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HOUSING COURT Cranberry Highway Estates, PLAINTIFF v. Laurie Zavalcofsky DEFENDANT SOUTHEASTERN DIVISION Docket # 06-SP-06058 Parties: Cranberry Highway Estates, PLAINTIFF v. Laurie Zavalcofsky DEFENDANT Judge: ANNE KENNEY CHAPLIN FIRST JUSTICE Date: April 27, 2007 ORDER After Continue reading Housing Court Cases – Judge Anne Chaplin, Southwestern Division
For Immediate release – January 23, 2012 Property Owner and Heating Contractor Indicted for Allegedly Illegally Removing Asbestos From Medway Rental Property DEDHAM — A property owner from Weston and a Plainville-based heating contractor have been indicted in connection with Continue reading 2012 Attorney General Press Releases
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS APPELLATE TAX BOARD KIMBERLY-CLARK CORPORATION & v. COMMISSIONER OF REVENUE KIMBERLY-CLARK GLOBAL SALES, INC. Docket Nos.: C282754 Promulgated: C295077 January 31, 2011 C299008 These are appeals under the Continue reading 2011 Tax Board Cases
AND THEN THEY WONDER WHY THE FORECLOSURE RATE IN MA IS SO HIGH I recently applied for a loan with a MA bank. I was approved. I paid $500 and did the appraisal for one of my 3-family buildings and Continue reading And Then They Wonder Why the Foreclosure Rate in MA is so High
PROPOSED MODIFICATIONS TO THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE BILL please see my comments in red Bill Text for SB2203 of 2011-2012 Session An Act relative to housing rights for victims of domestic violence Prime sponsor: Joint Committee on Housing SECTION 1. Chapter Continue reading Proposed Modifications to the Domestic Violence Bill
Landlord-Related Bills The more landlords are reached the higher chance we have to change the anti-landlord MA laws so please forward this to other landlords. Recent State House Activity: HB386 – An Act relative to housing rights for victims of Continue reading Bills of Interest to Massachusetts Landlords
The Hearing on MGL 93A and The Lead Paint Law on 02-28-12 was quite educational Before I begin, this is a new format for emails that I am using. If you see any bugs, please let me know. You can Continue reading The Hearing on MGL 93A and The Lead Paint Law on 02-28-12 was quite educational
For Immediate release – June 29, 2011 QUINCY REAL ESTATE COMPANY PAYS $7,500, IMPLEMENTS EMPLOYEE TRAINING PROGRAM TO RESOLVE ALLEGATIONS IT DISCRIMINATED AGAINST POTENTIAL TENANTS WITH CHILDREN BOSTON – A Quincy Real Estate Company has paid $7,500 and will implement Continue reading 2011 Attorney General Press Releases
The aim of escrowing is to cut through the nuisance cases where the tenant never had the rent and is using code violations as a way to avoid paying. Non-paying tenants can live rent-free for many, many months, even years, Continue reading Why We Need Mandatory Rent Escrow Now
This landlord belonged to the same Worcester landlord group that I belonged to at the time. That is how this came to my attention. Here is the news release by the Attorney General: “Worcester Landlord Settles Allegations of Failing to Continue reading WTF is wrong with the Attorney General and MCAD? (the Akpaki case)