By Taxpayers Association of Oregon Foundation
In May, voters in Multnomah County will vote on implementing an adjustable 0.75% capital gains tax to provide free lawyers to tenants being evicted. Portland and Multnomah County already subsidize legal defense for low-income renters facing eviction.
Backers needed 22,686 valid signatures to qualify the measure for the May 16, 2023 ballot. They turned in 24,216.
A legal challenge filed by the Portland Business Alliance kept the measure off the November ballot, but a Multnomah County judge ruled modifications to the language of the ballot measure could
Advocates had hoped to get their proposal on the November ballot, but a legal challenge filed by the Portland Business Alliance stalled the measure. A Multnomah County judge ruled the measure could proceed with some modifications to the language.
Oregon banned no-cause evictions after the first year of tenancy in 2019. The measure, if passed, would make for-cause evictions of problem tenants even more onerous and costly for Multnomah County landlords, most of whom are family owners of a single rental.
