BOSTON (WHDH) - Massachusetts’ eviction prevention policy is set to expire Friday unless lawmakers extend it.

Chapter 257 requires eviction cases to hold when a tenant has a pending application for rental aid.

More than 100 organizations have endorsed an extension, saying Bay Staters could be displaced without it.

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