Can I Use Arrests to Deny Rental Applicants?
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Blanket bans on renting to people with a criminal history can be seen as discriminatory.
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Blanket bans on renting to people with a criminal history can be seen as discriminatory.
Summer Notice for 2020 Annual Business Meeting and Elections
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Our 2020 Annual Business Meeting and Annual Election will be held electronically in December 2020. Now is the time to volunteer.
Michigan Rep. Suggests Rent and Mortgage Moratorium
Rep. Omar’s bill to cancel rent could help landlords and tenants.
Fake Pay Stubs: The Easiest Proof of Income You Never Want to See
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Thanks to the Internet, it’s easier than ever to fake an income that meets rental requirements.
Screening College Student Renters in an Uncertain Market
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An unstable college rental market in this year of coronavirus makes screening college students effectively all the more essential.
How Surety Could be Funded
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A modest increase in the single-family excise tax, avoidable with change of zoning, could both fund the moratorium and solve the housing crisis.
House Votes to Extend and Expand Federal Eviction Moratorium
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The U.S. House of Representatives voted to extend the unfunded federal eviction moratorium for one year, and expanded its scope to all rental properties.
Governor Baker, Let the Eviction Moratorium Expire
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The eviction moratorium is not helping landlords or prospective renters
Rent Collection Survey for Mid-May Shows 19% Nonpayment, Intentional Vacancy Doubled
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Landlords are reporting more renters are not paying some or all of their rent since March 2020, and move-outs are on the rise as well.
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.