Dear OSTA Members: There’s still time to
contact the following Senators to urge them to vote FOR or YES on HB4038A.
Senator Hass has already indicated he’s with us! We should have the chance to
offer to buy our parks should they be offered for sale. We live in the parks,
we care what happens to them, we want to age in place and be secure. The vote is Thursday, Feb. 20. Please help us help you!
--Jane Capron, OSTA board memberWRITE YOUR SENATOR! HB 4038A Needs Your Immediate Support
Bipartisan
effort leads to compromise on Opportunity to Purchase legislation
SALEM – On February 11, 2014, the Oregon House of
Representatives passed legislation to help Oregonians living in manufactured
homes find out if their park is for sale, and to allow a short time for
residents to put together an offer to buy the park.
Oregon has more than 1,100 manufactured
home parks throughout the state, providing more than 63,000 residential spaces
for affordable housing.
“Affordable housing is a critical issue
for working families,” Rep. Whisnant said. “This bill addresses concerns of
park owners and park tenants so this housing option is maintained for many of
our citizens.”
HB 4038 passed the House unanimously and
now moves to the Senate for consideration.
# # #
Calling All Manufactured Home Owner Activists, Letter Writers, and Residents Tired of Constant Rent Increases
Are you interested in working
on National Manufactured Home Owners of America's REIT/Retirement Security Campaign?
NMHOA has been partnering with the
Center for Community Change (CCC) for the past two years. The initial focus of
the work was the intersection between seniors residing in communities owned by
Equity Lifestyle Properties, Inc. (ELS) and the ever-increasing rents that seniors
on fixed retirement security incomes were required to pay. Over time the
Campaign has evolved to target other Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) who
are treating home owners unfairly and especially seniors who social security is
being threatened at the same time as their rents are being increased above the
cost of living. NMHOA and CCC are planning our next action and if you
would like to be involved (whether or not you live in a REIT-owned community),
please contact Pam Bournival (pamb13@yahoo.com)
for more information. Also check out www.mhaction.org for up-to-date information on the
Campaign.
(This information comes from Rita Loberger, our representative to NMHOA, and might be a project for your OSTA chapters.)
CAUTION
IF YOU DON'T HAVE $30 TO PAY DUES...
Don't write a check for dues if you don't have the money in the bank. We are now banking with Chase, and if you are banking with them, too, they'll charge you $34 for a bad check. Unfortunately for OSTA, they also charge us $34 if you don't have the funds to cover your check.
We don't want to lose any members, so if you have problems, contact me or your district director and we'll see what we can work out, like a partial payment. Let's not ever be giving $68 to the bank for a mistake over a $30 membership.
--Jane
IF YOU DON'T HAVE $30 TO PAY DUES...
Don't write a check for dues if you don't have the money in the bank. We are now banking with Chase, and if you are banking with them, too, they'll charge you $34 for a bad check. Unfortunately for OSTA, they also charge us $34 if you don't have the funds to cover your check.
We don't want to lose any members, so if you have problems, contact me or your district director and we'll see what we can work out, like a partial payment. Let's not ever be giving $68 to the bank for a mistake over a $30 membership.
--Jane
CORRECTION TO DECEMBER 2013 OSTA QUARTERLY REVIEW
Very interesting and informative issue! One correction - on
page 11. I wrote the article about the MCRC not about ReHome. You gave credit
to Mike Berg for my article. Did he write the ReHome article? Would you please
write a correction in the next issue? And/or send an email correction to your
newsletter list? Thank you for provide us with much useful information.
Carene Davis-Stitt, Falcon Wood Village, Eugene
(Ed.'s reply: Yes, Mike wrote the ReHome article and Carene wrote the article about mediation services at the Manufactured Communities Resource Center. We appreciate our volunteer reporters and cannot give them enough praise and thanks for their help, so this apology is most sincere.)
For Chapters to Use—
The OSTA Quartet 2013 Theme Song
(Tune: “Music,
Music Music—Put Another
Nickel In”)Tell a neighbor in your park
If they want to be real smart
They’ll join with you and take their part
In OSTA, OSTA, OSTA.
We’ll do anything for youse
Send you all our member news
As long as you keep paying dues
To OSTA, OSTA, OSTA.
Labor
To coax a neighbor
To join our group and when they do
We’ll love them just as we love you.
We like to help you all we can
So we give a Helping Hand
You know your wish is our command.
We’re OSTA, OSTA, OSTA.
You scratch my back, I’ll scratch yours
We’ll even help you with your chores
Give group hugs in threes and fours
We’re OSTA, OSTA, OSTA.
Together
We gotta stick together
To see that we are treated right
And if we’re not, then we will fight.
So get out there in your best suit,
Get out there and look real cute,
We challenge you now to recruit
For OSTA, OSTA, OSTA!
(This song was a real hit at the annual meeting in Canyonville in September. Feel free to perform it at your next chapter meeting. Ability to sing is not a requirement!)
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