Families in cities outside Cambridge are eligible for Just-A-Start, Cambridge Savings rent help
The nonprofit developer Just-A-Start and Cambridge Savings Bank are supporting families with emergency rental assistance and affordable housing in Chelsea, Revere, Everett and Malden.
Attend meetings on condo conversion fee idea, neighbor groups, Envision goals, Alewife plan
Public meetings this week look at the city’ credit ratings, zoning plans and whether to add affordable housing to a city parking lot in West Cambridge; services for students; neighborhood group representation and the goals of Envision Cambridge; and a possible condo conversion fee.
Coalition: This is the time to Move Your Money into small banks that care about the community
For decades, we have entrusted too much of our money to a handful of really big banks that hold power over our communities without giving back, regularly practicing unethical and biased lending practices and catering disproportionately to big, not small, businesses. We have to move our money.