To Do Right by Renters, Build More Dorms in Boston
The sudden plunge in rents amid these students’ exodus has nonetheless provided a vivid illustration as to just how much our local universities distort the local rental market.
MIT to Swap Parking Lot for 550-Bed Dorm
by James Sanna | Dec 27, 2019
With the construction of a newly-announced dorm, MIT says it will complete a two-year-old pledge to reduce pressure on the Cambridge, Somerville and Boston housing markets by boosting its graduate student housing by 50 percent.
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