May 19 2021
Senate Bill 282 allows time for renters to obtain state and federal aid, including a new $204 million fund.
Gov. Kate Brown has signed a bill that gives tenants more time to pay past-due rent stemming from the coronavirus pandemic and protects their future ability to rent.
Her announcement, issued Wednesday, May 19, also mentioned the availability of $204 million in a state fund for rental assistance.
Her statement: Everyone deserves a warm, safe, dry place to call home –– and during the COVID-19 pandemic, it has been particularly critical that Oregonians be able to stay in their homes. I d like to thank Sen. Kayse Jama and Rep. Julie Fahey for their leadership and work to pass this bill, and ensure that we are helping the Oregonians who have been hardest hit by the housing and rent impacts of the pandemic.