We are now over a month into the COVID crisis. While the disease is new and hard to deal with, what is not new is the social inequities that have only grown during this crisis. This disease has really highlighted the horrific ways in which our country has treated low wage workers, gig workers, and …
Lydia Edwards
COVID-19: MA Eviction and Mortgage Relief Update
Massachusetts is one step (or, well, one signature) away from providing massive relief to commercial and residential tenants. Since our last update, the Massachusetts senate and the house have passed different versions and those versions went into conferencing. The House has released the compromise bill H.4647 which many expect to be signed by the Governor. …
COVID-19: Summary of Relief from Massachusetts State House of Representatives
On April 2, 2020, the Massachusetts state House of Representatives passed the “Act Providing for a moratorium on evictions and foreclosures during the COVID-19 Emergency.” The Massachusetts Senate still needs to pass a version and the two versions will need to be conferenced. The House bill does the following things: Prohibits landlords of residential and …
