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In Boston, office to residential conversions gain traction, aided by subsidies

by Simón Rios
Jul 26, 2024
Amid widespread office vacancies, developers say creating apartments could provide housing and help stave off declining values.
The views from 95 Berkeley St. could add to the office building's appeal for apartment dwellers.
Courtesy City of Boston
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Mobile home rent discrimination case raises legal questions in Massachusetts

by Simón Rios
Jul 3, 2024
The state bans price discrimination at parks. Hometown America argues it should be able to charge new residents more than longtime ones.
Ed and Rose Bartok look at their lilac bush in the front yard of their home at the Miller’s Woods and River Bend manufactured home community in Athol, Massachusetts.
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Some are leaving white collar fields to work with their hands

by Simón Rios
Mar 22, 2022
With demand high in sectors like construction, some people are using the "Great Resignation" to go in a new direction.
Danielle Chagnon fits a piece of molding beneath a window sill during class at the North Bennet Street School in Boston's North End. Chagnon wants to make a career change from being a math teacher to a contractor.
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Densely populated Massachusetts city sees high rates of COVID-19

by Simón Rios
Jun 23, 2020
According to the ACLU, 4 out of every 5 workers in Chelsea are considered essential.
Emergency medical workers check a patient who was in isolation experiencing worsening COVID-19 symptoms in Chelsea, Massachusetts.
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