At 278 units, Jefferson Park Federal is the largest project in the pipeline under new Affordable Housing Overlay zoning, and it heads off to the next approval in the process with several Planning Board members agreeing it is “fabulous.”

For the first time in recent years, a majority of low-income Cambridge tenants with Section 8 rent vouchers are finding a place to rent in Cambridge. Still, relatively few are leasing from small landlords here, underlining the city’s housing divide when it comes to income.

Public meetings this week look at a universal pre-kindergarten plan, changed approach to Covid in the school district, the Jefferson Park Federal housing project construction, the next city budget, bike lane projects and parking, the search for a new city manager and more.

The wireless Internet provider Starry will provide low-cost broadband to more than 2,630 affordable homes citywide in partnership with the Cambridge Housing Authority; a high-end apartment building called The Brook has opened near Alewife; and 29 residential units are planned for a building crossing the city line between Inman and Union squares.

The Cambridge Housing Authority has begun requiring employees who work in person to test themselves for coronavirus just before they start work, and it may have paid big dividends in preventing transmission of the virus. The requirement relies on employer-provided rapid antigen tests.

Racing to deal with exploding Covid-19 infections, Cambridge is distributing 46,000 free Covid-19 rapid antigen test kits to organizations serving low-income residents, hoping to get the tests out before Christmas and New Year’s Eve gatherings.

The $900,000-per-unit cost of rebuilding Jefferson Park public housing stems partly from extraordinary factors such as bidding and wage requirements for public agencies, the large number of family-sized units, deteriorated utilities and hazardous materials at the site an analysis shows.

When tenants move into the new Jefferson Park Federal public housing development in a few years, they will pay among the lowest rents in Cambridge: about 30 percent of their incomes. The apartments they live in, though, will probably cost at least $900,000 each to build.

Public meetings this week look at bike lane installation issues, a freeze on labs and offices around Alewife, a new universal playground at Danehy Park, a bunch of potential landmarking and property tear-downs, raising developer linkage fees, redesigning Cambridge Street and much more.

The Cambridge Housing Authority has approved a new way of setting rent levels for more than 4,000 low-income tenants despite objections that as many as 28 percent of them – many elderly and disabled – will face rent increases. The average rent will fall, however, according to CHA estimates.