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DRAFT FOR ATTORNEY REVIEW — NOT FINAL

Huard v. Forest Street Housing, Inc., 316 N.E.2d 505 (1974)

Citation
Huard v. Forest Street Housing, Inc., 316 N.E.2d 505 (1974)
Parent Document
Huard v. Forest Street Housing, Inc., 316 N.E.2d 505 (1974)
Jurisdiction
Massachusetts (state)
Effective Date
1974-09-03

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301 Mass. 525, 527 (1938). We do not pause to consider this question in the sense of the tenant’s common law right to recover amounts voluntarily paid to the defendant. The Rent Control Act itself provides that “[a]ny person who demands, accepts, receives or retains any payment of rent in excess of the maximum lawful rent” shall be liable for reasonable attorney’s fees, costs, and liquidated damages. St. 1970, c. 842, § 11 (a). There is therefore a clear statutory remedy which permits ■ a tenant to recover amounts paid to a landlord in excess of the maximum lawful rent.