Politics
A New York City-based nonprofit took its fight against housing discrimination to Boston this week. The Housing Rights Initiative sued 20 landlords and brokers in Boston on Wednesday, MassLive reported. The lawsuit alleges that brokers told prospective tenants that Section 8 and other housing vouchers would be denied, in violation of state law. The nonprofit had […]
A “failed joint” in a feeder cable caused last week’s power outage that upended the morning commute on three of the MBTA’s four subway lines, officials said Wednesday, somewhat contradicting the T’s earlier suggestion that its own infrastructure did not appear to be the problem. Six days after the incident that prompted major delays on the Blue, […]
