Justice
Victimhood Language and the Fight Against Affordable Housing
Communities actively working against affordable housing are being disingenuous—and setting themselves up for a legal fall.
Billerica, Massachusetts, is a suburb caught between the binary stars of Lowell and Boston, but it doesn’t much resemble either. The city is more than 88 percent white, and more than 82 percent of its residents are homeowners. The poverty rates for Boston and Lowell are 21 percent and 19 percent, respectively; in Billerica, just 6 percent of people live at or below the poverty line.
Maybe the worst problem facing Billerica residents today is affordable housing. Specifically, efforts to build affordable housing.