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CHRIS FARAONE

INTRODUCING CAMBRIDGE UNHOUSED

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

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CHRIS FARAONE November 1, 2023
BOSTON INSTITUTE FOR NONPROFIT JOURNALISM

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

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BOSTON INSTITUTE FOR NONPROFIT JOURNALISM November 1, 2023
CHRIS HUES

UNHOUSED NEIGHBORS

A conversation with photographer and social worker Eva Rachel Tine “It’s a series based in hope and joy and what happens when you give people the opportunity to stabilize, heal, and thrive.” Homelessness in Cambridge is a manageable problem, but it’s also one that requires local and state governments, advocacy

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CHRIS HUES April 5, 2023
CHRIS HUES

SHELTER SHOCK

Despite effective short-term measures, long-term homelessness persists in Mass

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CHRIS HUES January 28, 2021
ZACK HUFFMAN

NO RELIEF IN SIGHT

In a COVID winter, it’s harder than ever to find a public bathroom in Boston. What’s the city doing about it?

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ZACK HUFFMAN January 14, 2021
housing and affordability
JORDAN FRIAS

IN BOSTON, A REOPENED HOSPITAL BUILDING HOUSES INFECTED AND VULNERABLE

“We were realizing what a big problem this is. We needed to take a larger, more system-based response to it.”

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JORDAN FRIAS April 27, 2020
coronavirus homelessness
NATE HOMAN

MEET THE CREW TURNING DORMS INTO SHELTERS DURING THE COVID-19 CRISIS

For days, he and his crew had been converting dorm rooms into shelters for those experiencing homelessness while the predicted peak of coronavirus pandemic looms. “I felt like I needed to do my part to help, and this was my chance.”

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NATE HOMAN April 7, 2020
homelessness coronavirus
ANDREW STANTON

HOW MANY ARE HOMELESS DURING THE COVID-19 CRISIS? IT’S HARD TO TELL.

“They’re staying at a friend’s house. They’re staying with an aunt. They’re not staying at Park Street station at one o’clock at night freezing.”

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ANDREW STANTON March 29, 2020
Coronavirus Universities
ARIELA SHAPIRO

FORCED OFF CAMPUS, STUDENTS SCRAMBLE FOR SHELTER IN MERCILESS MARKET

From cases where landlords hiked the rental price of apartments and living spaces by 30 to 40% in less than a day, to violations of Boston’s five-or-more rule, problems persist.

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ARIELA SHAPIRO March 22, 2020
Coronavirus Addiction
IÑAKI ESTÍVALIZ

“EVERYONE IS COUGHING.” FEAR AND ROVING DURING THE CORONAVIRUS CRISIS.

“They tell us, they put up signs, but many don’t read them or ignore them and don’t want to listen, either. None of these people are understanding what we have in front of us.”

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IÑAKI ESTÍVALIZ March 21, 2020
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