Boston Housing Authority v. Bridgewaters

Emmitt Bridgewaters (Bridgewaters), a tenant in a residential complex owned and operated by the Boston Housing Authority (BHA), appeals from a summary process decision of the Housing Court evicting him and awarding possession of his unit to the BHA. The BHA commenced the summary process action after Bridgewaters pleaded guilty to a series of criminal charges stemming from his assault on his brother, Eric Bridgewa-ters (Eric). Bridgewaters’s principal claim on appeal is that the BHA and the Housing Court failed to consider his entitlement to a reasonable accommodation for a mental illness that…