Notices to quit for non-payment of rent are required for initiating an eviction against a delinquent tenant. A landlord must generally provide a fourteen-day notice to quit for such an eviction. However, the recent federal “Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic more »
Tenants with criminal backgrounds is a topic that landlords need to be careful about when selecting potential tenants. A guidance from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (“HUD”) suggests that a landlord’s decision to outright deny renting to any more »
UPDATE: The eviction and foreclosure moratorium has been extended through October 2020. As expected, Governor Baker signed into law “An Act providing for a moratorium on evictions and foreclosures during the COVID-19 Emergency.” This law puts the brakes on all more »
As a landlord lawyer, I’ve had the pleasure of representing numerous Massachusetts landlords with their disputes against tenants. As an attorney who has represented landlords and tenants, I have experience with both sides of these legal disputes. Here, I want more »
Massachusetts’s Supreme Judicial Court issued an important decision last week on landlord-tenant law. The full decision, Youghal, LLC v. Entwistle, is included below. Like many appeals, the decision touches upon many different legal issues, not all of which are relevant more »
With the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, many landlords are having an especially difficult time collecting rent from tenants. As the courts will be closed for the near future, landlords are best off trying to work out disputes with tenants on their more »
Evictions during coronavirus is a topic many Massachusetts landlords have been asking about in recent weeks. As the pandemic continues, this is a matter that will continue to be of importance to both landlords and tenants. This state of affairs, more »
This Friday, I’ll be doing a webinar on emotional support animals for MassLandlords. This webinar will cover what landlords need to know about emotional support animals, including how to address request from tenants for these animals and ways to avoid liability.
Coronavirus has become a worldwide pandemic, and its effects are being felt here in Massachusetts. If you are like me, your work and personal life have been heavily interrupted by this crisis, which unfortunately, will likely stay this way for more »
The Massachusetts Appeals Court last month issued an important decision about trusts in Massachusetts courts, on whether a lawyer is needed to represent such entities. The full decision, Braxton v. City of Boston, is included below. Although I am writing more »
