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SOTY Revisit: Boston Is Helping To Buy Up Buildings And Keep Rents Affordable
December 20, 2023 · 37 min
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Boston found a way to keep rents affordable by helping communities buy the buildings they live in.
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In this episode
- How community-owned real estate works as an anti-displacement tool
- What East Boston's model looks like on the ground
- Why city support was key to making it financially possible
- How this approach could expand to other cities over the next 20 years
About this episode
Next City is turning 20! And our journalists are publishing a special 20th-anniversary edition of our annual Solutions of the Year magazine in which we’re talking about the solutions we want to see expand in cities over the next 20 years.As part of the celebration, we’re re-airing some of the stories that we’ve covered here on the podcast. Today, how community-owned real estate in East Boston is keeping rents affordable.
About Next City
Join Lucas Grindley, executive director at Next City, where we believe journalists have the power to amplify solutions and spread workable ideas. Each week Lucas will sit down with trailblazers to discuss urban issues that get overlooked.
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