Letter from the Executive Director for February 2023: Sponsors Needed for Deleading Credit
Our Letter from the Executive Director for February 2023 looks back at January’s flurry of bill filing, Boston rent control and more.
Is RAFT COVID $10k Optional for Landlords?
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Though the RAFT COVID $10,000 rental assistance limit is presented as optional, could landlords who turn it down be vulnerable to discrimination charges?
Letter from the Executive Director for February 2021: Lookup is Live
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Letter from the MassLandlords.net Executive Director for February 2021.
Michigan Rep. Suggests Rent and Mortgage Moratorium
Rep. Omar’s bill to cancel rent could help landlords and tenants.
MassLandlords Board of Directors Endorse MA Voter Choice’s Ranked Choice Voting, Signatures Needed by June 14
Ranked choice voting will make Massachusetts democracy and housing policy work better for everyone by encouraging diversity of representation and coalition building.
Fair and Equal Housing Guarantee via Surety Bonds
Chapter 65, the Massachusetts eviction moratorium, is a one-sided unfunded mandate that in effect requires landlords to provide housing and pay for it too.
Open Letter to Attorney General Maura Healey
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A call to amend or withdraw a May 8 advisory to Massachusetts tenants and landlords containing misinterpretations of Chapter 65, the eviction moratorium.
Estimates of Post-Moratorium Eviction Filings Now Exceed Housing Court Annual Caseload
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The housing crisis baseline combined with COVID-19 moratorium will likely result in one year’s worth of eviction cases being filed the week the moratorium expires.
Housing Surety Bond Spreadsheet Models Costs Now, Savings Later
A detailed spreadsheet models our housing surety bond, the shortest path to moving beyond COVID-19. Surety bonds guarantee rental housing for the long term so that people stay home and abbreviate the recovery.
Eviction Moratorium Survey Results: 22% of Providers Unable to Pay for Housing
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The Massachusetts coronavirus covid-19 eviction moratorium causes landlords to lose confidence, offers no way to pay bills.
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