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Cambridge Finance Committee Votes to Scope Social Housing, Supportive Housing, and Childcare

CAMBRIDGE — April 9, 2026 — Cambridge Finance Committee designates social housing, supportive housing, and childcare as top three budget priorities. The committee voted 7-0 Thursday to combine the Cambridge Preschool Program expansion and after-school program expansion into a single childcare priority and advance it alongside a social housing revolving

Cambridge committee reviews Rise Up findings showing relief without lasting economic mobility

CAMBRIDGE — April 8, 2026 — Cambridge committee reviews Rise Up guaranteed income findings, with $22 million program showing relief but limited mobility gains. The Human Services and Veterans Committee heard the final evaluation Wednesday of Rise Up Cambridge, which provided $500 a month for 18 months to roughly 1,900 low-

Cambridge police logged 10 ICE interactions in six months, shared no information

CAMBRIDGE — April 7, 2026 — Cambridge Public Safety Committee reviews police immigration enforcement log showing 10 ICE contacts in six months. At an April 7 hearing, Superintendent Pauline Wells walked the three-member committee through a tracker required by the city's Welcoming Community Ordinance, covering September through December 2025,

Cambridge committees hear calls for design fixes to 2025 multifamily housing ordinance

CAMBRIDGE — April 7, 2026 — Cambridge joint committees debate design standards and affordability gaps in the 2025 multifamily housing ordinance. The Joint Housing and Neighborhood and Long-Term Planning committees convened April 7 for the second of at least three hearings on the February 2025 law, which allows four-story buildings

Cambridge Ordinance Committee Chooses Stricter Option Two for Cambridge Street Active-Use Zoning

CAMBRIDGE — April 6, 2026 — Cambridge's Ordinance Committee voted 6-2 to pursue the strictest active-use zoning option for Cambridge Street, requiring ground-floor retail or comparable uses in buildings taller than three stories. The April 6 vote — on a motion by Councilor Patricia Nolan, seconded by Councilor

Cambridge Council Steers 25 Lowell Street Away From Housing, Toward Nonprofit Use

CAMBRIDGE — April 6, 2026 — Cambridge council signals 25 Lowell Street should stay in nonprofit use, redirecting west Cambridge housing ambitions to 185 Larch Road. At an April 6 roundtable working session, Mayor Sumbul Siddiqui and seven colleagues heard a presentation from City Manager Ian Huang, Deputy City Manager Kathy Watkins,

Cambridge Planning Board Receives First Annual Housing Report Under Multifamily Zoning

CAMBRIDGE — March 31, 2026 — Cambridge Planning Board reviews first annual housing data under landmark multifamily zoning. The board unanimously approved a two-year building permit extension for Planning Board Case PB-402 at 815 Summer Street, extending the deadline to April 25, 2028, before spending the bulk of the March

Cambridge Net Zero review finds new-building wins, residential gap still unresolved

CAMBRIDGE — March 31, 2026 — Cambridge Health and Environment Committee reviews Net Zero Action Plan, flags residential decarbonization as top unfinished work. The committee met Tuesday for its annual review of the city's building-sector climate plan, hearing from Cambridge Climate Chief Julie Wormser and Deputy Climate Chief Suzanne

Cambridge Panel Backs Broader Use of Community Benefits Fund for Nonprofit Capital Projects

CAMBRIDGE — March 30, 2026 — Cambridge Ordinance Committee votes to allow nonprofit capital spending from community benefits fund. The committee voted 6-0 on March 30 to send proposed amendments to the Community Benefits Ordinance to the full City Council with a favorable recommendation, lifting a prohibition on using the fund

Cambridge Council Votes 7-2 to Raise Parking Permit Fee, Replace Senior Exemption

CAMBRIDGE — March 30, 2026 — Cambridge City Council votes 7-2 to raise residential parking permit fee to $75 and replace automatic senior exemption. The substitute policy order, co-sponsored by Councilors Nolan, McGovern, Zussi, and Wheeler, eliminates the blanket senior exemption and replaces it with a universal self-certification checkbox

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