Letter from the Executive Director for August 2015
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Letter from the MassLandlords.net Executive Director for August 2015.
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Letter from the MassLandlords.net Executive Director for August 2015.
$125,000 Settlement for Steering Children Into Certain Buildings
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The US Department of Justice settled with a complex owner for $125,000, citing violations of fair housing protections for children and families.
3,000,000 Single Families Converted to Rentals Since 2008
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Single family rentals as a percentage of the total market have increased approximately 20% since the financial crisis, from 15% of the market to 18%.
Expanding Analysis of Massachusetts Landlord Tenant Laws
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At MassLandlords.net/laws, we are working to expand our analysis of current landlord-tenant laws.
A Very Surprising Way to Avoid Eviction
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You can serve the unauthorized resident a notice to quit and evict them as a tenant at sufferance, or file a restraining order...
Supreme Court of the United States Rules on Fair Housing and Disparate Impact Larger Landlords Take Note
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Disparate impact is a legal concept that describes unintentional discrimination. The Supreme Court has decided that it applies to housing. Here's how.
Landlords Testify to Reform Move-and-Store
Two of the bills landlords recently testified in favor of deal with "move and store," which is the informal name given to MGL Ch. 239 Section 4.
Letter from the Executive Director for July 2015
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Letter from the MassLandlords.net Executive Director for July 2015
RCAP Solutions Incompetence sends Section 8 Tenant to ER
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In May 2015 RCAP Solutions, a Section 8 administrator, made itself a decadent example of public subsidy gone horribly wrong.
Letter from the Executive Director for June 2015
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Letter from the MassLandlords.net Executive Director for June 2015