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Host and New Bedford Light columnist Jack Spillane was joined by City Councilor Shane Burgo, NAACP President Renee Ledbetter and United Interfaith Action Executive Director Andrea Sheppard Lomba in a conversation about what housing advocates say is an inadequate approach to a crisis.
“Housing is a human right,” said Sheppard Lomba.
A year after Mayor Jon Mitchell vetoed a ballot question on rent stabilization, New Bedford continues to be short thousands of affordable housing units. Though Mitchell has embarked on a multi-faceted plan to grow the number of units, the increase is by hundreds a year instead of the needed thousands.
Watch The Chat to understand the depth of the crisis, possible solutions, and as Burgo said, “hope” for the future.
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Mayor talks voter records, the unhoused and more
The mayor’s third appearance on the show came on the heels of his pushback against the Trump administration’s Department of Justice request for voter records. But that’s not all. Watch it here.
Excitement now, and more thrills to come at Whaling Museum
Whaling Museum Executive Director Amanda McMullen, Board of Trustees Vice Chair Bernadette Souza, and Chief Curator Naomi Slipp joined Light columnist Jack Spillane on The Chat Friday. Watch it here.
No easy way out of budget crisis
Experts Adam Chapdelaine and Phineas Baxandall joined Light columnist and host of The Chat Jack Spillane to examine the statewide crisis and New Bedford’s predicament: a $32 million budget deficit.
