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TENANTS RALLY IN FRONT OF 6-8 MORTIMER PLACE

CAAS Tenant Rally on July 29, 2022. Photo courtesy of Community Action Agency of Somerville.

Protest “tidal wave of gentrification sweeping the new Green Line Extension corridor” (Somerville Wire) – Responding to soaring rents and increasing economic uncertainty, the Community Action Agency of Somerville organized a protest last Friday in support of three Brazilian families who are at imminent risk of displacement in September, after a new landlord bought their […]

SOMERVILLE EXTENDS EVICTION MORATORIUM ONCE MORE

A real Somerville fixer-upper. Photo by Jason Pramas. Copyright 2022 Jason Pramas.

End date now June 30, 2022 (Somerville Wire) – After the City of Boston lifted its eviction moratorium on March 31, Somerville is now the last municipality in the state to maintain a ban on evictions in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. Last Thursday, April 21, the city extended that moratorium for two more months. […]