Oregon investigates Tiny Heirloom after complaints over unfinished homes

The Oregon Department of Justice has moved into Tiny Heirloom’s long-running customer dispute, turning a pile of unfinished homes and missed deadlines into a formal state investigation. The Portland builder was also evicted from its Northeast Portland building after failing to pay more than $153,000 in rent, a reminder that this is not just a quality-control problem. For buyers who paid six-figure deposits, the risk has been locked up cash, unfinished shells and years of waiting.

The pressure built over time. Complaints and lawsuits tied to Tiny Heirloom date back to 2019, and by December 2025 the company had been sued by more than two dozen individuals, companies and lenders over the prior three years. One customer paid $160,398 for a custom tiny home in early 2023 after being told construction would start within 30 days and delivery would come by January 25, 2024. Another, Keith Krenz, and his wife paid $142,000 in 2023 and later reached an agreement to receive a partially built home while still pursuing a lawsuit.

The eviction fight added another layer. The complaint was filed in February 2026, and the company was evicted about a month before June 9. In February, co-owner Jeremy Killian said the company acknowledged past mistakes and aimed to deliver outstanding builds and settlements by the end of March, but that deadline passed with the docket still active. By early April, more than two dozen suits and complaints were still moving through the system, and the litigation trail stretched back to 2019.

The legal exposure also reached beyond single-family buyers. Preserve Partners, Inc. filed a federal case in June 2023 over a June 2022 agreement for six tiny homes, and the case raised RICO claims. That kind of filing is rare in the tiny house world, but it fits the larger pattern here: this was no small builder hiccup, it was a growing legal problem tied to contracts, deposits and promises that did not match delivery.

For current customers, the lesson is blunt. If money is still sitting with a builder and the home is still not finished, the paper trail matters now more than ever. Pull the contract, track every payment and change order, and compare the delivery dates against what was actually promised. Tiny Heirloom’s eviction and the DOJ review show how fast a tiny home purchase can stop feeling tiny when the build never gets done.