BOSTON – Hundreds of tenant advocates and wary property owners crammed into a Boston City Council public hearing Monday to weigh in on a proposal that has the two groups at odds: Renters say it would create safeguards against eviction; landlords say it would slap them with thinly disguised rent controls.
"Any way you look at it, this is rent control," Skip Schloming, of the Small Properties Owners Association, said in an interview just before the hearing started.
BOSTON – Mayor Marty Walsh, acting just days after the City Council failed to extend urban renewal powers wielded by the Boston Redevelopment Authority, announced a plan to refocus the agency and improve public trust in its operations.
The BRA's identity, mission and values will be overhauled under the initiative, which will include hiring an outside consultant to provide strategic advice, according to a statement from the mayor's office.
