This past Monday, City Council approved moving forward with the process to end exclusionary zoning. Thank you very much to so many of you who emailed and spoke in support! The next steps are fast approaching, and we again need your help. Continue reading

We need your support to end exclusionary zoning in Cambridge. Today's City Council meeting will discuss this important matter. Apartment buildings are banned in significant parts of Cambridge. With your help, we can end this ban and help make Cambridge a more inclusive city! Ending exclusionary zoning is long overdue. Please write to City Council to support building more homes for families who need them across Cambridge and sign up here to give public comment. Continue reading

ABC will be hosting two upcoming events in June: a walking tour of Mass Ave and a conversation with Richard Kahlenberg on "snob zoning". Continue reading

This month, ABC hosted two Town Halls with our endorsed councillors where they discussed their plans for increasing affordable housing, strengthening tenants' rights, and bringing more housing to Cambridge to address the housing crisis. Continue reading

MONDAY, March 4, at 5:30 pm, Cambridge City Council will vote on a policy order — sponsored by ABC-endorsed Councillors Siddiqui, Sobrinho-Wheeler, McGovern, and Azeem — to strengthen city resources for tenants facing eviction. Those resources include access to lawyers in eviction court, mediation services, and better notice to tenants of their rights and the resources available to them. Continue reading

A Better Cambridge invites all new and renewing members to discuss the new Cambridge City Council term and the important housing issues for us to tackle this term. Continue reading

Join us to hear from our ABC-endorsed City Councillors on their housing agenda for this term. Continue reading

This Wednesday (11/29) at 2 p.m. the City Council will have a hearing on a zoning petition filed by some residents to ban new or expanded lodging houses in the residential districts where they are currently allowed. The petition appears to be motivated by a proposed new lodging house on Garden Street near Harvard Square. Continue reading

ABC heartily congratulates the six ABC-endorsed candidates elected to the 2024-2025 City Council: challengers Jivan Sobrino-Wheeler and Ayesha Wilson will join incumbents Burhan Azeem, Marc McGovern, Sumbul Siddiqui, and Denise Simmons on a solidly pro-housing City Council! Voters made clear that housing remains the #1 issue facing Cambridge, and they expect action. Continue reading