Housing & Rental Property Related

The new State Sanitary Code, Chapter II - Minimum Standards of Fitness for Human Habitation allows a Board of Health to delay the heating season starting date (105 CMR 410.180). This year, the heating start date is September 30, 2023.

Regulations

105 CMR 410.000 - State Sanitary Code Article II: Minimum Standards of Fitness for Human Habitation

Rental Unit Certification Regulation (Pre-Rental) - Framingham Board of Health Regulation - Local Regulation

Application 

Rental Unit Certification Application - Pre-Rental - Local Requirement

Bed bugs

Bed Bugs Information - CDC

Bed Bugs: Get Them Out & Keep Them Out - EPA

housing

Massachusetts Law About Landlord & Tenant

lead

Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program (CLPPP)

Lead Law in Massachusetts

Lead Brochures & Fact Sheets

Lead & Your Child’s Health

Lead - Finding & Removing Lead Resources

RADON

Testing Your Home for Radon

SUBMETERING

Submetering Electricity in Massachusetts

Submetering Water & Sewer Certification Form - Massachusetts DPH

Submetering Law in Massachusetts for Tenants

Plumbing & Gas Fitting Applications & Forms - Massachusetts Forms

Septic System

Buying or Selling Property with a Septic System

Guidance on Exemptions from Title 5 System Inspections for Certain Inter-Family Transfers of Residential Property