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Section 26: Change of locks upon request of tenant, co-tenant or household member believed to be under imminent threat of domestic violence, rape, sexual assault or stalking Section 26. (a) For purposes of this section, the term ''household member
name, address, and phone number of the owner, the person responsible for maintenance, and the person to whom the tenant can give copies of formal notices, complaints, or court papers. If the landlord receives a security deposit, the lease
defense to an action for summary process that such action or the preceding action of terminating the tenant's tenancy, was taken against the tenant for the tenant's act of commencing, proceeding with, or obtaining relief in any judicial
Section 5A: Waiver of requirement to appoint tenant member to housing authority board Section 5A. A housing authority may request a waiver of the requirement to appoint a tenant member to a housing authority board if the department determines that
tenancy of a tenant of a housing authority shall not be terminated without cause and without reasons therefor given to said tenant in writing prior to such housing authority filing an action for summary process or seeking an injunction pursuant
owner may recover from the tenant any excessive amount deducted from the rent. The amount deducted shall be excessive to the extent that it exceeded four months' rent as calculated pursuant to the preceding paragraph, or if it was unreasonable
increase in rent, or, of any substantial alteration in the terms of tenancy within six months after the tenant has commenced, proceeded with, or obtained relief in such action, exercised such rights, made such report or complaint, or organized
unlikely to continue or to pose a serious threat to the health or safety of the development, the tenant households at such development, or the employees of the landlord. Whenever a tenant or member of a tenant's household residing
Section 44. The requirements with respect to rentals and tenant selection for low-rent housing projects shall apply to units leased by a housing authority under the rental assistance program, except that (a) as between applicants, who need
department shall further provide independent technical assistance training to tenant members. The department shall develop the training with the goal of enabling tenant members and members of local tenant organizations to participate fully in the oversight of the housing authority
Section 32D: Actions by tenants or tenants' organizations Section 32D. A tenant or member of a tenant household in a public or subsidized housing development whose health or safety has been seriously threatened as described in section thirty
Section 15F: Residential leases or rental agreements restricting litigation or landlord liability; ouster of tenant; remedies Section 15F. Any provision of a lease or other rental agreement relating to residential real property whereby the tenant agrees to waive his right
title under which such tenant or occupant holds possession and, without any act of the lessor or owner shall cause the right of possession to revert and vest in him, and the lessor or owner may seek an order requiring
Section 13A: Tenants deemed to be at will upon foreclosure of residential real property; status of tenancy agreements where rental payment subsidized under state or federal law Section 13A. Upon a foreclosure of residential real property pursuant to chapter
Section 127N: Actions by tenants against owners of residential premises; joinder of certain other persons as parties; liability; exception Section 127N. In actions brought under this chapter against owners of residential premises a tenant may, prior to a hearing
This page, Overview of Summary Process for Tenants, is offered by Appeals Court Massachusetts Court System Overview of Summary Process for Tenants Information on tenants' appeals from judgments or orders in summary process cases. Note: Before proceeding to the table
Section 45: Conveyance in fee by person seized as tenant in tail Section 45. A person seized of land as tenant in tail may convey such land in fee simple by a deed in common form, as if he were
Section 46: Conveyance in fee by life tenant and vested remainderman in tail Section 46. If land is held by one person for life with a vested remainder in tail in another, the tenant for life and the remainderman
Section 2: Eviction of tenants prohibited; exceptions Section 2. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, a foreclosing owner shall not evict a tenant except for just cause or unless a binding purchase and sale agreement has been
Section 4: Liability of tenant for rent for proportion of land in possession Section 4. A person in possession of land out of which rent is due shall be liable for the amount or proportion of rent due from