It was just a matter of time, mortgages, taxes, maintenance, income; they all have to come from somewhere and what happens when the eviction control ends? Setup for failure from the very beginning.

from newspaper:

Massachusetts landlords in need of rent payments are hoping a federal judge will soon end the state’s eviction ban amid the coronavirus pandemic, a lawyer representing property owners tells the Herald.

Landlords in a federal lawsuit in Boston’s U.S. District Court are arguing that the eviction moratorium is unconstitutional, said attorney Richard Vetstein, lead counsel for the property owners.

The suit is against the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development.

“The state has never taken this drastic step,” Vetstein said of the eviction freeze on Wednesday.

“Our main thrust is there’s never been a whole moratorium on the filing of evictions in the history of the Commonwealth,” added Vetstein, who also has a state lawsuit pending in Suffolk Superior Court.

Vetstein is representing Marie Baptiste, a nurse who owns rental property in Randolph. Her tenants owe her about $20,000 in back rent, and that figure is expected to climb to $25,000 by October when the moratorium would expire at the earliest.

Gov. Charlie Baker on Tuesday extended the moratorium from August to October.

“She’s a blue-collar nurse, and is in serious financial difficulty because of this,” Vetstein said. “When a tenant can’t pay, that burden flows down to the landlords.”