Over the last two years we watched landlords get fined over $10,000 each by former Attorney General Martha Coakley. Now one of these fines has been reversed
Smoke detectors are more critical than ever. A building occupant may have as little as five minutes to wake up and clear their apartment.
The Boston Olympics committee quickly dropped plans to impose rent control on some private rental housing in order to give housing to 2024 Olympics visitors in that summer.
In 2011, the EPA announced that a management company and 3 owners of rental property faced penalties of up to $16,000 per lead paint disclosure violation.
Effective January 1 a new fire code is in effect throughout Massachusetts.
This is one section 8 tenant that landlords should surely listen to. His example shows that financial education is one of the great failings of our nation.
District Court records are now available online. Many evictions take place in District Court.
Massachusetts "Gateway Cities" are Relative Paradises compared to Detroit
Private rental property owners, especially small owners of older wood-frame housing, can create affordable units with no government help.
As a landlord-tenant attorney, I’ve created this comprehensive summary of the Massachusetts State Sanitary Code.