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...more and more owners--by paying off federally-subsidized mortgages contingent on allocating low-cost housing units--are raising the rent to virtually force out low- and moderate-income tenants. Those who reside in such units in 929 House on Mass. Ave. might soon be the next victims of this troubling trend. A Connecticut-based company recently announced its plans to buy the property and gradually phase out the building's 57 low-cost housing units...
Ignoring this problem would effectively drive out those citizens who help give Cambridge its distinct and diverse character. The loss of those who primarily benefit from low-cost units--the elderly and disabled, single working mothers, retired long-time residents and other low-income residents--would be a critical blow to Cambridge's vibrant political activism...
...past such expensive, out-of-reach accessories were available only in pictures in the fashion magazines. But a new generation of higher-quality, low-cost extensions is going mainstream and becoming big business. By doing so, hair extensions have crossed ethnic lines: African-American women have long used them, particularly in the '90s for braided styles...
Next up, Linux. There's been a great hoopla around this operating system from in-depth trade magazines to clueless television news reports. Linux has been hot news because it is a low-cost, and sometimes free, version of the Unix operating system that compete with Microsoft's Windows 2000 (or should...
They assured the council that no low-rent tenants would be evicted and that they would allow tenants in low-cost housing to remain as long as they wished to stay...