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A Massachusetts rental application provides an organized method for landlords to collect information on potential tenants. This document allows landlords to uniformly collect information about the applicants who wish to enter into a lease agreement with the landlord and move into their apartment or rental property.
Rental applications collect personal and sensitive information and indicate to the landlord whether or not an applicant would be considered an ideal tenant. Landlords look at previous bankruptcies, past evictions, often include a credit check to find out the potential tenant's credit score and income, and may also include a background check to help the landlord find their ideal tenant. However, federal fair housing laws prevent them from excluding a tenant based on their sexual orientation, color, creed, disability, weight, race, religion, or country of origin.
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If you're looking to rent, you should understand that signing a rental agreement means entering into a legally binding contract with the landlord or property management company. Before the lease agreement or rental agreement is offered, you'll generally first need to apply through a rental application.
A rental application collects basic information about you to determine if you are a good fit and that you can afford to rent the property. However, under both state and federal law, you do have rights as a renter.
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To create a rental application to screen prospective tenants, a landlord may decide to write their own Massachusetts rental application form.
Massachusetts Legal Aid Tenant's Rights
Massachusetts delegates that a security deposit for real estate may not exceed the equivalent of one month’s rent. Additionally, the landlord must pay the tenant 5% interest per year or the interest paid by a Massachusetts bank. When the lease is terminated, the landlord has 30 days after the lease termination to return the tenant’s deposit (Mass. Gen. Laws Ann. Ch. 186, § 15B).
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