Legislative Update/Immigration at your Door, Legal Steps for Multifamily Properties
Multifamily NW Welcomes, Leah Sykes, Andor Law
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Event Details
Join us for a timely and informative session combining two critical topics impacting housing providers today—the latest updates from Oregon’s 2025 legislative session and guidance on navigating immigration-related issues at your property.
Whether you’re a property manager, owner, or supplier partner, this webinar will break down the newest landlord–tenant law changes and explain what they mean for your business. We’ll also address recent shifts in immigration policy and enforcement activity, giving you the tools to respond appropriately while protecting both your operations and your residents’ rights.
In this session, we’ll cover:
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Key changes to Oregon’s landlord–tenant laws from the 2025 legislative session
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Recent updates to immigration enforcement policies and how they may affect housing providers
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Basic constitutional protections every property manager should understand
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The difference between warrants and subpoenas—and how to respond to each
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Best practices if ICE or other enforcement agencies arrive on your property
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Resources available to support management staff and residents
Walk away informed, prepared, and confident in handling sensitive situations professionally, legally, and respectfully. Don’t miss this essential update for Oregon housing professionals.
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Multifamily NW Welcomes
Leah Sykes, Andor Law
Leah Sykes is owner and partner in the Litigation practice group at Andor Law. Ms. Sykes serves housing providers in all legal aspects of property management with a special focus on education and fair housing discrimination defense.Ms. Sykes takes a hands-on approach, advising clients in both the non-profit and for-profit housing markets, with a great depth of knowledge of the interplay between federal, state and local agencies and regulations. She has expanded her strong litigation background to include preventative methodologies for clients including management, business structure, corporate training and advising the industry in legislative matters.Ms. Sykes travels regularly to educate clients, trade organizations and the housing provider industry. In 2015, Ms. Sykes established an annual educational “Fair Housing Fair” in conjunction with Multifamily Northwest and regularly collaborates with other housing organizations and advocates regarding organizational best practices.Proudly Canadian, Ms. Sykes has great empathy for the plight of immigrant women and has volunteered as an advocate for immigrant women. Ms. Sykes was admitted to the Oregon State Bar in 2002, the Washington State Bar in 2016 and graduated from Lewis and Clark College of Law in Portland, Oregon with an entrance scholarship. She also received a scholarship and a Bachelor of Arts from Simon Fraser University in British Columbia, Canada.