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Boston Landlords Startled to See 8 to 11% Tax Increases. As reported by theĀ Boston Globe, Boston's commissioner of assessing increased property values for two-families by 17%, and for three-families by 20%.
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Just-cause eviction puts up huge obstacles to all rent increases.
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Candidate Andrew Couture wants to charge landlords fees to pay for regular inspections. Candidate Stephen DiNatale only wants a list of contact information.
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Is your city or town veering off course? Have you been paying attention? The first level of regulation on landlords happens at the municipal level.
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Feedback from the landlord-tenant guarantee (better referred to as insurance against homelessness) pilot program and the compromises that needs to be made.
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![By John Phelan (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons](https://masslandlords.net/app/uploads/27_John_Street_Worcester_MA-1-225x300.jpg "Dilemma of the no-more-than-four rule")
Dilemma of the no-more-than-four rule that affects student housing and increases costs for students.
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Four cases of well-off people occupying rent-controlled apartments with super-low rents in New York City.
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āJust-causeā eviction puts up huge obstacles to all rent increases. Most owners wonāt even try. Thatās rent control. SPOA vows to fight it.