An Oregon agency acknowledged Tuesday that officials misinterpreted a new law when they published annual statewide rent increase limits for 2026.

The Department of Administrative Services earlier in the day reported landlords can raise rents by up to 9.5% in many residences next year, down from 10% this year .

Under Oregon’s rent control law, the ceiling is the lesser of 7% plus inflation or 10%. It doesn’t apply to properties built in the past 15 years.

But the agency, citing the newly passed House Bill 3054, also reported that rentals with more than 30 spaces would only see a maximum rent increase of 6%.

“House Bill 3054, passed in 2025, changed how rent increases are calculated,” the agency stated. “Now, the size of the rental property affects the allowed increase.”

That bill onl

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