Boston
City. Includes Dorchester, Roxbury, East Boston, Brighton, Allston, South Boston
60 sample addresses here. Demo addresses: 69-71 Westland Av, 33 Ward St, 1619 Commonwealth Av, 88 Gardner St, 32 Garrison St, 13 Shetland St, 41-43 Edgerly Rd, 11 Cortes St, 63 Bailey St, 40-42 Clearway St, 38 Kenilworth St, 90 Bickford St, 81 Westland Av, Willowwood St, 18-34 Kingbird Rd, 123 Condor St, Harvard St, 101 Norfolk St, 459 Beacon St, 75 Elm Hill Av, 112-114 Amory St, 25 Everett St, 16 Queensberry St, 473 Harvard St, 115 Kilsyth Rd, 72 Burbank St, 1850-1848 Commonwealth Av, 194 Havre St, 2986-2930 Washington St, 499 Beacon St, 170-172 Maverick St, 21-23 Faulkner St, 191 Park Dr, 663 Massachusetts Av, 30 Medfield St, 85-87 Sierra Rd, 30 West Howell St M-D, 471 Columbia Rd, Harvard St Lot 2a-13, 53-55 Ashford St, 25 Orlando St, 26 Sonoma St, 73 Lubec St, 16 Brainerd Rd, 368 Riverway St, 230 Everett St, St James St, Greenville St, 45 Myrtle St, 170 W Springfield St, 10 Camelot Ct, 12 Blackwood St, 231 Commonwealth Av, 610 Columbus Av, 4 Beechwood St, 2-98 Dabney St, 115 Norway St, 24 St Albans Rd, 20 Phillips St, 197 Beacon St.
As of Oct 1, 2026Engine run
Sources retrieved Oct 1, 2026.
How much can my rent go up?
- An Act petition for a special law authorizing the city of Boston to implement rent stabilization and tenant eviction proCity lawProposed, not lawDepends on: Conditions not extracted yet.
- Prohibition on local rent controlState lawIn forceDepends on: Conditions not extracted yet.
When can they end my tenancy?
- Deliver tenant rights notice when ending tenancyCity lawIn forceDepends on: Applies to all landlords and foreclosing owners intending to end a tenancy or post-foreclosure occupancy of a unit in Boston.
- Written 14-day notice to quit for nonpaymentState lawIn forceDepends on: Conditions not extracted yet.
How much deposit can they ask?
- Limit on amounts charged at the start of a tenancyState lawIn forceDepends on: Conditions not extracted yet.
What can they charge me to apply?
- Fee paid by the party that contracted with the brokerState lawIn forceDepends on: Conditions not extracted yet.
- Limit on amounts required at the start of a tenancyState lawIn forceDepends on: Conditions not extracted yet.
What can they check about me?
- No blanket criminal-record denials; individual reviewCity lawIn forceDepends on: Applies to housing providers receiving DND funding and/or land, or with income-restricted units created under the BPDA Inclusionary Development Policy.
- Prohibit housing discrimination on protected groundsCity lawIn forceDepends on: Applies to housing in the City of Boston.
- No discriminatory denial of covered housingState lawIn forceDepends on: Housing described in subsection 6 as publicly assisted, multiple dwelling, or contiguously located.
Can rent-setting software be used on my rent?
- Prohibition on algorithmic rent settingState lawProposed, not lawDepends on: Conditions not extracted yet.
- An Act relative to preventing algorithmic rent fixing in the rental housing marketState lawProposed, not lawDepends on: Conditions not extracted yet.