Cambridge has awarded nearly 20 city-funded housing vouchers to support low-income residents after the city made a $1 million investment into the program last summer.

The City of Cambridge announced the launch of “Rise Up Cambridge,” a direct cash program to combat family poverty and income inequality, at a news conference Tuesday. Rise Up Cambridge is a $22 ...

When people hear the phrase “low income,” Cara Gows imagines many probably think of those who work for minimum wage or those who don’t work much at all. In Massachusetts, where she lives, she said, ...

CAMBRIDGE - Giving money directly to low-income families in Cambridge paid off in more ways than one, researchers say. Results of the Cambridge RISE pilot program, a guaranteed income initiative which ...

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CAMBRIDGE - Single mom, Lida Griffin, lost two jobs during the pandemic and struggled to watch her kids while providing for her family. "It was a struggle to work, try to be able to provide for my ...

The office of Mayor Sumbul Siddiqui, local nonprofit Elevate Youth and the Cambridge Housing Authority’s Work Force Youth Program have expanded their partnership to include MIT’s office of government ...

With roughly 6,000 tons of annual food waste among them, 100 small restaurants in Cambridge could be part of a proposed city-run commercial composting pilot program to increase sustainability and ...