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The largest non-profit for owners and managers of Massachusetts residential real estate.
MassLandlords is the landlord trade association for Massachusetts. We have lease agreements, eviction notices, and every other kind of landlord help you need.
Membership is open to anyone who rents property, however large or small, and those who can help landlords, like attorneys and contractors. Each membership supports better landlord-tenant laws.
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For Members
Letter from the Executive Director for June 2019
In May we developed our certification, wrote an amicus brief to defend rent escrow, wrote an op-ed to defend against right to counsel, and reflected on the short-term rental ban. Our plans for a Certified Massachusetts Landlord™ were presented to over 200 event participants. Overall feedback has been encouraging. Attendees…
Policy Priorities for May 2019 Show Rent Control Fears
MassLandlords members are now primarily concerned with opposing the return of rent control to Massachusetts. This policy proposal is currently receiving a higher score and more consensus than any other issue on the survey. Close behind rent control is opposition to right of first refusal and just cause eviction, and…
New Housing Court Judge and Clerk Magistrate
By Peter Vickery, Esq., Legislative Affairs Counsel Governor Charlie Baker named—and the Governor’s Council recently approved—two nominees for the Housing Court, both of them from Western Massachusetts. Jonathan J. Kane Associate Justice, Housing Court On May 1, 2019, the Governor’s Council confirmed Amherst resident Jonathan J. Kane for the position…
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