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1903, 2026

NEW! Tenants Association at Shady Cove

March 19th, 2026|

We’d like to extend our congratulations to the residents of Leisure Days Mobile Home Community and Shady Cove, OR. At a meeting yesterday at a residential home, a new tenants’ organization was formed in less than 4 hours. The meeting, attended by 20 Park residents, was enthusiastic and ready to take care of some of their many concerns.
Some of these concerns included park managers’ desire for audio and video surveillance, a lack of regular office hours, and a lack of responsiveness to tenants’ concerns and questions. The tenants had already voted down the audio surveillance provision, but the security company said that the feature could be turned on or off by the manager.
On further questioning, it was also determined that the tenants would not be able to see these files. Problems like these are why tenant associations are popping up like mushrooms in the springtime. If you and your park feel you could benefit from a tenants association, the first step to taking back control of the park is to reach out to OSTA, and we will do our best to schedule a visit to your park by one of our representatives.
All of the setup material was provided at no charge in a PDF format. When we left, they were already typing up their tenants’ association notice for the office and a letter for new tenants to present to the manager and the rental company. Will they open the door or acknowledge the document? Stay tuned, we’ll keep you posted.

1903, 2026

2025 OSTA Park and Marina Resident Handbook now available for purchase

March 19th, 2026|

OSTA Review 2026

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OSTA Resident Handbook

2025 OSTA Park and Marina Resident Handbook now available for purchase

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2026 Short Legislative Session Activity

There are some new tools in the park’s organizing arsenal for residents. In addition to having PDFs available of ORS 90, the revised 2025 version, and the companion piece, which is a summary of the various sections, we also have a 2025 Guide to Organizing a Tenants Association.

Thanks to Mindy Bachmeier, our District Director for Linn, Benton and Marion/Polk County area, we now have a compilation book of all our most helpful resources, handouts, templates and forms. It is the 2025 OSTA Park and Marina Resident Handbook, just off the press. We have a PDF of the document, of course, and hard copies are also available. They’re designed to be printed once and photocopied as needed for the items in the book

  You will also find information about safe water standards, thoughts from Matthew Johnson, one of our board members, on the Mediation Process, and some guidelines.

Total of 94 pages. The table of contents includes:

  • The steps for building up your community
  • This includes tenants’ associations and the rights you have in a mobile home and floating community
  • Your right to organize and how it is protected
  • What to be aware of when canvassing is going door to door
  • Park rule changes  and how to vote out of a rule change and petition against inappropriate or poorly crafted rules
  • The Eviction process will be explained
  • How a bill becomes law and what you can do to be part of changing legislation in the years to come.
                     Contact Mindy at mbachmeier@oregontenants.com to purchase your copy. Purchase price for members is only $12, which covers the cost of printing and shipping.

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