In a win for colleges and some landlords, the federal government agreed to rescind controversial guidelines that would have barred international students from staying in the United States if they took online-only course loads in the fall.
A week after most of the rest of Massachusetts, Boston is scheduled to enter the third phase of its coronavirus economic restart on Monday.
Boston City Councilors Lydia Edwards and Matt O’Malley are calling for the city to establish its own fair housing testing program in the wake of a Suffolk University Law School report that found significant discrimination against prospective Black renters.
When Mahdi Hashemian was looking for a bicycle for his 7-year-old daughter Zeynab last week, the Cambridge resident decided to skip his local cycle shops in favor of a Black-owned one a few miles away in Boston’s Dorchester neighborhood.
Owners of new apartment buildings in the Boston area are facing unprecedented times trying to fill units amid the coronavirus outbreak and economic downturn that’s left many would-be tenants wary of moving into unfamiliar and oftentimes more expensive living quarters.
With this zoning amendment, Boston will be the first city to use the power of zoning to create economically and racially diverse communities.
Boston should add new enforcement clout to its fair housing policies as vulnerable populations contend with higher-than-ever roadblocks to keeping roofs over their heads, concludes a report culminating a three-year study of local conditions.
Developer Millennium Partners is asking to reduce the residential portion of its Winthrop Center skyscraper under construction in Boston’s Financial District, citing impacts from COVID-19 and a downturn in condo markets and capital sources.
Boston Mayor Marty Walsh issued guidelines for office buildings in the city that plan to reopen to tenants on Monday. The guidelines largely mirror the state’s guidelines and industry practices.
Boston Mayor Marty Walsh Thursday announced the city was taking steps to help restaurants as they try to reopen, from removing or streamlining what his office called “outdated” regulations to creating a process to increase outdoor seating.
It’s not only drivers who’ll have to adapt if Boston turns some streets over to pedestrians to allow for better physical distancing.
Boston property owners will get an extra month’s reprieve on their property tax bills amid what’s shaping up to be an unemployment rate of 10 percent and waves of apartment and retail tenants asking for rent relief.
Boston is dedicating $3 million to help Bostonians who are at risk of losing their housing pay rent, and $2 million to help the city’s smallest businesses pay rent, payroll and other working capital expenses.
In the face of the coronavirus’ spread across Massachusetts, construction sites in the city of Boston are being shut down.
A 4-story, mixed-use building is being proposed for the site of a pair of retail buildings and an auto body in Hyde Park’s commercial center.
Boston’s first recreational marijuana shop – and the state’s first black-owned one – is slated to open next week.
A developer has reactivated plans for a high-rise in Boston’s Downtown Crossing, on the same property where it previously proposed a 59-story tower that drew opposition from neighborhood residents.
Nan Fung Life Sciences Real Estate has made its second large acquisition in Boston’s core business districts, buying a 120-year-old office building next to one of the city’s highest-profile construction projects.
Kems Corp. has filed plans with the Boston Planning & Development Agency to replace a single-story South Boston car repair garage with a 5-story condominium building.
Two restaurants by Guy Fieri will replace the Explorateur Cafe on the edge of Boston’s Theater District this summer.
