Miscellaneous
Overall, 2019 was a poor year for renters in Cambridge. Rent prices continued to rise; the City Council did little to take steps to either combat those rises or support renters facing them, and the one change that we could make -- targeting creating more housing for low-income tenants in the city -- was blocked by political forces that consider the risk of slightly denser homes antithetical to their position. This episode wraps up what 2019 looked like, and hopes for better in 2020.