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May 13, 2026May 13, 2026 The Amherst Current

On Race and Housing

February 10, 2026February 9, 2026 The Amherst Current

Housing: Amherst’s Worst Self-Inflicted Injury 

November 4, 2025November 3, 2025 The Amherst Current

Development in Amherst is Key to a Progressive Future

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October 13, 2025February 9, 2026 The Amherst Current

Proposed Zoning Articles are Tax-Shelters for Developers 

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April 24, 2025December 28, 2025 The Amherst Current

Amherst’s Original Sins

January 16, 2025December 28, 2025 The Amherst Current

Leverett, Amherst Neighbors Oppose Massive Development

October 29, 2024October 28, 2024 The Amherst Current

The Cost of Higher Housing Costs

April 9, 2024April 8, 2024 The Amherst Current

One Way to Create Affordable Housing in Amherst: Community Land Trust

April 2, 2024February 2, 2026 The Amherst Current

Bending the Arc Toward Needed Housing: the Story of East Gables

February 22, 2024February 21, 2024 The Amherst Current

I’m a YIMBY on Wildwood Site

February 20, 2024August 19, 2024 The Amherst Current

UMass DesignBuild Prototypes ADUs for Western Mass

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  1. Jerah Smith's avatar
    Jerah Smith on On Race and HousingMay 14, 2026

    Hi everyone, My name is Jerah Smith. I'm an Amherst resident, dad of two boys below five, and a planning…

  2. David Farnham's avatar
    David Farnham on On Race and HousingMay 14, 2026

    Evan : The lawsuit did none of what you state . Beacon would be warmly welcomed at Hampshire College and…

  3. Evan Naismith's avatar
    Evan Naismith on On Race and HousingMay 14, 2026

    Robin, I plainly stated that anti-development residents promote "policies [that] are demonstrably harmful to racial equity." I never said those…

  4. noelanischober's avatar
    Noelani Schober on Lemon into Lemonade:May 14, 2026

    Hampshire was founded in 1965 not 1958! https://www.hampshire.edu/hampshire-experience/mission-and-vision/history

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    Robin Jaffin on On Race and HousingMay 13, 2026

    I appreciate the urgency of this piece and agree that Amherst must take racial inequity in housing seriously. The disparities…

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