Jillian Campayno, Author at MassLandlords.net

How to Screen with Eviction Sealing: Rental Application v20.5 Released; Accommodates Eviction Sealing.

Posted on April 29th, 2025 Posted in News - 0 Comments

Members can now use MassLandlords rental application v20.5, which accounts for eviction sealing in a small but significant way.

Landlords Beware: “Renter ID” and “Consumer Protection” Numbers May Mask True Credit Scores, Identities

Posted on January 28th, 2025 Posted in News - 0 Comments

A composite image of multiple screen shots from TikTok videos that are pro-CPN usage. Titles include “Things you can do with a CPN – get an apartment” and “POV: I made a CPN for myself and approved for my apartment next 2 days.”

These fraudulent numbers look exactly like social security numbers and may even pull up a credit score for potential renters. But using them to hide the truth is unlawful.

Southern Worcester County Landlord Association Southbridge Dinner Meeting Mon Sep 11th: How To Prevent a Service Call on your Oil Burner

First Published August 16th, 2023 | Updated September 9th, 2023 Posted in events - 0 Comments

Southbridge Dinner Meeting Mon Sep 11th: How To Prevent a Service Call on your Oil Burner

Tell Your Rep. and Senator: Don’t Band-Aid Rental Assistance and Triple Court Duration

First Published June 6th, 2023 | Updated July 29th, 2024 Posted in News - 8 Comments

A graph of summary process (eviction) duration from filing to final disposition for Housing Court, District Court and Boston Municipal Court. The vertical y-axis is days from zero to 500 days. The horizontal x-axis is time from April 2019 through August 2021. There are three lines. The mean line is roughly 25 days from April 2019 until the pandemic starts March 2020, when it begins increasing to a maximum of 125 days in January 2021, then declines to 100 days in August 2021. The median line follows the mean, but ten days less for all dates and diverging lower even than this during the pandemic when many cases were quickly dismissed. The 95th-percentile line starts at 100 days, declines to 50 days until March 2020, and increases to around 300 days, with sharp ups and downs, through the rest of the graph and ending on 250 days.

Fiscal Year 2024 budget outside sections House 28 and Senate 48 would Band-Aid rental assistance, tripling court duration with no long-term benefit for renters.

Summary Process Duration Tripled Under FY2024 Budget Proposal

First Published April 27th, 2023 | Updated June 6th, 2023 Posted in News - 4 Comments

A graph shows days duration from 0 to 500 across time from April 2019 through August 2021. The mean, median and 95th percentile summary process case are all three times longer than before the pandemic.

Chapter 257 of the Acts of 2020 tripled summary process duration while we waited for rental assistance. Now the legislature aims to bring it back.

MassLandlords, Inc., Sues City of Boston for Public Records Related to Mayor’s Rent Control Committee

First Published February 27th, 2023 | Updated December 30th, 2024 Posted in News - 7 Comments

An iPad sits on a table showing a page from the City of Boston website. The page title is “Members of Rent Stabilization Advisory Committee Announced.” The date is March 11, 2022. Derivative of image licensed by Unsplash.

Boston defied orders from state Supervisor of Records to show emails from nonprofit and for-profit developers, favored over renters and housing operators alike in both appointments and final proposal.

Spooky Alternatives to Hiring the Licensed Trades

Posted on October 31st, 2022 Posted in News - 0 Comments

This image shows a young man in a blue short-sleeve polo shirt kneeling beside a closed toilet in a bathroom with pink and black tiles. He stares down at the toilet, casting a spell. He wears gloves on his hands. In his left hand, which rests next to the toilet lid, he holds a magic wand. Perched on his right hand, which is raised to shoulder height, there is a newt, also looking down at the toilet.

Top tips for ghoulishly good results around your rental units

Why Weren’t My Membership Dues Grandfathered In?

Posted on September 16th, 2022 Posted in News - 2 Comments

We answer your frequently asked questions about our former program to grandfather rates for membership dues.

Senate Bill 192 S2944 would Reform Civil Asset Forfeiture in Massachusetts

First Published July 1st, 2022 | Updated July 15th, 2024 Posted in News, policy - 0 Comments

A sheriff stands atop a small home holding a sign that reads “mine.”

Civil asset forfeiture in Massachusetts is currently the easiest way in the United States for an innocent property owner to lose their property. Senate bill S2944 would reform the process.

DHCD’s Motion to Dismiss Taken Under Advisement

First Published June 16th, 2022 | Updated July 15th, 2024 Posted in News - 3 Comments

The John Adams Courthouse is an imposing masonry edifice in pedestrian-only Pemberton Square, the seat of judicial power in the Commonwealth and close to state administrative offices. The fact that it is only four stories belies the building’s height: each story has twenty-foot ceilings for lobbies and court rooms.

The state’s Department of Housing and Community Development attempted to have MassLandlords’ lawsuit for missing RAFT records dismissed, but was not immediately successful.

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