Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 79A, § 2

Relocation advisory agency; necessity of qualification prior to displacement of occupants

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Section 2. No acquisition, rehabilitation, demolition, or other improvement which shall involve the displacement of occupants of dwelling units or business units shall be made unless and until the bureau has qualified a relocation advisory agency to give relocation assistance to the occupants to be displaced. Any agency, public or private, may be qualified by the bureau to act as a relocation agency until such time as the bureau may, on stated grounds, withdraw qualifications; or the bureau may qualify any agency, public or private, proposed by a displacing agency to act as a relocation agency with respect to particular acquisitions. The bureau may qualify a displacing agency to act as the relocation agency with respect to particular acquisitions.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 4 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1979–2025 · leading case: Department of Community Affairs v. Massachusetts State College Building Authority

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Department of Community Affairs v. Massachusetts State College Building Authority (1979) mass · cites it 2× “G. L. c. 79A, §§ 2, 4, 5, 8, 9,10,12. The key provision of the Act is found in § 3: "Any public agency, or any person authorized to take by eminent domain, including corporations established under the provisions of [G.”

West Broadway Task Force v. Boston Housing Authority (1993) mass · cites it 2× “G. L. c. 79A, §§ 2, 6. To condition assistance on whether the agency can order the tenants to vacate puts the cart before the horse.”

Elm Shank & Heel Co. v. Commonwealth (1988) mass “See G. L. c. 79A, § 2. On August 25, 1981, the plaintiff received notice that, by an order of taking recorded on August 17, 1981, the plaintiff’s real property at 25 Marshall’s Wharf in Lynn had been taken by eminent domain.”

BROCKTON REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY v. EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF HOUSING AND LIVABLE COMMUNITIES & Another (2025) massappct “Pursuant to G. L. c. 79A, § 2, the authority hired Steven Mollica of W.”

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