Housing Authority of Portland v. Comstock

*465LANDAU, P. J.

Plaintiff Housing Authority of Portland (HAP) initiated this action to terminate defendant’s residential tenancy under ORS 90.400(3) on the ground that defendant had threatened one of HAP’s employees with bodily injury. The trial court held in favor of HAP, and defendant appeals. Defendant concedes that, under ORS 90.400(3), a tenancy may be terminated for threatening a “landlord,” but argues that the statute does not authorize termination in this case because the person he threatened was merely an employee of the landlord and not the landlord itself. We affirm.

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