CommonWealth Beacon analyzes the multi-billion-dollar bond bill the legislature is considering - including $1 billion or so to help the MWRA connect its water pipes to more towns as an incentive to get them to allow more housing.
By adamg - Thu, 06/13/2024 - 11:26am
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By bostonpads - Wed, 05/12/2021 - 11:47am
The rental supply glut in Downtown Boston has received quite a bit of attention in the past 12 months.
By bostonpads - Mon, 04/19/2021 - 3:42pm
Over the past month, most of Greater Boston’s largest Universities have made announcements that they plan to significantly scale down remote learning for the Fall 2021 semester.
By bostonpads - Thu, 02/18/2021 - 1:10pm
East Boston’s apartment rental market has undergone quite a transformation even before 2020 and the market turbulence that came with it.
By bostonpads - Wed, 01/06/2021 - 4:05pm
The apartment rental market in Mission Hill is heavily reliant on the local student population. It’s situated just south of Fenway and Northeastern, providing students quick and easy access to some of Boston’s largest Universities.
By adamg - Thu, 10/01/2015 - 2:26pm
A city zoning rule that bans more than four undergraduates in an apartment isn't working, city officials said today, so they've begun looking at changes that would let them start levying fines on landlords who persist in overcrowding their units. Read more.
By adamg - Thu, 10/01/2015 - 2:19pm
The Boston Housing Authority said today it's chosen Corcoran Jennison of Dorchester to completely rebuild and expand the Bunker Hill development into a mixed-income community. Read more.
By SCATV Somerville - Wed, 05/13/2015 - 10:22am
A new, all-affordable apartment building will soon rise on the site of the old Boys & Girls Club, but it’s being built – in part – with non-union labor, which is dividing the city’s usually tight progressive community.
The $11 million dollar p
By JohnAKeith - Wed, 05/06/2015 - 12:27pm
The city of Boston's Department of Neighborhood Development has filed legislation (sponsored by Mattapan's State Rep.
By Courtney - Wed, 03/19/2014 - 5:41pm
With Tufts leaving the negotiation table on the Powder House School, the opportunity for the parcel to be developed is down to two candidates, one of which has a very direct connection to Ward 5.
By adamg - Mon, 09/09/2013 - 12:15pm
Mayor Menino today released his proposal for getting 30,000 new housing units built in Boston over the next seven years at a combined public and private cost of $16 billion.
By presspass - Thu, 08/30/2012 - 9:25am
In 1995, the House of Compassion opened its doors taking in people living with HIV and AIDS to live in a welcoming home environment. The House now faces closure, with a looming 30,000 in debt threatening the homes of their ten residents.
By adamg - Thu, 04/10/2008 - 7:53am
By adamg - Fri, 02/08/2008 - 1:13pm
No, really. Jason Feifer details the scam, along with a couple of tips: Never send anybody money in advance just to see a place, and never trust somebody named Louis Pontecorvo.
By adamg - Sat, 12/22/2007 - 9:17am
By adamg - Mon, 12/17/2007 - 9:09am
This Globe story makes the point when it comes to certain mortgage companies - they're not trying to be evil, but they wind up being that way any
By adamg - Sat, 06/18/2005 - 8:51pm
John reads in the Globe that Suffolk-county foreclosures are up 50% and he
