Cambridge Archives

RUNNING A SHELTER, BUT VYING FOR PERMANENT HOUSING

“We’re very under-stocked with housing opportunities. Since we had 52 people in the shelter, getting housing for only 12 of them means that there were a lot left out. So we’re in desperate need of additional housing.”

COHAVIT GIL December 12, 2023

THE WAITING GAME

He’s been to shelters, he has a case worker, doctors will help him—but how much longer can he wait? Meet Billy, one of the many sources informing “Cambridge Unhoused,” who sells Spare Change News in Central Square

CHRIS FARAONE December 5, 2023

IN MASS, A LACK OF COORDINATION HAMPERS EFFORTS TO HELP THE UNHOUSED

“We don’t have a network of communication between the communities, so it’s very easy for people to slip through the cracks, which is not good for them.”

ADAM SENNOTT November 16, 2023

HOUSING FIRST IN MASSACHUSETTS, EXPLAINED

Studies show that permanent supportive housing works, including in Massachusetts. Here’s how it has worked so far, how it could work on a larger scale, and what’s holding it back.

COHAVIT GIL November 9, 2023

“REBUILDING RELATIONSHIPS” AT HARVARD SQUARE’S UNIQUE YOUTH HOMELESS SHELTER

“You’re coming into a space that is primarily filled with people that are in your age range, and I think in any world that’s a safer space to be.”

ADAM SENNOTT November 6, 2023

FOLLOWING UP WITH A FAMILY FORCED OUT BY FLAMES

“In about five minutes, everything we had was all ashes, and there was nothing we could do about it.”

FRANK CHEN November 2, 2023

INTRODUCING CAMBRIDGE UNHOUSED

Why are we blanketing one Massachusetts city in particular with focused housing crisis coverage this winter?

CHRIS FARAONE November 1, 2023

CAMBRIDGE UNHOUSED

Introducing Cambridge Unhoused Why are we blanketing one Massachusetts city in particular with focused housing crisis coverage this winter? By Chris Faraone, BINJ Editorial Director Almost everything we cover at the Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism ends in homelessness. Environmental injustice. Prison, re-entry, parole. The opioid epidemic. Institutional racism. The

BOSTON INSTITUTE FOR NONPROFIT JOURNALISM November 1, 2023

Line for the ManRay reopening. Photo by Derek Kouyoumjian. Copyright 2023 Derek Kouyoumjian.

‘LAST NIGHT A DJ SAVED MY LIFE’

How a revived club, ManRay, remains a champion for the underdogs

JULIA NORKUS August 11, 2023

COORDINATED RESPONSE

Greater Boston bars and venues are grappling with a rise in involuntary drugged drinks, but procedures for addressing future incidents are in sight “When you raise awareness, if you even help prevent one person from getting drugged, then that’s a good thing.” Amidst a rash of incidents in which people

KENDALL POLIDORI May 24, 2023