Massachusetts General Laws
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 186A, § 2 (2026)
Eviction of tenants prohibited; exceptions
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Section 2. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, a foreclosing owner shall not evict a tenant except for just cause or unless a binding purchase and sale agreement has been executed for a bona fide third party to purchase the housing accommodation from a foreclosing owner.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3
cases, 2011–2015 · leading case: Fed. Nat'l Mortg. Ass'n v. Nunez, 952 N.E.2d 923 (Mass. 2011).
Fed. Nat'l Mortg. Ass'n v. Nunez, 952 N.E.2d 923 (Mass. 2011). “186A, §§ 1-2, the prohibition against evictions without cause in G. L. c. 186A, § 2, is prospective in that it does not apply to acts of eviction committed by a foreclosing owner before August 7, 2010, but does apply to acts of eviction committed after that effective date.”
Wenzel v. Sand Canyon Corp., 841 F. Supp. 2d 463 (D. Mass. 2012). “” M.G.L. c. 186A, § 2 (emphasis added). The term “tenant” is defined as “a person or a group of persons *484 who at the time of foreclosure is entitled to occupy a housing accommodation pursuant to a bona fide lease or tenancy or a tenancy at will.”
Grandoit v. R.J. Leyden, LLC, 2015 Mass. App. Div. 107 (Mass. Dist. Ct., App. Div. 2015). “First, Grandoit asserted that Leyden breached a duty owed to him pursuant to G.L.c. 186A, §§2 and 3, when Leyden failed to provide him notice that it was the foreclosing owner, contact information required under §3, and notice of rights prior to the sending of a notice to quit.”
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