Just this week, I saw a dad in a minivan get out of his car IN THE MIDDLE OF RTE 9, flag down a school bus in traffic, get his 5-year-old out, march him through traffic, and get him on the bus. Amazing!

Yes, which you said in the prior post.

There's a special prize to the driver that pulled out of a side street in front of me riding my scooter yesterday morning, stopped, looked at me approaching him, continued to pull out forcing me to stop, and then yelled that he didn't see me, and blamed me for not driving a car.

The wide fucking open roadscape that emerged during covid. So few cars on the road and the ones out there took full advantage.

The dependable flow of stories of drivers winding up on the the B or C line tracks always amuses me. IMHO should be automatic permanent loss of license, obviously the person is either too drunk or too senile to be on the road.

Moved out of state for a while, and drivers in the new state more often than not gave me a wide berth once they came close enough to see my Mass plates.

It’s me. Never had really any car accident at all for about 12 years of driving a car. 6 months after moving here I rear end someone in the most nondescript rotary in the suburbs.

>the 9

West coaster detected

You should go after her if she doesn’t pay rent. They are screwing you over AND making it harder for you to help yourself by subletting. Scumbags

Not to be a Debbie Downer, but I don't think most towns have been given a chance to prove they are going along with the new law yet.

The only deadline for compliance so far has been filling out a form.

And trees before that.

Check the lease for a clause about a landlords right to show the space/enter unit. They can’t deny you showing the space.

Conversation with roommates first. If that fails then conversation with a housing attorney.

Of he deleted this Post. Ha

Thank you for reminding me of that. I plan on contacting him soon as she just told me she will not pay rent next month. I told her if she withholds rent I will sue her in small claims court for the money owed.

You still need to make your landlord aware of this, shitty or not. Communicate via email as well as by phone to serve as a documentation of the issue.

This is all hypothetical - but I don’t know that I could.

I don’t think I’d want to rent it out myself, since I don’t really want to be a landlord. There’s enough to deal with at my own place. I don’t want to deal with collecting rent, and managing the property. (That’s assuming I COULD sub-lease it, and that the lease wouldn’t end at my parents death.)

If I have my own place, I might not want to renovate another, then move. I might not be able to afford it. Even cheap rent is still rent. Renovations are expensive. (And as a rental, I still don’t own it, so I can’t just change whatever I want how I want.)

I think the bigger point I’m suggesting is that even with rent control, the turnover can still be pretty long. There’s also other factors - like after college, I was single. So I find a bachelor pad - really cheap, and rent controlled - but what if I start a relationship, and start a family - do I stay cramped in a cheap apartment, or find something bigger? (The same could be said about a new job - if I keep the cheap housing, is it worth doubling my commute?)

I could see rent control actually encouraging a bit of stagnation in housing. I’d rather see rents in general coming down on their own, or maybe making it easier to buy in like a condo style apartment instead.

We aren't, but you also literally can't without sprawling too far from the central areas to be able to commute. That's why we need multifamily housing, as denser land use lets more people be close to the target location. It's also why single families would naturally be more expensive than a unit of multifamily (since they represent a potential of many more units of redeveloped), but that's absent the artificial influence of zoning.

> Many of these other commenters already have their beliefs and are unwilling to have them challenged by deflecting or posting one (1) study that aligns with their beliefs.

This is a much better description of OP than the commenters.

I didn’t say you lived in Chelsea. I said it was clear you have very little context on the changes that have taken place here and in the surrounding areas.

Think about it though… if they evict you because you suddenly pass some arbitrary threshold, that would discourage you from seeking higher paying jobs.

Amateur housing wonk, glad to talk about it, DM me if you want to know about local housing advocacy groups. :)

As things become more desirable, they become more expensive. Things don’t rise in prices because someone decided to make them more expensive. A thing rises in price because someone is willing to pay a higher price for it. The only way to reduce the price of housing is to build more houses, ie, change the balance of supply and demand. Outside of market forces, low income housing programs exist. But you can’t make an entire city into low income housing. If you want cheaper housing, move further away from the city, or move to a less desirable city. Or figure out how to leverage the growth and the desirability of the city you are currently in, to increase your income so that you can continue to live there and grow with it.

I'm not sure this is exactly the law in the Boston area but I would surmise it is at least similar. You might consider seeing if you are eligible for legal advise from Greater Boston Legal Services (GBLS). GBLS serves low income families and individuals (earning up to 125% of the poverty level, $33,125 for a family of 4 in 2021, or up to 200% in limited circumstances.) You can call: 617-371-1234

https://www.justia.com/real-estate/landlord-tenant/information-for-tenants/roommates-and-guests/

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NOTE: I am not a lawyer and this is not legal advice. For legal advice contacted a licensed lawyer in your area.

I never said that I live in Chelsea? I was giving examples of areas that are being gentrified and fellow Bostonians have re-educated me on #2

I shop at Market Basket and am thankful for it

Thank you for sharing your experience