Boston Condominium Conversion Ordinance is adopted.

The ordinance is approved by the Boston City Council and signed by Mayor Kevin White. It requires that most tenants be given at least a one-year notice of conversion and that the elderly poor be given two years. The law passed the City Council on December 26, 1979 by a vote of 7-2, with councilors Flynn and Sansone opposed, saying the law should protect all elderly, handicapped and poor tenants.