Judge Overturns Boston Eviction Moratorium
A Housing Court judge has struck down Boston’s three-month-old eviction moratorium, and potentially thrown similar moratoriums in Somerville and Medford into doubt.
A Housing Court judge has struck down Boston’s three-month-old eviction moratorium, and potentially thrown similar moratoriums in Somerville and Medford into doubt.
A lawsuit seeking to end the state’s eviction moratorium has been denied a preliminary injunction by a Suffolk Superior Court judge.
Judges at both the state and federal level will hear arguments over the next two weeks about whether the temporary ban on evictions and foreclosures Massachusetts implemented is unconstitutional.
An apartment landlord in Allston and another in Worcester have filed suit in state court seeking an emergency injunction against Massachusetts’ ban on evictions during the COVID-19 state of emergency.