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June 20, 2018

Suit says lease was deceptive

PORTLAND (AP) — A lawsuit claims a Portland-area attorney deceptively managed to secure a four-bedroom house at $1,550 a month indefinitely in a neighborhood where similar homes cost at least $2,300 per month.

The Oregonian/OregonLive reports landlord Angela Bell's attorney, Breckenridge Cartwright, in a suit against lawyer Kevin Preston, says his client didn't realize the lease for the Clackamas home contained a highly unusual clause freezing the rent until after signing it.


 
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