Boston Enters Phase 3 With Eviction Protections Extended, Franklin Park Investment Announced

Uncategorized 2026-07-22 clip9032 · Meeting of July 22, 2026

Boston Mayor Walsh announces Phase 3 reopening with $28 million Franklin Park investment and extended BHA eviction moratorium. Mayor Martin J. Walsh said Boston would enter Phase 3 on Monday, July 13, reporting 13,650 cumulative COVID-19 cases citywide and a positive test rate that had fallen from over 35 percent to 1.8 percent in the week before July 4.

The city announced a $28 million investment in Franklin Park — including a $5 million endowment — and extended the Boston Housing Authority's eviction moratorium through the end of 2020, with $1 million disbursed from an $8 million rental relief fund. A completed bus-only lane on Washington Street was projected to cut 12 minutes from the Nubian Square-to-downtown commute for 24,000 daily riders. Walsh closed with a direct appeal on illegal fireworks, describing an 11-year-old boy hospitalized with potentially permanent injuries and urging residents to call the Crime Stoppers tip line at 1-800-494-TIPS.

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Source: the Uncategorized 2026-07-22 clip9032 meeting of July 22, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.