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Re:Abundance Isn't Going to Happen Unless Politicians Are Sc... by amazingamazing on Thursday March 27, 2025 @04:06PM (#43497593)
It's amusing that you picked Massachusetts. You can get rid of all eviction records as part of the Affordable Homes Act.

What this means is that you can rent somewhere, not pay, it will take a minimum of 6 months to get rid of them since they can request RAFT and you must wait until the application is processed before the trial can proceed. After they're successfully evicted, after 4 years of no evictions, they can have it sealed, regardless if the judgement is paid or not.

Repeat. Free rent.

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Re:Abundance Isn't Going to Happen Unless Politicians Are Sc... by lcnPylGDnU4H9OF on Thursday March 27, 2025 @04:20PM (#43497726)
So what does the abuser do for the 4 years they're not able to get an apartment due to the eviction?
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Re:Abundance Isn't Going to Happen Unless Politicians Are Sc... by amazingamazing on Thursday March 27, 2025 @04:50PM (#43498019)
they go to a small landlord who doesn't check for eviction records. most likely after the law evictions will no longer show up in credit reports anyway since the penalties for showing sealed records is high, and it's unclear how you would know they're sealed to begin with.
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