Phyllis Ndoro v. Maritza Torres (2024)

Citation: Phyllis Ndoro v. Maritza Torres (2024) 1.
Parent Document: Phyllis Ndoro v. Maritza Torres (2024)
Jurisdiction: Massachusetts (state)
Effective Date: 2024-12-11
Original Source: https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/10291534/phyllis-ndoro-v-maritza-torres/ ↗

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1.  Chapter 93A violations.  A summary process defendant in the Housing Court "may assert . . . counterclaims, such as those based on violations of G. L. c. 93A . . . and may seek possession, monetary damages, or other equitable relief."  Federal Nat'l Mtge. Ass'n v. Rego, 474 Mass. 329, 339 (2016).  "[A] failure by a landlord to cure a code violation within a reasonable time after notice constitutes a violation of the landlord-tenant regulations that the Attorney General has promulgated pursuant to G. L. c. 93A, § 2 (c)."  South Boston Elderly Residences, Inc. v. Moynahan, 91 Mass. App. Ct. 455, 470 (2017).  Furthermore, "the Supreme Judicial Court has long recognized that a landlord can violate c. 93A based on a 'substantial and material breach of the implied warranty of habitability.'"  Id., quoting Cruz Mgt. Co. v. Thomas, 417 Mass. 782, 790 (1994).  A tenant who prevails under c. 93A, may be awarded "up to three but not less than two times [actual damages] if the court finds that the use or employment of the act or practice was a willful or knowing violation . . . or that the refusal to grant relief upon demand was made in bad faith."  G. L. c. 93A, § 9 (3).

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