“Sennott’s piece brings into focus what we’ve long wondered aloud: How much of the $11 billion the industry generates each year stays here … Certainly not enough.” — Joshua Amaral
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Opinion: OK, you’re sworn in … now comes the hard part
Helping people get a pothole filled, their trash picked up, or their child on a school bus, is among the best work you can do. It should produce the satisfying feeling of a job well done. That’s why you signed up for this, I hope.
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Discourse: Let’s confront housing challenges the New Bedford way
Our region leads the state in evictions, not because of pandemic-related non-payment of rent, but because investors are tossing out families so they can renovate and re-rent at the higher rates they need to make their investments worthwhile.