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IBA, BHA complete renovation of affordable South End brownstones
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IBA, BHA complete renovation of affordable South End brownstones
For the Boston Housing Authority and Inquilinos Boricuas en Acción, a community development nonprofit, last Tuesday marked the completed renovation of 146 affordable housing units in the South End.
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Greater Boston housing report card is ‘sobering’
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Greater Boston housing report card is ‘sobering’
When the Boston Foundation presented its 2024 annual Greater Boston housing report card at an event Nov. 12, the results weren’t particularly positive.
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Homeowners fight city restrictions on affordable Mission Hill units
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Homeowners fight city restrictions on affordable Mission Hill units
More than 20 years ago, amid rising rents and gentrification, a pair of nonprofit community developers teamed up with the city of Boston to build and sell affordable housing units to families on the back side of Mission Hill.
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The delicate balance between community wealth building and affordable housing
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The delicate balance between community wealth building and affordable housing
As major cities around the country struggle with providing affordable housing to their long-standing residents, Boston reigns supreme as a poster child for gentrification.
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Advocates say compromise housing bill brings some victories, fails to address immediate need
A multi-billion-dollar bond bill aiming to tackle the state’s housing crisis was passed by the state legislature last week. Barely.
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To build housing, Boston gives away land once owned by Black and brown families
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To build housing, Boston gives away land once owned by Black and brown families
On a spring afternoon, Pamela Saucer-Richardson stood in a grassy vacant lot on Erie Street, a block from Franklin Park in Dorchester, and remembered when her father owned the property more than 30 years ago.
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Tenant advocates look to housing bond bill to bring relief in a challenging Boston market
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Tenant advocates look to housing bond bill to bring relief in a challenging Boston market
For Boston-area renters, high rental prices, low availability and a rising cost of living are some of the challenges that can stand in the way of stable housing.
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Roxbury affordable housing development goes fully electric — even when the power goes out
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Roxbury affordable housing development goes fully electric — even when the power goes out
Down the street from Nubian Square, in a little room on the outside of a new affordable housing building, two enormous cabinets hum away.
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City announces second set of developers for affordable housing in Dorchester, Mattapan
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City announces second set of developers for affordable housing in Dorchester, Mattapan
Taking another step toward bolstering affordable homeownership in Boston, Mayor Michelle Wu announced last week the team of developers who will build 70 residential units on 15 parcels of land in Dorchester and Mattapan.
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Chanda Smart believes affordable housing should be built by those who’ve lived in it
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Chanda Smart believes affordable housing should be built by those who’ve lived in it
Chanda Smart has a motto: People who build affordable housing never had to live in it.
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Cruz development continues Roxbury legacy with new affordable housing
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Cruz development continues Roxbury legacy with new affordable housing
When the blue and green ribbon was cut, fluttering in the chill of a late February day, it marked the end of about a decade of work that brings over 50 units of new housing to Roxbury.
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Boston’s Chief of Planning Arthur Jemison on the future of affordable housing
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Boston’s Chief of Planning Arthur Jemison on the future of affordable housing
In the city of Boston, there is one agency that might have more power than anything else over what you see around you: the buildings, parking lots, apartments and parks that shape your neighborhood.
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