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With hundreds of thousands of Massachusetts residents behind on rent or mortgage payments, housing advocates are eyeing the state budget as a possible vehicle to expand assistance and protections for
After the expiration of Massachusettsâ eviction moratorium, hundreds of renters in Berkshire County found eviction notices taped to their doors.
In the month after Oct. 17, when the moratorium was lifted, 327 14-day notices were served through the Berkshire County Sheriffâs Office. During the same period last year, 102 were served.
Although a notice to quit formally communicates a landlordâs intent to terminate the lease, tenants do not have to leave their housing until a court orders an execution after hearing the case.
âThe wave that we were all concerned with has definitely arrived,â said Elton Ogden, president of the Berkshire Housing Development Corp. and Berkshire Housing Services.