October 25, 2013

Senior Housing Not Best For Diversity


Eliminating low income senior citizens from Cambridge will make a more diverse city, and eliminate the need to segregate them from the youthful beautiful people. Universities in Cambridge increase the size of their student bodies, without increasing their housing units. As Harvard grows it increases the likelihood of creating a dysfunctional bureaucracy. It was a clever method devised by Harvard College, Harvard Law School, and MA Governor William Weld, and Harvard Law School's Charles Fried using a statewide vote to eliminate a city ordinance.
http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2013/10/24/housing-puzzle-rent-cambridge/?page=1

The Housing Puzzle
City Council candidates weigh in on challenges posed by development changes
By MARCO J. BARBER GROSSI and SONALI Y. SALGADO
Harvard CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSOctober 23, 2013

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