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Cambridge Rezoning Would Allow Six-Story Residential Buildings Citywide
A proposal to allow for six-story residential buildings across Cambridge, MA would create 4,880 net new housing units in the next decade and a half, nearly 14 times the number of units expected under current zoning, reported the Boston Business Journal. The Cambridge City Council’s housing committee voted last week to recommend that the city’s Community Development Department draft zoning language based on the proposal.
If enacted, the measure would create some of the most aggressive pro-housing zoning in the country, the Business Journal reported. “The solution that we’re proposing is not perfect, and we’ll hear all the comments of how we can make it better, but I also want to say what we’re proposing is so much better than the status quo,” said Councilor Burhan Azeem, co-chair of the housing committee.
However, some councilors expressed concern about the unintended consequences that the rezoning could have on affordable housing.
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