Tenant Rights & Resources
Tenant Resources
- Legal Tactics
- Massachusetts State Sanitary Code
- Public Housing
- Before Signing the Lease and Moving In
- Move-in Checklist
- MA Landlord and Tenant Law Summary
- A Massachusetts Consumer Guide to Landlord Rights and Responsibilities
You have rights as a tenant and if you are being harassed by your landlord please seek help.
Download and Print: Tenant Rights Against Landlord Harrassment Flyers
Housing Rights Notification Ordinance
Waltham tenants are working for a local Housing Rights Notification Ordinance modeled after the ordinances passed in Somerville, Cambridge, and Boston.
The cities of Somerville and Boston have passed ordinances requiring landlords to notify tenants of legal and financial resources when they are facing eviction. The tenants of Waltham would like to see a similar ordinance passed in Waltham. Learn more here
Help us get to 600 signatures by signing the petition today!
- We are calling on our public officials to enact policies that provide tenants who are facing eviction with information on community resources for rental assistance and legal advocacy.
- We are asking the Waltham City Council to mandate landlords to include a copy of local eviction resources and programs to the tenant at the time of serving a notice to quit.
- We are asking our MA Legislators to make the new requirement (for a landlord to give information to tenants facing eviction) permanent and to include phone numbers for rental and legal assistance.
- We ask that these notices be provided in the tenant’s primary language.