‘Third Rail’ of Local Politics Is on the Ballot
Politics and real estate have long been intertwined, but seldom as directly as in the choices that voters face in the ballot box next month. And housing advocates are hoping to score some wins.
Cambridge Rezoning Off to a Shaky Start
Since Cambridge took a bold step to allow 4- and 6-story multifamily housing across the city, there’s been strong interest in new projects. But overlooked regulations threaten to undermine new housing.
Cambridge Should End Exclusionary Zoning in 2024
Beneath a facade of inclusivity and progressivism lies an ugly truth: Cambridge is not open to everyone. But the City Council should not settle for a surface-level fix.
Cambridge Seeks to Take Overlay to Higher Level
A group of Cambridge city councilors wants to build on the success of the city’s affordable housing zoning overlay by giving affordable developments big density bonuses in Cambridge’s busiest squares and corridors.
Watch the CRE Insider Webinar: Affordability in CRE
In the latest installment of our CRE Insider webinars, Madison Park Development Corp. CEO Leslie Reid and A Better Cambridge Co-Chair Becca Schofield analyzed the newest developments in the affordable housing space on Feb. March, 2022.
Affordable Housing Overlay Gets Results in Cambridge
Cambridge’s new Affordable Housing Overlay has had a tremendous and immediate effect on parcels already in nonprofit hands, adding over 400 new units of affordable housing to the pipeline in a year and a half.
Cambridge Overlay Off to Fast Start
Developers seeking predictable approvals and diminished threat of drawn-out legal challenges are eager to tap into Cambridge’s new zoning designed to encourage 100 percent affordable projects.
Cambridge Approves Affordable Housing Zoning Overlay
A citywide overlay district will make it easier for developers to build multifamily housing in Cambridge following a 7-2 vote by city councilors.
NIMBYs of the World, Unite!
The nation’s best-known democratic socialist is going way beyond just hollering about greedy luxury condo builders to interject himself into all sorts of housing disputes in cities across the country, typically on the side of the local NIMBY group.
With Development on the Ballot, Voters Offered Split Decision
Municipal elections across Greater Boston yesterday served as de facto forums on development, among other issues, and voters rewarded both pro- and anti-development candidates.
Cambridge Housing Activists Turn to Election Strategy
Housing activists are looking to pro-development candidates in Cambridge’s November election following the city council’s decision not to act upon a proposed citywide affordable housing overlay district.
