Last Thursday at First Baptist Church on Ashmont Street in Dorchester, the Greater Boston Interfaith Organization (GBIO) began its campaign for “housing justice” with call and response, testimonies, and a scorecard for state legislators. To explain why new spending was needed to develop or preserve affordable housing, a series of “storytellers” went up to a lectern before a
The Boston Planning and Development Agency’s board signed off last week on the list of 16 entities that will share in $352,000 in funding from an agreement struck between the city and the developers behind the Dot Block apartment complex. Samuels & Associates and Gerald Chan’s Wintergold LLC work together on plans for the project. Dot Block’s boundaries are Dorchester Avenue
HOMELESS CENSUS At the end of January, Mayor Michelle Wu led a group of volunteers, including U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development officials, City
A wide swath of businesses in Greater Boston got a jolt of relief Monday as federal regulators moved to free deposits at Silicon Valley Bank, the failed California institution known for its services to startups, investors, and nonprofits.