The article All-affordable tower could break ground in 2027 on Mass. Ave describes a new design to nearly double the number of units (49 to 73) and provide for NO parking. Left out is the fact that low-income people want, use and often own cars.

More units and no parking spaces mean more developer profits, and the developer (Capstone Communities) is a large for-profit developer. The North Cambridge area involved is not a neighborhood of the well-to-do with ample off-street parking (and many garages). Residents will now be fighting with the new residents over the same on-street parking spaces. I support affordable housing and for many years was on the board (and once board president) of the non-profit and justly much-admired affordable housing developer Just-A-Start Corporation (with HRI

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