As Gov. Maura Healey and lawmakers celebrated what they called “historic” housing legislation getting signed into law Tuesday, some of the advocates credited with influencing the bill say it is “underwhelming.”
In addition to Redgate’s large revamp of the South Boston Edison power plant site, the Boston Planning & Development Agency board of directors approved six other projects at its meeting last night.
Ahead of a hearing next week on housing production bills, a coalition is speaking out on Gov. Charlie Baker’s proposal, saying it doesn’t do enough to help those hardest hit by the housing crisis.
Nearly 100 housing justice advocates packed a Massachusetts State House hearing on Tuesday on the Jim Brooks Community Stabilization Act, a home-rule petition that has become a focus of Boston’s growing anti-displacement movement. The hearing had been announced only three days prior.
