Homes ARE social benefit.

Upzoning will create naturally available housing stock for renters, first time, and anytime home buyers. Stop making this so complicated.

Shout out to Nevin Lorden/@dotgrow all the places for summarizing the housing crisis moment we find ourselves in, including receipts from CommonWealth Beacon (@JohnInfranca), Sara C. Bronin & Amy Dain about how we got here and how Mayor Michelle Wu 吳弭's BPDA Squares + Streets planning effort could help.

🎉Spring Housing Hang Blarney Stone Saturday 3-5
Join us for bites & beverages on the patio, weather permitting (high tops inside if not). Connect w other folk advocating to build more homes for more neighbors, to help our Dorchester community to grow and thrive.

#Dorchester

Milton's petulance re being classified as a rapid transit community for the MBTA CA is especially sad in light of their place in the history of transportation in the United States. East Milton is the site of the nation's first commercial rail line.

townofmilton.org/651/Railway-Vi…

Announcing Go Boston 2030 ReVisioned!  Join us as we assess our progress and identify new projects - visit  boston.gov/go-boston-2030 to learn more and take our online survey!

There's something powerful about collective, multifaith prayers for peace.

I was proud to join faith leaders in Boston to mourn the lives lost in Israel & Gaza, and turn our grief into action.

We need a #CeasefireNOW to save lives, return hostages, & deliver humanitarian aid.

🎉 At last night's BPDA public meeting on the City's pending zoning reform, Squares + Streets, the agency announced the reintroduction of the S5 zoning option to the draft amendment, which had been dropped between their November and December presentations. 🎉
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After the photo of me cleaning the Capitol went viral, people kept saying to me the phrase “Look For The Helpers.” I grew up with Mister Rogers and felt comfort in those words. But now, 3 yrs after Jan 6, I have come to learn an entirely different lesson from this phrase… THREAD

Virtual DGT Forum with BPDA staff about Squares + Streets Zoning Reform
Thurs 1/4 6:30pm

see eblast or DM for zoom link

Hear directly from BPDA staff abt the pending Squares + Streets zoning reform & the Small Area Planning process that will implement it throughout the City.
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This is an important lesson for elected officials who are hesitant to express support for zoning reforms: The people who call your office every day to complain about parking and shadows are not only unrepresentative of the majority but in fact deeply so.