Massachusetts SD 2980: EOTC January 2024 - May 2025 Permanent Rental Protections Report

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MASSACHUSETTS TRIAL COURT
FILINGS, ACTIONS, AND DISPOSITIONS
OF SUMMARY PROCESS CASES
Monthly Report on Actions for Summary Process (Evictions)
(General Laws Chapter 239, Section 15)
A Report to the:
Clerk of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
Clerk of the Massachusetts Senate
House Committee on Ways and Means
Senate Committee on Ways and Means
Joint Committee on Housing
Joint Committee on the Judiciary
Submitted by:
Massachusetts Trial Court
Executive Office of the Trial Court
June 2025

Monthly Summary Process (Eviction) Report to Comply with General Laws Chapter 239, Section 15
Introduction
The Executive Office of the Trial Court prepared this report to comply with General Laws Chapter 239, Section 15.
This monthly report summarizes the statute’s reporting requirements and presents summary statistics on eviction filings, actions,
and dispositions from January 2024 through May 2025, as follows:
• Page 2: The number of actions for summary process entered and filed with each court having jurisdiction over an action for
summary process.
• Page 3: The number of default judgments entered, delineated by the reason for the summary process filing.
• Page 4: The number of executions for possessions orders granted, delineated by the reason for the summary process filing.
• Page 5: The number of continuances requested and granted due to pending applications for short-term emergency rental
assistance pursuant to subsection (b).
• Page 6: The number of stays issued due to pending applications for short-term emergency rental assistance pursuant to
subsection (b).
• Page 7: The average length of a continuance and stay granted under said subsection (b).
• Page 8: The number of stays requested, granted or denied pursuant to sections 9 and 10 of chapter 239 of the General Laws.
• Page 9: The number of landlords and tenants participating in pre-trial mediation, and to the extent practicable, the outcome
of each mediation.
• Page 10: The number of landlords and tenants receiving legal representation and legal services through on-site court diversion
and support resources.
Other relevant information pertaining to data on eviction filings, tier-1 and tier-2 events, and executions issued can be found at:
https://public.tableau.com/profile/drap4687.
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(i) Number of Summary Process Cases Filed Within Each Court Jurisdiction
by Month of Case Filing
Court Department
Boston Municipal Court District Court Housing Court
01/202402/202403/202404/202405/202406/202407/202408/202409/202410/202411/202412/202401/202502/202503/202504/202505/2025
0
500
1000
1500
2000
2500
3000
3500
4000
2,9402,969
3,701
3,1143,085
3,579
3,121
3,473
3,573
3,4263,477
2,736
3,045
3,3923,357
3,111
3,429
2,4872,549
3,142
2,6462,640
3,075
2,647
2,9022,9602,8612,932
2,243
2,579
2,8292,854
2,594
2,851
412391
504
410406
459
434
525
571
524
514
452
434
527432
468
532
4129
55
5839
45
40
46
42
41
31
41
32
3671
49
46
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(ii) Number of Default Judgments by Summary Process Action/ Type
01/202402/202403/202404/202405/202406/202407/202408/202409/202410/202411/202412/202401/202502/202503/202504/202505/2025
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
800
900
Number of Cases
763
704
813
687
847
718
737
887
695
797
619
677
848
762 774 772
858
101
107
650
128
558 542
594
524
658
519 536
656
517
565
445 497
567 582 593 616
57
63
76
81
92
71
86
63
83
83
76
72 73
83
92
56
97
78
97
91
97
69
76
72
86
96
81
84
78
86
79
34 35
Cause Foreclosure No Cause Non-payment of rent Other
* Figures reflect the last default judgment entered where there is no subsequent entry of vacated default judgment on summary process cases filed in Municipal/District Court or Housing
Court. For Boston Municipal and District Court, residential eviction cases include a small proportion of cases based on grounds other than non-payment of rent.
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01/202402/202403/202404/202405/202406/202407/202408/202409/202410/202411/202412/202401/202502/202503/202504/202505/2025
0
200
400
600
800
1000
1200
1400
Number of Cases
1,176
1,081
1,132
1,170 1,176
1,106
1,251
1,193
1,160
1,137
1,082 1,077
1,145 1,133
1,154
1,306 1,304
920923
825822821
755763795814821833802826821792
746
809
163182
141138158
129137
144147168177
141
147132
132
156
166
163147
137119113
117116
171
166
184
216
140
186201
196
154
173
3023
14
1514
1315
15
22
13
18
20
1516
12
21
27
2831
37
3939
6351
12
11
7
7
3
2
4
1
(iii) Number of Executions Issued for Possession and/or Money Judgment
by Summary Process Action/ Type
Other Foreclosure Cause No Cause Non-payment of rent
* Figures reflect the last execution issued for possession and/or money judgment on summary process cases filed in Municipal/District Court or Housing Court. For Boston Municipal and
District Court, residential eviction cases include a small proportion of cases based on grounds other than non-payment of rent.
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(iv) Number of continuances requested and granted due to pending
applications for short-term emergency rental assistance pursuant to subsection (b)
01/2024 02/2024 03/2024 04