Health & Fitness

Cambridge Apartment Residents Stuck Without Air Conditioning During Record-Setting Heat

"This is a sauna," Minoo Abadani, who lives at the LBJ Apartments on Erie Street, said. "This is not a life."

(CBS Boston)

May 20, 2026

Some Cambridge Housing Authority residents are stuck in sweltering temperatures with no air conditioning during the heat on Tuesday and Wednesday. The reason residents were given is a combination of old building technology and rigid state laws.

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Minoo Abadani lives at the LBJ Apartments on Erie Street in Cambridge. She brought WBZ-TV up to her 12th floor unit on Tuesday as she put groceries away. It was sweltering.

"This is a sauna," she said. "This is not a life."

Find out what's happening in Cambridgefor free with the latest updates from Patch.

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