Let’s Change Cambridge!

Housing in Cambridge, MA is exceedingly expensive—but building affordable housing is a huge fight.

Climate change is becoming a global crisis—but building a 5-block bike lane is a huge fight.

We have massive inequality—and for decades the city’s top priority has been low taxes for the richest people and corporations in the city.

Why? Politics. And politics that we can fix, if we work together.

Why politics matter

  1. An affordable housing meeting radicalized me, and might radicalize you
    I never used to pay attention to local politics… until I went to a city meeting in my neighborhood.

  2. Why local politics is a great way to start making a difference
    The world sucks, what are you going to do about it? Local politics are a great place to start.

Housing

  1. Why Cambridge (and the Boston area) need to build vastly more housing
    We desperately need to build more housing, separate from the affordability crisis.

  2. Who should fund more housing in Cambridge, and why they won’t
    We need more housing, and unfortunately until we fix politics that favor the wealthy, private developers is all we’ve got.

  3. Do new apartment buildings cause displacement?
    New apartment buildings will cause displacement—but they’re better than any other alternative.

  4. Why isn’t everything affordable? The limits of inclusionary zoning
    New apartment buildings must have 20% of their units be affordable; this has limitations, and suggests some other alternatives.

Understanding how politics works

  1. Promising the impossible (and blaming city staff when that fails)
    When you’re a City Councilor, you always have someone else to blame when things go wrong.

  2. The City Council probably doesn’t care about you
    The City Council has a clear heirarchy, and most people are on the bottom. But you can change this!

Events and controversies

  1. Cambridge Police shouldn’t get more surveillance technology (01 Feb 2025)
    CPD is bad at following its own policies, and national law enforcement is going to be pursuing bad policies.

  2. The City of Cambridge is going to MURDERIZE A HUNDRED TREES!@! (21 Nov 2024)
    You don’t needs facts if you can just emote strongly (warning: may only work for the politically priviliged).

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