The Mid-Cambridge Neighborhood Conservation District should be allowed to expire – at least it should be prevented from reviewing multifamily houses and affordable units.
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Fix inclusionary and multifamily zoning at the same time and get affordable homes built
The council should remember the first inclusionary ordinance at 11.5 percent was aggressive and worked. Correcting both inclusionary and MFZ makes perfect sense.
Cambridge meetings, Aug. 10-17: Sewer overflows and a free public shuttle service
Take part in meetings on CSO plan office hours and an advisory committee, housing authority business and how to use a free shuttle service.
Cars drive debate at a meeting about 350 Rindge Ave. affordable housing and its future Ferro’s grocery store
Ferro’s Foodtown and its fast food will shut for two years while housing is built, but the store's new liquor license request, parking and traffic were the topics instead.
Corcoran Park plans take into account floods and sinkholes from 10,000-year-old Great Marsh
The decision to build housing on such low-lying land has left the city with no choice but to remedy the situation, now on a second attempt.
Project replacing Winter Hill Star Market survived decades of development, and its 319 homes are due next year
A project in Somerville survived a series of challenges over the years that included federal policy shifts that threatened financing, tariffs and rising construction costs.
Lay down the weapons of rhetoric in housing conflict, pick up the tools of facts and data
The pace of housing development change requires officials to take the challenges brought on by multifamily zoning seriously, rising above Yimby and Nimby rhetoric.
Margaret Fuller House project wins approval, with a food pantry upgrade and housing replacing a parking lot
A mixed-income housing project can go forward at the Margaret Fuller House community center in a $3.8 million deal with the Cambridge Redevelopment Authority.
Six-story condo building wins muted approval for an odd lot in East Cambridge beset by changing laws
Laws for the land that once held a Dunkin’ Donuts have change twice since the project was permitted in 2023 – and since construction began.
Nonprofit developer plans to put up affordable housing and offices at lot along Concord Avenue
Homeowner’s Rehabilitation Inc. plans to build affordable housing at its recently purchased lot at 755 Concord Ave. in the Cambridge Highlands.