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The Daily Free Press

The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University.

The Daily Free Press

The Daily Free Press

Street in Jamaica Plain neighborhood

Boston remains highly gentrified despite housing efforts

Madison Mercado February 18, 2021
Boston was ranked third most intensely gentrified city in the United States between 2013-2017. Neighborhoods like East Boston, Dorchester, Jamaica Plain, Roxbury, Mattapan, Hyde Park and South Boston were most affected.

Airbnb, short-term rentals pose challenges to Boston’s housing market

Shaun Robinson January 31, 2018

In Boston’s short-term rental market, services like Airbnb may be doing more harm than good for the city’s housing displacement crisis. Boston Mayor Martin Walsh announced a new ordinance last...

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