28 Jan 2024

Ask the Select Board to Fund the Brookline CDC’s Rental Assistance Program, Meeting with Senator Creem with GBIO

Action Items, Events, News Archive
This week there has been a great deal of coverage on the Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies' "America's Rental Housing 2024" report (including CBS, NYT, NPR). It's worth a review. And as prominent housing finance and urbanism scholar Dan Immergluck highlighted on Bluesky, while folks are focused on middle income households paying more than 30% of their income on…
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19 Nov 2023

Town Meeting Recap + Happy Thanksgiving

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Greetings everyone, For those who didn’t see our “Special Edition” on Wednesday, let’s repeat the big news: Town Meeting passed meaningful MBTA-CA compliance, including both the “M+ Plan” and the “Harvard Street Rezoning” by the overwhelming margin of 207-33. There has been lots of positive coverage you can review, including in The Boston Globe, Brookline.News, and WBUR. It’s exciting to…
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22 Oct 2023

The “Good News” Edition AND more work needed on Passing MBTA-CA compliance

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We have two exciting updates this week. First, we are delighted to announce that Yes! In Brookline (a coalition which B4E is part of) and Brookline by Design have reached agreement on a set of amendments which, if adopted, would allow both organizations to support The Select Board’s “Consensus Plan” to comply with the MBTA Communities Act (being presented to…
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03 Sep 2023

Richard Rothstein and Karilyn Crockett, Brookline Day, HAB Meeting and AHMA Advocacy Training

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Greetings everyone, we hope your August has been good, and has included opportunities for relaxation and for enjoying the final days of summer as we head into Labor Day and the beginning of the “school year” (which still seems so relevant even for those of us far removed from actual schools!). The news in Brookline politics last week was the…
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23 Apr 2023

ELECTION + Pizza Social + MBTA-CA Options Workshop

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Greetings. We hope everyone has survived (or even enjoyed!) this rainy Sunday. Before we get to the week’s events, we want to make an editorial comment on a recent vote by Brookline’s 30-member Advisory Committee (AC), which is appointed by Town Meeting Moderator Kate Poverman and is charged, among other things, with reviewing and advising Town Meeting on the Town's…
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16 Apr 2023

Happy Patriots and Marathon Day — AND, We Still Need Your Help to Elect Pro-Housing Candidate on May 2

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Greetings everyone, and Happy Patriots Day and Marathon Day! Congratulations and good luck for anyone who is running, and for the rest of us, let’s take advantage of Brookline’s prime location to enjoy the party as we cheer the runners on. Now, on to the week. Action Item Number 1: There is still plenty of time to help B4E elect…
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09 Apr 2023

Help Elect Pro-Housing Candidates, the Planning Department’s MBTA Communities Act Compliance Meetings, Greater Boston Interfaith Organization’s Housing Justice Campaign, and more

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We hope all who celebrate have had a happy Easter and Passover, and a blessed Ramadan. Spring is always a busy time of year in Brookline, between the May election and Annual Town Meeting, and this year is no different. Let’s dive right in. Action Item Number 1: We need your help to elect pro-housing candidates in Brookline. On May…
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02 Apr 2023

Election Endorsements! Vote for Pro-Housing Candidates on May 2!

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We are extremely excited to announce our endorsements of great pro-housing candidates, across Brookline, who will be on the ballot on May 2. For Select Board, we believe Arden Reamer is the best candidate and deserves your vote. Arden understands the current reality of astronomical housing costs in Brookline, and the centrality of our restrictive zoning regulations in getting us…
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