Housing Authority may evict tenant for keeping controlled substances where evidence shows tenant's purposeful use of apartment for drug consumption over time, even if limited to two occasions within a month.
Restrictive covenant owned by city is property interest beyond zoning board's authority to modify under affordable housing statute, even when covenant prevents affordable housing development.
Comprehensive permit application lacking full filing fee was incomplete until full payment received, allowing regulatory safe harbor to apply and limit Housing Appeals Committee review authority.
Property owners challenged comprehensive permit approval for affordable housing in industrial zone. Court held abutters had standing and Housing Appeals Committee properly weighed planning concerns against regional housing need.
Housing authority properly terminated Section 8 benefits based on police report finding drugs in participant's apartment during arrest of intruder.
Housing authority employee may sue in Superior Court under Wage Act for misclassification and retaliatory discharge, despite civil service protections; reinstatement unavailable remedy.
Section 8 housing subsidy termination upheld where drugs and firearm discovered in tenant's apartment during police search, despite decriminalization of small marijuana amounts.
Housing authority improperly terminated Section 8 benefits without fair process; third-party complaint proper in eviction case; reinstated retroactively.
Engineering firm's alleged promise that wastewater treatment design would cost $200,000 held to be tort claim barred by three-year limitations period, not contract claim.
Reversal of housing authority's termination of rental voucher for failure to report household composition change where authority failed to provide required settlement conference and applicable regulations impermissibly vague.
