This chart shows that Massachusetts’s Southeast Housing Court has granted landlords the ability to evict more households than any other Massachusetts jurisdiction during the pandemic, though it handled a smaller caseload than most sister courts. Eastern: 150 Metro South: 152 Western: 155 Northeast: 401 Central: 445 Southeast: 535
Data reflects executions, a court order that allows a landlord to evict a tenant, issued on residential cases for non-payment of rent. All cases shown here were filed after Massachusetts’ state moratorium on evictions expired.