[ibjoy]

I signed a 12 month lease in October 2006. It is a privately owned condo and I signed the lease with a property management company. In the first couple of weeks we started having problems. Dog owners not picking up after their dogs and people just throwing garbage on the ground not into the huge bins that are provided. Discarded food, diapers and baby wipes covered in feces, broken glass are just a sample of what is laying around the grounds.
When I called my property management company their response was I had to bring it up with the Home Owners Association. After several e-mails back and forth I find out the HOA hadn't been formed yet. I am then informed there is a property management company that is responsible for the grounds and I need to contact them for garbage, etc issues. The HOA was recently formed but I can't attend because I am not an owner. I looked up this information
"90.305 Disclosure of certain matters;
retention of rental agreement; inspection
of agreement. (1) The landlord shall disclose
to the tenant in writing at or before
the commencement of the tenancy the name
and address of:
(a) The person authorized to manage the
premises; and
(b) An owner of the premises or a person
authorized to act for and on behalf of the
owner for the purpose of service of process
and receiving and receipting for notices and
demands"
I don't have the money to hire an attorney and wanted to know since this wasn't done for me can I break my lease and get my deposit back legally? The property management company that is trying to take care of the grounds stated to me "we have to admit, we simply do not have any communities with the level of disrespect to their homes that some of the residents at this complex seem to have".

[excon]

I looked up this information "90.305 Disclosure of certain matters; retention of rental agreement; inspection of agreement. (1) The landlord shall disclose to the tenant in writing......... blah, blah, blah.....

Hello ib:

If the statute you're quoting is the landlord/tenant law for Oregon, then it also ought to tell you how to notify the landlord of deficiencies, and what to do if the landlord fails in his responsibilities.

If you're convinced that he HAS failed, and I don't disagree with you, then there are certain procedures you must follow before you can break your lease. If the statute ISN'T the landlord/tenant law, you can find it in the sticky at the top of this forum.

excon