Gentrification across Boston has created a significant shortage of affordable housing, in particular rentals that are too often beyond the reach of so many – especially young people of color.
Senate President Karen Spilka touted solid communications among state leaders during the virus crisis, but on Sunday also hinted at a source of underlying tension on legislation intended to protect renters and homeowners.
Service industry employees who were already paying Boston’s highest-percentage of earnings as rent are among the first to feel the effects of COVID-19 induced job losses, according to an initial analysis of the pandemic’s economic effects.
Concerns are growing about what will happen to low-income renters and homeowners when the immediate coronavirus crisis is over.
