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DRAFT FOR ATTORNEY REVIEW — NOT FINAL

Section 32D

Citation
Section 32D
Parent Document
Doe v. New Bedford Housing Authority, 630 N.E.2d 248 (1994)
Jurisdiction
Massachusetts (state)
Effective Date
1994-03-14

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The defendant's position as a public housing authority also does not affect its liability, because, as we have noted, "[a]lthough in certain respects a public body, the [housing authority] in carrying on its housing functions is submissible to and must abide by the ordinary substantive law of the Commonwealth — the rules of contract, tort, and so forth.... In its relations with its tenants, [the housing authority] has rights and duties like those of other landlords: this appears from many decided cases.... And, like other landlords, [the housing authority] is under duties as prescribed by G.L.c. 111, §§ 127A-127N, including the duty to maintain residential properties in accordance with the minimal standards established by the State Sanitary Code." (Citations omitted.) Perez v. Boston Hous. Auth., 379 Mass. 703, 727-728 (1980).