Park Terrace Associates Limited Partnership v. Taylor

The defendant is appealing from the judgment of immediate possession rendered for the plaintiff in a summary process action. The defendant claims the trial court erred in holding (1) that “lapse of time” was a proper basis for termination of a federally subsidized § 8 tenancy, (2) that the “desire to rent at a higher rental” constituted “good cause” for termination, and (3) that there was sufficient evidence to support a finding of such “good cause.”

The plaintiff lessor and the defendant lessee entered into a written lease commonly designated as a § 8 lease pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1437f and…