Temporary Emergency Order by the Commissioner of Public Health and the City Manager Establishing a Moratorium on Eviction Enforcement and Non-Essential Entry by Property Owners and Their Agents into Occupied Dwelling Units

The record

Jurisdiction

City of Cambridge, Massachusetts · Boston · Massachusetts

Level

City

Authority

Statutory and regulatory authority to take emergency public health measures 'including ordering a change in standard operating procedures in private businesses' (recital); G.L. c. 111

Issued

2020-04-03 Apr. 3, 2020

Effective

2020-04-03 ('effective immediately') (read as 2020-04-03)

End

Amended July 23, 2020 (adding requirements for all real estate showings of occupied units); rescinded effective June 15, 2021 (Ex. 039) (read as 2020-07-23)

In force

Apr. 3, 2020 to July 23, 2020

Quarters

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

Limitation types

Other

Addressees

• all landlords, property owners, their agents and employees in Cambridge
• residential and commercial tenants

Functions reached

• PM property management (evictions, entry)
• SH showings of occupied units barred
• CM commercial landlords (commercial evictions barred)
• SV lenders' servicing and collections

Collection

Boston MET-BOS

Operative words

1. Notwithstanding the provisions of M.G.L. c. 186, M.G.L. c. 239 or any general or special law to the contrary, no Landlord shall enforce an eviction for any reason upon a tenant in Cambridge, either residential or commercial, during the pendency of this Emergency Order; 2. No Landlord shall access or seek to access any tenant's occupied dwelling unit for non-essential purposes, including but not limited to general inspections, showing...

Enforcement

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