More flexible heating and cooling was considered but not feasible in 2013, authority says with regret
The $32 million in renovations and energy-saving advances rolled out by the Cambridge Housing Authority at its Lyndon B. Johnson Apartments in 2013 now looks far from modern with the urgency of climate change, and the authority has had to adapt on the fly.
System offered heat instead of relief to tenants during 90-degree days, set pre-climate change
For three days of a heat wave in the past week, residents of LBJ Apartments, the public housing development for elderly and disabled tenants on Erie Street in Cambridgeport, sweltered in their homes without air conditioning as temperatures climbed above 90 degrees.
Pandemic eviction moratoriums near the end, with officials citing efforts to help the at-risk
As the city’s eviction moratorium nears its end on June 15, officials say they have tried to help tenants tap into state and local aid, while the city has distributed $4.6 million in financial aid for rent and other expenses to more than 1,700 households.
Troubles at Norfolk Street group housing illustrate that use of SRO model ‘has failed’
A former nuns’ residence bought in 1975 with space for the chronically homeless will be renovated, altered and expanded next year, with new management and support for residents.
After call to help grouping of formerly homeless comes evidence of how elusive solutions can be
A plea for help sent in January to city and state officials has brought to light the challenges facing efforts to move people with long-term homelessness into permanent housing.
Change in Covid test rules loom as lines lengthen, spurred by surge in cases; City’s deaths rise to 110
Ten more Cambridge residents died of Covid-19 since mid-December, three of them living in public housing developments for elderly and younger disabled tenants, while the city’s testing capacity is strained to the point of needing correction, officials say.
The best of Cambridge in 2020
If the obvious worst thing about this year was the coronavirus, the best thing is just as apparent: Our response to the pandemic as a city and as individuals.
Public housing Covid deaths disproportionate; CHA frustrated by lack of official health data
Residents living in Cambridge public housing developments are dying from Covid-19 in disparately high numbers, accounting for a far higher percentage of deaths than their proportion of the total population. Their burden is coming to light as deaths from the virus begin to mount.
Affordable housing upgrades and construction could take 15 years to finish without Clark’s bill
A total of 526 existing affordable units that need renovation and 444 potential new apartments could be delayed for up to 15 years by a cap on state bonds, the Cambridge Housing Authority says.
Housing Authority made own system for teens, and four years after high school show it works
A small group of students from Cambridge public housing developments has done much better than the nationwide average for education after high school. Plenty of credit seems due to the Cambridge Housing Authority’s Work Force program.
