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2 weeks ago | 
thecrimson.com | Diego Moreno |Summer Rose
The Half Crown-Marsh Neighborhood Conservation District has been critized surpressing multifamily zoning projects. Cambridge City Council voted to initiate a study on the NCD on March 31. By Marina QuBy Diego García Moreno and Summer E. Rose, Crimson Staff WritersThe Cambridge City Council voted unanimously to initiate a study on the Half Crown-Marsh Neighborhood Conservation District in light of advocates’ concerns that the body suppresses multifamily zoning projects.
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3 weeks ago | 
thecrimson.com | Diego Moreno |Summer Rose
As the state government uses its resources to address the housing crisis using the Emergency Assistance program, a network of churches has stepped up to fill in the gaps. By Jeromel Dela Rosa LaraBy Diego García Moreno and Summer E. Rose, Crimson Staff WritersFor the past four months, an immigrant mother from Uganda and her two children have slept in the basement of an Episcopal church in the Greater Boston area.
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3 weeks ago | 
thecrimson.com | Diego Moreno |Summer Rose
When the Cambridge City Council voted to abolish single-family zoning last month, the move was widely celebrated as historic. By upzoning the city, political leaders and activists declared that the new housing to come would ease pressure on the city’s desperately strained supply — and ultimately lower the cost of housing.
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1 month ago | 
thecrimson.com | Diego Moreno |Summer Rose
At a Monday meeting at City Hall, Cambridge City Council started the process of potentially raising linkage fees on commercial developments. By Julian J. GiordanoBy Diego García Moreno and Summer E. Rose, Crimson Staff WritersThe Cambridge City Council kickstarted a process to potentially raise linkage fees on commercial development on Monday, voting unanimously to plan a study that will recommend how much to raise the Nexus Zoning Fee.
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1 month ago | 
thecrimson.com | Diego Moreno |Summer Rose
Homeowners Rehab Inc. hosted a community meeting at 85 Oxford Street, to discuss plans for the proposed development at 28-30 Wendell Street as 100% affordable housing. By Courtesy of Summer E. RoseBy Diego García Moreno and Summer E.
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1 month ago | 
thecrimson.com | Diego Moreno |Summer Rose
Cambridge City Hall is located at 795 Massachusetts Ave. By Santiago A. SaldivarBy Diego García Moreno and Summer E. Rose, Crimson Staff WritersCambridge City Councilors voted to prioritize the rezoning of northern Massachusetts Ave. and of Cambridge St. over that of Central in a committee meeting on Tuesday amid disagreement on whether Central Square is ready for rezoning.
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1 month ago | 
thecrimson.com | Diego Moreno |Summer Rose
The Cambridge City Council met on Monday to debate a slew of new policies, including introducing three new policies to address broker fees and create an afforable rent incentive program. By Summer E. RoseBy Diego García Moreno and Summer E. Rose, Crimson Staff WritersThe Cambridge City Council spent more than a year debating an upzoning proposal before passing the legislation last month, marking a new phase in the fight against the housing crisis in Cambridge.
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1 month ago | 
thecrimson.com | Diego Moreno |Summer Rose
Cambridge City councilors wanted to eliminate broker fees in the city. But on the advice of legal experts, they will instead consider asking the state government to act on the broker fees issue. By Margaret F. RossBy Diego García Moreno and Summer E.
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2 months ago | 
thecrimson.com | Diego Moreno |Summer Rose
The Transition Wellness Center Shelter is located at Spaulding Hospital at 1575 Cambridge St. Cambridge plans to halt funding to the shelter in June as American Rescue Plan Act funds run out. By Jeromel Dela Rosa LaraBy Diego García Moreno and Summer E. Rose, Crimson Staff WritersThe City of Cambridge plans to halt funding to the Transition Wellness Center Shelter in June, removing the shelter’s 58 beds as the city struggles to accommodate its unhoused population.
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2 months ago | 
thecrimson.com | Diego Moreno |Summer Rose
After a prolonged debate over how to address the housing crisis, the Cambridge City Council voted to elimate single family zoning. By Margaret F. RossBy Diego García Moreno and Summer E. Rose, Crimson Staff WritersThe Cambridge City Council voted 8-1 to approve a proposal eliminating single family zoning city-wide in a meeting Monday night, capping off over a year of laborious dealmaking between activist residents, experts, and councilors in an landmark attempt to face the city’s housing crisis.
