Occupied units. If an owner has an intent to convert an occupied housing accommodation to the condominium or cooperative form of ownership, such owner shall give to each tenant then residing in a unit in such housing accommodation and simultaneously give to the condominium review board a written notice translated into the tenant’s primary language if a need for such translation has been identified or is otherwise apparent to a reasonable person. This notice shall be deemed given on the date when proper notice is delivered in person to the tenant or the date on which the notice is received by the tenant after being sent by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, or the date of service by a deputy sheriff or constable. The notice shall state the following in clear and conspicuous language:
(A)
that the owner intends to file (or has filed) a master deed at the Middlesex South District Registry of Deeds or Land Registration Office in Cambridge, thereby converting the housing accommodation to a condominium; or that the owner intends to file (or has filed) articles of organization with the secretary of the
commonwealth, thereby converting the housing accommodation to a cooperative;
(B)
that the tenant shall have one year from the date the notice is given before the tenant shall be required to vacate the housing accommodation, except:
(I)
that any tenant who qualifies as elderly, disabled, or low/moderate income shall have five years from the date the notice is given before such tenant shall be required to vacate the housing accommodation; or
(II)
if the tenant’s written agreement extends pas when the notice period would elapse, the notice period shall be extended to coincide with the lease period;
(C)