As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, new state requirements now exist for the service of non-payment of rent notices to quit. This includes a required attestation form and the filing of the notice to quit with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Eviction more »
Preparing a notice to quit is a requirement for nearly every Massachusetts eviction. This notice informs the tenant of the reason for the eviction and provides them a time period in which their tenancy is terminated. A mistake in one 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 »
The Supreme Judicial Court issued an important decision this week clarifying the notice to quit requirement for Massachusetts evictions. The decision, Cambridge Street Realty v. Stewart, is included below. Cambridge Street Realty concerns several legal issues that are of importance more »
