Do this today
- Read the lease: fixed term or month-to-month, and any clause about increases.
- Keep the increase notice, including the date and how it arrived.
- Check whether your city runs a rent board or just-cause program.
- Do not agree to a new amount on the spot if you are unsure it is allowed.
What does the lease control?
A fixed-term lease in Oregon usually locks the rent until that term ends, unless the lease itself says otherwise in a way Oregon Residential Landlord and Tenant Act allows. A month-to-month tenancy is a different system. Read the paper you signed before you assume the increase is automatic.
What about the city?
Rent stabilization and just-cause eviction are usually local. Oregon state law is the floor. If you live in a city with a rent board, that board's rules may limit when and how rent can change — confirm the address is covered before you rely on it.
What are SB 608, SB 611, and HB 2001 in Oregon?
Community Alliance of Tenants names those session laws on their Know Your Rights page: SB 608 (just-cause / rent-increase overlay), SB 611 (rent-cap protections), and House Bill 2001 (eviction timelines). The names are real. The current text is a now-question in ORS Chapter 90. We do not reprint a cap or a day-count.
Oregon CAT, oregonrentersrights.org, or 211info?
Community Alliance of Tenants is a tenants union. oregonrentersrights.org is a self-help handbook hub and a pointer to the Eviction Defense Project. 211info.org is regional 211. Oregon Law Help is legal aid. Four different doors. ORS Chapter 90 is the statute.
Where do Oregon sample renter letters actually live?
Community Alliance of Tenants publishes repair, move-out, and deposit samples on oregoncat.org/know-your-rights. oregonrentersrights.org publishes handbooks and letters. This classroom points at those files. It does not host a copy that will go stale.
Is the Fair Housing Council of Oregon the same as CAT?
No. The Fair Housing Council of Oregon takes discrimination. Community Alliance of Tenants is a tenants union. Oregon Law Help takes an FED. HUD is the federal floor. Three local doors plus the Act.
The Oregon chapter
Oregon Residential Landlord and Tenant Act (Or. Rev. Stat. §§ 90.100 to 90.875) is the starting point. We name it. We do not paraphrase a day-count or a dollar cap out of it.
Oregon's Residential Landlord and Tenant Act is Chapter 90 of the Oregon Revised Statutes. Oregon is unusual in that some rent and termination rules operate statewide rather than city by city — which makes reading the current statute text especially important, because the Legislature has amended this chapter repeatedly.
Portland has a Rental Services Office and additional local renter-protection requirements. Use the Portland desk on this site for the city offices. Other Oregon cities may have local screening or relocation rules. Community Alliance of Tenants and oregonrentersrights.org remain statewide education doors — they are not the court.
Official sources
- StatuteORS Chapter 90 — Residential Landlord and TenantOregon Legislative Assembly, the state's official statute publisher.
- Free legal helpOregon Law HelpStatewide legal-aid guides for Oregon renters, in several languages.
- Self-help hubOregon Renters RightsHandbooks, sample letters, and a pointer to the Eviction Defense Project. Not the statute.
- Tenants unionCommunity Alliance of Tenants — Know Your RightsOregon tenants-union education, organizing, and the renter hotline they publish.
- 211211infoRegional 211 for Oregon and southwest Washington — rent, shelter, food, utilities.
- Statute indexCornell LII landlord-tenant tableOr. Rev. Stat. §§ 90.100 to 90.875
- FederalHUD — Oregon
- Free legal helpLawHelp.org — Oregon
Common questions
Can my landlord in Oregon raise rent whenever they want?
It depends on the lease, Oregon Residential Landlord and Tenant Act, and any city overlay. There is no national percentage. A fixed-term lease and a month-to-month tenancy are different.
Does Oregon have statewide rent control?
Some states limit local rent control; some allow it; some have statewide rules. Whether any of that covers your unit is a Oregon and city question. This site does not guess from a ZIP code.
What if the increase came after I complained?
That sequence is worth writing down. Whether Oregon treats it as retaliation is a state-and-facts question for legal aid.
What are SB 608, SB 611, and HB 2001 in Oregon?
Community Alliance of Tenants names those session laws on their Know Your Rights page: SB 608 (just-cause / rent-increase overlay), SB 611 (rent-cap protections), and House Bill 2001 (eviction timelines). The names are real. The current text is a now-question in ORS Chapter 90. We do not reprint a cap or a day-count.
Oregon CAT, oregonrentersrights.org, or 211info?
Community Alliance of Tenants is a tenants union. oregonrentersrights.org is a self-help handbook hub and a pointer to the Eviction Defense Project. 211info.org is regional 211. Oregon Law Help is legal aid. Four different doors. ORS Chapter 90 is the statute.
Where do Oregon sample renter letters actually live?
Community Alliance of Tenants publishes repair, move-out, and deposit samples on oregoncat.org/know-your-rights. oregonrentersrights.org publishes handbooks and letters. This classroom points at those files. It does not host a copy that will go stale.
Is the Fair Housing Council of Oregon the same as CAT?
No. The Fair Housing Council of Oregon takes discrimination. Community Alliance of Tenants is a tenants union. Oregon Law Help takes an FED. HUD is the federal floor. Three local doors plus the Act.
The national rent increase guide has the full sequence. Open the rent increase guide
People also ask
- Is there a legal limit on how much my rent can go up?
- Can my landlord raise the rent in the middle of my lease?
- Does my landlord have to give notice in writing?
- New fees appeared but the base rent stayed the same. Is that a rent increase?
- Can I negotiate?
- Can my landlord raise rent the same way in every state?
Last reviewed 8 September 2026. Legal information, not legal advice. Not a law firm. hello@renterprotection.org