{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-40p-3","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 40P, § 3","heading":"Definition of rent control","body":"Section 3. For purposes of this chapter, the words ''rent control'' shall mean:\n(a) any regulation that in any way requires below-market rents for residential properties; and\n(b) any regulation that is part of a regulatory scheme of rent control as defined in clause (a), including the regulation of occupancy, services, evictions, condominium conversion and the removal of properties from such rent control scheme; except that\n(c) this definition does not include the regulation of, or agreements affecting, publicly owned housing, publicly subsidized housing, federally assisted housing, or mobile homes.","path":["Part I","Title VII","Chapter 40P"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleVII/Chapter40P/Section3","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:20:33Z","sha256":"96b5267c55ece5895c82d146ac06ddd639196d15eac50ca3b518b46a152daaf2","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-40p-2","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-40p-4"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}