Mayor Menino is ready to crack down on landlords in Allston and Brighton. WHDH Boston reports that Mayor Menino walked through some of the apartments offered to students and was displeased by the state of some of the rentals. He told reporters: "I wouldn't want my kid here, I wouldn't want anyone here this place is a pigs sty, and for a landlord to tell me it ok for a student to move in here, he's wrong."
Landlords blamed the problems with the units more on the tenants. However, that still did not stop city inspectors from citing violations that needed to be addressed. A Boston real estate lawyer can tell you more about the types of violations that you need to be on the lookout for, but most of the violations dealt with repairs. Kevin Watters, a Boston landlord said, "A lot of times what happens is tenants move out they leave a lot of things behind, they wreck the place while they live there, so all we have is a very short window in order to take care of these repairs."
Mayor Menino contends that the whole point is to make rentals habitable; not assign blame or fault. The city of Boston just wants to make sure that students have a safe living space. Mayor Menino wants to have the schools more aware of where their students are living too. He said: "It's all about the bottom dollar. It's not about the students. I think colleges should also have a better handle on where their students are moving to."
If you are a tenant who has questions about your rights to certain repairs, make sure to meet with a Boston real estate attorney today. All tenants and landlords have a right to request a rental re-inspection with the Re-inspectional Services Department. For more general information, please visit our Related Resources.
Related Resources:
- Broken Appliances And Landlord Repairs (FindLaw's Boston Real Estate News Blog)
- Call A Boston Real Estate Lawyer (FindLaw)
- Renter's Rights: When Landlord Refuses to Make Repairs (FindLaw's Boston Real Estate News Blog)
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