Property Management Company Entered My Rental Without Notice For An Inspection

Location: OR

I recently had someone from my property management company knock on my door then unlock and enter, announcing herself by the property management company name and yelling “you have an inspection, you were given notice.” I told her I didn’t have any notice. She kept insisting I did.

I was only wearing a robe and not at all ready for company. I’m a disabled individual and have been particularly sick for over a week so myself and my rental were in an unusually messy state. I asked her for time to put my cats away and she wasn’t happy but stepped out but, as I was getting dressed, trying to put away very personal items, and trying to wrangle terrified cats, she continued to knock and yell through my door.

I let her in because I was in shock and felt I had to. I know I could have told her not to but she was so forceful. She did the inspection and she took a lot of pictures. I hate that those pictures will go into my file.

As she was leaving, I once again asked her when the note was left on my door and showed her there was no sign of a note and looked out in my yard to see if one had come off. She said it was left on my door the previous morning.

It was not. I didn’t exit my rental until that afternoon but I saw a delivery photo from that morning around 10:30am and there was no note on my door. I never saw or heard anyone enter my yard besides the delivery person.

This was an embarrassing and honestly traumatic experience for me.

What actions can I take? My lease expires in the Spring and this is my first year renting from them. My understanding is that they don’t have to give a reason for not renewing my lease if I haven’t lived here over a year. I have heard this company will refuse to renew leases as retaliation. Is there any way to protect myself from that while also taking action against them for this?

Also, can I make it mandatory that I be notified via email or text of any future inspections or anything that involves them having access to my rental?