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Donebrach t1_j6bgw7h wrote

Generally its required that anyone over the age of 18 living it the space needs to be named on the lease (and honestly you WANT this because that makes them equally legally responsible for everything). Its really down to the land lord to decide on what is at issue but there are no restrictions beyond what the lease says and fire code about how many people (adult, named, child or otherwise) occupy a space. I'd search mass.gov for tenant laws and also just read the lease, as what tenancy means it will all be spelled out there.

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Silent_Island_ OP t1_j6e3jhp wrote

Thanks for the advice and info. Am I able to just go up to landlords online and ask for what copies of their lease look like just to see what I should expect?

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Donebrach t1_j6e4shx wrote

Never hurts to ask, but probably down to the individual landlord. Usually a lease is written up once tenants have been chosen. Individual owners probably just use an online generic template (that’s what the family i rented from when I lived in Somerville did) now Im renting from a property management company who had a more custom lease. Basically boils down to a case by case basis. Just be up front with the landlord one who is living in the space. At the end of the day they just want tenants who don’t cause problems and pay rent on time, beyond that the don’t care what sleeping arrangements are.

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