by Jeffrey Turk | May 26, 2021 | Landlord & Tenant
TURK & MILONE, LLP – LEGAL SEMINAR A LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL? The current and future state of COVID-19 Landlord-Tenant Restrictions With the anticipated lifting of the COVID-19 State of Emergency on June 15, 2021 and the impending expiration of the CDC...
by Jeffrey Turk | Aug 27, 2020 | Property Managers
We all remember 5th grade social studies, right? Well if you do, you surely recall the Constitutional mandate that a census be taken every ten (10) years in order to re-apportion the representation each state has in the United States Congress. In March, 2020, the...
by Jeffrey Turk | Jun 13, 2018 | Landlord & Tenant
I recently had the “pleasure” of testifying on behalf of the real estate industry against the so-called “Just Cause Eviction” ordinance. As I listened to the testimony (and catcalls from the gallery), I heard terms like “slumlord”...
by Jeffrey Turk | Jun 13, 2018 | Landlord & Tenant
On May 15, 2018, the Massachusetts Supreme Court issued a ruling requiring summary process actions to be commenced only in the name of the “owner or lessor” of the property. While previous cases were permitted to be commenced in the name of the managing agent, who...
by Jeffrey Turk | Jul 14, 2017 | Fair Housing, Landlord & Tenant, Property Managers
On November 16, 2016, HUD published the long-awaited “Final Rules” concerning the implementation of the Violence Against Women’s Act (VAWA). While VAWA was originally enacted by Congress in 1994, these Final Rules were intended to clarify and effectuate the law in a...
