Somerville Code of Ordinances ch. 7, art. XII § 7-290

The provisions of this article apply to tenanted residential rental property with the following exceptions:

(1)

rental units in a hospital, skilled nursing facility, or health facility;

(2) rental units in a nonprofit facility that has the primary purpose of providing short term treatment, assistance or therapy for alcohol, drug or substance abuse, meant to last thirty or fewer days, where housing is incidental to the recovery program and the client has been informed in writing at the beginning of their stay of the short term, temporary, or transitional nature of the housing;

(3) publicly-assisted housing, as defined in M.G.L. c. 40T, § 1;

(4) public housing units owned or managed by, or with a ground lease from, the local housing authority;

(5) property owned by a college or university occupied exclusively by students;

(6) transfer by devise, descent, or operation of law upon the death of a natural person;

(7) city foreclosed on property pursuant to M.G.L. c. 60, § 77B;

(8) property that is the subject of a government taking by eminent domain or a negotiated purchase in lieu of eminent domain; or,

(9) rental units in a nonprofit facility that provides a structured living environment, has the primary purpose of helping homeless persons obtain the skills necessary for independent living in permanent housing, where occupancy is restricted to a limited and specific period of time no longer than two years, and where the client has been informed in writing at the beginning of their stay of the temporary or transitional nature of the housing.