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S.973 Dooner, Kelly A.
An Act reforming incentives for landlords

transfer payments or bonus payments, to landlords or property owners for the purpose of ... any financial incentives for landlords providing emergency housing for nonresident ...

H.1947 Ramos, Orlando
An Act relative to small landlords

by adding the following paragraph:- A landlord that is a limited liability company ... No. 1947) of Orlando Ramos relative to procedures for certain landlords in housing court ...

H.1490 DeCoste, David F.
An Act relative to landlord’s right to information

SECTION 1. Sections 28, 52 and 144 of chapter 150 of the Acts of 2024 are hereby repealed ... By Representative DeCoste of Norwell, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1490) of ...

H.1909 Murphy, James M.
An Act relative to landlords accountability with regard to drug houses

of Chapter 20 the following: (b) Any landlord who violates subsection (a), and who knew ... legislation to establish penalties for landlords knowingly providing premises to be used ...

H.1561 Roy, Jeffrey N.
An Act requiring notice to landlords relating to gas or electric shutoffs

Section 124 of Chapter 164 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after the word ... N. Roy relative to requiring notices to landlords relating to gas or electric shutoffs ...

H.1532 Jones, Jr., Bradley H.
An Act establishing a commission to study the impact of shifting residential broker fees from tenants to landlords

broker fees from tenants to landlords in residential leasing transactions within the ... following: (1) the economic burden on landlords and tenants resulting from such a policy ...

H.4099 Sabadosa, Lindsay N.
An Act to prohibit landlords and brokers from requiring broker's commissions to be paid by a tenant or prospective tenant

any services on behalf of such landowner, landlord, lessor, or sub-lessor for the listing ... SECTION 2. No landowner, landlord, lessor, or sub-lessor shall demand or require that a ...

H.2022 Uyterhoeven, Erika
An Act relative to prohibiting eviction without good cause

If a landlord is: (A) a single natural person, then that landlord is a small landlord if they own or are a beneficial owner of ...

H.1483 Cruz, Manny
An Act relative to the use of credit reporting for rent-subsidized tenants

report with a consumer reporting agency, the landlord or person acting on behalf of the landlord shall not take an adverse action until the ...

H.4063 Meschino, Joan
An Act to protect residents experiencing significant elevations in rent for viable and effective affordable housing

(e) A landlord shall not take any fees and profit distributions on an affordable housing project that is greater than 6 per cent of the landlord’s equity in the project ...

H.1507 Galvin, William C.
An Act limiting rent increases and creating a rental arbitrator

SECTION 1. Chapter 12 of the ... or 10 per cent, whichever is lower, if the landlord can show cause to the tenant for the greater increase, which the landlord shall explain in writing ...

H.3922 Connolly, Mike
An Act requiring that broker fees in the city of Somerville be paid by the party who solicits a licensed broker

negotiate on behalf of the tenant or may solely contract with a landlord or landlord’s agent to find a tenant for a property ...

S.2982 Housing (J)
An Act relative to the use of credit reporting for rent-subsidized tenants

report with a consumer reporting agency, the landlord or person acting on behalf of the landlord shall not take an adverse action until the ...

H.4145 Connolly, Mike
An Act requiring that broker fees in the city of Cambridge be paid by the party who solicits a licensed broker

negotiate on behalf of the tenant or may solely contract with a landlord or landlord’s agent to find a tenant for a property ...

H.1571 Uyterhoeven, Erika
An Act to make home repair affordable and stabilize communities

committed a serious violation with regard to the small landlord's rental property that the small landlord has taken no substantial steps to ...

H.1994 Sousa, Priscila S.
An Act protecting tenants from retaliation and coercion

section does not enlarge or diminish a landlord’s right to terminate a tenancy pursuant to ... Nothing in this section prevents a landlord from seeking to collect rent due under this ...

SD.3318 Edwards, Lydia
An Act to establish tenant escrow savings accounts

for a period of no less than twelve months, which is owned by an individual landlord ... SECTION 4. Landlord Taxable Deductions (a) A landlord whose tenant is contributing to a ...

H.1489 DeCoste, David F.
An Act creating the tenant’s escrow accounts

the net amount of the annual taxable income payable by the landlord to the commonwealth ... option for contributions to be restricted by a landlord for the sole use of his tenant or ...

H.1796 Jones, Jr., Bradley H.
An Act relative to rent escrow

any payment of rent, notified the landlord thereof in writing, and (c) the landlord fails to remedy such conditions substantially ...

H.1802 Jones, Jr., Bradley H.
An Act addressing squatter’s rights

The owner or landlord of said premises may request from the sheriff of the county in which ... The property owner or landlord may petition the sheriff’s office of the county in which ...

S.1012 Montigny, Mark C.
An Act relative to window guards in residential rental properties

(1) The landlord or his agent, at the request of a tenant with a child, shall install and ... The landlord or his agent shall also give similar oral notice to the tenant at the ...

H.770 Honan, Kevin G.
An Act clarifying the classification of assisted living residences

to create residential tenancies within landlord tenant law; and Whereas, assisted ... were never intended to be residential or commercial landlords within landlord tenant law ...

S.995 Gómez, Adam
An Act relative to the use of credit reporting for rent-subsidized tenants

report with a consumer reporting agency, the landlord or person acting on behalf of the landlord shall not take an adverse action until the ...

H.2676 O'Day, James J.
An Act relative to enhancing child safety

Any landlord who has a tenant in a residential unit with a window higher than 6 feet off ... The obligations of a landlord to install window guards under this section shall not affect ...

H.374 Galvin, William C.
An Act providing for tenant agents

Chapter 112 of the General Laws is hereby amended by striking out section 87DDD½ ... present an offer to lease to the landlord or landlord's agent and negotiate on behalf of the tenant ...