The Boston Globe Cambridge passes new affordable housing rules, paving the way for taller buildings The amendments, which passed the council on a 6-3 vote, mark one of the more ambitious local ...

An all-affordable apartment-building is moving forward at 2072 Massachusetts Ave. under zoning changes made since its first ...

Housing is so expensive to build right now that some developers say the city's requirement that 20 percent of units be aside at below-market rents is making otherwise profitable projects too costly.

Notice is hereby given that a public meeting will be held on Thursday, July 10, 2025, at 6:00 PM to consider the following ...

The Cambridge Housing Justice Coalition, a group of the residents, workers, and activists, has expressed concerns about the city’s multifamily zoning proposal.

Cambridge, Massachusetts, may seem like an unlikely site for a YIMBY revolution. The historic Boston suburb is home to both Harvard University and a bevy of affluent homeowners opposed to any new ...

Cambridge’s City Council voted to end exclusionary single-family zoning, a historic rezoning that will allow up to six-story residential buildings to be permitted and built in each of Cambridge ...

Cambridge, Massachusetts, enacted reforms last month that overturn century-old zoning regulations long embedded in American land-use practice. By establishing a generous citywide baseline for housing ...

A prime example of the US housing crisis has been Cambridge, Massachusetts: Average rent is 69% higher than the country’s average, according to Zillow, and housing restrictions were so tight ...

This year, the US housing market is shrouded in uncertainty, with little indication that record-high levels of ...