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.
Boston’s new plan to forcibly remove people from their living encampments in the area near Massachusetts Avenue and Melnea Cass Boulevard is based on criminalization — an approach that may make things worse.
Boston Mayor Martin Walsh announced Thursday the City will release 1,000 new Section 8 rental housing vouchers to support those who suffer from chronic homelessness.
Boston Mayor Martin Walsh has launched a project aimed at rehabilitating affordable housing in Boston’s South End with the Boston Housing Authority and Inquilinos Boricuas en Acción, a community development organization.
Boston Mayor Martin Walsh announced Wednesday that a group of advisors will work to end youth homelessness in Boston. The group will be led by Matthew Aronson, former member of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
