Boston Tues 1/14: Hearing Rent Control, Right of First Refusal

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01/14/2020 7:00 AM - 01/14/2020 8:00 PM
State House, Gardner Auditorium
Address: 24 Beacon St, Boston, MA

Thanks to our Property Rights Supporters, our early warning system has notified us of a major upcoming hearing:

Tuesday, January 14, 10:30a to 3p
State House, Gardner Auditorium

Bill text does not remain constant during the legislative process, but it is critical that owners, managers, brokers, and others in the real estate industry speak in favor of or in opposition to the various bills being heard.

  • Do you think rent control is a bad idea? Then come speak against rent control.
  • Do you want the option to put your real estate into an LLC, or will it to your children? Then speak against right of first refusal.

See all bills and RSVP your attendance by clicking below.

Tuesday, January 14th

Agenda

  • 7:00am Breakfast and networking at 50 Milk St.; you can use the room to beat traffic, arrive early and work, make calls if you want
  • 10:30am Hearing begins at State House
  • 3:00pm Hearing scheduled to end at State House
  • 5:00pm? Hearing expected to go over
  • 6:00pm? Dinner at 50 Milk St.
  • 8:00pm Doors close

Location

Pre-hearing and Post-hearing location:

CIC Boston
First Floor, Anchor Room (through cafe)
50 Milk St.
Boston, MA 02110

Hearing location:

State House, Gardner Auditorium
24 Beacon St.
Boston, MA 02133

Parking

Cheapest best parking for 50 Milk is the Post Office Square Garage or 33 Arch St Parking. Or take the red or orange line.

Food

  • Breakfast:
    • Continental
    • Water, juice
  • Lunch:
    • Sandwiches or wraps delivered to the State House, cannot be eaten in the hearing room
    • Tossed salad, pasta salad
    • Water, sodas
    • Mini Pastries
  • Dinner:
    • Hot Buffet, incl. salad and rolls
    • Water, Sodas
    • Cookies, brownies

Pricing

FREE.

Open to the public. Membership is not required!

Click here to RSVP for this event

This event is operated by MassLandlords staff.

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9 Responses to Boston Tues 1/14: Hearing Rent Control, Right of First Refusal

  1. Ann Marie EARLY says:

    This is truly sad. Many people who own small 2,3,4 family homes are family’s. Many need the income to supplement there social security in retirement or to assist with an aging parent. Many of us choose this as an occupation and provided beautiful homes for many people and made blighted areas safe and buildings livable again. The government has so many programs to assist families in need but none to assist us. Rent control only helps brings property values down and no one fixes anything cause they can’t pay the bills. Let us Build more housing and costs will go down. Its called supply and demand.

  2. Marci Brown says:

    Hi! I can’t make that meeting that day? Is there anyway you can send me any info from the meeting so I can read it. Thanks

  3. Glenn D Goodman says:

    These are major issues that need to be debated fully. I will be in Court first thing int he morning and try and get there to lend support.

  4. John Capuano says:

    Thank you posting the Rent Control Meeting.
    Unfortunately I cannot attend due to working a full time job.
    Rent control and restrictions regarding selling property are more rules and regulations placed on the backs of owners of 1-2-3 family homes.
    If the City of Boston and adjoining communities are having issues of housing then let those cities and towns find ways to support the renters rather than placing the BURDEN and adding considerable weights on the backs of home owners throughout the state. This is not a state wide problem that the Mayors of Boston and Chelsea are misdirecting the trying to sell it as ‘the means to the end’.
    I guess that unless you walk in the landlords shoes you JUST DON’T FEEL CONSTANT PRESSURE AND THE OPPRESSION.
    Perhaps the people of this Commonwealth that know what it is to work at a job should find different feet to fill the shoes of the elected officials so that by sharing the ‘common wealth’ we can balance the equity to small business people as to the large developers.

  5. Geraldine Ledoux says:

    I am unable to attend this important meeting. But, I do not want to see rent control or just cause eviction established in Massachusetts. Similar to other, older retired couples in this city (Worcester), our rental income is the only monies that allows us to maintain the quality of the apartments we rent, and continue the upkeep of the building itself and the grounds.

    We are in our late seventies and depend on SS income. So rents are essential.

    My husband and I renovated our house to include three units. One we live in and two we rent out. We have consistently rented the two apartments at beneath HUD’s fair market rate because we want to attract and keep our good tenants (one of our tenants is under section 8). Between tenants, we go through the apartments and freshen them up and do any updating and repair that is needed. Periodically we need to increase the rent in order to be able to keep up with the current costs of necessary repairs. Rent control would prevent us from doing this properly.

    Only once did we have to evict a tenant. They were a problem from day one. They came to us through one of the programs, something like RAFT. I’m glad we didn’t have to deal with just cause eviction.

  6. Paul & Ann Eurkus says:

    Hello,

    The Property we own is a one family home,
    This home has been in our family for generations.
    Our grandparents and parents lived there their whole lives and now it is ours.
    It got handed down to us and we have been renting it for over 15 years.

    This is our property that we have paid taxes on, paid for upkeep, and have an emotional stake in it too.

    For us to be told what we can charge for rent and who we may have to sell it to is beyond our comprehension!!!

    “We are totally against rent control and totally against right of first refusal!!”

  7. Harold & Dorothy Whitaker says:

    We are totally against rent control and totally against right of first refusal.
    We bought rental property to supplement Social Security because my husband had no retirement income from his employer of
    25 years. We stripped both the inside and outside of the buildings and totally rebuilt them to make them cost effect to operate for our tenants. Our rents are below market. We do not raise rents until the tenants have been in the apartments at least 5 years and only then if the cost of maintenance has risen sharply. We respond to every tenants concerns with 24 hours. We have families with children; low-income families; and have had Section 8 families.
    We feel it is unfair to restrict who we sell to when the need arises. We are very conscientious landlords and don’t feel we should be penalized.

  8. Mark Marzeotti says:

    As a Realtor, I would sell my building to any party that is qualified to purchase it for fair market value. I feel that it is clearly discrimination to offer it to a certain party or class before offering it to anyone else. Blatant and utter discrimination.

  9. Landways Transport services , Inc. says:

    Many people who own small 2,3,4 family homes are family’s. Many need the income to supplement there social security in retirement or to assist with an aging parent. Many of us choose this as an occupation and provided beautiful homes for many people and made blighted areas safe and buildings livable again. The government has so many programs to assist families in need but none to assist us. Rent control only helps brings property values down and no one fixes anything cause they can’t pay the bills. Let us Build more housing and costs will go down. Its called supply and demand.

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