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We have an opportunity to solve the housing crisis, guarantee rental housing however long the pandemic lasts, pay every landlord for it, and avoid bankrupting the Commonwealth in the process.

Unfortunately, the Massachusetts legislature seems poised to cancel rents for a year or more, meaning that essentially all rental housing will have to be provided for free
indefinitely, until we contain COVID-19 and lift the state of emergency (HD.5166):

“nor shall such rent or use and occupancy payments be recoverable in any proceeding”

Rent cancellation is certain to bankrupt affordable housing providers in droves, who will
sell out to condo conversions and never look back. The rent cancellation bill comes with a variety of other proposals including eviction sealing and just cause eviction;
landlords have been saying for years that these will further reduce affordable housing supply. We have a consensus alternative:

This webinar will be the public unveiling of our 32 page educational resource and bill text for a “Fair and Equal Housing Guarantee via Surety Bonds.”
This is a landscape-changing policy that would guarantee rental housing during the pandemic and simultaneously address the housing crisis:

1. Eligible landlords would purchase surety bonds to guarantee full rent for every rental unit affected by COVID-19.
   In exchange for a guarantee of being paid back, however long it takes, landlords cannot evict for nonpayment.
2. The bonds would be paid for and underwritten by the Commonwealth, specifically by a $300 million increase in the Chapter 64 excise tax applied only to deeds for land zoned single family. According to MLS, $27 billion worth of single family deeds were transferred in 2019.
3. To avoid the tax, simply convert the single-family zoned lot to multifamily as-of-right.

This webinar will review the detailed documentation, bill text, and resources available.

This presentation will be given by MassLandlords Executive Director Doug Quattrochi, Legislative Affairs Counsel Attorney Peter Vickery, and MassLandlords Helpline
Advisor Peter Shapiro.

Doug Quattrochi was a founding member of MassLandlords in 2013.
He became the association’s first Executive Director under new bylaws in 2014. Since then, he has scaled the
organization from a core of 160 members in Worcester to approximately 1,900 dues paying businesses from Pittsfield to the Cape,
and from an all-volunteer team to approximately 20 full and part-time staff plus 50 volunteers. Doug has been instrumental in
advancing democratic governance mechanisms, including score voting for policy priorities and a staggered and democratically elected
Board of Directors. Doug also oversees the RentHelper spin-off, which is expanding access to electronic banking for those of us who are unbanked or underbanked.
Prior to MassLandlords, Doug held leadership roles in various Massachusetts startups, two of which are still operating. Doug holds a Master of Science in
Aerospace Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Peter Vickery of Bobrowski & Vickery, LLC, practices law in
Western Massachusetts where he focuses on landlord-tenant law (representing landlords in Housing Court) and
discrimination defense (representing business owners in the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination).
He graduated from Oxford University (Jesus College) with a BA in Modern History; obtained his Post-Graduate Diploma in Law
from the University of the West of England in Bristol; his JD from Boston University School of Law; and his Masters in Public Policy &
Administration from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Attorney Vickery served one term on the Governor’s Council (the elected 8-member
body that approves or vetoes the governor’s choice of judges in Massachusetts) and on the State Ballot Law Commission. As Legislative Affairs Counsel
for MassLandlords he drafts bills, bill summaries, and testimony in the area of housing law, and writes amicus briefs in cases that have strategic significance
for rental-property owners.

A graduate of MIT’s
Master’s Program in City Planning, Peter Shapiro founded and directed Mediation For Results, a
Program at Just-A-Start Corporation, a nonprofit in Cambridge, Massachusetts. From 1990 to 2015,
Peter and his team provided landlord counseling, mediation and homelessness prevention, and led
landlord support groups across Metro Boston. Peter now provides Helpline and Member services for
MassLandlords and also provides landlord counseling and mediation for the City of Boston. Peter is the
author of: The Good Landlord: A Guide to Making a Profit While Making a Difference.

Wednesday, July 8^th

• 11:00 am Webinar Begins
• 12:00 pm Webinar Ends (this webinar may run late to 1:15)

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This webinar is free and open to the public. Registration is not required.

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Watch Live (on July 8, 2020 11:00 AM):

When: Jul 8, 2020 11:00 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Topic: Webinar 2020 July 8 Oppose Rent Cancellation and Hear Our Alternative

Please click the link below to join the webinar:
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Watch Recording (after July 10, 2020):

Recording Link:
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This webinar recording will be made publicly available.

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Rent control is law in Oregon, expanded in New York, and recommended favorably by the Joint Committee on Housing here in Massachusetts. But we tried it in Massachusetts
before, and it failed. So why are we still talking about it?

This presentation will review in-depth the three generations of rent control, the history of second generation rent control in Massachusetts, and second and third generation
proposals now awaiting floor discussion and further readings. We will review specific bill text.
We will examine the reasons advocates want rent control, and the reasons landlords oppose it.

Attendees will leave with an in-depth understanding of why rent control is exactly the wrong direction we should go.

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Thursday, July 16^th

Virtual Meeting Agenda

• 4:00pm Sign-in and virtual networking: you can chit chat with others as people log in
• 4:30pm Rent Control Presentation and Discussion
• 5:30pm Virtual meeting ends

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The eviction moratorium enacted at the end of April was scheduled to run until August 18, 2020 unless the Governor extends it, and unless
new legislation is enacted that worsens the situation. Even if the moratorium ends as planned, the courts will be different: virtual hearings, long backlogs, and
the possibility of further legislation that could change the way we operate. We will try to answer all of the following questions:

• When will the moratorium end?
• What day exactly can I actually serve?
• Are notices served before the moratorium still good? Summons?
• Are executions from before still good?
• What is the case backlog?
• How long will it take the courts to process the backlog?
• What’s the earliest jury trial date?
• Are the courts sitting more frequently? Will cases be over zoom or telephone?
• What alternatives do I have besides court?

Attendees will leave with a better understanding of the current policy framework and timelines,
and with better ideas to plan for an end to the eviction moratorium.

This part of the presentation will be given by Attorney Jordana Roubicek Greenman.
She is an attorney and a title agent for First American Title Insurance Company and
WFG in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Attorney Roubicek Greenman has a solo practice with a main office in Watertown and additional office in
Downtown Boston. Her practice consists of a broad range of real estate-related legal matters,
including commercial and residential landlord/tenant disputes, condominium association representation,
general real estate litigation and commercial and residential real estate closings. Attorney Roubicek Greenman
has a well-respected reputation for aggressively advocating for her clients’ goals and ensuring beneficial
outcomes at a reasonable cost. She was among the first attorneys to take legal action in response to the unfunded eviction moratorium;
her case is before the Superior Court.

Wednesday, July 22^nd

• 12:00pm Webinar Begins
• 1:00pm Webinar Ends (this webinar may run late to 1:15)

Registration

Open to the public. Membership is not required!

• Public: $6
• Members: $3

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any time after the webinar is posted.

Watch Live (on July 22, 2020 12:00 PM):

When: Jul 22, 2020 12:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Topic: Statewide Webinar Eviction Moratorium Update July 22, 2020

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