Adjartey v. Cent. Div. of the Hous. Court Departmentand, 120 N.E.3d 297 (2019)

Citation: Adjartey v. Cent. Div. of the Hous. Court Departmentand, 120 N.E.3d 297 (2019)
Parent Document: Adjartey v. Cent. Div. of the Hous. Court Departmentand, 120 N.E.3d 297 (2019)
Jurisdiction: Massachusetts (state)
Effective Date: 2019-04-10
Original Source: https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/7178223/adjartey-v-cent-div-of-the-hous... ↗

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Other potential defenses and counterclaims include, but are not limited to, a landlord's violation of the security deposit statute, see Meikle v. Nurse, 474 Mass. 207, 208, 49 N.E.3d 210 (2016) ("a violation of the security deposit statute is encompassed within the definition of 'counterclaim or defense' in G. L. c. 239, § 8A"), a landlord's termination of the tenancy in violation of regulations applicable to those living in Section 8 housing, see 24 C.F.R. § 982.310 (2018), and a landlord's failure to properly terminate the tenancy, for instance, by failing to serve the tenant with a legally adequate notice to quit, see G. L. c. 186, §§ 11 -13, 17.

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