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Housing Code Checklist (May 2023)
An easy-to-use checklist that tells you what conditions violate the State Sanitary Code. You can also use the free self-help guided interview, MADE: Up To Code.
Use the website MADE: Up To Code to document bad conditions in your apartment and take action to get the repairs made.
Tenant Lead Law Notification & Tenant Certification Form
Before you move into an apartment built before 1978, the landlord must give you this lead warning notice and a copy of of any lead inspection reports.
Letter Requesting an Inspection
Tenant Petition to Enforce State Sanitary Code
Temporary Restraining Order
Use these forms to ask a court to order your landlord to fix a problem, make an emergency repair, or stop doing something illegal, like locking you out of your apartment. Or try the MassAccess interactive interview, Complaint for a Temporary Restraining Order, that lets you complete, review, sign and send your request for a Temporary Restraining Order to the court from your smart phone or computer.
You may be able to get free legal help from your local legal aid program. Or email a question about your own legal problem to a lawyer.
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