"Massachusetts residents have filed more than 6,000 requests to remove their eviction records from public view since a law allowing them to do so took effect a year ago...
'With these cases removed [from] their records, they have been able to leave shelters, secure accessible housing for themselves and their disabled children and become eligible for subsidies,' said Sophie Gillard, a paralegal with Greater Boston Legal Services. The organization helped almost 500 people file petitions to seal their eviction records."