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Opposite_Match5303 t1_jadue5g wrote

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

I just don't see any evidence that that is the case: I see that a landlord accepting a rent payment after the lease ends converts the tenancy to at-will (and then protection from no-fault eviction applies), but nothing that suggests that that happens automatically and without the consent of the landlord.

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Opposite_Match5303 t1_jadvl0y wrote

I don't understand why the law here is so esoteric and it's impossible to find clear answers to simple questions (to be clear, not at all the fault of the other commentors engaging on these threads).

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mshelikoff t1_jadwikj wrote

> I just don't see any evidence that that is the case

It's not the case now. It is currently the case for section 8 housing.

As for the proposal, here it is. Just cause protections are in Section 3.

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Opposite_Match5303 t1_jady4yb wrote

Yup, 3e says this explicitly. Cool!

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mshelikoff t1_jadz73v wrote

> ...a written extension or renewal thereof or lease for a further term of like duration...

Looks like my guess that the landlord had the option to force a tenancy-at-will was wrong.

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