Housing

Affordable Housing is the most frequent answer to the polling question, "What is the single most import issue facing Cambridge?"

Here is how the 2025 candidates compare.

Specific Proposals

Actual bills, developments, or rules - not hypotheticals.

Candidate MFZ AHO #3 AHO #2 AHO #1 Upzoning Central Square
Ayah Al-Zubi n/a n/a
Ayesha Wilson n/a n/a n/a
Burhan Azeem
Catherine "Cathie" Zusy
Dana Bullister n/a n/a
E. Denise Simmons
Elizabeth Bisio n/a n/a n/a n/a
Jivan Sobrinho-Wheeler
John Hanratty n/a n/a n/a
LaQueen Battle n/a n/a n/a n/a
Louise Venden n/a n/a n/a
Marc McGovern
Ned Melanson n/a n/a
Patricia "Patty" Nolan n/a
Peter Hsu n/a n/a n/a
Robert Winters n/a
Stanislav Rivkin n/a n/a n/a n/a
Sumbul Siddiqui
Tim Flaherty n/a n/a n/a
Zion Sherin n/a n/a

Housing Situation

Some candidates rent a two-bedroom apartment, others own multi-million dollar single-family homes.