Harman v. Waugh

This is a summary process action in which judgment for possession was entered, after trial, in favor of the plaintiff-landlord. The defendant-tenant has appealed pursuant to Dist./Mun. Cts. R. A. D. A, Rule 8C.

The record indicates that Bessette Realty Trust is the owner of a twenty-two unit apartment building at 224 Massachusetts Ave. in Arlington, Mass. The defendant has been a tenant at that property since July 1,1996 under a Federal Section 8 Certificate Program. Section 9A of the parties’ written lease expressly provides for the termination of a tenancy on the grounds of a serious or…