As state and city-level moratoriums expire, there has been an increased push among housing activists to bring back rent control. But what can be done?
Housing
ZONING BOARD OF APPEAL VOTES TO REJECT LUXURY DEVELOPER’S PLAN
The plan, which was met with resident and community member pressure, had been to redevelop immigrant family homes
SPECIAL FEATURE: DESACRALIZED
As more and more former Boston churches are being converted into luxury housing, is the city missing out on potential arts and community spaces?
SPEAK OUT WITH EAST BOSTON FAMILIES FIGHTING EVICTION
Send ZBA comments in opposition to 168 Gove Street building proposal
FLYER FROM HOUSING COALITION IS MISINFORMATION ABOUT THREE BILLS TO SUPPORT TENANTS, STATE REP SAYS
"The warning about tax increases to owners of homes and businesses is 'meant to get your attention [but] has the benefit of being true'"
NEW REPORT SHOWS WHO BORE BRUNT OF COVID EVICTION CRISIS IN BOSTON
“70% of all eviction filings occurred in census tracts where the majority of renters are people of color.”
STAND FOR SENIOR HOUSING RALLY WILL DENOUNCE LAWSUITS
Landlord Monty Gold and Turtle Swamp Brewery filed a lawsuit to stop the building of 38 units of senior housing.
THE POLITICS OF EVICTIONS IN BOSTON
Every mayoral candidate has taken donations from landlords who moved to evict tenants during the pandemic. We asked them about it.
GUEST OPINION: ONCE MORE WITH FEELING
Even in a space for community leaders, in a city facing an affordability and eviction crisis, housing insecurity is a sensitive topic
SENIORS PROTEST TURTLE SWAMP BREWING OVER LANDLORD’S LAWSUIT AGAINST LOW-INCOME HOUSING
Elders came together with anti displacement organizers to defend an affordable housing proposal