The city has a path to sustainably offer homes for people of all income levels, on its own terms – but it must be planned properly.
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Somerville meetings, April 20-27: Police cameras and staying out late for World Cup games
Take part in meetings on water, sewage and cop cameras; plans for a month of World Cup; and remaking 90 Washington St.
Cambridge meetings, April 13-20: Another zigzag on Garden Street and multi-income housing
Take part in meetings on a massive energy project, social housing, traffic changes (or not) on Garden Street and Gold Star Mothers park.
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Somerville meetings, April 13-20: Displacement and affordability, a change of use in Union Square
Take part in meetings on finances for the school district, displaced people and creation of affordable homes and a wish not to build Union Square offices.
Affordable housing and space for Public Works are priorities at six Cambridge-owned properties
Affordable housing and room for a squeezed Department of Public Works was top of mind at a Monday roundtable in Cambridge.
Somerville meetings, April 6-13: Police cameras and a new two-school campus
Take part in meetings on progress toward a new school, police body camera funding and bike lanes at the Elm-Beacon Connector project.
Somerville meetings, March 30-April 6: Affordable homes overlay zoning … and doughnuts
Take part in meetings on 90 Washington and new school plans, affordable homes overlay zoning and hours a Winter Hill Dunkin’.
Plan for affordable homes on Porter Street is a capstone as Johnston retires from CHA
Amid speeches, work got done, including moves toward developing land at 16-28 Porter St., Wellington-Harrington, near the Somerville city line.
Entering a budget cycle $5.9M in the red, Somerville city councilors are united on priorities
Somerville city councilors know their wish lists for the city might not happen, but the shared themes were deemed “really striking.”
Cambridge Housing Authority, now a regional force in affordable homes, appoints a chief executive
Clara Fraden, a Cambridge resident who has been at the Cambridge Housing Authority eight years, is the agency’s new chief executive.