Massachusetts

Statute link:

GENERAL LAWS OF MASSACHUSETTS
CHAPTER 186.  ESTATES FOR YEARS AND AT WILL.
http://www.magnet.state.ma.us/legis/laws/mgl/gl-186-toc.htm

Other links:

MASStenants.net - The website of the Boston Tenant Coalition
http://www.masstenants.net/

Housing law introduction - Massachusetts Legal Services
http://www.neighborhoodlaw.org/cat/43

Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination
1 Ashburton Place Room 601
Boston MA 02108
617-727-3990
Fax: 617-720-6053

HOW TO BE A TENANT IN MASSACHUSETTS
AND AVOID GETTING RIPPED OFF
http://www.gis.net/~groucho/tenant.html

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