The Under Secretaries also report directly to the Secretary and serve as the Department's corporate board on foreign policy in the following areas: 1  Political Affairs; 2  Economic, Energy, and Agricultural Affairs; 3  Arms Control and International Security; 4  Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights; 5  Management; and.
Currently, most landlords are required to give just 30 days' notice, the state minimum, when terminating a lease or raising rent. If landlords don't follow the rules, tenants could be owed an amount up to three months rent as well as actual damages, reasonable attorney fees and costs, according to city documents. Mayor Charlie Hales said Portland has to try new things. Some 200,000 new residents are expected during the next 20 years, he said.
If a tenant has a periodic tenancy (which has no end date), the landlord must give the tenant a signed written notice of a rent increase. The notice must include the amount of the rent increase or what the rent is increasing to and when the increase will start.