Basement dwellings have been eyed as a relief valve for Boston’s housing crisis, but a summer with record rain and fatal storms down the East Coast shows they may come with dangerous risks. 
Hurricane Ida killed 11 New Yorkers earlier this month in basement units, some in illegally converted residences. Basement residence owners in Boston, fewer in number than New York City, weren’t hit with the same severe flooding but experts say they could be vulnerable…  Read the full story here. | 
