENANT NAME(S)]
At: [PROPERTY ADDRESS AND UNIT]

This is written notice that, beginning [EFFECTIVE DATE], the monthly rent and any disclosed recurring housing charges for the premises will change:

• Current monthly amount: $[________]
• New monthly amount: $[________]
• Change: $[________] ([____]%)

The new amount is due on the regular rent-payment date and must be paid by the method stated in the rental agreement, unless the parties sign a different lawful agreement. All other terms remain unchanged except as expressly stated here:

[____________________________________________________________]

Legal/lease basis and applicable notice period:

[____________________________________________________________]

This notice does not waive any tenant right or housing-provider duty under controlling federal, state, local, subsidy, or rent-control law.

Housing provider/authorized agent: [________________________________]

Signature: [________________________________] Date: [__/__/____]

Contact/address for lawful communications: [________________________________]

4. Service and Proof

Permitted service method verified under current controlling law: ☐ Yes

• Method: ☐ Personal delivery ☐ Mail ☐ Posting plus mailing ☐ Other lawful method: [________]
• Person/address served: [________________________________]
• Date/time served or mailed: [__/__/____] [____]
• Mailing extension or actual-receipt rule included in effective-date calculation: ☐ Yes ☐ Not applicable
• Tracking/certificate/witness: [________________________________]

I declare that the information above accurately records service of this notice.

Server name/signature/date: [________________________________]

5. File Record

• Signed lease and amendments retained: ☐ Yes
• Coverage/exemption and cap calculation retained: ☐ Yes
• Current state and local sources saved or cited: ☐ Yes
• Copy of notice and service proof retained: ☐ Yes
• Effective date independently rechecked after service: ☐ Yes

Sources and References

• 42 U.S.C. § 3604 — https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=(title:42%20section:3604%20edition:prelim)
• Or. Rev. Stat. § 90.323 — Oregon Legislature — https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors090.html
• Oregon DAS — current rent-stabilization percentages — https://www.oregon.gov/das/oea/pages/rent-stabilization.aspx