Sudarov v. Brookline Rent Control Board

This action is an appeal by plaintiff (tenant) of the trial court’s decision affirming the defendant Brookline Rent Control Board’s (board) grant of a certificate of eviction to defendant Moshe Lustig (landlord). The purpose of the eviction is to permit landlord to remove an illegal unit from housing use. We affirm.

In 1981, a four dwelling unit building was legally converted to three units, with landlord occupying the unit that had been two units prior to conversion. Thereafter, in 1988, landlord illegally divided his unit back into two units and rented one of the units to tenant, while…