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Housing Court chief urges more judges as eviction-sealing law is implemented
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Chief Justice Diana Horan told the Joint Committee on Housing that the Housing Court is stretched thin and is implementing a new eviction-record sealing statute while managing other operational changes, and she asked the legislature to consider additional judges and resources.
Chief Justice Diana Horan of the Massachusetts Housing Court told the Joint Committee on Housing that the court is handling new duties from recent tenant-protection laws while operating with too few judges and limited staff.
"I'm Diana Horan, Chief Justice of the Housing Court, and I just completed my second year as chief," Horan said, describing the court's jurisdiction and new responsibilities. She told the committee the court travels to 28 locations weekly and described a two-tier process used in summary-process eviction cases…
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