Housing

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• Proposed Carbon Monoxide Alarm Amendments to 105 CMR 410.000
• Effective March 16, 2005, MGL c. 186, s. 22 authorizes landlords of residential property to separately charge tenants for actual water and sewer service costs provided that all of the comprehensive requirements of the law are met including the filing of a “Submetering of Water and Sewer Certification Form” with the local board of health.

The following list includes forms, memos to the local boards of health, guidelines, regulations, and decisions and interpretations on regulations.

• Emergency Condemnation and Order to Vacate Letter  (PDF) | RTF

• Fire Department Requests for Chapter II Sanitary Code Inspections: Opinion from the General Counsel   (PDF) | RTF

• Heating Systems and Enforcement of the Housing Code (PPT) | RTF

• Housing Regulations* (PDF) | RTF
  State Sanitary Code Chapter II

• Legal Remedies for Tenants of Residential Housing (PDF) | RTF

• Massachusetts Department of Public Health (MDPH) Interpretation of "Reasonable Access" (PDF) | RTF

• Memo to Local Boards of Health and Code Enforcement Agencies Regarding Housing Inspections and the Child Abuse Reporting Statue (M.G.L. C.119,s51A) (February 24, 1997) (PDF) | RTF

• Microwave/Convection Oven as an Allowable Oven (PDF) | RTF

• Nonfatal, Unintentional, Non-Fire-Related Carbon Monoxide Exposures – United States, 2004–2006
  from CDC

• The Responsibility of Property Owners to Pay for Water and Sewer Charges under the State Sanitary Code  (PDF) | RTF

• Storm Fact Sheet

• Submetering Memo (PDF) | Word

• Submetering Certification Form  (PDF) | Word

• Temporary Overnight Shelters Guidelines (PDF) | RTF

• Violations of the State Sanitary Code and Municipal Zoning Ordinances: Should Housing Violations Be Corrected in Illegal Units? (PDF) | RTF

*Disclaimer: Please be advised that the following does not constitute the official version of this regulation. As is the case with all state regulations, official versions are available from the Secretary of the Commonwealth's State Publications and Regulations Division, through the State Bookstore. For the official version, contact the State Bookstore in Boston at (617) 727-2834.