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https://www.nadeauharkavy.com/massachusetts-law-about-snow-and-ice-removal-what-every-property-owner-needs-to-know/#:~:text=As%20to%20rental%20property%2C%20landlords,cannot%20avoid%20this%20by%20lease.

In Massachusetts, all property owners can be held responsible for failing to remove snow and ice from their property. As to rental property, landlords have a primary obligation for snow removal. The State Sanitary Code provides that the owner shall maintain all means of egress at all times in a safe, operable condition and keep exterior stairways free of snow and ice. A landlord cannot avoid this by lease. A landlord may require a tenant to be responsible for snow removal in a lease only where the property has an independent means of egress under the tenant’s exclusive use or control not shared with other tenants or occupants. The landlord is still ultimately liable for someone hurt on the property due to dangerous snow or ice even if the landlord has a lease holding a tenant responsible for snow removal. See 105 CMR 410.000: MINIMUM STANDARDS OF FITNESS FOR HUMAN HABITATION (STATE SANITARY CODE, CHAPTER II).

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• 非常感谢柠檬大师花时间给出的清楚回复！看来这事真是麻烦，似乎我们这情况不能要求租客除雪，有什么解决办法吗？可不可以用我们雇租客除 -jiuyuer- ♀ (77 bytes) () 05/19/2021 postreply 07:11:19

• 和邻居商量一下，给邻居点钱让他们去请人也好自己除也好。最好不要雇房客。 -柠檬椰子汁- ♂ (128 bytes) () 05/19/2021 postreply 07:32:41

• 谢谢柠檬大师的建议。好的，我们和邻居商量，最好让邻居代做，给他们点钱，因为这个本来就是两家共用一条楼梯，共用一个车库，都是公共地 -jiuyuer- ♀ (0 bytes) () 05/19/2021 postreply 11:02:58