Business Updates, News and Current Events
Business Updates, News and Current Events
MassLandlords staff discuss news and current events affecting rental real estate in Massachusetts. Topics with recurring coverage include:
- Statewide bills on all topics including TOPA, rent control, eviction sealing and similar topics.
- Municipal issues like rental registries.
- Changes to state programs like RAFT and Mass Save.
- Anything else rising to where we can record given all the other work we are doing.
Stay current and know about the trends that could impact your business!
We have been presenting business updates since 2014. We take down business updates when stale or no longer of interest.
Business updates given by MassLandlords Executive Director Doug Quattrochi.
Find out how reps' and senators' uninformed advocacy cost Massachusetts renters and homeowners $500 in decarbonization investment and what MassLandlords is doing about it.
MassLandlords helped to get five ideas filed in the legislature for the 2023 - 2024 session. One of these has already received over a dozen co-sponsors.
MassLandlords reacts to Boston Mayor Michelle Wu's rent control leak as reported by the Boston Globe.
2022-10-11 Business Update – Boston Overhauls Zoning Board Resource Person: Douglas Quattrochi – Doug [Start 0:00:00] My name is Doug Quattrochi. I’m the executive director of MassLandlords, and I’m here to give you today’s business update, which is about how Boston has overhauled its Zoning Board of Appeals. Now…
See why Boston Mayor Michelle Wu's proposed rent control is worse than we were led to believe. Filed February 13, 2023.
This business update covered rent control and its possible return to Massachusetts. Reasons why rent control doesn't work, rent control horror stories, and slides.
This is part of the Worcester Rental Real Estate Networking and Training series.
This is part of the Worcester Rental Real Estate Networking and Training series.
This is part of the Worcester Rental Real Estate Networking and Training series.
This is part of the Worcester Rental Real Estate Networking and Training series.
This is part of the Worcester Rental Real Estate Networking and Training series.
This is part of the Worcester Rental Real Estate Networking and Training series.
This is part of the Worcester Rental Real Estate Networking and Training series.
This is part of the Worcester Rental Real Estate Networking and Training series.
This is part of the Worcester Rental Real Estate Networking and Training series.
This is part of the Worcester Rental Real Estate Networking and Training series.
This is part of the Worcester Rental Real Estate Networking and Training series.
This is part of the Worcester Rental Real Estate Networking and Training series.
2022-11-10 Business Update – Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Bill to be Refiled Resource Person: Douglas Quattrochi – Doug [Start 0:00:00] Our business update for today is about a Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Bill, which actually got passed by the Senate last session and which MassLandlords is preparing to refile…
2022-10-25 Business Update – Climate Resilient Capital Task Force Bill to be Filed Resource Person: Douglas Quattrochi – Doug [Start 0:00:00] Hi! My name is Doug Quattrochi. I’m the executive director of MassLandlords, and today’s business update is the first of a series about bills we’ll be filing in…
2022-09-20 Business Update – CROWN Act now law Resource Person: Douglas Quattrochi – Doug [Start 0:00:00] Our business update for today is about the CROWN Act, which is a new anti-discrimination protection available in Massachusetts. I hope you know that we’re fortunate to live in a country and in a…
Our business update for 2023-01-19 details our bill to increase the deleading credit from $1,500 to $15,000 per unit.
DHCD Lawsuit Dismissed Resource Person: Douglas Quattrochi – Doug [Start 0:00:00] All right, our update for August 1st, we’ll review the DHCD lawsuit, which has been dismissed but the story is not over yet because we will be filing a motion for reconsideration and an appeal. What’s the big deal?…
2022-10-13 Business Update – DHCD Lawsuit Motion to Reconsider Resource Persons: Douglas Quattrochi – Doug Atty. Peter Vickery – Peter [Start 0:00:00] Doug: Today’s business update is about lawsuit against the Department of Housing and Community Development. We have filed our motion to reconsider. My name is Doug Quattrochi.…
External Links: Varney Enterprises decision LAS Collection Management decision Rental Property Management Services decision CHAPA Right to Counsel bill Video Transcript [Start 0:00:00] Hi! My name is Doug Quattrochi. I’m the executive director of MassLandlords, and today’s business update is about one of the 11 bills we hope to file…
2022-10-04 Business Update – MassLandlords Annual Elections Resource Person: Douglas Quattrochi – Doug [Start 0:00:00] Hello! My name is Doug Quattrochi. I’m the executive director of MassLandlords, and today’s business update is about our upcoming elections. I hope you know that MassLandlords is a 501(c) (6) nonprofit trade association…
We've sued Boston to enforce public records law so we can understand why landlords will be hard-pressed to renovate under the proposed rent control scheme, where developers are exempted.
Oil Disruptions Possible Resource Person: Douglas Quattrochi – Doug [Start 0:00:00] Our business update for today is about the possibility of oil disruptions this winter. You may not be aware, but oil production actually has not returned to what it was pre-pandemic. You might imagine it would have been…
Pandemic Laws Extended Resource Person: Douglas Quattrochi – Doug [Start 0:00:00] Hello and welcome to this business update. We’ll be talking today about three pandemic laws that have been extended just recently, and so that’s our business update for July 28th. They’re related to evictions for non-payment. The three laws…
RAFT Eligibility Changes Resource Person: Douglas Quattrochi – Doug [Start 0:00:00] Our business update for today is about the RAFT Program and Eligibility Changes to that. I hope you know that RAFT is the Residential Assistance for Families in Transition Rental Assistance Program, the main pandemic response that we’ve…
2022-09-27 Business Update – Rent Control Records Being Scanned Resource Person: Douglas Quattrochi – Doug [Start 0:00:00] Our business update for today is about records relating to rent control being scanned in the City of Cambridge. Now our main focus is educating folks about how to create better rental…
Ten Towns to Require Electrification in New Construction Resource Person: Douglas Quattrochi – Doug [Start 0:00:00] In this business update, we’ll be talking about a new electrification requirement signed into law August, this month, and basically that’s going to affect new construction and renovation. House 5060, An Act Driving…
Transcript: The Home Depot Benefit Resource Person: Douglas Quattrochi – Doug [Start 0:00:00] Hi and welcome to this business update. This time it will be a members-only business update. I pretty can see it but will apply to a member benefit. Today, we’ll be talking about our Home Depot Benefit.…
2022-10-20 Business Update – The State Sanitary Code Changes in April Resource Person: Douglas Quattrochi – Doug [Start 0:00:00] Hi! My name is Doug Quattrochi. I’m the executive director of MassLandlords, and our business update for today is about changes coming to the State Sanitary Code in April. We…
TOPA Didn’t Pass Yet Resource Person: Douglas Quattrochi – Doug [Start 0:00:00] Welcome to this next business update. Today, we’ll be talking about the Tenant Opportunity to Purchase Act. This did not pass, but it almost did. Well, if you haven’t heard about it, let me tell you. The Tenant…
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