Tenants' Rights
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Getting a landlord to make repairs
This article gives an overview of your rights to get repairs in your apartment.
Understanding your lease as a tenant
When renting a home, you may have a lease or contract. Leases are legal agreements that explain your rights and responsibilities as a tenant, as well as your landlord’s responsibilities. Leases also say the amount of rent you need to pay...
Landlord's Right to Enter Your Home
Many landlords think that they can let themselves into your apartment any time they want. This is not true. Your landlord must have your permission to enter . If you do not give your landlord permission to enter: the landlord can enter if...
Chapter 10: Getting Organized
This chapter of the Legal Tactics: Private Housing e-book explains how organizing with other tenants can help you enforce your legal rights.
Chapter 11: Moving Out
This chapter from the Legal Tactics: Private Housing e-book will tell you what steps you can take before you move out or sublet your apartment.
Chapter 1: Before You Move In
This chapter from the Legal Tactics: Private Housing e-book tells you how you can protect your rights as you look for and move into an apartment.
Chapter 2: Tenant Screening
This chapter from the Legal Tactics: Private Housing e-book explains tenant screening and how to protect yourself during the tenant screening process.
Chapter 4: Kinds of Tenancies
This chapter from the Legal Tactics: Private Housing e-book helps you figure out the tenancy you have. Other chapters in the e-book explain your rights.
CORI and housing
If you are applying to rent housing — whether it is subsidized housing or market-rate housing — the following people or entities may request your Criminal Offender Record Information (CORI) from the state: a public housing authority or...
I am having a problem with my neighbor
Here are some steps you can take if you are having a problem with your neighbor.
Legal Tactics
This e-book provides practical information about tenants' rights in private housing —housing that is owned by an individual or a privately-owned company. We update some of the different chapters, booklets and forms before we update the...
Moving out of your apartment
Learn how to prepare for moving out of your apartment ahead of time to avoid problems with your landlord.
Types of tenancies
Learn about the different types of tenancies that renters in Massachusetts may have.