A Better Cambridge IEPAC
Helping elect candidates to create a more affordable, sustainable, inclusive and vibrant Cambridge, MA USA https://www.abciepac.org
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- Powerful letter to reflect on before you go to vote. Many candidates are running to roll back the progress Cambridge has made - they are explicitly pro-exclusionary zoning. A vote for ABC's pro-housing slate will help Cambridge go forward, not back. www.cambridgeday.com/2025/11/03/c...
- Vote tomorrow for all eight of these candidates. Rank them 1-8 in order of your preference to preserve the progress we've made fighting the housing crisis. Polls are open 7am-8pm. Find your polling place here: www.sec.state.ma.us/WhereDoIVote...
- Join us on election day! Help voters rank the pro-housing slate as they're heading into their polling place.
- If you want to help on Election Day, and don’t have anything to do, I could use a few more people to hold signs for @abciepac.org on Election Day in the morning or evening; let me know if you’re interested!
- Rep. Pressley endorsed all 6 pro-housing incumbents for re-election. Let's turn out to support them! Join us tonight at Squirrel Brand Park in the Port to get out the vote
- Representative Ayanna S. Pressley (D-Mass.) endorsed six candidates for Cambridge City Council on Tuesday, just one week before the Nov. 4 elections that will decide the most crowded race for local office in modern history. Megan L. Blonigen reports. www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
- @ayannapressley.bsky.social is a nationwide progressive leader who's saying YES in her backyard to proven pro-housing champions! Congratulations Mayor Simmons, VM McGovern, @councillorsiddiqui.bsky.social, Ayesha Wilson, @votejivan.bsky.social, @burhanazeem.bsky.social: all 6 ABC-endorsed incumbents
- Early voting starts tomorrow! You can be first in line to vote, then join our canvasses in Central, the Port, or Cambridgeport Check our newsletter here: mailchi.mp/9f7d2039accc...
- Want to get involved? * Tonight & tomorrow evening, 4:30-6, we'll be doing visibility and handing out flyers in Central Sq! Drop by anytime, DM if you can help in other neighborhoods * Free tomorrow night or over the next few days to help with texting? Send us a message and we can get you set up!
- In February, Cambridge City Council voted 8-1 to allow multifamily housing in every neighborhood. Now, 100+ new homes are moving forward, on top of 1000s advanced under the Affordable Housing Overlay and transit-oriented neighborhood plans. Get the facts, then VOTE by November 4!
- Check out our latest newsletter: mailchi.mp/ed3399cec619... Then join us this weekend! Sign up below or just stop by at any of these events forms.gle/TjavP3feVvb8...
- All Politics IS Local - shot from our North Cambridge canvass last weekend
- So far we've knocked on the doors of 3000 voters! With less than a month before the election, there's lots left to do. Check here for volunteer events this weekend: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
- The pro-housing coalition endorsed by A Better Cambridge fought for affordable housing at 2072 Mass Ave. Now, the project is moving forward! Let's keep up the momentum: join us for a pro-housing canvass at 3pm on Saturday, Oct. 4. Sign up to knock doors this weekend: forms.gle/NDDNJpZk5pfL...
- Come help us keep up the momentum going telling voters about our pro-housing slate! Sign up to canvass this weekend: forms.gle/k4RV5CNGvC3w...
- Our grassroots campaign knocked on 797 doors and spoke to 102 voters last weekend - help us reach our goal of knocking on 10,000 doors by November 4! Sign up to volunteer: forms.gle/qLcPLvFDCy1g... Donate: secure.actblue.com/donate/abc20...
- Canvass TODAY and TOMORROW for our pro-housing slate! More info and sign up here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... Hear from our volunteers in 2023 about why they canvassed. Come join us and share your "Why?" for our next newsletter!
- See you at the doors tomorrow! Sign up or just drop by any of our events - check times and locations here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
- Now we need YOUR HELP to reach voters. Join us this weekend! Cambridgeport: Saturday, 1:30pm Porter Square: Saturday, 3pm East Cambridge: Sunday, noon Port/Inman Square: Sunday, 3pm North Cambridge: Sunday, 4pm +Thursday night at 7:30, there's a Zoom training! RSVP: forms.gle/t2e5MSZucDho...
- A Better Cambridge endorsed eight candidates who represent the diversity of the city, bringing lived experiences as well as professional expertise to bear in support of effective solutions to Cambridge’s housing shortage. www.abettercambridge.org/endorsements...
- Now we need YOUR HELP to reach voters. Join us this weekend! Cambridgeport: Saturday, 1:30pm Porter Square: Saturday, 3pm East Cambridge: Sunday, noon Port/Inman Square: Sunday, 3pm North Cambridge: Sunday, 4pm +Thursday night at 7:30, there's a Zoom training! RSVP: forms.gle/t2e5MSZucDho...
- Security Deposits - Knowing the Law can Save you Thousands of Dollars. Check out the info on CambMA's ABC IEPAC's website. www.abciepac.org/accomplishme... Then consider donating to ABC IEPAC so we can continue to elect pro-housing / pro-tenant City Councillors!
- From the Boston Globe, Aug 1: Landlords can’t penalize tenants for reasonable wear and tear, state’s top court says. The court also says signed leases requiring professional cleaning are void and unenforceable. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/01/b...
- Starting Fri Aug 1, a new law makes clear that landlords cannot require tenants to pay brokers fees. Renters can report any fee violations to the Attorney General's Consumer Advocacy and Response Division. Consumer Hotline: 617-272-8400 or visit www.mass.gov/how-to/file-a-consumer-complaint.
- Under the new law: - Tenants only have to pay a broker fee if they hired the broker before the broker started working with the landlord. - Landlords and brokers working for landlords can't make tenants pay fees like application, background or credit check fees when they apply for an apartment.
- - Either a landlord or a tenant can hire a broker. Tenants should check if the broker works for the landlord before agreeing to pay any fees to the broker.
- Join North #CambMA Pro-Housing Meetup Sunday Aug 3 Organize with www.abciepac.org to elect a pro-housing city council Aug 3 Sunday 2-4pm
- Proud to have helped one blue city that is getting it right! Please donate now to ensure our progress is not rolled back and we can continue to get it right! #CambMA #mapoli bsky.app/profile/caro...
- The Limits of Sprawl - #CambMA one blue city that is getting it right! open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
- Take a break from Cambridge Porchfest to join us in Central Square. Pass it on to your Central Sq., Port, and Cambridgeport friends - organizing meeting this SUNDAY, 6-8pm. RSVP for the address: tinyurl.com/central720 #cambma
- It'll be rainy this week, but the forecast predicts sun and 80° on Sunday for A Better Cambridge's #YIMBY ice cream social+fundraiser! When we gather to celebrate our movement for a vibrant, diverse city, nature smiles
- Sunday, July 13! Ice cream, fun+games for all ages, and neighbors who care about tackling the housing crisis - what's not to like? RSVP: partiful.com/e/VUSGn60168...
- For anyone who celebrated when #CambMA “set a new benchmark for the housing movement” and would like to ensure the opposition is not successful in turning back that success, consider making a donation to our IEPAC so we continue to have a pro-housing City Council. secure.actblue.com/donate/abc20...
- Sunday, July 13! Ice cream, fun+games for all ages, and neighbors who care about tackling the housing crisis - what's not to like? RSVP: partiful.com/e/VUSGn60168...
- Support our #CambMA pro-housing Council candidates -- hope to see you then! @abciepac.org partiful.com/e/VUSGn60168...
- 100s of new affordable homes are going right now, all across Cambridge, thanks to volunteers and advocates. Come celebrate, and support our pro-housing campaign, on Sunday, July 13 mailchi.mp/4c8854ede94e...
- The first new homes (62 of them) completed under Cambridge's 100% Affordable Housing Overlay, and elegant new mosaics too - check them out on Norfolk St! Hundreds more on the way 🏘️🛠️ Donate to help us keep building the pro-housing movement: secure.actblue.com/donate/abc20...
- TONIGHT from 6:30pm onward, join the ABC social in Central Square, at 730 Tavern. Don't be a lonely bunny, hop on over to join us! g.co/kgs/63wG4dN NEXT WEEK, Tuesday night, we'll have our first election meeting of 2025, to plan our summer events. Shoot us a message if you'd like to get involved
- 52 New Street was a gym+parking lot; with #CambMA Affordable #Housing Overlay (AHO), it'll be 106 affordable homes, Passive House, next to Cambridge's largest park. In 2019, the AHO failed. That fall we flipped City Council, then passed the AHO in 2020 A better world is possible #yimby #mapoli
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- More info here: justastart.org/wp-content/u... plus many residents have housing vouchers contributing to rent, hard to use in Cambridge's tight market. Looking forward to talking to the 106 families who'll move in this year about what's "affordable"!
- From a new Cambridge-area neighbor. Tired of being devoured? Donate to our pro-housing movement secure.actblue.com/donate/abc20... so the apartments stop hunting you.
- Central Square was blessed by Keytar Bear last night @universalhub.com @cambridgeday.bsky.social Let's level up Porter Square too. More homes in the square = more neighbors hanging out = more Keytar Bear. Don't let the NIMBYs take this away from you. Keytar Bear in Porter Square! #campaignpromise
- Weigh in on the future of Porter Square and North Mass! Inclusionary housing, and all homes, ARE a public good -- let the city know you support at least 12 stories on Mass Ave and 18 stories in Porter by right 🧵
- 1. Fill out this survey: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... 2. email CDD, cddat344@cambridgema.gov, bcc to info@abettercambridge.org
- You did it! On Monday night, City Council ended exclusionary zoning and paved the way for new homes in Cambridge's vibrant neighborhoods. All invited to celebrate at ABC's social TONIGHT 6:30pm, at 730 Tavern in Central Square. There may even be some ABC mugs for sale, to mark this milestone 🥳
- Thank you to Mary Markos from NBC Boston for the coverage: www.nbcboston.com/.../cambridg...
