Massachusetts Landlords

Judge strikes down CDC’s national moratorium on evictions A federal judge blocked a nationwide eviction moratorium established by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention last year as Covid-19 lockdowns put millions of renters out of work. Read in Bloomberg: https://apple.news/ASw_N1vX2QtWtN-9t_01gxw

I wouldn’t rent to this person. He was a tenant of mine in Gardner. The lease said no one else would live there and there will be only one dog. For two years I saw his father in the apartment and at the end I saw two dogs...

The CDC extended their Eviction Moratorium for another 3 months from today 4-1-21 to 7-1-21. It does not apply for Evictions for Cause. Several federal judges seem to think it’s unconstitutional in Texas and in Ohio but that’s no problem for the CDC. Here it is: CDC-Eviction-Moratorium-Extended  

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...