Upcoming Events

Garden Party to Grow More Housing In Brookline

Join us to celebrate our wins in the May election, meet some of our new Town Meeting Members, and help pass meaningful compliance to the MBTA Communities Act.

Sunday, June 25, 3:00 to 5:00 pm

RSVP here (address provided upon RSVP)

Past Events

GOTV Kickoff  Pizza Special!

Join us in Griggs Park on Wednesday, April 26 at 6:00 pm.

Meet the candidates and other pro-housing supporters, and get ready to Get Out The VOTE on May 2nd!

Let us know you’re coming 

Rain date: April 27 at 6:00 pm

Brookline Booksmith and B4E presented a conversation with Katherine Einstein and Maxwell Palmer, authors of Neighborhood Defenders: Participatory Politics and America’s Housing Crisis

• Location: Brookline Booksmith, 279 Harvard Street, Brookline

• Date: Monday, March 27 at 6:00 pm

• Register here, and order your book at the same time

Einstein & Palmer, political science professors at Boston University, examine how local land use boards and institutions enlarge the power of entrenched interests and privileged homeowners. They draw on sweeping data to analyze the dominance of land use politics by so-called “neighborhood defenders” — individuals who oppose zoning reform and new housing projects far more strongly than their broader communities, and who (not surprisingly) are likely to be privileged on a variety of dimensions. The result is diminished housing stock and higher housing costs, perversely reproducing inequality.

Brookline for Everyone and Abundant Housing MA cohosted Brookline’s MBTA Communities Act kickoff!

• Location: Hops n Scotch, 1306 Beacon St, Brookline
  

• Date: Tuesday, February 28 at 6:30 pm

This year Brookline has the chance to pass the MBTA Communities Act, a set of reforms that allows the transit oriented housing our community needs. This is Brookline’s best chance to promote economic diversity, environmental sustainability, and racial inclusion through housing. Join Brookline for Everyone in advocating for the housing we need to make living in our community an authentic choice.

Join us to hear about Brookline’s  MBTA Communities Act compliance plans, but more importantly, come to connect and share a drink with pro-housing neighbors and friends. This event is free, but contributions are gratefully accepted.

Watch Senior Planner Maria Morelli’s presentation to the Planning Board (begins at 00:10:05)