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Why This Pit Kid Is Not Going to ‘Pit-A-Palooza’

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted June 23, 2022 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

I just can’t attend an event run by people that have helped kill everything that made Cambridge special

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: analysis, Apparent Horizon, Art, Cambridge, City of Cambridge, Column, criticism, culture, Democracy, Denise Jillson, East Cambridge Courthouse, Harvard Square Business Association, Homeless, Housing, Jason Pramas, Marc McGovern, Massachusetts, pit kid, Pit-A-Palooza, rent control, unhoused, Youth

OPINION: MASS RENT CONTROL HEARING TUESDAY, JAN. 11, 11 A.M.

Written by MIKE CONNOLLY Posted January 6, 2022 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed, Politics

Rep. Connolly at rent control rally 10/29/19

Legislature's Housing Committee Seeks Public Testimony

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed, Politics Tagged With: Housing, just cause eviction, Massachusetts, Op-Ed, opinion, Politics, rent control, rent stabilization, Rep. Mike Connolly, State House, tenant

CAN A LANDLORD-LOVING GOV STAND IN THE WAY OF RENT CONTROL?

Written by ZACK HUFFMAN Posted November 30, 2021 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

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?

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Activism, Housing, moratorium, Politics, rent control

FLYER FROM HOUSING COALITION IS MISINFORMATION ABOUT THREE BILLS TO SUPPORT TENANTS, STATE REP SAYS

Written by MARC LEVY Posted September 23, 2021 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

"The warning about tax increases to owners of homes and businesses is 'meant to get your attention [but] has the benefit of being true'"

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: homes, Housing, Mike Connolly, rent control, taxes

BEWARE ASTROTURF GROUPS

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted May 3, 2021 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Politics

Mass rideshare, delivery, and real estate industries gearing up propaganda campaigns to convince working people to vote against our own interests

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Politics Tagged With: Apparent Horizon, astroturf, Boston, Column, corporation, Democracy, DoorDash, gig work, Housing, human rights, Instacart, Jason Pramas, labor, Lyft, Massachusetts, policy, Politics, propaganda, Real Estate, rent control, renter, Uber, worker

MARCHING SEASON: JOIN THE RALLY FOR RENT CONTROL

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted October 23, 2019 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

Throwback screenshot via WBZ from the '90s. When TV reporters like Liz Walker still covered housing justice.

 

Mass State House, Oct 29, noon-1:30 pm

 

Twenty-five years after the real estate industry destroyed rent control in Massachusetts, ...  read more

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Apparent Horizon, Ben Simon, Boston, Boston Democratic Socialists of America, Boston DSA, California, Column, Democracy, DSA, Gov Charlie Baker, House Speaker Robert DeLeo, Housing, Jason Pramas, justice, Massachusetts, massachusetts state house, New York, Oregon, Protest, rally, reform, rent control, Rep. Mike Connolly, Rep. Nika Elugardo

EASTBOUND AND GOWN: AS STUDENTS DISPLACE LONGTIME EAST BOSTONIANS, A COMMUNITY WELCOMES NEWCOMERS BUT NOT WITHOUT SOME CONCERNS

Written by Posted September 10, 2019 Filed Under: FEATURES, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction

“We will lose the connection, the tight community we have in our neighborhood,” she said of more transient renters. “We won’t get to know our neighbors.”

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction Tagged With: Boston, Boston East, City Life, condos, development, displacement, east boston, eastie, gentrification, Housing, housing costs, immigration, Lydia Edwards, Maverick Square, rent control, Vida Urbana

RENT CONTROL REQUIRED

Written by Posted September 5, 2019 Filed Under: COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed

 

Single mother working for the city of Boston can’t afford to live here

 

A city employee is often required to live within the city in which they are employed. Luckily, in my case that is not a requirement. It’s not recommended that an individual pay more than 30% of their gross monthly income towards rent. Thirty percent of ...  read more

Filed Under: COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed Tagged With: Boston, city, crisis, criticism, employee, Housing, rent control, single mother

LANDLORDS’ VIEWS ON RENT CONTROL… REFUTED

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted May 1, 2019 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: analysis, Apparent Horizon, capitalism, Column, commuter, criticism, Democracy, fairness, Housing, Jason Pramas, justice, news, Politics, rent control, rentier, transportation

IT’S TIME TO BRING BACK RENT CONTROL IN MASSACHUSETTS

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted March 27, 2019 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: bill, Boston, Brookline, Cambridge, capitalism, Column, corruption, Democracy, economy, greed, Housing, Jason Pramas, labor, legislation, Massachusetts, neoliberal, Politics, poverty, Real Estate, referendum, rent control, Rep. Mike Connolly, socialism, SOMERVILLE, state government

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