A court has held that a tenant can be evicted for allowing her adult son to live with her when his name was not on the lease along with hers, making him an unlawful occupant. Atlantic Tambone Mgmt. v. Mejia, 2017 WL 4181374 (Mass. Dist. Ct. App. Div. 2017). The reason for the eviction also rested on the fact that the son had stolen a television that had been delivered to the building for another tenant, thus violating a lease provision that prohibited interfering with the quiet enjoyment of neighboring tenants.
See also: Leaseholds
