B4E Endorsements, Volunteers Needed, and Meetings this Week

This past Thursday, Brookline for Everyone was delighted to release our endorsements (which you can find on our website here) for the upcoming May 7, 2024 Town Election. For the Select Board, Brookline for Everyone has enthusiastically endorsed Alec Lebovitz, currently a Town Meeting Member from Precinct 8 who has shown a commitment to affordability, housing abundance, equity, climate sustainability,…
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New Affordable Apartments in Brookline, Town Meetings, and More

Let's start with some very good news this week: 50 very affordable, income-restricted rental apartments will soon be available in Brookline! Known as Puddingstone at Chestnut Hill, these are part of a brand-new 250-unit Chapter 40B development at Hancock Village, and include 8 units for households with incomes up to 30% of area median income (AMI) and 42 units at up to…
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HPP Wins Final Select Board Approval + Not too Late to Run for Town Meeting

Greetings, and welcome to “Meteorological Spring”! Yes, that is a real thing which I just learned about this year. While “Astronomical Spring” (based on the vernal equinox) doesn’t start this year until March 19, apparently meteorologists (and isn’t the weather what we REALLY care about) have decided on a different scheme, and consider March/April/May as “Spring.” Makes sense to me;…
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Big GBIO Rally Next Sunday (March 3) and Election Updates

Greetings, we hope you had a good weekend. Congratulations to all the parents who survived (and maybe even enjoyed?) Brookline’s School Vacation Week. We want to start with a reminder that early voting for the Presidential primary is underway in Brookline. You can vote at Town Hall this week, Monday through Thursday, 8am to 5pm, and Friday 8am to 12:30pm.…
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Accessory Dwelling Units at the Housing Advisory Board and Using Data to Support Pro-Housing Activism

We want to start this week's newsletter recognizing Black History Month by pointing to a piece from the White House's Council of Economic Advisory - Exclusionary Zoning: Its Effect on Racial Discrimination in the Housing Market. We've learned from scholars like Richard Rothstein and Amy Dain, among many others, that housing and zoning policy have long been used to segregate by…
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