191 HD.5166 and SD.2992 "An Act to guarantee housing stability during the COVID-19 emergency and recovery" (rent cancellation) are unsalvageable.
Make your voice heard: Two bills before the legislature threaten rental stability for landlords and tenants alike, with little input from property owners.
The MassLandlords Board of Directors strongly oppose 191 H.4878 HD.5166, consistent with near unanimous member sentiment from the policy priorities survey.
Letter from the MassLandlords.net Executive Director for July 2020.
Blanket bans on renting to people with a criminal history can be seen as discriminatory.
Our 2020 Annual Business Meeting and Annual Election will be held electronically in December 2020. Now is the time to volunteer.
Rep. Omar’s bill to cancel rent could help landlords and tenants.
Thanks to the Internet, it’s easier than ever to fake an income that meets rental requirements.
An unstable college rental market in this year of coronavirus makes screening college students effectively all the more essential.
A modest increase in the single-family excise tax, avoidable with change of zoning, could both fund the moratorium and solve the housing crisis.