What is the QUIET ENJOYMENT law for tenants in Massachusetts?
Breach of the warranty of habitability
- https://www.advocateslegalgroup.com/the-covenant-of-quiet-enjoyment/#:~:text=In%20Massachusetts%2C%20if%20a%20landlord,a%20breach%20of%20quiet%20enjoyment.
- If the landlord in any way intentionally interferes with your “quiet enjoyment” of your apartment.
- Excessive noise from other tenants under the landlord’s control
- Emotional distress caused by the landlord’s miscalculation of rent and attempt to evict the tenant for non-payment
- The money damages the court awards you will be equal to either 3 months’
rent or your actual damages, whichever is greater. Your actual damages
might include the diminution in value of your apartment due to a
defective condition which your landlord failed to remedy in a timely
manner, monetary damages for money spent to fix a bad condition or
emotional distress.
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