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Members: Help Us Create a Permanent Home to Fight Rent Control

First Published September 25th, 2023 | Updated April 10th, 2024 Posted in News - 4 Comments

A computer scan of a black and white photo of boarded up, abandoned building, with an identification field to its right, on a red background.

Updated to show a PowerPoint wireframe: With rent control or rent stabilization coming up in 2024, we need to quickly show that two-word solutions can’t fix the housing crisis.

Sea Levels Are Rising Faster and Faster, Portending More Flooding in Mass. – Still Time to Avoid Disaster

Posted on September 6th, 2023 Posted in News - 0 Comments

photo of several large seaside homes with ocean waves crashing around them and spilling over the street.

Our worldwide efforts to contain climate change and glacial melt may be working, but we need to do more, faster.

September Notice for 2023 Annual Business Meeting and Elections

Posted on September 5th, 2023 Posted in News - 0 Comments

Our 2023 Annual Business Meeting and Annual Election will be held electronically in December 2023. Now is the time to read about our election processes and nominate candidates.

Letter from the Executive Director for September 2023: Three Year Planning

Posted on September 1st, 2023 Posted in News - 1 Comment

Our Letter from the Executive Director for September 2023 shares our contributions to Mass Save and public policy more broadly. We also share news of some new MassLandlords.net features.

Rent Control Again? Another Proposal Submitted, for 2024 Ballot

First Published August 31st, 2023 | Updated December 30th, 2024 Posted in News - 3 Comments

a screen shot of Section 1 of a ballot initiative petition for local rent control, with the title, “Initiative Petition for a Law Relative to Local Options for Tenant Protections.”

A rent control ballot petition recently submitted for consideration in the 2024 election is yet another retread of past failed policies.

A Plain-English Translation of Mass. Security Deposit Law – and Why Every Law Should be Written in Simple Language

Posted on August 30th, 2023 Posted in News - 1 Comment

Illustration of a computer screen with two web pages embedded, both from MassLandlords.net: one with the headline, “The Massachusetts Security Deposit Law, Explained,” and first paragraph of text; and two, a page showing a cut-out section of the security deposit law, on the left side, with a section, on the right, headlined, “What Does the Law Say About Handling Security Deposits?” and a paragraph of explanatory text.

It shouldn’t be this way, but our state’s poorly written security deposit law needs an explainer. So do many other laws.

A Landlord’s Guide to Using Artificial Intelligence for Rental Processes

Posted on August 29th, 2023 Posted in News - 0 Comments

an iPad sits on a wooden table surface. The image on the iPad shows an image generator on the right that says “create image.” The image to the left of the prompt shows a cartoon man in a business suit standing in an apartment. The man is very out of scale compared to the kitchen he is standing in. A much smaller cartoon woman holds an oversized dish towel in her hand. The image underneath the prompt is a photorealistic image of a woman and a man sitting very close together on a gray couch, smiling into the camera.

AI can be a useful tool for landlords, but could also land you in hot water with fair housing laws.

Gage Street Fire One Year Later: Worcester Denies Funding for New Build

Posted on August 28th, 2023 Posted in News - 1 Comment

A street view of an empty lot where construction has started: the existing building has been torn down and some wood framing for a new foundation is present. The lot is blocked off with a temporary black construction fence.

A 2022 fire at 2 Gage St. killed four; former residents of the property begged board members not to grant Affordable Housing Trust money for a new build.