The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- City of Somerville, Massachusetts · Boston · Massachusetts
- Level
- City
- Authority
- 310 CMR 11.05; 105 CMR 300.200; G.L. c. 111, s. 30; City Council Resolutions 209936 and 209943
- Issued
- 2020-03-27 Mar. 27, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-03-27
- End
- Amended Feb. 1, 2021; revoked and replaced June 17, 2021 (Ex. 064); extended Sept. 9, 2021 to Apr. 30, 2022 (Ex. 066); sunset Apr. 21, 2022 (read as 2021-06-30)
- In force
- Mar. 27, 2020 to June 30, 2021
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Other
- Addressees
- all landlords and owners in Somerville
- residential and commercial tenants
- Functions reached
- PM property management
- SH showings barred
- CM commercial landlords
- SV lenders' collections
- Collection
- Boston MET-BOS
Operative words
1. Notwithstanding MGL c. 186, MGL c. 239 or any general or special law to the contrary, no landlord and/or owner shall enforce an eviction upon a resident of Somerville, residential or commercial, during this public health crisis. 2. No landlord and/or owner shall access or seek to access a tenant's dwelling space for purposes such as general inspections, displaying units to potential future tenants and other non-critical activities.
Enforcement
Notes
Recites that 'the eviction of commercial residents could decrease essential services... and would further reduce the ability of businesses to generate revenue'.