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Once your payment is processed, you can proceed to download the Boston Massachusetts Letter from Tenant to Landlord for Landlord's noncompliance with health and safety building codes or resulting in uninhabitable conditions - request for remedy.
A revenge or retaliatory eviction is when a private landlord takes steps to evict tenants who ask for repairs or complain about bad housing conditions.
If the landlord tries to raise the rent, terminate or otherwise change your tenancy within six months of when you contact the Board of Health, join a tenants' organization, or exercise other legal rights, the landlord's action will be considered retaliation against you, unless the landlord can prove otherwise.
If a landlord causes you severe emotional distress that does not result in physical harm, you can recover for this purely emotional injury if your landlord's actions were reckless or intentional. The money damages may be doubled or tripled if you also claim that the action was an unfair or deceptive practice.
In many cases, landlords will make the repairs. If the problems are serious, like you have a plumbing problem or no water or heat, tell the Board of Health. By law, they must try their best to come within 24 hours.
The landlord is given five days from the date of notice to begin repairs or to contract for outside services and 14 days to substantially complete all necessary repairs. (The inspecting agency or court may shorten this time frame.)
In Massachusetts, if a landlord interferes or fails to make repairs which result in an interference with your right to use and enjoy your apartment, this may be a breach of quiet enjoyment. The fact that you might owe rent does not prevent you from bringing this type of lawsuit.
In addition, the Massachusetts Communities and Development Housing Services Program or the local housing court can help resolve a dispute between a landlord and a tenant. If you need help, please contact the Attorney General's Consumer Hotline at (617) 727-8400.
Demanding sexual favors in exchange for the provision of housing-related benefits or services, or threatening to evict a tenant if the tenant does not give in to sexual advances.