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The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University.

The Daily Free Press

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A person stands outside Our Lady’s Guild House on Charlesgate West. Our Lady’s Guild House is currently undergoing renovations to make the residence more appealing while keeping the rent affordable. MEGAN KWAN/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Fenway building to be renovated for affordable housing after years of controversy

Gabriel O’Hara Salini October 15, 2024
Our Lady’s Guild House, a lodging house for single women in Fenway, is being renovated into an 86-unit affordable housing property, after years of rent increases and evictions.
Roxbury community center

New engagement day center opens in Roxbury for unhoused people

Xiaoya Shao October 21, 2022
The Whittier Street Health Center in Roxbury launched a new engagement center on Oct. 7 to provide medical care, behavioral health and basic needs services for unhoused people.
Homeless individuals use umbrellas and tarps as shelter. Boston struggles to handle the substantial homeless population on Massachusetts Avenue. ANDREW BURKE-STEVENSON/DFP STAFF

Mass and Cass sees growing number of homeless encampments

Zach Schwartz September 26, 2022
The City has not announced any new initiatives for tackling specifically Mass and Cass despite a growing unhoused population on the intersection.
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