Word: tented
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Nine former Tent City residents may be homeless once more at the end of the month, but they have only praise for the Cambridge landlord who took them in for the winter...
Alex Steinbergh, one of the city's largest landlords, loaned two apartments to the former Tent City residents after their November eviction from an MIT-owned vacant lot near Central Square, setting an eviction date of March...
...made promises to people that I have to keep," said Steinbergh. "They [the former Tent City students] have been great--no problems really. I've really been happy with my decision. They are a fine bunch of people...
...just glad that this man opened his heart to us," said Evelyn Parks, former mayor of Tent City. "He had the courage to step forward," she said...
Mangano noted that Tent City's motto is, "homeless, not helpless." While his department has worked to advice the tenants on finance and employment, he said that "these people really want to be independent." Nevertheless, Mangano said the city is ready to step in and aid the tenants in the event that they cannot afford their rent...