Housing Authority plans 22 rooms in Baldwin, hits a snag in purchase from Lesley University
The Cambridge Housing Authority wants to buy a house now used as a Lesley dorm in a neighborhood with little low- and moderate-income housing.
Attend meetings in Cambridge from March 1-7 about a shooting, Central Square and bike lanes
Public meetings this week look at the police response to the shooting of Arif Sayed Faisal last year and how to use city-owned land in Central Square; the economic impact from installing bike lanes; and bringing ice cream and Coop renovations to Harvard Square.
Jefferson Park housing is split into two projects, adding complexity even as overall costs get lower
The huge project to replace and expand the Jefferson Park public housing development will be split in two, the Cambridge Housing Authority has decided.
Hearing of tenant troubles, councillors want city to offer assistance at Inman Square Apartments
One of the city’s major affordable-housing developers, Homeowners Rehab Inc., has been criticized for its response to heating, elevator and other problems reported by tenants at the 116-unit Inman Square Apartments.
Group’s rent-aid idea gets housing authority no, but Cambridge government considers feasibility
The Cambridge Housing Authority has turned down a request from the group representing its tenants to help fund a local rental-assistance program that could serve immigrants now legally frozen out of CHA housing programs.
Attend meetings in Cambridge from Oct. 6-13 about reusing the city’s lots and Lesley offices
Public meetings this week look at the city-owned lots in and around Central Square, allowing the keeping of backyard chickens, changes along Massachusetts Avenue in North Cambridge, student behavior in our middle schools and whether to allow conversion of former Lesley offices in lodging houses.
Overwhelmed funding means a delay in repairs addressing complaints with affordable housing
Cambridge affordable-housing developers have built or renovated hundreds of units for low-income tenants in recent years. But the pace is slowing, delaying improvements for many occupants of buildings that need work.
Cameras watching The Port for more safety? Some say it’s time to increase surveillance
Residents of The Port neighborhood fed up with gun violence said they were calling for next steps, including signs putting trespassers on alert, brighter lights to expose wrongdoing and even surveillance cameras to solve or prevent crimes.
Accumulated debts from Covid’s rent freeze makes it harder to save those facing eviction
More tenants have reached the last step in the process – when they may be forced to leave their homes – and those trying to help face greater obstacles.
Housing Authority celebrates fraction of funds needed for Jefferson Park Federal public project
The huge and costly project to replace the dilapidated 175-unit Jefferson Park Federal public housing development and add 103 more low-income units has won its first funding approval, a tiny amount compared with what’s needed.
