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Section 2

Citation
Section 2
Parent Document
Altschuler v. Boston Rent Board, 425 N.E.2d 781 (1981)
Jurisdiction
Massachusetts (state)
Effective Date
1981-09-22

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at 198-199 n.4 (noting “legislative judgment” that tenant’s duty to pay rent is “bound up with” landlord’s duty to maintain premises, as manifested by enactment of G. L. c. 239, § 8A). We therefore hold that it is necessarily implied that the board has at least the general authority to tie a rent increase to compliance with laws governing habitability. Contrast Babson v. Boston Rent Control Admr.,