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Not followable in MyLegislature. General Law Part II Title I Chapter 186 Section 7 Remedies of landlords

The six preceding sections shall not deprive landlords of any other legal remedy for the ...

Hearing Landlord, Tenant & Home Rule Petitions Wednesday, November 19, 2025, 11:00 AM Gardner Auditorium
Bill S.973 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 ...

Not followable in MyLegislature. General Law Part I Title IX Chapter 59 Section 12C Taxes paid by tenant; recovery from landlord

the same in an action against his landlord, unless there is a different agreement between ...

Bill H.1947 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 ...

Not followable in MyLegislature. General Law Part II Title I Chapter 186 Section 15 Non-liability of landlord; provisions in lease or rental agreement

which is to indemnify the lessor or landlord or hold the lessor or landlord harmless, or preclude or exonerate the lessor or landlord from any or all liability to the lessee or ...

Bill H.1490 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 Sections 28, 52 and 144 of chapter 150 of the Acts of 2024 are hereby repealed ...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 ...

Not followable in MyLegislature. General Law Part II Title I Chapter 186 Section 15F Residential leases or rental agreements restricting litigation or landlord liability; ouster of tenant; remedies

jury in any subsequent litigation with the landlord, or agrees that no action or failure to act by the landlord shall be construed as a constructive eviction ...

Not followable in MyLegislature. General Law Part I Title II Chapter 18 Section 27 Direct payment of rent; request of landlord or recipient

department may, upon the written request of the landlord in the case of a recipient who is ... of any recipient, pay directly to any landlord the rent of recipients of public assistance ...

Not followable in MyLegislature. General Law Part IV Title II Chapter 276 Section 100S Negligence claims; employers and landlords presumed to have no notice of seal, expunged or otherwise protected records

In a claim for negligence, an employer or landlord shall be presumed to have no notice or ... criminal justice information services cannot lawfully disclose to an employer or landlord

Bill H.1909 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 ...

Not followable in MyLegislature. General Law Part II Title I Chapter 186 Section 19 Notice to landlord of unsafe condition; tort actions for injuries resulting from uncorrected condition

A landlord or lessor of any real estate except an owner-occupied two- or three-family ... time shall have a right of action in tort against the landlord or lessor for damages ...

Not followable in MyLegislature. General Law Part III Title IV Chapter 255 Section 7D Interest of landlord in crops; subordination of liens; assignment or agreement concerning

affecting, the rights or interest of a landlord or owner of real property, occupied by a ... Each such instrument affecting real property shall be recorded or registered in the ...

Bill H.1561 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 ...

Not followable in MyLegislature. General Law Part I Title XVII Chapter 121B Section 32C Unlawful conduct by tenant, members or non-members of tenant household; civil action by landlord for injunctive or other equitable relief

of a tenant household or of the landlord or any other person lawfully on the premises of ... harm to another tenant, an employee of the landlord, or any other person who is known or ...

Not followable in MyLegislature. General Law Part II Title I Chapter 186 Section 14 Wrongful acts of landlord; premises used for dwelling or residential purposes; utilities, services, quiet enjoyment; penalties; remedies; waiver

or consent, or any lessor or landlord who directly or indirectly interferes with the quiet ... from the acts or omissions of the landlord or lessor, and except for interruptions of any ...

Bill H.1532 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 ...

Bill H.4099 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 ...

Not followable in MyLegislature. General Law Part II Title I Chapter 186 Section 20 Attorneys' fees and expenses; residential lease provisions; implied covenant; waiver

by law in an action commenced against the landlord or by way of counterclaim in any action or summary proceeding commenced by the landlord against the tenant ...

Not followable in MyLegislature. General Law Part II Title I Chapter 186 Section 22 Definitions; submeter installation; testing; water use charges; public housing development exemption

to be installed by a plumber licensed in the commonwealth, at the expense of such landlord, submetering equipment in the landlord's building to measure the quantity of ...

Not followable in MyLegislature. Amendment 2 for S.2947
End Credit Reporting for Tenant Screening

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

Not followable in MyLegislature. General Law Part II Title I Chapter 186 Section 11 Determination of lease for nonpayment of rent

answer is due, in an action by the landlord to recover possession of the premises, pays or tenders to the landlord or to his attorney all rent then due ...

Bill H.2022 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 ...

Bill H.1483 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 ...

Bill H.4063 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 ...