Experiencing Glitches with Oregon's Landlord Compensation Fund Portal? You're Not Alone.

When the Oregon Legislature passed HB 4401 during the 3rd Special Session of 2020 on December 21st, it not only extended the Eviction Moratorium through June, and ushered in temporary extensions to nonpayment for rent notices, it also allocated $200 million to support emergency rental assistance and create a Landlord Compensation Fund. 

Unfortunately, the Landlord Compensation Fund application portal is still broken. Oregon housing providers have had a frustrating experience the last few weeks attempting in good faith to follow the instructions, read the FAQ, and attend various training sessions. 

The portal is still inoperable. 

State officials gave those diligently trying to apply an extension to submit their information directly to Oregon Housing and Community Services (OHCS) for staff to complete housing providers' applications on their behalf.

Subsequent application rounds for the Landlord Compensation Fund were already planned, and funds not disbursed in the first round of funding due to these glitches will be rolled forward. OHCS is continuing to work to fix the many bugs and coding errors so that applications will properly process in future rounds.

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