Tag: press
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CHINATOWN S.O.S.! Short-Term Rental Regulation Tour
CHINATOWN S.O.S.! Residential Chinatown is at risk of fading away and being unaffordable for working families! Our Short-Term Rental Regulation Tour through Chinatown explored existing short-term rentals and culminated at the State House where we heard from elected officials in support of regulation.
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Chinatown Right to Remain Efforts in the News
REMAIN, RECLAIM, REBUILD our Community! CPA’s work is featured by the Boston Globe and the Baystate Banner. Community activism helps out the neighborhood to protect the rights of the residents.
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Displaced Tenants and Supporters Hold Tent City in Quincy Center
Hudson Street tenants and supporters set up a “tent city” in front of the office of First Suffolk LLC, owner of 101 and 103 Hudson St. based in the law offices of Matera Vopat Matera & Johnson in Quincy Center. Tenants are calling for First Suffolk LLC to stop the water shutoff, no demolition of…
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Residents Call for Just Cause Eviction Policy
BOSTON (April 8, 2015) – “Up with the wages, down with the rents!” rang the shouts of tenants and community activists as they marched into City Hall Plaza this afternoon. Led by tenants who have been forced out of their homes by speculative developers, the march began on Hudson Street in Chinatown, where protesters called…
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Boston Globe: Chinatown, Immigrant Haven, Fights for Its Future
On April 1, the Boston Globe published a front-page feature detailing the history of Boston Chinatown’s fight to remain a home for working class immigrant families. The article details the struggle of 103 Hudson Street tenants to stay in their homes whom the Chinese Progressive Association have been organizing and supporting.
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Tenant & Community Groups Highlight Displacement Crisis
Over 100 residents attended Speak-Out about the housing crisis and delivered a petition to the Mayor urging him to expand the Inclusionary Development Program (IDP) and target resources to neighborhood stabilization.
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CHINATOWN ACTIVISTS RALLY FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND FOR LUXURY DEVELOPER TO PAY THEIR FAIR SHARE
On February 8, about 70 activists marched through Chinatown to assert the right of Chinatown residents to remain, reclaim, and rebuild their community
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Chinatown Stabilization Tour II and Mayor Walsh Town Hall Meeting Press Roundup
On February 5, Mayor Walsh came to Chinatown to hear from tenants facing displacement the need to preserve Chinatown as a residential neighborhood. Three days later, CPA and other activists rallied to stabilize Chinatown!
