Hodess v. Bonefont

This is an action brought in the Housing Court by the owners of Greenhill Towers, a multi-unit residential development in Worcester, to evict the defendant from a unit she occupied with her three children. After a trial, the judge ordered the entry of judgment for the defendant tenant for possession. The plaintiffs appealed to the Appeals Court and that court reversed the judgment. 23 Mass. App. Ct. 577 (1987). We granted the tenant’s application for further appellate review, and we now affirm the judgment of the Housing Court.

Greenhill Towers is owned by the plaintiffs and financed by the…