It’s been rough going since a plan was unveiled in 2021 for new affordable apartments in North Cambridge, but the latest version has just one more design review stop before it’s time to work out construction funding.
An Appeals Court decision came the same day Cambridge’s City Council asked the city to include money in the next city budget for legal representation for any lower-income tenant threatened with eviction in Housing Court.
Any lower-income Cambridge tenant who wants legal help fighting an eviction should get it for free, and money should be allocated in the next municipal budget to make that happen, city councillors told the city manager Monday.
It will take a long time and a lot of money to build the 200,000 units officials believe Massachusetts needs. Gov. Maura Healey’s proposed Affordable Homes Act will cost $4 billion and expects to produce 40,000 homes over the next five years.
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.
Support for a real estate transfer tax that would pay for affordable housing, vouchers to bridge the high cost of Cambridge rents and an easier permitting process to build homes was heard Monday from city councillors.
Public meetings this week look at making more housing and making it more affordable, a decision on a plan to reclaim the fenced-off Jerry’s Pond, room for small tech at Porter Square and planning for the Massachusetts Avenue of 2040.
Public meetings this week look an Armory master plan, alternatives to rat-trap poison, resident displacement and aid to the unhoused, a students’ health survey trivia event delated from Feb. 1 and talk about a wage theft ordinance.
Cambridge is getting a Sustainability Office that will be led by a chief climate officer – a new role – who will report directly to City Manager Yi-An Huang.
Public meetings this week look at making a better Central Square, how to make City Hall contracting more equitable, the economic toll of vacant spaces and the use of “micromobility” devices on city streets.