by State House News Service | Mar 23, 2022
In the first year after elected officials allowed a statewide moratorium on evictions to lapse, tenants in neighborhoods where a majority of residents are nonwhite were nearly twice as likely to face eviction than renters in mostly white areas, according to a new report.
by James Sanna | Nov 30, 2021
A Housing Court judge has struck down Boston’s three-month-old eviction moratorium, and potentially thrown similar moratoriums in Somerville and Medford into doubt.
by Christopher R. Vaccaro | Sep 26, 2021
The Court’s ruling does not prevent Congress from reimposing the moratorium. Nor does it prevent state and local governments from imposing their own eviction moratoria, as Acting Mayor Kim Janey recently announced in Boston.
by Doug Quattrochi | Sep 12, 2021
I understand why elected officials steer toward to the siren song of eviction moratoria. But they don’t provide long-term protection, don’t sustain our limited rental housing supply and are not legal.
by State House News Service | Sep 8, 2021
Somerville officials are seeking to extend their city’s eviction moratorium through the end of November, a request set to come before the Board of Health at a virtual meeting Thursday.
by James Sanna | Sep 1, 2021
Boston landlords are now banned from evicting their tenants under a public health order announced by acting Mayor Kim Janey Tuesday evening.
by State House News Service | Aug 31, 2021
A growing chorus of activists and lawmakers want to see action at the state and local level to stave off a potential surge of housing removals, warning that tenants are more “exposed” in the wake of a new U.S. Supreme Court decision lifting a federal eviction moratorium.
by The Associated Press | Aug 27, 2021
The Supreme Court’s conservative majority is allowing evictions to resume across the United States, blocking the Biden administration from enforcing a temporary ban that was put in place because of the coronavirus pandemic.
by James Sanna | Aug 25, 2021
Sales of two- and three-family properties are up significantly across Massachusetts amid eviction moratoriums that some landlords say have driven them to get out of the business, or pull back their holdings.
by Banker & Tradesman | Aug 15, 2021
Massachusetts is again considering another eviction moratorium, much to the frustration of real estate industry groups. While the bill is well-intentioned and some aspects could fix key problems, it will send the wrong message to tenants and poison its own efforts to address a building crisis.
by The Associated Press | Aug 4, 2021
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a new eviction moratorium yesterday that would last until Oct. 3, even as President Joe Biden publicly questioned whether it could survive a Supreme Court challenge.
by State House News Service | Aug 3, 2021
Gov. Charlie Baker and the legislature appear comfortable deploying extensive federal and state resources to prevent evictions, instead of launching a new eviction moratorium despite the slow distribution of rental aid.
by Cassidy Norton | Jul 30, 2021
As nonprofits, landlord and tenants fiercely advocate for an extension or solution, the federal eviction moratorium is set to expire this weekend.
by The Associated Press | Jul 19, 2021
A federal freeze on most evictions enacted last year is scheduled to expire July 31, after the Biden administration extended the date by a month.
by The Associated Press | Jun 24, 2021
The Biden administration has extended the nationwide ban on evictions for a month to help tenants who are unable to make rent payments during the coronavirus pandemic, but it said this is expected to be the last time it does so.
by James Sanna | Jun 14, 2021
Landlords seeking to evict tenants will continue to face pandemic-era requirements when initiating cases, but no new eviction moratorium, under bills speedily making their way through Beacon Hill.
by The Associated Press | May 6, 2021
The Justice Department said it would appeal the ruling from the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., meaning there won’t likely be any immediate impact on the ban
by The Associated Press | Feb 16, 2021
President Joe Biden is extending a ban on housing foreclosures to June 30 to help homeowners struggling during the coronavirus pandemic.
by The Associated Press | Jan 21, 2021
In one of the first acts of his new administration, President Joe Biden extended the federal eviction and foreclosure moratorium though March 31 as he prepares to ask Congress for an additional extension through September.
by The Associated Press | Jan 20, 2021
Janet Yellen, President-elect Joe Biden’s choice as Treasury secretary, said Tuesday that the incoming administration would focus on winning quick passage of its $1.9 trillion pandemic relief plan, rejecting Republican arguments that the measure is too big given the size of U.S. budget deficits.