Budget Amendment ID: FY2024-S3-176-R2

2nd Redraft ECO 176

Tenancy Protections

Ms. Edwards, Messrs. Lewis and Gomez, Ms. Miranda, Ms. Rausch, Ms. Kennedy, Ms. Moran, Mr. Payano, Ms. Jehlen and Messrs. Montigny, Feeney, Oliveira and Cyr moved that the proposed new text be amended in section 35, by inserting after the word “assistance”, in line 17, the following words:- “made in good faith”; and in said section 35, in proposed subsection (b) of section 15 of chapter 239 of the General Laws, by striking out clause (iii) and inserting in place thereof the following 3 clauses:-

“(iii) not enter a judgment or issue an execution before the application for emergency rental assistance has been approved or denied;

(iv) give notice to the executive office of housing and livable communities of such pending summary process action; provided, however, that the department shall expedite the processing of any related, pending application for emergency rental assistance; and

(v) dismiss the plaintiff’s claims upon an approval of the emergency rental assistance application and payment of the full amount due to the landlord and, upon petition by the defendant, after the exhaustion of any rights of appeal, seal the court record; provided, however, that this shall not limit the court’s discretion to dismiss the plaintiff’s claims for any other reason or upon alternative resolution.”.