Providing Services and Information to Massachusetts Landlords
On 8-6-11 I received the following email from a landlord who was a member of RHAGS in Springfield: “As a warning to our members. The inability to speak English can not be a reason to discourage a prospective tenant. Commissioner Continue reading Is it Discrimination not to accept tenants who do not know English?
The answer is: It is very hard as it should be because the jury trial is a Constitutional right. Here are some quotations that I assembled from the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court and the Appellate Court in Massachusetts. STANDARD FOR Continue reading How Hard Is It to Overturn a Jury Verdict in Massachusetts?
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS ) MAEVE HERMIDA and ) JEFFLEE HERMIDA ) ) Plaintiffs, ) ) v. ) CIVIL ACTION ) NO. 10-12083-WGY ARCHSTONE, ARCHSTONE AVENIR ) GP LLC, ARCHSTONE AVENIR LP, ) ASN PARK ESSEX LLC, Continue reading 2011 Hermida v Archstone (illegal fees)
Here is how the current law reads: Section 127L. When violations of the standards of fitness for human habitation as established in the state sanitary code, or of other applicable laws, ordinances, by-laws, rules or regulations, may endanger or materially Continue reading MGL 111, sec 127L (repair and deduct) Translated into Plain English
Current Version of the law: Section 8A. In any action under this chapter to recover possession of any premises rented or leased for dwelling purposes, brought pursuant to a notice to quit for nonpayment of rent, or where the tenancy Continue reading MGL 239, 8A (“rent withholding”) plain English version
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS APPELLATE TAX BOARD 23 SOUTH STREET REALTY TRUST, v. BOARD OF ASSESSORS OF CHARLES E. MONCY, TRUSTEE THE TOWN OF PLYMOUTH Docket No. F296783 Promulgated: January 4, 2010 Continue reading 2010 Tax Board Cases
Petition Signed by Western Massachusetts Landlords to modify 93A (unfair and deceptive practices) Petition Signed by Central Massachusetts Landlords to Modify MGL 93A (unfair and deceptive practices) Letter of Complaint Filed with the Legislature by Western MA Landlords regarding 93A
DATE: 08-02-10 Email from me : “Today I received a letter from my bank informing me that the MA Department of Revenue has put a levy and frozen in effect one of my tenant’s security deposit accounts held in Continue reading Is the DOR entitled to seize our Security Deposits?
RENEE M. RICE vs. VASILOUS APAZIDIS & another(1) DOCKET CIVIL ACTION NO. NOCV2008-02030 Dates: February 19, 2010 County NORFOLK, ss. KEYWORDS MEMORANDUM OF DECISION AND ORDER ON PLAINTIFF’S MOTION TO AMEND COMPLAINT TO ADD A CAUSE Continue reading 2010 Rice v Apazidis (prospective tenant injuries)
The Hon. David H. Souter, Associate Justice (Ret.) of the * Supreme Court of the United States, sitting by designation. United States Court of Appeals For the First Circuit No. 09-1416 ANDREW ZIMMERMAN; KELLY ZIMMERMAN, On Behalf of Themselves and Continue reading 2010 Zimmerman v Puccio (corporate veil)