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Cambridge Council opens formal review of social housing after extensive public comment
Summary
After wide public comment and presentations from state lawmakers and housing advocates, the Cambridge City Council voted to convene the Housing Committee to study social housing and request a CDD report by March 2026.
The Cambridge City Council voted 8–0 (one member absent) on Sept. 29 to ask the Housing Committee to begin a formal process studying social housing and to request a Community Development Department report by March 2026.
Supporters — including local residents, tenant groups and state Rep. Mike Connolly — urged the council to pursue a model they described as publicly financed, publicly owned, mixed-income rental housing. "Social housing is publicly financed, publicly owned, mixed income housing," Rep. Mike Connolly said during public comment, urging Cambridge to move quickly to capture pilot funding authorized at the state…
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