Contact PTU:
info@pdxtu.org
(503) 836-7881
Or send us a private message on Facebook or Twitter
***PTU is an all-volunteer union. We will try to respond to your message as quickly as possible, especially if you and others in your building are trying to form a union and fight for your rights. We DO NOT give legal advice and DO NOT have any money to help pay your rent. If you have general questions about your rights as a tenant or need legal help or rent assistance, please contact the resources below***
Other Resources:
Tenant Rights Information
- oregonlawhelp.org - Detailed, understandable, and accurate information about landlord-tenant law
- ORS 90 - The Oregon Residential Landlord and Tenant Act, contains most important statewide landlord-tenant law
- Portland Rental Services Office: (503) 823-1303 or RentalServices@portlandoregon.gov
- Community Alliance of Tenants Renters Rights Hotline: (503) 288-0130
- There is also helpful tenant rights information on oregoncat.org
- Manufactured Communities Resource Center: (503) 986-2145 or mcrc@oregon.gov
- PDX Renters Unite! - Facebook group where you can share your stories with fellow renters, many of whom have gone through the same things
Free or Low-Cost Legal Help
- Legal Aid Services of Oregon: (503) 224-4086 [Primarily serves low-income clients]
- Oregon State Bar Modest Means Program: (503) 684-3763 or LegalHelp@oregonstatebar.org [Fewer income restrictions]
- Fair Housing Council of Oregon: (503) 223-8197
- Disability Rights Oregon: (503) 243-2081
- Neighborhood Mediation Program: (503) 595-4890 [Helps to resolve landlord-tenant issues without going to court]
City and County Inspectors - They can force your landlord to address that rat problem
- Portland Neighborhood Inspections Program: (503) 823-2633
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Multnomah County Environmental Health: (503) 988-4247
- The cities of Gresham and Wood Village have their own rental inspection programs. Cities with their own residential code enforcement programs* include Fairview and Troutdale.
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Clackamas County Code Enforcement: (503) 742-4452 or fill out an online complaint form
- Cities with their own residential code enforcement programs* include Lake Oswego, Milwaukie, Happy Valley, Gladstone, and Oregon City.
- Washington County Code Compliance: (503) 846-4875 or PDSCodeCompliance@co.washington.or.us
*Unlike dedicated rental inspection programs, which can address issues inside your home, some residential code enforcement programs address only exterior "eyesores". If your city needs a real rental inspections program, PTU can help you push for one!
Housing and Rent Assistance
- Home Forward: (503) 802-8300 or info@homeforward.org [Multnomah County housing authority]
- JOIN: (503) 232-2031
- Human Solutions: (503) 548-0200
- NW Pilot Project: (503) 227-5605 or jasonc@nwpilotproject.org [for seniors]
- Independent Living Resources: (503) 232-7411 or info@ilr.org [for people with disabilities]
- Real Choice Initiative: (971) 263-0048 or allen@realchoiceoregon.com [for people with disabilities]
- Call 211 for more resources
- You can also sometimes find cheap housing through Facebook groups like Portland OR Housing, Portland Housing/Roommates/Sublets/Roomster, Portland Queer Housing, Portland Area Transgender and Queer Safer Housing, or Portland Disabled Housing Network
Other Local Tenant Unions
PTU operates throughout the Portland Metro area, check out some of these groups operating on different scales:
- Living Cully's Cully Housing Action Team: (503) 489-8334, cameronh@livingcully.org, or private message them on Facebook
- Lents Strong! Housing Action Team: (503) 780-4739 or luke@rosecdc.org
- Corvallis Tenants United: tenantsunited@lists.riseup.net or private message them on Facebook
- Southern Oregon Tenants Union: (541) 708-3576 or private message them on Facebook
- Community Alliance of Tenants: (503) 288-0130 [Statewide organization]
- Manufactured Housing/Oregon State Tenants Association: 1-800-423-9371 [Statewide mobile home park union]
- Tenants Union of Washington State: (206) 723-0500 [If you're just across the border in Vancouver, WA]
- Homes For All: (646) 360-5800 or info@homesforall.org [Nationwide coalition of tenant unions]
- Right 2 Survive: (503) 839-9992 or right2survivesmg@gmail.com [Because our houseless neighbors need a union, too]