Legal Opinion
Tedford v. Massachusetts Housing Finance Agency
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided January 5, 1984PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHennessey, C.J.
The plaintiffs, residents of two housing complexes financed by the Massachusetts Housing Finance Agency (MHFA), St. 1966, c. 708 (the Act 4 ), brought separate actions in the Housing Court, Boston Division, against the MHFA and the developers of the two complexes. 5 They sought injunctive and declaratory relief to prevent rent increases and the conversion of the complexes’ master electrical metering systems to individual meters. Both the rent increases and the meter conversions had been approved by the MHFA pursuant to its duty, under § 6 of the Act, to approve the rents charged at…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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