The chapters below are from Legal Tactics: Tenants' Rights in Massachusetts, 2017. This handbook provides practical information about tenants' rights in private housing—housing that is owned by an individual or a privately-owned company.
We update some of the different chapters, booklets and forms before we update the whole volume, so some of the files in this list are more recent than 2017.
Each chapter begins with a 2-page handout with highlights of the chapter. The handout is also available as a separate PDF. Below find self-help eviction booklets and forms referenced in each chapter.
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Chapters and 2-page Handouts
Chapter 1 Moving In (April 2018)
Handout 1 Moving In (June 2017)
Handout 2 Tenant Screening (June 2017)
Chapter 2 Tenant Screening (June 2017)
Chapter 3 Security Deposit (April 2018)
Handout 3 Security Deposit (June 2017)
Chapter 4 Tenancies (June 2017)
Handout 4 Tenancies (June 2017)
Chapter 6 Utilities (June 2017)
Handout 6 Utilities (January 2022)
Chapter 7 Discrimination (June 2017)
Handout 7 Discrimination (June 2017)
Chapter 8 Getting Repairs Made (June 2017)
Handout 8 Getting Repairs Made (June 2017)
Chapter 9 Lead Poisoning (June 2017)
Handout 9 Lead Poisoning (June 2017)
Chapter 10 Getting Organized (June 2017)
Handout 10 Getting Organized (June 2017)
Chapter 11 Moving Out (June 2017)
Handout 11 Moving Out (June 2017)
Handout 12 Evictions (June 2017)
Chapter 12 Evictions (June 2017)
Chapter 13 Taking Landlords to Court (June 2017)
Handout 13 Taking Landlords to Court (June 2017)
Chapter 14 Using the Court System (June 2017)
Handout 14 Using the Court System (June 2017)
Chapter 15 Rooming Houses (June 2017)
Handout 15 Rooming Houses (June 2017)
Chapter 16 Mobile Homes (June 2017)
Handout 16 Mobile Homes (June 2017)