Dopazo v. Brookline Rent Control Board

This action seeks judicial review of a judge’s reversal of an order by the defendant, Brookline Rent Control Board (“the Board”) denying a Certificate of Exemption to the plaintiff, Angel Dopazo, with respect to the premises located at 36 Davis Avenue, Brookline, Massachusetts.

The record discloses that the plaintiff applied for a Certificate of Exemption with respect to the subject property on February 14,1985, on the basis that it was an “owner-occupied two-family or three-familyhouse” within the meaning of Section 3(b) (5) of Article XXXVIII of the By-Laws of the Town of Brookline, commonly…