“In the end, what we did was have everyone write about how the housing crisis affects them personally.”
New Installations In Egleston Square Address Housing Insecurity, Engage Public
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THE GREEN LINE EXTENSION: TRANSFORMING TRANSPORTATION OR CAUSING DISPLACEMENT?
New transit arrives in Somerville, met with a mixed bag of emotions
“LIVE THE MAGIC” EXHIBIT TACKLES GENTRIFICATION AND ROXBURY ERASURE
“The marketing of this particular condo development represents a common tactic: erasure of reality and history.”
SPECIAL FEATURE ON THE PRIVATIZATION OF PUBLIC HOUSING IN BOSTON
In the nationwide bipartisan blitz to privatize public housing, Boston’s giving billions worth of benefits to some of America’s largest developers, financiers, and property management firms. Politicians are applauding, but for many residents caught in the transition, their housing future is unclear
DESACRALIZED PT. 2: “IT’S GOING TO BE HARD TO DRIVE DOWN THAT STREET”
As another historic Black Boston institution is gentrified, a congregation displaced by condos reflects on this trend and what it means
EAST BOSTON FAMILIES HOLD VIGIL TO STOP REDEVELOPMENT OF HOMES
The gathering is being held by families at 168 Gove Street, in response to a luxury developer's plan to build condos.
SEPTUAGENARIANS AGAINST GENTRIFICATION. A JAMAICA PLAIN STORY.
For these two activists, the fight for the future of a JP church started more than 50 years ago.
PART OF THE PROBLEM
From racist real estate practices to bigoted laws, the Boston suburbs are largely white for a reason
REST IN YEAST (FOR NOW AT LEAST): A LANDMARK BAKERY SAYS GOODBYE TO ITS CAMBERVILLE HOME
Two days before New Year’s Eve, the company’s 12 staffers woke up unemployed. Still, in hope of reinventing their venture somewhere else, Andrew and Greta are taking everything with them
CAMBRIDGE ARTISTS FIGHTING BACK AGAINST DISPLACEMENT
Reflections on a new grassroots political movement in formation
Another Cambridge arts institution is being pushed out of its longtime home by a greedy landlord. And once again, local artists are mobilizing to “discuss and organize for meaningful political action to support the arts” in that city—as the Facebook ...
