The latest affordable housing effort in Back Bay, approved by the city of Boston last month, created 210 affordable apartments in the area, 111 of which were designated for people formerly unhoused.
Last week Mayor Wu oversaw the clearing of tents from Mass. and Cass, something the city has tried before and always results in the encampment coming back, because to finally get rid of Mass. and Cass for good Boston will have to change the way it thinks about homelessness.
Originally built in 1939, the 285-unit building will be modernized through the infusion of nearly $125 million in financing and a partnership between Beacon Communities and the Boston Housing Authority.
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.
