Landlords challenge constitutionality of eviction ban [View all]
TWO LANDLORDS from Randolph and Worcester are challenging the constitutionality of the ongoing eviction moratorium, arguing the state is allowing their tenants to basically take property without paying for it.
The two landlords are Marie Baptiste, a nurse from Randolph who says her tenants owe her about $20,000 in back rent, and Mitch Matorin, who owns a three-family house in Worcester where one of his tenants has stopped paying rent.
Richard Vetstein, who is representing the landlords, told Suffolk Superior Court Judge Paul Wilson on Thursday that the eviction moratorium is violating court access rights and constitutional property law. He is seeking an injunction to open housing courts to evictions.
“You’re literally forcing landlords across the state to provide public housing to tenants because of this moratorium,” he said. “This is literally state reps trying to be housing court judges, and it’s gone too far.”
Read more: https://commonwealthmagazine.org/housing/landlords-challenge-constitutionality-of-eviction-ban-2/
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