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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%.
Just-cause eviction puts up huge obstacles to all rent increases.
Candidate Andrew Couture wants to charge landlords fees to pay for regular inspections. Candidate Stephen DiNatale only wants a list of contact information.
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.
Feedback from the landlord-tenant guarantee (better referred to as insurance against homelessness) pilot program and the compromises that needs to be made.
![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.
āJust-causeā eviction puts up huge obstacles to all rent increases. Most owners wonāt even try. Thatās rent control. SPOA vows to fight it.