Residents are reporting an uptick in rat infestations throughout several Boston neighborhoods as the pandemic shifts food waste into residential areas.
There soon might be restrictions and regulations on how people can rent out accommodations on sites like Airbnb in Boston.
A City Council hearing Tuesday morning revolved around an ordinance that would...
Pink mold inside an ice machine. Dirty cooking equipment. Improperly stored rice from last night.
During an inspection last winter, these were among seven health and safety violations that city inspectors...
The Harvard Kennedy School’s Rappaport Institute, in conjunction with the City of Boston’s Department of Innovation and Technology, the Inspectional Services Department and the Boston Fire Department,...
The Boston City Council’s Committee on Government Operations hosted a public hearing Tuesday to discuss two ordinances to revamp the inspection process for off-campus student housing.
The ordinances...
The Boston Redevelopment Authority approved Boston University’s Myles Standish Hall and Annex Renovation Project Thursday following a two-month process of reviewing the renovation’s Project Notification...
In an effort to make student housing safer, Boston City Council met Thursday to consider revising the “No More Than Four” zoning amendment that prohibits more than four undergraduate students from...
After receiving addresses for local college students living off-campus, the City of Boston will send inspection officers to examine off-campus residences in the upcoming weeks for code violations, such...
Once a place where people from all economic backgrounds could find a niche, cities have become a place where only very wealthy or very poor people can find housing within their price range. Left out of...
Boston Mayor Martin Walsh announced a series of housing reforms in Allston-Brighton Monday as hundreds of students moved in and out of their apartments during “Allston Christmas.”
“Students have...
