The rent withholding law is highly abused, delaying evictions, producing vicious landlord-tenant disputes, and clogging courts with “free rent trick” cases.
The free rent trick is a fraud and a scam. Its effect is to foster and support a hostile, anti-landlord culture in Massachusetts.
Housing is increasingly being used as a justification for increasing the minimum wage, but there are four reasons why this is faulty logic.
Landlords and homeowners are experiencing record delays from repair people in response to the repair demands after extreme winter weather conditions.
The MetroWest Property Owners Association of Marlborough and Framingham joined MassLandlords.net on May 19, 2015. Press release.
The Queen Anne style was originally based on the cottages that dotted the English countryside. It became popular in the US after the Philadelphia Exposition
Shingle style homes were originally meant to be quiet summer houses, not formal mansions that proclaim the owners’ wealth.
Other issues besides a rent escrow law to stop uncontrolled rent withholding are also important to Massachusetts small landlords
The special commission on housing had its first meeting on April 28th, 2015. Read this report from MassLandlords.net Executive Director Doug Quattrochi.
We are studying the publicly available eviction data at MassCourts.org. Every landlord should use this online database to screen prospective tenants