Entis v. Brookline Rent Control Board

This is an action for judicial review of the decision of the trial judge annulling the defendant’s decision granting an exemption from rent control of the property owned by the defendant-landlord, Walter Kwan and Sharon Wong.

On May 31, 1983, Walter K. Kwan and Sharon H. Wong applied to the *203Brookline Rent Control Board for a Certificate of Exemption with reference to their property at 11 Babcock Street, Brookline, Massachusetts. The property was described (in the application) as an “owner-occupied 3-family dwelling”, with the applicant-owners living in the third floor unit. The affidavit…