We're spending billions of dollars and passing laws such as the Affordable Homes Act to create housing, but losing it for low- and moderate-income people at the same time.
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Cambridge meetings, Nov. 2-9: Proposing no more destruction without a building permit in place
Take part in meetings on ending destruction without a building permit in place and the end of the Green Street eateries in favor of more homes.
Somerville meetings, Nov. 2-9: Adding homes at Boynton Yards and limiting backyard ‘cottages’
Take part in meetings on progress at 90 Washington St., Boynton Yards and on construction of backyard “cottages” that can be as big as the homes in front of them.
West Cambridge neighbors lose appeal against construction that gives board little to latch onto (corrected)
Amid 1,200 pages of filings about a residential project at 90 Lexington Ave. in Cambridge, a board finds most complaints aren't under their purview.
Preserving gun controls, legal cannabis and state revenue levels are among the 2026 ballot questions
Your ballot for this November’s election has nine statewide ballot questions on expanding public records law, collective bargaining for public defenders and much more.
Somerville takes a step toward decoding the zoning issues coming up in public meetings
Somervillians will find it easier to understand zoning issues up for discussion after a resolution approved Thursday by the City Council.
Hotel developer seeks size to pay for unknown ‘Pit’ contamination in a suddenly twice-as-troubled Teele Square
Developers faced questions about how they justified the size of a proposed eight-story, 99-room Hilton hotel, but also a new, easier standard for permitting under state law.
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.
Harriet Jacobs House hotel plan that has support from neighbors nearly turns into their all-condo ‘nightmare’
Exasperated developers at the Harriet Jacobs House in Harvard Square nearly walked away from a hotel-and-homes project that had finally won over its neighbors.
Debate over multifamily housing zoning demands we ask what is middle class in Cambridge
In considering amendments to zoning, officials should evaluate impacts on displacement and opportunities for existing middle-class residents to secure stable housing.