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The State of Emergency Has Ended but No Changes for Non-Payment of Rent Evictions

Paula Miller 2021-06-22T14:40:41+00:00 June 22nd, 2021|Tags: Boston Real Estate, COVID19 Relief, landlords, MA Housing, Real Estate, real estate law, rental aid, renters, tenants|

Effective June 15, 2021, the Commonwealth’s COVID-19 State of Emergency has been lifted. To provide temporary regulations during COVID-19, many provisions of laws and executive orders were put in place until the end of the State of Emergency. Related to evictions, it was expected that most provisions of Chapter 257 of the Acts of 2020 would not be required once the State of Emergency was terminated. On June 16th, however, Governor Baker signed a bill

Section 8 Tenants

If a landlord does not accept a Section 8 Tenant, he or she can be sued for discrimination. If he/she accepts the tenant, and the tenant violates the lease and the landlord notifies the housing authority of the violation, they will freeze the tenant's voucher (essentially making the tenant unable to move). The landlord then will need to file for eviction and go through the court process. The housing authority review process takes 8-12 months,