Offers mediation and conflict coaching services for disputes involving community members, interpersonal issues, landlords and tenants, property, noise, pets, workplace conflicts, consumers and merchants, businesses and clients, business dissolution, police/citizen dialogue, contract claims, and foreclosure avoidance. Assists county circuit courts by mediating small claims and residential eviction matters.

Offers mediation and conflict coaching services for disputes involving community members, interpersonal issues, landlords and tenants, property, noise, pets, workplace conflicts, consumers and merchants, businesses and clients, business dissolution, police/citizen dialogue, contract claims, and foreclosure avoidance. Assists county circuit courts by mediating small claims and residential eviction matters.

Offers mediation and conflict coaching services for disputes involving community members, interpersonal issues, landlords and tenants, property, noise, pets, workplace conflicts, consumers and merchants, businesses and clients, business dissolution, police/citizen dialogue, contract claims, and foreclosure avoidance. Assists county circuit courts by mediating small claims and residential eviction matters.

Provides confidential mediation, facilitation, and conflict resolution education. Types of mediation include:

-Community Mediation: Conflicts involving noise, fences, parking, vandalism, animal complaints, property damage or maintenance, harassment, minor assaults, and conflicts over money and personal property.

-Foreclosure Avoidance Mediation: Utilizes specially trained facilitators to conduct face-to-face resolution conferences between borrowers and lenders to avoid home foreclosure.
-Housing Mediation: For tenants, landlords/housing providers wishing to discuss issues related to rent, repairs, communication, or any other issues or concerns related to the living arrangement.

-Manufactured Home (MFH) Mediation: Assists homeowners, residents, managers, and park owners to resolve conflicts associated with the parks and living situations.

-Home Sharing Mediation: Connects homeless high school students who are committed to graduating from high school with people willing to share their homes. Mediators facilitate rental contracts and a house rules discussion to provide a space for open communication and mutual expectation setting before move-in. Mediators check in with the parties after a few months to continue promoting open communication, contract modifications, and conflict resolution strategies as needed.

-Restorative Dialogue: Offers trained facilitators to help juvenile offenders and crime victims meet face-to-face. The dialogue is an opportunity to discuss the impacts of the harm, meaningful accountability, and make agreements to repair the harm.



Takes most cases, with the exceptions of parenting plan/divorce cases, or court-ordered small claims, which are handled through Washington County.

Assists people to communicate, problem solving, and find solutions to their conflicts. Serves neighbors, businesses, landlords, and tenants. Workshops and courses in mediation and conflict communication are provided. Facilitators are provided for group issues.

Provides information services for buildling permits, multifamily dwelling licenses, inspection services, land use permits, and code compliance. Fields complaints about rental housing safety, abandoned vehicles, tall grass and weeds, and illegal dumping. Also provides advocacy for tenants about communicating with landlords about housing conditions.

Provides mediation services for various community disputes, including neighbor disputes, landlord/tenant issues, manufactured home community issues, consumer/merchant disputes, family relationships (including elder care issues), small claims, and workplace conflict. Services are voluntary and confidential.

Trained mediators assist in finding solutions to conflicts. Mediators have experience with interpersonal disputes, family mediation (e.g., parent/teen, runaways), parenting plan adjustments, neighborhood disputes (e.g., barking dogs, property line/easement disputes), landlord/tenant disputes, institutional/business mediation, and victim/offender mediation. Also holds workshops, public lectures, and discussions on mediation and coaches individuals in conflicted situations. Meetings may be held in the client's community to ease time or transportation limitations. Does not mediate domestic violence cases.

Community mediation helps individuals, businesses, neighbors, and families when conflict or disagreements arise. Mediators help parties communicate with understanding, explore solutions, and solve problems. Some conflicts involve neighbor or neighborhood relationships, homeowner association issues, workplace problems, consumer/business disputes, family relationships including separation/divorce or children's issues, money issues, landlord/tenant disputes, land use disputes, and more. Mediation is voluntary, cooperative, and confidential and mediated by one or two impartial mediators who do not take sides, give legal advice, or impose settlements.

Provides mediators for Deschutes County Justice Court Small Claims Court. Litigants have the opportunity to resolve disputes through mediation before proceeding to trial before a judge. Provides periodic mediator training, workshops, and facilitation services for businesses, government agencies, and nonprofit organizations.

Coordinates civil legal aid with the help of licensed attorneys and skilled staff in the categories of bankruptcy assistance, vacation of criminal record, eviction prevention, divorce, custody, support, general legal aid, guardianship and wills, and landlord/tenant dispute resolution. Offers a Civil Tribal Legal Clinic addressing family law, landlord/tenant, wills and estate planning, contracts, and homeownership. Also provides legal forms to the public for different civil legal issues.

Dispute resolution center offering mediation services through trained volunteer mediators. Mediates small claims, neighbor-to-neighbor disputes, harassment claims, vandalism, property conflicts, family relationships, animal disputes, employee disputes, landlord/tenant disputes, student disputes, noise issues, debt, youth disputes (including parent/teen conflict), and parking disputes.

Also offers restorative justice conferencing for victims, allowing them to confront their offenders in a restorative setting.

Dispute resolution and agreement development in the following areas: Housing, Workplace, Neighbors, Family Members, Youth, Businesses, and Government. Also offers Conflict Resolution training and group meeting facilitation with emphasis on consensus-building.

Mediation is a voluntary, confidential process where people with disputes come together, sit down with a neutral third-party mediator, and talk about ways to solve the dispute. Can assist with landlord/tenant disputes. A Juvenile Victim/Offender mediation program is also available.

Offers periodic Small Claims Mediation Trainings for mediators and those committing to volunteer at small claims court mediations.

Provides mediation through a voluntary and confidential process where people with disputes come together, sit down with a neutral third-party mediator, and discuss ways to solve the dispute. Can assist with landlord/tenant disputes, and a juvenile victim/offender mediation program is also available.

Offers periodic Small Claims Mediation Trainings for mediators and those commiting to volunteer at small claims court mediations.

Provides mediation through a voluntary and confidential process where people with disputes come together, sit down with a neutral third-party mediator, and discuss ways to solve the dispute. Can assist with landlord/tenant disputes, and a juvenile victim/offender mediation program is also available.

Offers periodic Small Claims Mediation Trainings for mediators and those commiting to volunteer at small claims court mediations.

State office providing technical assistance and dispute resolution services to landlords and tenants in manufactured dwelling parks. Provides copies of relevant laws and general information on rights and responsibilities. Assists clients in making decisions about how to handle manufactured dwelling park-related situations. May be referred to local mediation services for dispute resolution. Also maintains the statewide Manufactured Home Park Directory, which offers information on spaces available for rent.

Helps community members resolve differences outside of the legal system. The program offers confidential and effective mediation services for families and youth, peer mediation training for youth in PPS schools and any other conflicts within Multnomah County. Includes a specific mediation program for landlords and tenants experiencing conflicts such as rent increases, rent past due, housing discrimination, noise, and accommodation needs that could otherwise lead to eviction.

Supports better communication and promotes mutual understanding between landlords and manufactured home owners. The office provides an equitable and low-cost option for manufactured home owners and landlords to resolve disputes concerning alleged violations of the Manufactured/Mobile Home Landlord Tenant Act. The Attorney General's Office helps opposing parties negotiate disputes, determine whether further investigation is needed, decide whether a violation has occurred and issue fines and other penalties when appropriate.