This is a phenomenon that's not unique to Cambridge. In many places around the country NIBY forces convinced people that if they don't build new housing neighborhoods will stay (or become affordable) because there won't be new people moving in. At least that's the logic.
This kind of line of reasoning is happening in East New York (far east neighborhood in BK). The local population / community board / local city council people were protesting re-zoning currently mostly industrial stretch of land. But it looks like the rezoning got pushed through.
If it didn't happen folks who no longer had money for the spaces they wanted in eastern Bedstuy & Bushwich already have started pushing more eastward into East New York / Cypress hill area. This can be evidences by the increase in housing prices in those area in the last few years and number of new smaller buildings and gut renos happening.
This kind of line of reasoning is happening in East New York (far east neighborhood in BK). The local population / community board / local city council people were protesting re-zoning currently mostly industrial stretch of land. But it looks like the rezoning got pushed through.
If it didn't happen folks who no longer had money for the spaces they wanted in eastern Bedstuy & Bushwich already have started pushing more eastward into East New York / Cypress hill area. This can be evidences by the increase in housing prices in those area in the last few years and number of new smaller buildings and gut renos happening.