housing Archives

January 28, 2021 By CHRIS HUES

SHELTER SHOCK

Despite effective short-term measures, long-term homelessness persists in Mass

December 20, 2020 By ABIGAIL AMATO, SYDNEY TAYLOR and TALIA SMITH

SOMERVILLE RESIDENTS COPE WITH EVICTION MORATORIUM EXPIRATION

As coronavirus cases surge, community members grapple with a housing crisis.

July 21, 2020 By RICH TENORIO

SHOCKING DISCRIMINATION: RESEARCHER BEHIND NEW BOSTON HOUSING STUDY EXPLAINS BIAS, BIGOTRY BLACK RENTERS FACE

“The results of this study are deeply troubling and further reinforce the immediate need to address the longstanding injustices Black people face in every aspect of their lives.”

July 13, 2020 By SHIRA LAUCHAROEN

EVICTION FIGHT ENDURES AS END TO MASSACHUSETTS MORATORIUM LOOMS

Speakers presented a new report created by researches at Massachusetts Institute for Technology and City Life, which revealed that 70% of evictions in Boston are in communities where the majority of the population are people of color—Roxbury, Dorchester, Mattapan.