Hodess v. Bonefont

After a trial, a judge of the Worcester County Housing Court concluded that the plaintiffs had not established “cause” (under the standards discussed in Spence v. Gormley, 387 Mass. 258 [1982]) to justify the defendant’s eviction from their Green Hill Towers development. We reverse the judgment.

On August 19, 1985, the defendant occupied an apartment under a written lease in the plaintiffs’ 185-unit development. *578The development is financed by the Massachusetts Housing Finance Agency. Living with her were her two sons, David, age sixteen and Raphael, age fifteen. Sometime about 1:30 p.m. on…