By adamg on Wed., 8/15/2018 - 11:11 am
The Herald reports ISD yesterday shut CubeSmart Self Storage at 968 Mass. Ave. after learning people were paying a couple hundred dollars a month to live in its storage cubes.
Inspectors did not have far to travel: ISD's offices are three or four doors down at 1010 Mass. Ave.
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If someone wanted to challenge the eviction,
By Turalura Lipschitz
Wed, 08/15/2018 - 3:13pm
... (likely with some pro bono help), it might be interesting to hear the arguments about whether the case should be heard in District Court or Housing Court -- two pretty different scenarios.
Show me a Boston judge who will throw you out
By O-FISH-L
Wed, 08/15/2018 - 3:43pm
Show me a Boston judge who will throw you out? The BPD certainly won't, gladly calling this a "civil matter" advising the owner to hire a lawyer and constable/sheriff. People living there should stay, forcing the issue. No judge will toss them unless storage facility gives them new housing and under the law storage facility would have to "store" their belongings under the law.
Convenient location
By Asquare
Thu, 08/16/2018 - 9:08am
Not only is it four doors down from the City Inspectional Services Department, it is also conveniently about four doors in the other direction from Boston Fire Department headquarters. Being located closely in between these two locations, how could they not have known?
In many cases
By ScottB
Thu, 08/16/2018 - 11:43am
Unless the business is of a type which is subject to routine inspections (i.e. a restaurant), the City doesn't take action unless there's a complaint. I could see how someone using that facility for its intended purpose would notice people living in it, but I'm not sure it'd be obvious if one were driving or walking by. I'm guessing this action was in response to a complaint.
Complaints of rodent damaged contents
By anon
Thu, 08/16/2018 - 11:54am
If you look into the reviews, there are complaints about rodents and also about human waste.
Rodents usually equal food storage, and human waste is a sign that people are living there.
What happens to the stuff people stored here?
By Ron Newman
Thu, 08/16/2018 - 10:46am
Other people were using this legally, to store things. What happens to those units if this facility has been closed?
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