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DAN ATKINSON

MASS SPENT MILLIONS ON COVID CONSULTANTS TO RATIONALIZE LETTING EVICTION MORATORIUM EXPIRE

Documents obtained from state show contractors misrepresented expert predictions, saw sunshine around every corner

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DAN ATKINSON July 12, 2021
SHIRA LAUCHAROEN

SOMERVILLE WIRE: June 15, 2021 WEEKLY ROUNDUP

A proposal to extend the eviction moratorium, a theatrical reading, and Taste of Somerville’s new dining passport program. Welcome to the Somerville Wire’s June 15 Weekly Roundup—a fast look at local news published every Tuesday at somervillewire.news. Readers with Somerville-focused news tips or press releases or calendar items or letter

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SHIRA LAUCHAROEN June 15, 2021
MICHAEL VENTURA

OPINION: A SOMERVILLE FREED FROM THE VIOLENCE OF EVICTION

Photo by Ben Ewen-Campen “The time has come for evictions to end for good in Somerville!” The Eviction Response Network is fighting for a Somerville freed from the violence that is eviction. We are Somerville tenants, workers, homeowners, and allies against eviction and united by the belief that housing is

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MICHAEL VENTURA June 15, 2021
SHIRA LAUCHAROEN

SOMERVILLE LOOKS INTO SERVICES FOR THE HOMELESS

An engagement center and self-cleaning bathrooms are on the City’s list for development.

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SHIRA LAUCHAROEN May 4, 2021
CHRIS HUES

SHELTER SHOCK

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

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CHRIS HUES January 28, 2021
SHIRA LAUCHAROEN

SOMERVILLE RESIDENTS COPE WITH EVICTION MORATORIUM EXPIRATION

As coronavirus cases surge, community members grapple with a housing crisis.

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SHIRA LAUCHAROEN December 20, 2020
HASSAN GHANNY

HOW THE DELAWARE REAL ESTATE SHELL GAME IMPACTS MASSACHUSETTS

We traced 500-plus Mass properties to fewer than 20 Delaware addresses. Will this costly loophole ever close?

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HASSAN GHANNY November 8, 2020
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RICH TENORIO

SHOCKING DISCRIMINATION: RESEARCHER BEHIND NEW BOSTON HOUSING STUDY EXPLAINS BIAS, BIGOTRY BLACK RENTERS FACE

“The results of this study are deeply troubling and further reinforce the immediate need to address the longstanding injustices Black people face in every aspect of their lives.”

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RICH TENORIO July 21, 2020
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SHIRA LAUCHAROEN

EVICTION FIGHT ENDURES AS END TO MASSACHUSETTS MORATORIUM LOOMS

Speakers presented a new report created by researches at Massachusetts Institute for Technology and City Life, which revealed that 70% of evictions in Boston are in communities where the majority of the population are people of color—Roxbury, Dorchester, Mattapan.

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SHIRA LAUCHAROEN July 13, 2020
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DAN ATKINSON

LANDLORDS CAN’T EVICT DURING PANDEMIC, BUT A BUNCH OF THEM TRIED

“It was sort of testing the water with it, seeing what [evictions] they can get away with. This legislation stopped folks in their tracks before it caught on.”

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DAN ATKINSON April 29, 2020
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