This Boston Globe Opinion is a must read. We estimate this smart policy in the #AffordableHomesAct could gently add 8K to 10K homes across the state over the next five years. with no cost to taxpayers. Get the facts about accessory dwelling units. bostonglobe.com/2024/05/01/opi… #ADU

every year spring comes around and i completely understand why the dutch crashed the economy for tulips

To clarify what’s actually happening here: Migrant and homeless families are being placed in the FORMER Chelsea Soldiers’ Home, which is vacant and slated for demolition. Veterans have already moved into the new facility on the campus.

i will never give up -30- for ###

nine times out of ten, when a news outlet says they 'obtained state data,' it's because they filed a public records request and/or a press person compiled the data for them. idk why it's always phrased like watergate

I’m disappointed that a select group of Milton residents chose to be part of the problem rather than the solution to our housing affordability crisis.

My office has made it clear that compliance with the law is mandatory.

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#Tonight I will be on Greater Boston at 7p.m. to discuss the importance of creating more housing with more affordable options in #Massachusetts . #AffordableHomesAct #AHA4Mass GBH

#SeedMABaby

#mapoli Secretary Ed Augustus Jr. GBH News youtube.com/watch?v=QoeAWT…

amazon panopticon 🔥🔥🔥

i love this time of year. cool air. crisp woolens and tweeds. the thought of how we should build affordable housing in walkable communities.

“We need every tool in our tool kit to address the shortage of near 200,000 homes in Massachusetts.”
- Jesse Kanson-Benanav Abundant Housing Massachusetts

🎥 GBH News

I normally don’t respond to anything written in the Business section of the Globe, because we all know who they’re really advocating for, but this piece is filled with so much misinformation and fear-mongering on the Transfer Fee.

So here’s a 🧵

“This is the dream'

bostonglobe.com/2023/08/17/met… #mapoli

🚨New MBTA Communities Guidelines just dropped.

Two things to know:

1) Guidelines now allow flexibility to require mixed-use zoning.
2) 13 additional state grant programs will now take compliance with the law into consideration when making award recommendations.

#mapoli

I wrote a brief essay about climate catastrophe, wildfire smog, and the beautifully dystopian golden hour that blanketed Boston this week. Thanks to Cognoscenti for allowing me to publish on their site! #mapoli

wbur.org/cognoscenti/20…

to write this piece and *not even engage* with the idea that housing costs play a factor is quite a decision

I’m tweeting from here

70 degrees in the city? Every complaint I’ve ever had in my entire life is now forgotten.