Some people are idiots

[UserRemoved1]

what he said. section 8 sux. abusal is an understatement. tenant is responsible for this stuff i believe, that's why they have renters insurance. good luck getting paid though if they're section 8....

Originally Posted by nightfighter

Maybe this is a blessing in disguise, if he wants them out as tenants... A call to the health or building dept. to make inhabitable, DUE TO TENANT ACTION. Tenant should be liable for damages, which won't be completely known until everything is thawed, or busted.
40B/Section 8 has its place, but I think it is abused 75% of the time, on both tenant and landlord sides.

[BigFish]

Yup! Blood from a stone! The only way you save money here is to avoid going to court and paying the Lawyers!!!

[labrax]

Happened to my Dad and Mom when they had a triple decker in Dorchester. Dad did all the remodeling and was taken to court for lead paint by a scumbag tenant that would not pay the rent. I believe they were backed up by city at the time - problem is no one inspected it - there was not a bit of lead paint in there. Judge threw that out, but hassle and expense of defending it for no reason. We eventually moved out and rented it for a while - until another tenant did the same thing as you experienced - burst the pipes on the third floor and just about ruined the place. They gave it to HUD. Big mistake as it probably is worth 500k now (30yrs later)

[Diggin Jiggin]

My parents had a second floor pipe burst when we were on vacation and no one was home. The heat was on but the pipe still froze as I guess it was run thru an area that wasn't adequately heated or insulated.

They live at the end of a dirt road with not many neighbors and by the time we found out about it, water was coming out thru the first floor shingles, the ceilings came down and the entire house ended up getting gutted right back to the studs..