This training is for community and lay advocates, mediators, housing and legal advocates, and others interested in having a better understanding of tenants' rights in Massachusetts. The training focuses on evictions, getting repairs made, rents, and housing discrimination. While the eviction process part of the program applies to all tenants, the training focuses primarily on rights of tenants in private housing. Materials include Legal Tactics: Tenants' Rights in Massachusetts.
Course Content
9:30am - 9:45am
9:45am - 10:30am
10:30am - 10:40am
10:40am - 11:25am
11:25am - 11:45am
11:45am - 12:30pm
12:30pm - 1:00pm
1:00pm - 1:45pm
1:45pm - 1:55pm
1:55pm - 2:40pm
2:40pm - 3:05pm
3:05pm - 3:30pm
Speakers
Chair- Annette R. Duke, Esq., MLRI, Boston
- David Brown, Esq., Community Legal Aid, Worcester
- Hed Ehrlich, Esq., Greater Boston Legal Services, Boston
- Colleen Joanna Hibbert-Kapler, Esq., South Coastal Counties Legal Service/Fall River, Fall River
- Maureen R. St. Cyr, Esq., Massachusetts Fair Housing, Holyoke
- Quinten Steenhuis, Esq., Suffolk University Law School, Boston
- Patricia Whiting, Esq., Harvard Legal Aid Bureau, Cambridge
