Cathedral tenants win battle for rehab
Cathedral Homes tenants were invited to the mayor's press conference last Thursday announcing the city's plan to develop 7,500 new units of housing and bring back the approximately 1,100 uninhabitable Boston Housing Authority units currently boarded up.
But crowded around the podium were city officials, housing activists and politicians, leaving room for only two Cathedral tenants.
Sitting on her mother's front stoop, tenant Laura Zayas viewed the gathering of city officials, housing activists and developers from a distance, quietly savoring the victory of a hard-won battle.
"We won," she said. "It's wonderful. I'm …
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