Gov. Brown signs rent repayment bill, Emergency rental assistance available

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SB 282 extends residential rent repayment period until February 28, 2022

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The following is a press release from the office of Kate Brown, Governor of Oregon.

$204 million available through Oregon Emergency Rental Assistance Program to help impacted renters pay current and past rent 

SALEM, Ore. - Governor Kate Brown today signed Senate Bill 282 into law, a bill that extends the repayment period for residential rent accrued during the COVID-19 pandemic. The bill gives renters until February 28, 2022, to repay all rent accrued between April 1, 2020, and June 30, 2021. Oregon’s residential eviction moratorium remains in effect through June 30, 2021.

“Everyone deserves a warm, safe, dry place to call home––and during the COVID-19 pandemic, it has been particularly critical that Oregonians be able to stay in their homes,” said Governor Brown. “I’d like to thank Senator Jama and Representative Fahey for their leadership and work to pass this bill, and ensure that we are helping the Oregonians who have been hardest hit by the housing and rent impacts of the pandemic. Disproportionately, those Oregonians are from Black, Indigenous, Latino, Latina, Latinx, Asian, Pacific Islander, Tribal, and communities of color.”

Governor Brown continues, “SB 282 gives the Oregonians hardest hit by economic impacts during the pandemic more time to recover and, thanks to a historic amount of rent assistance in Oregon, we have the resources to help those families get back on stable financial footing.”

Starting today, qualified Oregonians can apply for rental assistance through the Oregon Emergency Rental Assistance Program (OERAP) to help pay past due and current rent. Critically, Oregonians may qualify to receive assistance for current, future, and past due rent after Oregon’s eviction moratorium expires on July 1. This will allow more Oregonians to stay in their homes, while they are protected by the grace period to pay rent accrued during the pandemic.