Security Deposit Law
My landlord stated in her answer to my discovery that the check for the security deposit was lost/or stolen and that it was never replaced(a year later no less.) We are trying to use the mishandling of security deposit as a defense in our answerto the summary process for eviction for non-payment of rent. Would the law still apply because no information was given within the 30 day period? Also, how is a 14-day notice to quit supposed to be delivered upon the tenant? I have court in two days! HELP!
Tag Archives: Massachusetts
Illegal apartment I received a notice to quit because my landlady rented to me…
Illegal apartment
I received a notice to quit because my landlady rented to me illegally. I will not be moving within the time she gave me. I am sure her lawyer will go to court to have the judge order me out. Am I by law able to be compensated for her wrong doing?
(renting out illegally) not compensation as far as greed, but compensation as far as moving expenses, help with first, last or security deposit for the next apartment, especially where I am a single mother of 2 young girls and am having a hard time as is financially.
notice to quit I received a notice to quit because the landlord was ordered…
notice to quit
I received a notice to quit because the landlord was ordered to vacate me due to her renting to me as an illegal apartment. The landlord’s lawyer sent a constable to my home to serve me with a “notice to quit” the constable did not hand me the notice but handed it to my 16 year old daughter. Is it legal to hand a minor a legal document such as a “notice to quit”?
Health Care Proxy As daughter to my elderly mother who will soon undergo…
Health Care Proxy
As daughter to my elderly mother who will soon undergo surgery, my question is whether a duly executed Mass. Health Care Proxy dated in 2005 supercedes a Living Will Declaration dated in 2004 and a Medical Directive executed at the same time in 2004 both of which gives my older sister authority to act and make decisions otherwise granted to me in the 2005 Health Care Proxy. Which would a hospital follow. Also, is there any expiration to a Health Care Proxy; i.e. is the 2005 Proxy still valid without having been changed since 2005.??
Landlord raising rent I have a lease that ends at the end of the month…
Landlord raising rent
I have a lease that ends at the end of the month (standard FHA-Mass). Landlord and I have a few conversations about the time after the lease with him saying that he ‘might’ want to raise the rent. We have not signed a new lease.He tells me on the last day of my lease that now the rent is more. I have already sent him a check but it had not been cashed. Does he have legal ability to raise rent like this? What happens in future months if he wants to raise it further? DOes written turn into a month to month lease? How much notice do I need to give now when I leave?