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Council continues review of expanded tenant protections for condo and co-op conversions

5937457 · September 24, 2025
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Summary

A proposed ordinance to extend displacement protections for tenants in condo or corporate cooperative conversions — including expanding coverage to non-owner occupied two-plus unit buildings and lengthening notice — remains in committee after a committee hearing that emphasized enforcement, protected classes and administrative capacity.

The Boston City Council continued consideration of a proposal to extend displacement protections for tenants facing condominium and corporate cooperative conversion. Committee members and city housing officials discussed aligning a city ordinance with the state Affordable Homes Act and expanding protections to more rental units.

Councilor Coletta Zapata, chair of the Committee on Government Operations,…

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