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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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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
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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
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DIEGO MARCANO

RUBY’S FIGHT

In battling eviction through hardship, a matriarch reveals the cruel reality of housing in Mass

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DIEGO MARCANO March 11, 2020
DIEGO MARCANO

OPPORTUNITIES FOR WHOM?

“What is really critical is that community members have a voice in shaping the direction of what gets developed in our underdeveloped areas of Somerville.”

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DIEGO MARCANO December 11, 2019
ERIN NOLAN

EASTBOUND AND GOWN

“We have a lot of Central Americans, and we also have a wave of Arab/Middle Eastern. But what’s different now is, at least with the final wave, people are feeling they’re being pushed out.”

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ERIN NOLAN September 10, 2019
BINJ ONLINE

THE SUMMIT: PART V

Residents vent on issues related to trees and the environment

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BINJ ONLINE May 21, 2019
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