Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 40P § 3

Current through Chapters 1 to 249 and Chapters 253 to 255 of the 2024 Legislative Session

Section 40P:3 - Definition of rent control

For purposes of this chapter, the words "rent control" shall mean:

(a) any regulation that in any way requires below-market rents for residential properties; and

(b) any regulation that is part of a regulatory scheme of rent control as defined in clause (a), including the regulation of occupancy, services, evictions, condominium conversion and the removal of properties from such rent control scheme; except that

(c) this definition does not include the regulation of, or agreements affecting, publicly owned housing, publicly subsidized housing, federally assisted housing, or mobile homes.

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 40P, § 3