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How to Fight Your Eviction
When a landlord begins the eviction process, they are proceeding under Massachusetts’s summary process rules. These are the rules that a landlord must proceed under or they risk violating the tenant’s rights.
Free Legal Aid provides useful information about eviction. In addition to the video here, be sure you check out other resources.
Tenant Defenses to Evictions in Massachusetts
The most common reasons for evictions in Massachusetts are a tenant failing to pay rent or violating the lease or rental agreement. The procedures for evicting a tenant for failing to pay rent are slightly different from the procedures for evicting a tenant who has violated the lease. check to learn more.
A Massachusetts landlord can only evict a tenant upon expiration of the lease term, for violation of a specific provision in the rental agreement or for nonpayment of rent. Following the Massachusetts eviction process means the landlord must first give the tenant a proper eviction notice. check to learn more.