Survivor Laws in Oregon
Please consult a lawyer to find out more about your legal rights. For more information: http://www.doj.state.or.us/crimev/cvr/domestic_violence.shtml
- A victim of domestic violence, sexual assault or stalking may not be disqualified from receiving unemployment benefits if the individual has no reasonably available alternatives to leaving work to protect the individual or minor child from further domestic violence, sexual assault or stalking at a workplace or elsewhere. ORS 657.176(12)
- A victim of domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking, may terminate a rental agreement with a 14 day notice within 90 days of the crime, and has the right to have locks changed by the owner of the rental property. ORS 90.453 ORS 90.459
- The Violence Against Women Act and the Justice Department Reauthorization Act of 2005 protect qualified public housing and Section 8 tenants and family members of tenants who are victims of domestic violence, dating violence, or stalking from being evicted or terminated from housing assistance based on acts of such violence against them. 42 USC 143d(2005); 42 USC 1437f(2006)
- A victim of domestic violence may have a right, in some Oregon Housing Authorities, to a housing preference.