Tenant advocacy group City Life/Vida Urbana (CLVU) organized rent strikes against two elderly immigrant landlords (Rent Strike # 1) and an African immigrant landlord with a family of five (Rent Strike # 2). All or many of the tenants of these landlords stopped paying rent and demanded that the landlords stop all rent increases and [&hellip
Boston’s home-rule petition threatens STATE AID to Mass. cities and towns Petition enables Boston tenants to depress RENTS using widespread RENT STRIKES “The Jim Brooks Stabilization Act” (HB 4142) is a home-rule petition, now at the State Legislature, that would depress property values in Boston and change allocations of STATE AID. State aid, totalling almost [&hellip
Just Cause Eviction = unjust RENT FREEZE “Marriage with no divorce clause” Who would be affected by Just Cause Eviction? Many small property owners in Boston make a part-time or full-time living and feed their family with a small collection of rental units, from 7 up to 10 or 12 or even more units. These owners do [&hellip
COUNCILORS’ LIKELY POSITIONS ON JUST CAUSE EVICTION ARE IN CAPITAL LETTERS AFTER THEIR NAMES. PLEASE CONTACT THE UNDECIDED ONES FIRST. BOSTON MAYOR Marty Walsh 617-635-4500 Mayor@boston.gov YES, HE IS SPONSOR! BOSTON CITY COUNCILORS Michelle Wu, President At-Large 617-635-3115 Michelle.Wu@boston.gov All of Boston UNDECIDED LEANING STRONGLY TO YES Michael F. Flaherty At-Large 617-635-4205 Michael.F.Flaherty@boston.gov All of Boston [&hellip
Based on oral testimony and written comments by Stuart Schrier, Boston landlord attorney of 35 years, who has done 5,000 evictions. Additional comments by Skip Schloming The Just Cause Eviction proposal being debated in Boston consists of two essential parts, both of which are fatally flawed: (1) a requirement that landlords send all eviction and [&hellip