It is often said that being a residential landlord in Massachusetts is difficult. There is a perception that statutory rules favor tenants, particularly with respect to the handling of security deposit funds. Mass. Gen. L. c. 186, §15B outlines the landlord’s responsibility with respect to security deposits. For example, a landlord may only retain a […]
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Some seasoned landlord/tenant practitioners and even judges advise residential landlords to forego requesting security deposits from their tenants. Massachusetts law allows a landlord to require a tenant to pay at or prior to the commencement of a tenancy the first month’s rent, last month’s rent, a security deposit (equal to the first month’s rent), and […]
