Very, very good news in Somerville. Last week, I got an email from a constituent, saying that the apartment building where she lives just went up for sale - she's been there 24 years, other tenants longer. She and others in the building are seniors on fixed incomes (1/n)

I connected these tenants with newly formed @SomervilleCity Office of Housing Stability and @SCC_Somerville, who operate "100 Homes" program: they buy buildings (at market price, using public $), then maintain the homes as permanently affordable. http://somervillecdc.org/100-Homes-Application (2/n)

Almost unbelievably, they were able to get this building under agreement within days - this means these longtime neighbors will be able to choose to stay in their homes, and this building will remain permanently affordable housing in our neighborhood. (3/n)

Of course, there are still details to work out, and our fingers will be crossed until this is finalized. (4/n)

This is a moment to thank and celebrate the Somerville activists who have pushed so hard to create (and *FUND!*) these groundbreaking affordable housing programs & policies - it has not always been easy. Your work just saved 10 of our neighbors from displacement.