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mshelikoff t1_jadosob wrote

Reply to comment by Opposite_Match5303 in Don’t drag Boston backward with rent control - The Boston Globe by boston4923

> It's not an eviction if the lease is over

Maybe you're confused about terminology? A legal Notice To Quit can be given when a lease is about to be over. That's related to the timing of an eviction, but it's not an eviction.

Evictions are needed to legally displace tenants in this state, regardless of whether the lease is over or not. So...yes...it is an eviction if the lease is over.

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Opposite_Match5303 t1_jadrlu8 wrote

This is not really true: a Notice to Quit is not required when a lease ends. https://masslegalhelp.org/housing/lt1-chapter-12-receiving-proper-notice "If your lease has an option to renew and you fail to renew it, your landlord does not need to send you a notice to quit if she wants you out at the end of your lease. In this case, the day after your lease ends, your landlord can immediately file papers in court and begin an eviction case without giving you a notice to quit."

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mshelikoff t1_jadskxg wrote

> a Notice to Quit is not required when a lease ends.

Good point. A Notice to Quit can be given, but it doesn't need to be when a lease ends.

> your landlord can immediately file papers in court and begin an eviction case

But beginning an eviction case is not the same as an eviction that can actually legally displace someone. An eviction is still required to legally displace a tenant if the lease is over, so the legal protections from no fault evictions (that would be part of a sound rent stabilization plan) would apply.

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Opposite_Match5303 t1_jadt2lz wrote

Ok, let's consolidate in the other thread - I'm having trouble keeping track of both. To be clear, I would love if tenants couldn't be forced out when their leases ended!

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