Massachusetts Landlords

To the Honorable Paula M. Carey, Chief Justice of the Trial Court I was just on the phone with somebody in the Clerk’s office at the Leominster District Court and they told me they have not scheduled new small claims cases since April 2020. They said they think...

I guess they have made up their mind and don’t need to hear different views.  And the ones in red/bold are sponsors of this Bill. Maybe if you send an email with a title “I love bill 5018” they would open it?   Aaron.M.Michlewitz@mahouse.gov, adam.hinds@masenate.gov, andy.vargas@mahouse.gov, Angelo.Puppolo@mahouse.gov, Angelo.Scaccia@mahouse.gov,...

House bill 5018, An Act to “guarantee housing stability”. This was just approved by Housing Committee and given to the full House for a vote. This new moratorium does not require that the non-payment of rent is Covid-19-related. The tenant can just stop paying rent and the landlord...

Summary and Comments on the Federal case Baptiste vs Kennealy (Landlords say that the Eviction Moratorium is unconstitutional) Judge Mark Wolf MY COMMENTS ARE IN GREEN AND IN BOLD. This a 103-page Federal case which I have tried to summarize. I looked up the judge and he has...

It’s amazing to me and a little bit funny that both the State and the Federal judges evaluating the Moratorium are not finding so far that it’s unconstitutional yet I have yet to meet a single person black or white, male or female, rich or poor, tenant or...

My Comment: CDC issued a nationwide eviction moratorium to start when the MA expires. It looks like it bans non-payment evictions  but NOT no-cause evictions or for-cause evictions. It’s most likely unconstitutional. The Executive branch cannot close the Judicial Branch. How temporary is temporary? Here is a link...

In my Leases I have a clause where the tenant agrees that I can share with other people if they don’t leave the apartment in the same condition compared to when they entered into it. The exact quote is as follows: “Tenant(s) give their permission to the landlord...

Sarah Mary Kennedy and William Francis Kennedy Jr. lived for 6.5 months in one of my apartments in Orange. They moved in on 11-15-16 and left on 6-30-17. They notified me in May 2017 that they wanted to leave because they were moving back to NC. They broke...

I listened to the Audio of the Hearing of Matorin v Commonwealth one more time (thank you, Attorney Vetstein) Here are some questions that were raised. Since this is an existential crisis I urge all attorneys on my list to offer to help atty Vetstein with research and...