OSTA: Empowering Park & Marina Residents

About OSTA: Empowering Park & Marina Residents

If you are an Oregon Manufactured Home Park or Marina resident who owns their home, but rents the space or slip in which your home is located, then we are here for you. OSTA is your support network, a trusted source of information about your rights, and your advocate for more secure housing through improved legislation. Through these efforts and initiatives, we enhance your quality of life. OSTA is a nonprofit, grassroots organization that seeks direction from members, avoiding a top-down approach, regarding decision-making on critical issues affecting members’ lifestyle choices, quality of life, and rights as residents in manufactured housing and floating home communities. OSTA works to provide an expanding array of programs, information, and services to its members. It is an organization focused, not only on protecting the rights of homeowners as residents in parks and marinas but an organization that supports all aspects of manufactured and floating home living. To enable this to happen we rely on members, teams, and colleagues, across the state who support this common vision. This work requires time, investment, and dedication to serve our 80,000+ residents and we rely solely on memberships and donations to achieve our goals. Join OSTA Link https://oregontenants.com/membership-account/membership-levels/

Publisher

Bill Bateman

Category

education · government · news

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

8 Jul 2024

Latest episode

25 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

48 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   25 Oct 2026

   Senator Gelser Bluen Agrees To Sponsor A Bill That Makes Oregon Housing Laws Enforceable

   Send us Fan Mail Oregon housing laws can look strong on paper and still feel impossible to use when there’s no real way to enforce them. That’s why we’re sharing big news: Senator Gelser Bluen has agreed to sponsor OSTA’s dispute resolution enforcement bill, and we’re moving from “we’d like to do this” to “we are doing this now.” We walk through what happens next with the Legislative Counsel draft, why the review window matters, and how we can shape the final language into something that actu...

2. 

   16 Oct 2026

   Conference Tickets, Enforcement, And How To Reach Lawmakers

   Send us Fan Mail Mediation is supposed to resolve conflicts, but what happens when an agreement gets signed and nobody enforces it? We’re seeing that question play out across Oregon, and it’s becoming a statewide tenants’ rights problem that good intentions alone can't fix. We lay out why enforcement is the next big push for OSTA and why “if it’s the law, let’s enforce it” has to be more than a slogan. OSTA is celebrating a 50th birthday, and we’re planning a conference that’s focused on us...

3. 

   2 Oct 2026

   October OSTA Update: Two Big Announcements!

   Send us Fan Mail We’re hearing from more manufactured and floating home residents who feel like mediation ends with paperwork and no real change, even when the rules are clear. So we’re shifting our energy toward something more practical: stronger enforcement of the laws that already exist in Oregon. I’m Bill Bateman, OSTA president, and I’m sharing two significant updates. First, our board has passed a resolution directing OSTA to work toward an enforcement model similar to Washington...

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