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...When Dixon went into his neighborhood to campaign, he found that most residents were recent arrivals from cities all across the country, instead of Cambridge natives...
Like most council candidates, Dixon —who says he is “pro-tenant, but not anti-landlord”—would like to create more affordable housing...
Describing the city’s current Affordable Housing Trust Fund as “weak,” Dixon advocates the creation of an endowment which would provide greater funding for housing initiatives. Under Dixon’s proposal, income from the endowment would be used to support mortgages for first-time home buyers...
...Dixon, who was home-schooled by his parents from kindergarten though high school and holds a master’s degree from the Harvard Graduate School of Education, also has ideas for major changes in education...
...Dixon proposes that the City Council have greater control over education than the current state Proposition 2 1/2 requires. Instead of having the City Council simply approve or reject the School Committee’s budget, Dixon says he wants the council to be able to amend the school budget...