A Landlord’s Guide to Record Keeping and Handling Tenant Information
By Kimberly Rau, MassLandlords It is vital that landlords understand safe and comprehensive recordkeeping procedures. When applying to rent an apartment, potential tenants entrust landlords with a lot of personal…
Gentle Density Increases Nearby Property Values, Evidence Shows, Contrary to Popular Belief
By Eric Weld, MassLandlords, Inc. Resultant lowered property values are one of the main reasons given by opponents of zoning reform, which could introduce increased housing density. The cultural meme…
Boston Stalls on Rent Stabilization Advisory Committee (RSAC) Public Records Request
By Peter Vickery, Legislative Affairs Counsel RSAC Public Records Request Filed and Not Answered On March 28, 2022, on behalf of MassLandlords, Inc., I submitted a public records request through…
A Landlord’s Guide to Rental Management and Hiring a Business Manager
By Kimberly Rau, MassLandlords Some landlords do it all when it comes to rental management. They collect the rent, make sure their properties are kept up and communicate with their…
Rent Payments: Review of All Rental Software to Collect Rent Online
Rent collection used to be a time-consuming endeavor, but now that electronic rent payments are widespread, approximately 40 property management and payment apps are available to collect rent online. Which…
Landlording by the numbers
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Letter from the Executive Director for April 2022: Technical Improvements, Lawsuit Waiting
In March 2022 we made numerous technical improvements. We also put out lots of great educational content. Policy-wise, we wait for the state on our lawsuit while we educate the…
Year 2021 Summary Process Filings Remain Below Pre-Pandemic Baseline
Residential summary process filings – the first step to starting the eviction cycle in court – settled down to a baseline consistently lower than the level of filings before the…
State: No More Federally Funded Rental Assistance Program Applications on or Around April 15
Massachusetts housing payment assistance programs that have been funded by federal emergency assistance dollars will stop accepting new applications “on or around” April 15, 2022, according to a March 15…
How to Avoid Housing Discrimination Based on Genetic Information
By Kimberly Rau, MassLandlords In 2000, Massachusetts became one of the first states to enact protections for genetic information. This legislation added “genetic information” to the state’s list of protected…