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Massachusetts residents tell judiciary committee housing courts routinely deny due process in foreclosure and eviction cases
Summary
Scores of residents who said they lost homes or face wrongful eviction described chaotic summary‑process hearings, uncertified constables and missing court records; witnesses asked the legislature to codify existing SJC standards and restore meaningful notice, discovery and indigent assistance in housing and foreclosure cases.
Boston — Dozens of residents and homeowners described chaotic eviction and foreclosure proceedings in Massachusetts housing courts and urged the Joint Committee on the Judiciary to approve legislation they said would restore statutory due‑process protections.
Grace Rungu, who said she was the victim of an alleged foreclosure scam and an ensuing eviction, told the committee her sworn affidavits and supporting public‑record evidence were ignored and that judges dismissed or…
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