The best of Cambridge in 2019
The good parts of 2019 seemed small in comparison with the forces arrayed against Cambridge and the nation – more like a flower spotted blooming in a battlefield, rather than the winning of a war. But these five moments might help guide us to better times.
Housing advocate Pizza-Zeoli to be honored with Temple Place Apartments rededication
The Cambridge Housing Authority and city officials will honor and remember tenant activist and affordable housing advocate Cheryl-Ann Pizza-Zeoli on Wednesday by rededicating Temple Place Apartments, the city’s newest low-income housing complex, in her name.
A minor detail on that perfect three-bedroom: You can’t have it. But thanks for alerting CHA!
The agency that provides affordable housing to some of the city’s poorest residents is about to snag a real estate deal to die for. The Cambridge Housing Authority is poised to buy a Cambridgeport condominium for $99,840.
Senior-housing attack judge breaks pattern, resulting in suspect competent to stand trial
A young resident of a housing development for seniors accused of attacking his girlfriend and a neighbor is being held in county jail, judged too dangerous for released before trial – a change from previous cases where he was found incompetent and freed.
Housing Authority resets subsidy by ZIP code so Section 8 renters can find homes citywide
The Cambridge Housing Authority is trying a new tactic to make more housing available to low-income residents in a high-rent city – one that doesn’t require building anything. Instead, the housing agency intends to set maximum rent subsidies by ZIP code.
Nearly 60 city families in public housing units threatened by Trump administration proposal
Almost 200 low-income Cambridge tenants could lose their federally supported housing if a Trump administration proposal is adopted, the head of the Cambridge Housing Authority said Friday.
Affordable housing overlay process activated, long after idea began shaking up a divided city
The debate over a proposal to loosen zoning restrictions citywide for affordable housing has polarized the city deeply and led to personal attacks, even as both sides say they support more homes for low- and moderate-income residents.
Public housing remake costs soar by $39M, but Housing Authority says it can handle it
Much of an estimated increase to $54 million from $15 million almost four years ago stems from discovering that the Burns Apartments need more work than originally thought. Rising construction prices also played a role.
Violence, arrests and finding of incompetency nothing new for senior-housing attack suspect
A mentally ill young man accused of attacking his girlfriend among neighbors in senior public housing was arrested twice in the prior 13 months, both times being found incompetent to stand trial and released without requirements for treatment.
Public housing seniors saw attack take place. Who was watching to prevent it happening?
Charges of domestic assault, assault with a dangerous weapon and strangulation have been filed against a 27-year-old living alongside seniors in public housing, highlighting what some call serious gaps in the state’s guardianship system for the disabled.
