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S.1795 Edwards, Lydia
An Act providing a local option incentivizing landlords to rent unsubsidized properties at below market rent (good landlord tax credit)

SECTION 1. Section 6 of chapter 62 of the General Laws, as most recently amended by chapter 179 of the acts of 2022, is hereby further amended by inserting after subsection (bb ...

H.2969 Vargas, Andres X.
An Act providing a local option incentivizing landlords to rent unsubsidized properties at below market rent (good landlord tax credit)

SECTION 1. Section 6 of chapter 62 of the General Laws, as most recently amended by chapter ... M. O'Connor relative to providing for a local option tax credit for certain landlords ...

H.1695 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.1370 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 ...

HD.3830 Mendes, Rita A.
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.1371 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.1308 Cruz, Manny
An Act relative to the use of credit reporting in housing

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.2384 O'Day, James J.
An Act 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.4474 Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure (J)
An Act relative to consumer rights of renters

present an offer to lease to the landlord or landlord's agent and negotiate on behalf of the tenant ...

H.1319 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.1057 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 ...

S.877 Gomez, Adam
An Act relative to the use of credit reporting in housing

SECTION 1. Section 51 of Chapter 93 of ... 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.631 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.892 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 ...

S.881 Keenan, John F.
An Act creating the Massachusetts healthy homes program

“Larger Landlord”, an individual who has title to more than one residential unit who meets the definition of neither an owner-occupant nor a small landlord ...

H.1307 Cruz, Manny
An Act creating the Massachusetts healthy homes program

“Larger Landlord”, an individual who has title to more than one residential unit who meets the definition of neither an owner-occupant nor a small landlord ...

H.298 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 ...

H.1763 Silvia, Alan
An Act maintaining parity in legal services for small property owners

also consider parity amongst participants in landlord tenant disputes to determine if the landlord of an eligible client tenant is also ...

H.3777 Connolly, Mike
An Act establishing permanent eviction protections and tenancy preservation notices

of rent given in writing by the landlord to a residential tenant pursuant to section 11 or ... named in the notice to quit, the landlord or, to the extent permitted under federal law, a ...

H.2331 Garry, Colleen M.
An Act to establish a window falls prevention program within the Department of Public Health and mandate window guards in residential homes AKA "Zell...

The obligation of a landlord to install window guards under this section shall not affect ... the unit; and any discrimination by the landlord in this regard shall be punishable by a ...

H.3868 Kerans, Sally P.
An Act to create the office of the tenant advocate in the Office of the Attorney General

mobbing can be initiated, condoned or supported by a landlord or housing authority ... The landlord or the housing authority is legally responsible for assuring the peaceful ...

H.3743 Barber, Christine P.
An Act further defining the purposes of the affordable housing trust in the city of Somerville

including but not limited to, landlord-tenant mediation, legal services for tenants, case ... For the purpose of this section, such social service programs do not need to be associated ...

S.893 Montigny, Mark C.
An Act relative to access to air conditioning and relief from oppressive heat

i) Installed or removed by the landlord or landlord’s agent; (ii) Subject to inspection or servicing by the landlord or landlord’s agent ...

H.1304 Connolly, Mike
An Act enabling local options for tenant protections

and exemptions for owner-occupant landlords and new and recently-constructed housing ... and may also establish a Small Landlords and Homeowners Assistance Bureau to offer related ...

S.872 Eldridge, James B.
An Act enabling local options for tenant protections

and exemptions for owner-occupant landlords and new and recently-constructed housing ... and may also establish a Small Landlords and Homeowners Assistance Bureau to offer related ...