The Flaschner Judicial Institute has released a long-awaited and completely new and comprehensive judicial reference guide to Residential Landlord and Tenant Law. This volume was prepared by an experienced group of Housing Court, District Court and Appeals Court judges, along with court clerks and staff. It has been distributed to every judge in the Housing, District and BMC departments and every other judge who requests it.
The topics addressed in the book include: formation and termination of private tenancies; formation and termination of regulatory and subsidized tenancies; judicial review of administrative action in public and subsidized housing; subject matter jurisdiction; case transfers between courts; fair access to courts; procedural rules and court practice; prosecution and defense of landlord-tenant summary process actions including counterclaims; prosecution and defense of post-foreclosure summary process actions; appellate court procedure and practice involving summary process actions; discrimination and reasonable accommodation; G.L. c. 139, § 19 public nuisance actions; health and safety code enforcement; and automatic stays and relief from stays in bankruptcy.
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Publisher: Flaschner Judicial Institute (2024)
Editor-in-Chief: Hon. Jeffrey M. Winik, Massachusetts Housing Court
Co-Editor: Hon. Mark S. Coven, Massachusetts District Court
Housing Court Contributors:
Hon. Irene H. Bagdoian
Hon. Fairlie A. Dalton
Hon. Jonathan J. Kane
Hon. Michael E. Malamut
Hon. Donna T. Salvidio
Hon. Neil K. Sherring
Hon. Jeffrey M. Winik
District Court Contributors:
Hon. Mark S. Coven
Brien M. Cooper, Esq.
Appeals Court Contributors:
Hon. Vickie L. Henry
Paul Tuttle, Esq.
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Massachusetts judges who have not received a copy of this benchbook may request a copy:
