affordable housing Archives - Cambridge

Cambridge meetings, Aug. 10-17: Sewer overflows and a free public shuttle service

by Marc Levy August 9, 2026

Take part in meetings on CSO plan office hours and an advisory committee, housing authority business and how to use a free shuttle service.

DEVELOPMENT

Cars drive debate at a meeting about 350 Rindge Ave. affordable housing and its future Ferro’s grocery store

by Marc Levy August 5, 2026

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.

DID YOU KNOW

Corcoran Park plans take into account floods and sinkholes from 10,000-year-old Great Marsh

by Jen Craft for History Cambridge July 20, 2026

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.

DEVELOPMENT

Project replacing Winter Hill Star Market survived decades of development, and its 319 homes are due next year

by Marc Levy July 16, 2026

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.

OPINION

Lay down the weapons of rhetoric in housing conflict, pick up the tools of facts and data

June 30, 2026

The pace of housing development change requires officials to take the challenges brought on by multifamily zoning seriously, rising above Yimby and Nimby rhetoric.

DEVELOPMENT

Margaret Fuller House project wins approval, with a food pantry upgrade and housing replacing a parking lot

by Marc Levy June 26, 2026

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.

DEVELOPMENT

Six-story condo building wins muted approval for an odd lot in East Cambridge beset by changing laws

by Marc Levy June 16, 2026

Laws for the land that once held a Dunkin’ Donuts have change twice since the project was permitted in 2023 – and since construction began.

DEVELOPMENT

Nonprofit developer plans to put up affordable housing and offices at lot along Concord Avenue

by Marc Levy June 15, 2026

Homeowner’s Rehabilitation Inc. plans to build affordable housing at its recently purchased lot at 755 Concord Ave. in the Cambridge Highlands.

NEWS

Cambridge meetings, June 8-15: Two zoning laws that speed home construction are targeted for changes

by Marc Levy June 7, 2026

Take part in meetings on calls to alter residential zoning and how to explain school incidents to families, and a roundtable about boosting business start-ups.

DEVELOPMENT

Concerns about parking and traffic dominate meeting on adding 92 affordable homes in Cambridge

by Marc Levy June 5, 2026

An affordable-homes apartment building proposed for North Cambridge is bringing its developers a by now familiar kind of whiplash.