Cambridge's housing solution
Cambridge, Massachusetts, may seem like an unlikely site for a YIMBY revolution. The historic Boston suburb is home to bothHarvard Universityand a bevy of affluent homeowners opposed to any new development. Cambridge could certainly use the new units. Homelessness in Cambridge has also been on the rise, particularly since the pandemic. But the latest measure is perhaps the most radical, and most promising. Unlike the geographically confined Central Squareupzoning, the newest pro-housing ordinance has the potential to remake the entire city....