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‘The numbers should work, and they just don’t’: Is Cambridge’s affordable housing rule backfiring?
Housing is so expensive to build right now that some developers say the city's requirement that 20 percent of units be aside ...
Business Insider1mon
Cambridge's housing solution
Despite all that, the city recently passed a series of laws that could pave the way for a cascade of new housing construction. Cambridge could certainly use the new units. Data from Zillow shows ...
The Harvard Crimson6d
Cambridge Opts To Close Transition Wellness Center, Asks To Allocate $1 Million for Housing Vouchers
The Cambridge City Council voted to close the Transition Wellness Center on Monday, ending a monthslong debate as they ...
Cambridge Day6d
‘Where Do Black Men Live?’: Short film explores Cambridge housing insecurity from interviews
Premiering Thursday at the Foundry, the short film “Where Do Black Men Live?” by The Black Response draws from narratives of ...
The Boston Globe1mon
Debate goes on over Cambridge housing plan
The links between zoning-supported housing shortages and rising rents, displacement, and homelessness have been well documented by academic researchers and illustrated by the Globe’s on-the ...
The Harvard Crimson27d
Cambridge Housing Authority to Install Solar Panels on Affordable Housing Buildings, Despite Questions Over Federal Funding
The Cambridge Housing Authority will finance a $4.9 million investment to add solar panels to eight CHA properties, despite funding uncertainty from the federal government. The new installations ...