boston affordable housing

Boston lost a giant last week with the passing of Mel King, but his vision, impact and legacy provide us with a clear guide in creating a more equitable city.

Felicia Richard, a Boston native and long-time resident, started looking to buy her first home in 1995, after her oldest son was born. Nearly three decades later, after eight years away from the city and another year and a half where she was essentially homeless, Richard still has not been able to buy a home.

A group calling itself Dorchester Growing Together is advocating a YIMBY, or “yes-in-my-backyard” approach to development, calling on Dorchester residents to support the dense development projects commonly shunned by abutters in Boston neighborhoods.

With 124-126 Warren Street, Gerard McGough is taking a different tack: 21 studio units, 17 of which will have rents in the neighborhood of $1,200 a month and four of which will be deeded affordable, renting for $950.

City prepares to dole out Community Preservation Act funds for local projects