Dates & Times:Wednesday, March 26, 2025 (4 pm to 6 pm) & Wednesday, April 2, 2025 (4 pm to 6 pm)
Webinar Fee: $130 (Both Days - Programs and Book)
The Flaschner Judicial Institute presented this same program to the bench.
This program is online only and will be recorded. All who registers will receive a link to the video recording.
Faculty
Hon. Irene H. Bagdoian, Housing Court
Hon. Mark S. Coven, District Court
Hon. Fairlie A. Dalton, Housing Court
Hon. Jonathan J. Kane, Housing Court
Hon. Michael E. Malamut, Housing Court
Hon. Donna T. Salvidio, Housing Court
Hon. Jeffrey M. Winik, Housing Court
Residential Landlord Tenant Law is both complex and evolving. As a basic primer for new attorneys and a “nuts and bolts” review for more experienced attorneys, this four-hour Zoom program presented by experienced judges over two days will focus on procedural and substantive issues of residential summary process practice including significant changes to Massachusetts housing law. The following topics will be covered:
Day One: March 26, 2025 (4 pm to 6 pm)
- Uniform summary process rules overview
- Types of tenancies (and other forms of occupancy)
- Termination of tenancies
- Waiver, reservation of rights and right to cure
- Discrimination/reasonable accommodation/domestic violence
- Landlord possession claim
Day Two: April 2, 2025 (4 pm to 6 pm)
- Summary process defenses, affirmative defenses and counterclaims
- G.L. c. 239, § 8A damages calculation
- Interim pretrial rent and use & occupancy orders, appeals and post-trial appeal bonds
- Public housing/subsidized housing
- Questions and discussion
*SPECIAL BOOK OFFER:
The Flaschner Judicial Institute has released a long-awaited and completely new and comprehensive judicial reference guide to Residential Landlord and Tenant Law. This volume was prepared by an experienced group of Housing Court, District Court and Appeals Court judges, along with court clerks and staff. It has been distributed to every judge in the Housing, District and BMC departments and every other judge who requests it.
The topics addressed in the book include: formation and termination of private tenancies; formation and termination of regulatory and subsidized tenancies; judicial review of administrative action in public and subsidized housing; subject matter jurisdiction; case transfers between courts; fair access to courts; procedural rules and court practice; prosecution and defense of landlord-tenant summary process actions including counterclaims; prosecution and defense of post-foreclosure summary process actions; appellate court procedure and practice involving summary process actions; discrimination and reasonable accommodation; G.L. c. 139, § 19 public nuisance actions; health and safety code enforcement; and automatic stays and relief from stays in bankruptcy.
Don’t miss this opportunity to learn best practices, practical tips, and the current state of the law from our experienced program faculty!