A.J. Spears Funeral Home is expected to close operations at 124 Western Ave., Riverside, starting next year, 62 years after ...

Cambridge officials are considering a dramatic change to the city’s zoning code in an effort to spur housing development and address what local politicians and advocates have described as a ...

In a stunning reversal later revealed to be part of a legal settlement, a zoning board approved a Jewish congregation’s plan ...

Cambridge’s City Council voted to end exclusionary single-family zoning, a historic rezoning that will allow up to six-story residential buildings to be permitted and built in each of Cambridge ...

Cambridge residents will have at least two opportunities to learn about and weigh in on the proposal to end exclusionary single-family zoning in the city. The city is hosting an online information ...

EDITORIAL Bravo to Cambridge for ending single-family-only zoning The city’s move will create more housing and provide a valuable model for other cities in the Commonwealth.

In Cambridge, zoning by dwelling unit count began in 1924, when the city’s first zoning code introduced four residential zones. The most restrictive allowed only duplexes, with a two-and-a-half-story ...

On February 10, the Cambridge, Massachusetts City Council adopted a pair of zoning reform petitions that eliminated exclusionary zoning restrictions throughout most of the municipality overnight.

Cambridge zoning requires 20 percent of units in market-rate developments be affordable. So lots more tall buildings — even ones where units sell for premium prices — will lead to more ...

They have also said low density zoning is a relic of exclusionary and racist housing policies that barred residents of color and low-income residents from parts of the city. But the rezoning has met ...

The zoning reform, championed by Councilors Burhan Azeem and Sumbul Siddiqui, is one of the most ambitious changes to any city’s zoning in decades. The post Cambridge eliminates single-family ...