"85% of Cambridge's housing" offered in this tweet is misleading, because it's a measure of the *unit* split, but n… https://t.co/aQjWGfIrrm Jul 26, 2019 
A coworker recently moved to Cambridge, and he was shocked at how much he had to pay up front: First, Last, Securit… https://t.co/QHjEoCpX5X Sep 21, 2019 
Affordable housing, and really, housing of all kinds. I want tiny studio apartments for folks just looking for a p… https://t.co/c4o6LKxAVk Sep 17, 2019 
After asking my landlord for a new lease for *3 months* leading up to its expiration, *after* the lease expired, sh… https://t.co/k0O1mSNB4L Jul 26, 2019 
After learning about the Affordable Housing Overlay and starting to pay attention to local politics more, learning… https://t.co/9kcp5BdTEt Sep 13, 2019 
Ahead of tonight's Ordinance Committee meeting (5:30PM in the Sullivan Chamber, CDD presentation likely including t… https://t.co/l8VVp5AHcp Aug 01, 2019 
All new construction is "luxury" because construction (and land-thanks zoning) is expensive enough that it's imposs… https://t.co/IGcNhYrun9 Sep 16, 2019 
A recent blog post by opponents of Cambridge's affordable housing plan cites claims of potential business dislocati… https://t.co/j29NnsqxHX Aug 15, 2019 
At least one Councilor has said "The State should pay for Courthouse remediation." So... you don't want to let a de… https://t.co/rYsEoBxGxV Jul 11, 2019 
At the Our Revolution: Cambridge forum last night, the word "progressive" was used to mean "Councilors who want to… https://t.co/zV9KXIbpJC Sep 06, 2019 
Before transit costs, Metheun costs nearly a third less than living in Boston. Once you involve transit, the recent… https://t.co/hxOshXsqMw Jul 08, 2019 
Bernie's housing plan seems genuinely good, and I'm excited about the possibilities it signals for increased housin… https://t.co/rLDQQjP7BX Sep 25, 2019 
Between 2010 and 2018, Cambridge added 26,000 jobs, going from 104,000 to 130,000 (according to state data). Betwe… https://t.co/JLT7PtF2Fd Sep 28, 2019 
Between the 95 belt and 495 belt, there are a total of 7 3-bedroom apartments for $1500 or less: - 2 in Maynard -… https://t.co/ci4omOCSLb Sep 16, 2019 
Cambridge has an inclusionary zoning program which requires developers to create cost-restricted, rent-controlled u… https://t.co/Tx9TkLYi1c Aug 16, 2019 
Cambridge's Ordinance Committee will be considering amendments to the City's proposed zoning change today to enact… https://t.co/ta8xakrHkV Aug 13, 2019 
Cambridge’s proposed Affordable Housing Overlay is a rare situation in housing: a win for low income families, a wi… https://t.co/V6faWZeMZR Jul 27, 2019 
Candidate @MsNicolaW: “We need to slow down our development ... It is affecting and harming our environment.” Putt… https://t.co/YZX9cgGhbu Sep 26, 2019 
Councilors Carlone, Devereux, Siddiqui, and Zondervan each had an opportunity: Any of them could have been the fina… https://t.co/w9hS95bhqf Sep 19, 2019 
Creating commercial hubs with high-capacity "spokes" of public transit is absolutely crucial to solving our climate… https://t.co/0iYAEnRpB5 Sep 25, 2019 
Currently, Cambridge buildings take up about 1077 acres of area. With average solar insolation in MA at about 4 ho… https://t.co/oRGIJYZhdp Aug 23, 2019 
Earlier points were made about the City Council's process for accepting public comment favoring supporters of this… https://t.co/LsUMwM48RV Sep 17, 2019 
Even ignoring the numerous other violations of zoning code, 7733 of Cambridge's 12696 non-institutional lots violat… https://t.co/SM12DYq0Ji Aug 20, 2019 
Fighting against this group intentionally providing misleading information has been *so* draining. The fact that th… https://t.co/MWP9hyir7k Aug 26, 2019 
For anyone who read my post on possibilities for affordable housing under the Affordable Housing Overlay: This home… https://t.co/ffxxFBsvmS Aug 06, 2019 
From the local anti-housing group: AHO proponents focused on the "claim that Cambridge has a housing crisis so extr… https://t.co/H4pv7akNNU Sep 14, 2019 
"He agreed to add car and bike parking, a 40,000-square-foot grocery store, 64 affordable units, street improvement… https://t.co/OBtOIIQlhR Jul 22, 2019 
"Hitting pause" on development means trading off your fear of things going "too fast" for low-income families losin… https://t.co/5aKiEvXvgu Aug 04, 2019 
Housing displacement from creation office space is a real concern: commercial developers should have a responsibili… https://t.co/yQ6ZBXTiZa Aug 28, 2019 
I accidentally wrote a mini-novel in this sub-thread about the Councilors who voted against the overlay. If you're… https://t.co/TtglM6TYWx Sep 11, 2019 
I agree with some of this, but it has a fundamental flaw of assuming that people who are intent on holding the neig… https://t.co/f5Yj5I4ns0 Sep 06, 2019 
I believe that the are both places where development causes more benefits than problems and where development cause… https://t.co/7sQhsUKy7G Jul 30, 2019 
If anyone wants to know how local control of rent control in MA could end up being a disaster -- things like this,… https://t.co/SXIQaXZwCL Sep 25, 2019 
If there is *one* candidate in this City Council race who has more claim than any other towards the values I believ… https://t.co/7DVraYvqT2 Sep 24, 2019 
If we were to add the ability to add a 4th floor to Cambridge + Boston 3-deckers, a low-carbon refit becomes techni… https://t.co/r5YrltsBVe Aug 05, 2019 
If yesterday you were like "why the hell is this guy wearing a suit in Washington DC": read this article, and next… https://t.co/KxJzcYnx8g Jul 26, 2019 
If you call people aligned against giving non-profits tools to create decommoditized housing in favour of protectin… https://t.co/7MNi67Iyy7 Sep 25, 2019 
If you have ever thought "Goddamnit, my Cambridge rent is too damn high", you should know that is fixable, and mun… https://t.co/suZaqyqKsy Sep 09, 2019 
If you think banks have built more wealth than homeowners in Boston in the past 5 years, your understanding of the… https://t.co/ytrwmc9ZvS Aug 20, 2019 
I guess this *probably* isn't this chapter that I found: https://t.co/9iJs7dLDbY "The department of motor vehicles… https://t.co/MtYHWzUl3R Jul 26, 2019 
I had previously assumed that the wheelchairs that were being crushed was the unjust-but-careless result of a bogus… https://t.co/nFDVGIgJ3w Aug 07, 2019 
I hate that I'm crying over how stupid this is. That we have so given up on the idea of *helping people* -- that it… https://t.co/Qx9F2Nt4EU Jul 15, 2019 
I have no idea what's being built here, but driving by this and seeing the density being created here is really enc… https://t.co/IcDpQwE1oR Sep 23, 2019 
I hear this said all the time about the luxury condos my friends live in. "Oh, nobody lives there, they're just emp… https://t.co/e8m6E8PyLH Jul 05, 2019 
I honestly misunderstood what this flyer was supposed to be showing me. I thought the complaint was just about the… https://t.co/mk1CCjQ3FO Aug 01, 2019 
I'm a strong fan of communities becoming more walkable by default; eliminating significant amounts of car access is… https://t.co/8fAhzAhVza Aug 19, 2019 
I'm pleased that this amendment passed over the more aggressive amendment proposed by Councilor Carlone, which woul… https://t.co/vd1CLNEgsl Aug 09, 2019 
I'm surprised how little I've seen of this sentiment overall: I expected the Trump era would bring about a new era… https://t.co/dSxsIl4d7y Sep 26, 2019 
I'm torn on this. Cambridge doesn't (seem to?) do this, and I think that it's one of the things that contributes to… https://t.co/EV3gmJHkxA Jul 31, 2019 
In a close up angle of Officer Danilecki's first arrests of the day, we can see him personally tearing at the faci… https://t.co/dAxk7M67qE Sep 03, 2019 
In a comment on @CambridgeDay, City Council Candidate Patty Nolan requests that someone apologize for stating that… https://t.co/Ijvdawq3IQ Sep 20, 2019 
In Cambridge, if you took the existing floor area of all single family homes, and divided them up into new units at… https://t.co/64O9Od1VPo Sep 18, 2019 
In Cambridge's residential districts, there are about 40,000 housing units: Places where people can live. In Cambr… https://t.co/Gd9amSMYDD Sep 03, 2019 
In Cambridge, where 64% of units are occupied by renters, the Council is 88% homeowners -- so homeowners are over-r… https://t.co/NpD6L89F48 Aug 29, 2019 
In cars, buying new is largely a luxury afforded to the (at least moderately) wealthy. Everyone else just buys a us… https://t.co/Vcr10ZKUTT Jul 15, 2019 
In Chicago, at one point, I was walking in a neighborhood that had lots of skinny houses. What I was told at the ti… https://t.co/U462JRs0UZ Sep 28, 2019 
In defending the idea of creating new housing in Cambridge, I have been: - Personally attacked by wealthy homeown… https://t.co/mW8xwqjTjV Aug 26, 2019 
In many parts of Cambridge, 100x50 lots were the standard size for dividing up plots. In West Cambridge, this hous… https://t.co/utNMkFcwOb Sep 22, 2019 
In order to pass, the Affordable Housing Overlay required a 6th vote. 4 challengers answered the @ABetterCAF Candi… https://t.co/BheKkOmXqG Sep 10, 2019 
In response to questions about the Courthouse site posed in July, DCAMM basically responded (as reported by… https://t.co/X2syInKB1d Aug 30, 2019 
Interestingly, this view of due process for platform issues (which I generally agree with!) is one that doesn't des… https://t.co/LpMVfb6LVL Aug 06, 2019 
I respect Councilor Kelley's attempts to propose alternative solutions to our housing needs, but his alternatives a… https://t.co/PCoe0Bohfk Sep 27, 2019 
I sometimes wonder when I read statements in Cambridge's Blog Of Record whether the people saying them actually bel… https://t.co/wNjECQczft Sep 11, 2019 
I think the most disappointing thing about paying attention to local politics is realizing the extent to which most… https://t.co/ntwXU8XUXR Sep 28, 2019 
It is genuinely amazing to me that when I initially looked at this post, almost none of the responses seemed to und… https://t.co/GxhWZRKtV2 Jul 12, 2019 
It is truly exhausting to me that our most "climate"-centric City Councilor in Cambridge wants to *limit* the City'… https://t.co/gmPwD2hV5u Aug 22, 2019 
It was asked "What is one important thing you've learned from housing Twitter, and what is one position where you'v… https://t.co/Scswzi6li2 Aug 19, 2019 
I used to be a big proponent of higher IZ requirements. They sound good! I failed to realize at the time that the m… https://t.co/q9zpgTUqv4 Jul 20, 2019 
I wish I believed our state legislature was functional enough that I could believe this would work here, but even t… https://t.co/uLstd3fZ2y Sep 13, 2019 
I would like to update this statement. The group publishing this flyer has silently updated the flyer they are dis… https://t.co/G42GURmgkk Aug 08, 2019 
I would welcome more homes being built on my street. It would be even better if they were built as dense residentia… https://t.co/w0cgvz9WoT Aug 12, 2019 
Last night I spoke in front of the Cambridge City Council's Ordinance Committee in another hearing on the Affordabl… https://t.co/ZNnils2a3b Aug 02, 2019 
My parking desires for Cambridge: [thread] - Every year for the next 5, ~double the annual resident permit fee. (… https://t.co/ork6ELVgQ2 Sep 20, 2019 
New plan for pushing for upzoning: On transfers of existing non-conforming buildings, owners must pay a fee to the… https://t.co/8Y7RVI29iE Sep 14, 2019 
Non-profit institutions have limited tools to build housing: in Cambridge, we have outlawed the ability to build ap… https://t.co/YBjCw76Ogm Aug 01, 2019 
Off-street parking minimums to developers create a built environment that encourages car ownership, when we should… https://t.co/n36iKFXwFi Sep 25, 2019 
OKAY SO. Someone knocks on your door and says: "My name is Chris, and I’m a volunteer supporting candidates in the… https://t.co/oYhQyd383J Sep 24, 2019 
One of the reasons reacting to climate change with demands for conservation efforts is misguided is that we're alre… https://t.co/hJzSw1Sn10 Jul 27, 2019 
One of the side effects of the rental market being on the rise it has been is that a large chunk of the city will n… https://t.co/y4opnL25tS Jul 09, 2019 
One of the things I've learned about Cambridge recently: Everything I dislike is directly caused by zoning. In thi… https://t.co/1WWvoUPvk5 Aug 31, 2019 
One of the things underestimated by those who disfavor new construction: the tiny amount of our current housing whi… https://t.co/u2dJKV0Y24 Sep 01, 2019 
Our biases all flavor how we look at a situation. It is hard to look with clear eyes at any situation where we have… https://t.co/vH7F1Ee3jV Sep 05, 2019 
Reading the way that Cambridge homeowners oppose the active voices of renters advocating for increased housing affo… https://t.co/t6Ukkz275z Sep 02, 2019 
Reading through the @ABetterCAF candidate questionnaire answers has shown me which candidates "get it", and which d… https://t.co/P8h47aqEIi Sep 07, 2019 
Representative @MikeConnollyMA's latest email on the disasterous Courthouse demands says if the Council prevents th… https://t.co/rOXhSX1n30 Jul 10, 2019 
Since 2012, residential Cambridge property owners have earned -- just those who live in their properties, a small p… https://t.co/UH4dtYbDNe Jul 13, 2019 
Since the 2008 recession, there has been a massive change in the economy: folks who graduated college later than th… https://t.co/OSDroTw4Lf Aug 29, 2019 
Since the beginning of 2019, the top three professions reported for individual contributions to Cambridge City Coun… https://t.co/6npGyghdhX Aug 14, 2019 
So, for the past couple weeks, you've probably noticed me talking about the slate of pro-housing candidates I'm hap… https://t.co/9F9qSPk8Yc Sep 28, 2019 
So, I don't know much about building houses. But I think that some of what we think of as "the cost of building hou… https://t.co/Db6NGwp048 Aug 14, 2019 
Some hot takes on housing. Over the past 3-6 months, I have invested a lot of time into better understanding the r… https://t.co/ZwwFv72kj3 Jul 17, 2019 
The Affordable Housing Overlay increased the required amount of green space; would have required developers to foll… https://t.co/pDgVL216En Sep 10, 2019 
The Affordable Housing Overlay is he most significant piece of legislation worked on this term by the City Council,… https://t.co/mqkrUyZ0CZ Sep 03, 2019 
The article includes not just examples, but also a full map of the affected area of the city -- showing in part how… https://t.co/FsZoNY98sN Aug 10, 2019 
The Cambridge Citizen's Coalition has published a new set of visuals associated with their latest flyer against the… https://t.co/CglAsIT6oO Aug 28, 2019 
The Cambridge Citizen's Coalitions latest flyers include a new false claim that 350' buildings would be allowed und… https://t.co/7kn5RmPA62 Aug 10, 2019 
The Cambridge housing crisis -- high rents, high rates of displacement, abusive landlords, and more -- is solvable.… https://t.co/4jCHt0U2sC Sep 23, 2019 
The change from 12.5% -> 20% inclusionary zoning in Cambridge pushed developers from building 1100 units in the two… https://t.co/fvGjg8HePL Jul 18, 2019 
The housing crisis doesn't just affect us all: it's solvable. It's caused largely by the zoning decisions of muni g… https://t.co/NparobVxp5 Sep 11, 2019 
The Housing market is nothing like a free market. Supply is drastically constrained, the government performs a mass… https://t.co/rycOMnurdl Sep 01, 2019 
The latest flyer put together by a group against Cambridge's proposed 100% affordable housing overlay illustrates a… https://t.co/FQDqdpc26M Aug 08, 2019 
The owner of this empty lot claims the residential exemption on their taxes, according to the assessor's database.… https://t.co/M0hUUHEbAS Aug 09, 2019 
The path forward is very simple. First, we elect a Council that isn't scared of its own shadows. Then, the will o… https://t.co/oToiZj923D Sep 11, 2019 
The Planning Board is generally the authority on approving projects which need special permission for significant z… https://t.co/8RjM710Mak Sep 04, 2019 
The progress we have made on Ending Forced Arbitration in the past few months has felt tremendous -- but I know tha… https://t.co/6vPLGLDody Aug 02, 2019 
There are currently only 200 units of affordable-only housing developments underway in Cambridge. 75% of those unit… https://t.co/EWpmlRaQRU Sep 09, 2019 
There are two things that I've learned over the past 6 months. - *The regional housing crisis is solvable*, but..… https://t.co/8sPzoYkd52 Aug 23, 2019 
The worst part of this is that the CCC was told this *months* ago, and went so far as to *acknowledge they were wro… https://t.co/qarC6WjKVw Aug 29, 2019 
This 4,000 square foot parking lot pays just $750/month in property taxes immediately adjacent to Central Square.… https://t.co/dZ9kzNEjM2 Sep 12, 2019 
This absolutely ridiculous statement from CCC is a recent addition to their repertoire. It is horribly misleading a… https://t.co/QrWkJ2n5zL Aug 12, 2019 
This building in the back here was added in the 5 years since I've moved here. On the map, notice that it's slightl… https://t.co/VOEZ79M7ul Sep 28, 2019 
This house is even weirder in person than it looks in this picture. It feels like it has been extended a bunch of t… https://t.co/77oqJYAPvv Aug 05, 2019 
This is a huge problem in our housing policies, which effectively force builders to create large units: if we were… https://t.co/cRM2UncCyw Sep 20, 2019 
This is an amazing walkthrough of the overall housing crisis. I've only just finished it, and *already* I'm using p… https://t.co/uKZwpNHXv7 Jul 08, 2019 
This is cool, but for @CambMA I like @VoteJivan's proposal better: Just make it the responsibility of the City. I… https://t.co/k4SkAeQTrs Sep 04, 2019 
This is only true if you don't build more homes to go along with the workplaces. If Cambridge had added 10,000 hom… https://t.co/gKypsJTld6 Sep 25, 2019 
This is the fundamental issue with a revolutionary perspective to approaching our climate risks: Councilor Zonderv… https://t.co/abOB7UizqA Sep 11, 2019 
Tonight, I spoke at the @CambMA planning board against a zoning petition that would have required the planning boar… https://t.co/gpzH8mHwRj Sep 18, 2019 
To solve our regional housing problems, we don't just need to build more homes in Cambridge: we need them everywher… https://t.co/K5mnxndvvM Sep 11, 2019 
When underproduction is a serious problem, broad, strict rent controls will possibly exacerbate the existing proble… https://t.co/FkPEoyK9ig Aug 31, 2019 
While I commented yesterday on one public rally -- with more than 1300 signatures collected in a municipal governme… https://t.co/HflrvMyx33 Sep 11, 2019 
Yesterday wasn't just a big day for the Affordable Housing Overlay and the Sullivan Courthouse -- it was also a big… https://t.co/kTgsOkUvVg Sep 11, 2019 
"You have made the classic blunder: Admitting you were wrong on the same piece of paper!" Except that to organizat… https://t.co/6PnACJNPC3 Sep 10, 2019