{"id":"MET-PDX-004","kind":"order","level":"county","jurisdiction":"Multnomah County, Oregon","state":"OR","metro":"PDX","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Chair Deborah Kafoury (Executive Rule under the March 11, 2020 Declaration of Emergency)","authority":"Multnomah County Declaration of Emergency of March 11, 2020; Multnomah County Code emergency powers; ORS ch. 401","instrument":"Executive Rule: temporary moratorium on residential evictions for nonpayment due to COVID-19 wage loss; suspension of eviction court hearings; lodging must retain County-subsidized guests (announced March 17, 2020)","title":"Chair Kafoury, Mayor Wheeler announce moratorium on residential eviction; steps to protect unhoused residents from COVID-19","dateIssued":"2020-03-17","effective":"2020-03-17","end":"For the duration of the County emergency as declared; overtaken by the State\u0027s EO 20-11 (Mar. 22, 2020), HB 4213 (June 30, 2020) and HB 4401 (Dec. 23, 2020), whose moratorium and grace period ended June 30, 2021 (Exs. OR-006, OR-024, OR-037)","startDate":"2020-03-17","endDate":"2020-03-22","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3"],"types":["OTHER","CRT","CLOSE"],"addressees":["residential landlords in Multnomah County","hotels, motels and places of lodging","the Circuit Court (eviction hearings)"],"clause":"Among the orders included in Kafoury\u0027s new executive rule, which builds on her countywide emergency declaration signed March 11: A temporary moratorium on all residential evictions in Multnomah County for tenants on the basis of nonpayment of rent, due to wage loss resulting from COVID-19. No late fee may be charged or collected for rent that is delayed for the reasons stated in the moratorium; Court hearings on eviction proceedings will be suspended until April 30, 2020, or later. Any place of lodging within Multnomah County, including hotels and motels, must accept and/or retain housing for any individual whose payment is subsidized by the County or a County contractor.... What\u0027s Closed? All County library branches; Student health centers at Jefferson High School and Cleveland High School; Division of Assessment, Recording, and Taxation Customer Service (recording functions, marriage licenses, tax payments, passport services and passport photos).","enforcement":"Not stated in the release (civil fine up to $1,000 per day per offense added Apr. 9, 2020, MET-PDX-005)","functions":["PM property management (evictions barred; late fees barred)","CL closings and recording (County recording customer service closed)","LG lodging (must accept and retain County-subsidized guests)","CT courts (eviction hearings suspended to Apr. 30, 2020)","CB tenants"],"notes":"The first eviction moratorium in Oregon, five days before the Governor\u0027s EO 20-11. The same release lists County facilities closed (libraries; recording, marriage license, tax payment and passport counters) and the consolidation of County clinics with reduced dental services.","sourceUrl":"","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20200317200649/","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":139266,"grade":"secondary","character":"","description":"","collection":"MET-PDX","url":"/library/MET-PDX-004","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/MET-PDX-004","citation":"Chair Deborah Kafoury (Executive Rule under the March 11, 2020 Declaration of Emergency), Executive Rule: temporary moratorium on residential evictions for nonpayment due to COVID-19 wage loss; suspension of eviction court hearings; lodging must retain County-subsidized guests (announced March 17, 2020) (Mar. 17, 2020) (Ex. MET-PDX-004)","stateName":"Oregon","related":["OR-006","OR-024","OR-037","MET-PDX-005","MET-PDX-050"]}