Tenants' Rights in Massachusetts

Materials from the April 14, 2021 Tenants' Rights in Massachusetts training, presented as part of the MLRI/MCLE Basic Benefits Training Series:

Agenda

Powerponts:

• Introduction
• Evictions Part 1
• Evictions Part 2
• What is CELHP?
• Discrimination
• Getting Repairs Made
• Rent

Handouts:

• Resonable Accomodation Request - Reinstate Voucher
• Reasonable Accomodation Request - Direct Threat
• Where the Housing Court Sits and What Communities Each Sitting Covers
• Tenants' Rights in Massachusetts, Pullouts 1-18 (english) (spanish)
  1. Before You Move In
  2. Tenant Screening
  3. Protect Your Security Deposit
  4. What Kind of Tenancy Do You Have?
  5. Rent
  6. Utility Rights and Programs
  7. Housing Discrimination
  8. Getting a Landlord to Make Repairs
  9. Lead Laws Protect Tenants
  10. Organizing a Tenant Groyo
  11. When You Move Out
  12. Facing an Eviction
  13. When to Take Your Landlord to Court
  14. How to Use the Courts
  15. Your Rights in a Rooming House
  16. Mobile Homes
  17. Is Your Apartment Becoming A Condo?
  18. Tenants and Foreclosures