Smoke-free housing policies offer numerous benefits for both residents and landlords. For residents, these policies provide a smoke-free living environment, reducing their exposure to secondhand smoke and the associated health risks.
An emotional support animal (ESA) is an animal that provides emotional support to a person with a disability just by its presence, no special training is needed. Both service animals and ESAs meet the definition of an assistance animal under the Fair Housing Act (FHA). Landlords are obligated to make reasonable accommodations for tenants with ESAs or service animals.
When the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) took effect on March 27, 2020 it had wide ranging implications for the healthcare system, it appropriated billions of dollars in economic aid, and it included a 120-day eviction moratorium as well as other provisions related to housing.
When the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) took effect on March 27, 2020 it had wide ranging implications for the healthcare system, it appropriated billions of dollars in economic aid, and it included a 120-day eviction moratorium as well as other provisions related to housing.
The Massachusetts Housing Court system recently issued an Interim Standing Order 1-23 that will change many of the Court’s procedures regarding Summary Process (eviction) cases.
Massachusetts is known to be one of the more restrictive states when it comes to holding a security deposit. The Massachusetts Security Deposit Law is found at M.G.L. Chapter 186, Section 15B and the courts are not known to allow for any leniency if all of the rules have not been followed.
Holding Deposits in Massachusetts
Security Deposits
Granting Reasonable Accommodations and/or Reasonable Modifications in the Commonwealth
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