Allston Brighton Community Development Corporation

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Homes We Can Afford: Jill

Homes We Can Afford: Jill

What’s your relationship to Allston-Brighton? Resident for 7 years. Pushed out due to rising rent in 2018. How has Allston-Brighton changed over the years? Yes, absolutely. Some of my favorite local shops not have been in Allston forever were no longer able to stay...
Homes We Can Afford: Justin

Homes We Can Afford: Justin

On affordable housing & the climate crisis: Affordability and zero-carbon housing are key aspects to help communities not only adapt to the climate crisis, but thrive in the years ahead.  When homes are affordable, that means that people can live closer to where...
Homes We Can Afford: Maria

Homes We Can Afford: Maria

What does affordable housing mean to you/why is having more homes we can afford important to you?  Affordable housing means that a young couple can start a family in our town without fear that they will not be able to keep up with mortgage payments. Sounds simple? And...
Homes We Can Afford: Sami

Homes We Can Afford: Sami

Photo by: Evan Greenwald What’s your relationship to Allston-Brighton? I moved to Boston for College 10 years ago (yikes) and after two years of campus housing, I moved to Allston. Living here has connected me to so many other artists, lifelong friends, and...
Homes We Can Afford: Tony

Homes We Can Afford: Tony

My advocacy for affordable housing is steeped in the history of my family who immigrated from Italy at the turn of the 20th century to escape the extreme poverty that caused malnutrition and disease in the home country. My grandparents with just the clothes on their...

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