Renters’ Rights: What to look for when you look for an apartment
One of the key issues that the Lawyers’ Committee addresses in its Fair Housing Program is discrimination against renters as they look for apartments. State and federal laws protect renters from...
View ArticleLead Paint Victim Obtains Subsidized Housing
A single mother from Honduras with three young children, the elder with severe autism, the second with an elevated blood lead level of 18, shared a single room in a Chelsea apartment. The landlord...
View ArticleCelebrating Black History Month With Mass. Housing
Massachusetts Housing Finance Agency began as an independent public authority in 1966 charged by the Legislature to increase access to affordable housing in the Commonwealth. Since then they have gone...
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