Cobble Hill Apartments Co. v. McLaughlin

This is a summary process action to evict a disabled tenant from federally subsidized housing. Judgment for possession was entered in favor of the plaintiff, and the defendant-tenant filed this Dist./Mun. Cts. R. A D. A., Rule 8C appeal.

Defendant Sandra McLaughlin resides at the Cobble Hill Apartments in Somer-ville, a complex consisting of four buildings with a total of 224 residential units. All apartments in three of the buildings are rented exclusively to elderly or disabled tenants. The fourth building provides housing for low and moderate income families. Federal rental assistance is…