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2. Massachusetts Housing Court - Wikipedia

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   The Massachusetts Housing Court (also known as the Housing Court Department of the Trial Court) is a trial court in Massachusetts that hears eviction cases, small claims cases, and civil actions involving personal injury, property damage, breach of contract, discrimination, and other claims. The Housing Court also hears code enforcement actions ...

3. Massachusetts Land Court - Wikipedia

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   The Land Court was originally created by the Massachusetts Legislature in 1898 as the "Court of Registration". The court's name was changed to the "Court of Land Registration" in 1900, before it was finally given its current name in 1904. Over the first few years of its existence, the Court was brought into its current status as a court of ...

4. Rent control in Massachusetts - Wikipedia

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   In 1969, the City of Boston sought and was granted the ability to institute rent control. [1] In 1970, the state authorized rent control in municipalities with more than 50,000 residents, potentially affecting to more than 40 communities. [1][2] The effort was spearheaded by a group of Harvard University graduate students.

5. Government of Massachusetts - Wikipedia

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   Government of Massachusetts. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is governed by a set of political tenets laid down in its state constitution. Legislative power is held by the bicameral General Court, which is composed of the Senate and House of Representatives. The governor exercises executive power with other independently elected officers: the ...

6. Judiciary of Massachusetts - Wikipedia

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   The judiciary of Massachusetts is the branch of the government of Massachusetts that interprets and applies the law of Massachusetts, ensures equal justice under law, and provides a mechanism for dispute resolution. The judicial power in Massachusetts is reposed in the Supreme Judicial Court, which superintends the entire system of courts.

7. Massachusetts Comprehensive Permit Act: Chapter 40B

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   Under Chapter 40B, in any municipality where none of the three statutory minima identified by the State are met for the amount of affordable housing that exists in the community, a developer can build more densely than the municipal zoning bylaws would permit, allowing more units per acre of land when building a new development, if at least 25% (or 20% in certain cases [4]) of the new units ...