Under a budget rider the Senate approved Tuesday, judges will be instructed to dismiss an eviction claim for failure to pay rent after state aid fully reimburses a landlord, while tenants may only get eviction cases paused if they seek financial assistance “in good faith.”
The campaign so far appears to have had an impact in at least one legislative chamber. House Ways and Means Committee Chair Rep. Aaron Michlewitz told the Boston Globe his panel’s budget due to be released this week will resurrect and make permanent Chapter 257 protections.
More than one hundred organizations endorsed a call Monday for lawmakers to extend a pandemic-era eviction prevention policy, warning that the looming March 31 expiration will displace Bay Staters and stymie other efforts to keep people in their homes.
With so much in play, WinnCompanies’ experience may be a helpful blueprint for multifamily owners in balancing the need to keep vulnerable residents housed with the necessity to generate revenue.
President Joe Biden is extending a ban on housing foreclosures to June 30 to help homeowners struggling during the coronavirus pandemic.
The 17th Suffolk primary race between Housing Committee Co-Chairman Rep. Kevin Honan and his progressive challenger, Jordan Meehan, stands out as a battle between to the power and experience of the incumbent versus the ability of a younger progressive rival to secure a win in a district where top issues include affordable housing and tenant protections.
More than 315,000 Massachusetts tenants have little to no confidence that they will be able to pay rent in August, according to survey data collected by the U.S. Census Bureau, a figure that one tenant advocate group said indicates as many as one in three renter households could soon face eviction.
Amid a national recession and widespread unemployment linked to the pandemic, Metro Housing|Boston set a record in June for distribution of housing assistance.
Beacon Hill should beware the growing possibility Massachusetts will face a housing crisis this summer or fall.
For people on the country’s economic fringes, the proliferation of data analytics tools to monitor consumer life – driven by companies that profit from gathering personal data – will magnify today’s financial hardship.
An apartment landlord in Allston and another in Worcester have filed suit in state court seeking an emergency injunction against Massachusetts’ ban on evictions during the COVID-19 state of emergency.
We only have a short period of time to ensure that renters, landlords and homeowners do not face a financial cliff when the moratorium ends.
Senate President Karen Spilka touted solid communications among state leaders during the virus crisis, but on Sunday also hinted at a source of underlying tension on legislation intended to protect renters and homeowners.
Homeowners with mortgages backed by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac won’t have to worry about foreclosures or evictions during the coronavirus crisis.
A tenants’ rights group is calling for Gov. Charlie Baker to issue a moratorium on evictions under the state of emergency he declared earlier this week in response to the state’s COVID-19 outbreak.
A new, multimillion-dollar initiative from three major city hospitals that sees affordable housing and eviction as public health issues has the potential to radically change Massachusetts’ housing conversation for the better. The commercial housing industry should get involved to make sure it has a seat at the table.
Three major Boston hospitals announced a $3 million partnership Wednesday aimed at increasing housing stability among Greater Boston’s renters and urged the commercial housing industry to join their efforts.
Boston is planning to ask state legislators for freedom to increase the per-square-foot affordable housing and job training fees the city charges developers when they want.
Major Boston landlords would no longer be allowed to kick out tenants to renovate housing units and would need to notify the city about pending evictions under one of five legislative proposals backed by Boston Mayor Marty Walsh.
