The Boston Business Journal reports that two groups active in fighting gentrification have asked the Trump administration to hold up any federal housing funds for Boston because of what it says are inadequate efforts to involve Spanish-speaking residents in planning for the proposed 10,000-unit residential component of the massive Suffolk Downs project. Read more.

The Boston Licensing Board today granted permission to a global realty company to re-open a former SRO at 461 Massachusetts Ave., near Columbus Avenue, as a 17-unit "lodging house" aimed at business travelers and the odd medical student, with rents ranging from $1,650 to $2,150 a month. Read more.

Although workers continue to clean up the damage from last week's burst pipe at the Roslindale Community Center, they've made enough progress that the Boston Elections Department reports it will be able to open a polling place on Tuesday for the Ward 19 voters originally scheduled to vote there.

H/t Sarah.

WHDH reports state public-health officials are monitoring 231 people in the state for possible infection, after clearing 377 other people they'd been watching. Meanwhile, at least 4,000 people have contracted the flu in Boston alone, according to the Boston Public Health Commission, but nobody's predicting economic collapse because of that.

Live Boston reports on crashes at Blue Hill Avenue and Seaver Street around 10:30 p.m. that sent four people to the hospital. The intersection was shut for an investigation.

The Daily Free Press reports the chain is opening an outlet at 872 Commonwealth Ave. OK, that's really BUville, but it's on the Brookline side of the line near Amory Street, so Brookline will soon have 50% of the number of Taco Bells that Boston has, which is two (one downtown and one in West Roxbury).

A door on an inbound Red Line train at Andrew decided to act up, forcing T workers to do something about it, which involved delays of up to ten minutes into town from the south.

The Boston City Council agreed today to consider ways to help poor residents who find tickets on their car windshields.

But several councilors said that while they appreciate at-large Councilor Julia Mejia's proposal to let residents get a reduction on ticket fees by showing they meet certain income levels, they added they might prefer other ways to help out such residents instead of tinkering with ticket fees. Read more.

City Councilor Matt O'Malley (Jamaica Plain, West Roxbury) and cute little fuzzies from MSPCA joined today to proclaim World Spay Day in Boston in honor of efforts by the MSPCA and others to help people get their pets spayed. MSPCA-Angell is in O'Malley's district.