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Friday, October 23, 2026
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Disability discrimination by landlord

BOSTON — A Massachusetts federal court found that a landlord failed to accommodate a pro se tenant’s reasonable requests for adequate lighting, even floors and a shower bar in her apartment, and likely retaliated against her for complaining about these conditions. The tenant’s claims against city health department employees were improperly pleaded, however.

Read the ruling here.

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