Andover Housing Authority v. Shkolnik, 443 Mass. 300 (2005)
- Citation
- Andover Housing Authority v. Shkolnik, 443 Mass. 300 (2005)
- Parent Document
- Andover Housing Authority v. Shkolnik, 443 Mass. 300 (2005)
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- Massachusetts (state)
- Effective Date
- 2005-01-14
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Full Text
1,167 charsThe authority has an equal responsibility to all of its public housing tenants, many of whom are disabled or elderly. General Laws c. 186, § 14, imposes liability on “any lessor or landlord who directly or indirectly interferes with the quiet enjoyment of any residential premises by the occupant.” In Doe v. New Bedford Hous. Auth., 417 Mass. 273, 285 (1994), we stated that “[t]he covenant of quiet enjoyment protects a tenant’s right to freedom from serious interference with [her] tenancy — acts or omissions that impair the character and value of the leasehold.” The interference need not arise directly from the landlord’s conduct. Id. A landlord may be liable as a result of the conduct of third parties if serious interference with a tenancy is a “natural and probable consequence of what the landlord did, what he failed to do, or what he permitted to be done.” Id., quoting Blackett v. Olanoff, 371 Mass. 714, 716 (1977). Here, if the authority failed to take action against the tenants for excessive and largely unabated noise that plainly breached Taylor’s quiet enjoyment of her apartment, such inaction could constitute a violation of G.L. c. 186, § 14.