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Docket #0644 - Order for the adjustment of the local room occupancy excise rate under MGL c.64G, section 3A, and acceptance of MGL c. 64G, sections 3D(a) and 3D(b) allowing cities and towns to impose a community impact fee on short-term rentals
A
In
order
for
an
adjustment
of
the
local
room,
occupancy
excise
rate
under
Mass
General
Laws,
chapter
64,
G,
section
3a,
and
acceptance
of
Mass
General
Laws
chapter
64,
G
sections,
3
D,
a
3
dB
allowing
cities
and
towns
to
impose
a
community
impact
fee
on
short-term
rentals.
This
matter
was
sponsored
by
our
mayor
mayor
man,
J
Walsh
referred
to
the
committee
and
governor
operations
back
on
April
10th
of
2019
joining
us.
A
In
order
of
their
arrival
to
my
left
city
council,
Eddy
Flynn
to
my
right
city,
council,
Tim
McCarthy
to
my
far
left
city,
councilor,
Frank,
Baker,
City,
Council,
mark
co-moh
and
then
to
my
far
right
city
council,
Lydia
Edwards.
Over
the
course
of
last
year.
Mayor
Walsh
and
his
administration
spent
a
significant
amount
of
time
working
to
ensure
that
the
city
of
Boston
regulated
the
short
term
rental
industry.
The
regulatory
policies
were
passed
by
this
body
on
June
2018
and
went
into
effect
city
law
on
January
1st
of
2019.
A
These
policies
were
enacted
to
ensure
that
our
neighborhoods
were
not
negatively
impacted
by
this
growing
industry
and
that
the
city
would
continue
to
meet
its
goals
of
expanding,
affordable
housing
opportunities.
This
particular
order
seeks
to
accept
an
adjustment
of
the
local
room,
occupancy
excise
rate
by
0.05
percent
points
to
6.5
for
all
lodging
establishments.
A
It
additionally
seeks
to
allow
the
City
of
Boston
to
adopt
three
local
options:
one
a
local
room,
occupancy
excise
up
to
six
point:
five
on
all
short-term
rentals
to
a
local
community
impact
fee
of
3%
on
short-term
rental
stays
in
the
units
that
are
professionally
managed
in
three.
An
additional
local
community
impact
fee
on
short-term
rental
stays
and
locally
defined,
quote
owner
adjacent
units.
A
B
You
councillor
and
all
the
council's
for
being
here
today,
we
really
appreciate
it
and
for
inviting
us
here
to
testify.
As
you
mentioned,
my
name
is
Justin
starett
I'm,
the
city
of
Boston's
budget
director,
we're
here
to
offer
testimony
on
docket,
oh
six,
four
four
that
you
laid
out
earlier.
Mr.
chairman
I'm,
also
joined
by
Leila
Bernstein
and
Marcy
osburgh
from
the
Department
of
Neighborhood
Development,
who
will
get
into
the
details
of
the
specific
investments
for
this
funding,
which
we
are
excited
to
talk
about,
but
just
to
give
you
a
little
background.
B
B
This
allows
us
to
do
three
things,
as
you
mentioned,
adjust
the
entire
room
occupancy
for
both
hotels,
motels
and
new,
short-term
rentals
up
to
six
and
a
half
percent
local
excise,
and
accept
to
local
provisions
to
assess
community
impact
fees
for
short-term
rentals
on
owner
adjacent
units
and
for
professionally
managed
units.
The
orders
that
have
been
submitted
today
are
vital
to
ensuring
that
the
city
can
continue
to
invest
in
critical
housing
and
homelessness
efforts.
B
As
you
all
know,
the
city
is
limited
in
our
ability
to
raise
revenue,
so
we
need
to
use
the
tools
we
have
at
our
disposal
in
order
to
provide
world-class
services
to
Bostonians.
As
expected.
As
you
all
know,
over
70%
of
our
revenue
comes
from
property
taxes,
which
are
capped
at
two
and
a
half
percent
on
an
annual
basis.
State
aid
continues
to
decline
down
about
12
million
dollars
in
FY
2011.
What
we
additional
revenue
streams
we're
able
to
collect.
We
do
not
assess
a
income
tax
like
in
New
York
City.
B
We
do
not
have
a
local
sales
tax
like
in
a
city
like
Denver,
so
we
have
to
use
the
tools
our
disposal
to
make
sure
that
we
have
the
revenue
that
we
need.
The
order
before
you
today
will
generate
five
million
dollars
annually
that
we
will
be
dedicating
towards
housing
and
homelessness,
programs
and
services
in
FY
2010,
cludes,
4
million
to
fund
supportive
housing
creation
and
1
million
to
support
youth
and
young
adult
homelessness
initiatives
that
my
colleagues
will
get
into
in
a
minute.
B
This
investment
will
translate
into
a
tremendous
amount
of
new
capacity
to
make
investments
in
housing
for
years
to
come.
Nearly
doubling
DN
d's
city
funded
budget
next
year,
which
we
think
is
a
really
big
testament
to
the
the
type
of
new
revenue
stream
that
this
is
going
to
find
for
us.
But
we
are
very
mindful
that,
as
you
all
know,
tourism
continues
to
be
a
vital
industry
in
boston.
It
generates
billions
of
dollars
worth
of
economic
impact,
thousands
of
jobs
and
hundreds
of
millions
generated
at
the
state
and
local
level
in
terms
of
taxes.
B
So
we
want
to
be
very
mindful
of
that
industry.
This
room,
occupancy
tax,
will
still
keep
us
below
major
competitive
cities
like
San
Francisco,
Chicago
New,
York
Houston.
So
we
are
confident
that
this
will
remain
competitive
and
the
effect
on
an
average
nightly
rental
is
about
a
dollar.
So
while
that
is
not
sort
of
an
insignificant
amount
of
money,
it
is
small
and
we
think
that,
because
of
the
the
city's
already
high
hotel
occupancy
rates,
we
don't
anticipate
this
slight
increase
to
have
any
effect
on
that.
C
Morning
councillors,
thank
you
for
having
me
here
today.
My
name
is
Marcy
osburgh
I'm,
the
director
of
operations
at
Department
of
Neighborhood
Development
at
DND.
We
work
to
build
strong,
inclusive
communities
with
access
to
stable
and
affordable
housing.
For
all
to
do
this,
we
have
a
budget-
that's
just
over
a
hundred
million
dollars.
This
year's
the
first
year
with
this
increase
that
it'll
be
at
a
hundred
and
five
and
two
to
do
this.
C
We
work
to
create
and
preserve
affordable
housing,
which
is
thirty,
nine
point,
two
million
dollars
of
our
FY
20,
but
we
have
efforts
to
end
homelessness,
which
is
thirty,
eight
point:
three
million
dollars
strengthen
homeownership,
twelve
million
dollars,
prevent
displacement
and
stabilized
housing,
2.6
million
and
managing
and
disposing
of
city-owned
property
with
two
point:
seven
for
a
total
of
105
million.
These
the
this
budget
is
broken
into
different
sources.
C
So
from
external
grants
we
get
sixty
four
point:
nine
million
next
year
and
in
this
political
climate
we
fight
tooth
and
nail
to
keep
those
funds
every
year
and
we
also
have
20
point
1
million
from
IDP
and
our
city
operating
budget
is
what's
so
exciting
today
that
we're
seeing
an
increase
from
fourteen
point,
two
million
in
FY
19
to
20
20
point
six
million
from
city
operating.
That's
a
forty
five
percent
increase.
A
D
Morning,
thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
talk
a
little
bit
about
the
work,
we're
doing
around
ending
homelessness
in
the
city,
so
my
name
is
Lila
Bernstein
I
am
the
deputy
director
for
the
supportive
housing
division
at
the
Indy
I'm,
also
adviser
to
the
mayor
for
the
initiative
to
end
chronic
homelessness
and
as
I
go,
as
you
all
know,
very
well.
In
October
of
2014,
the
bridge
that
leads
to
Long
Island
was
condemned
and
the
city's
largest
emergency
homeless
shelter
had
to
be
relocated
immediately.
D
At
that
time,
mayor
Walsh
took
the
opportunity
to
convene
a
task
force,
not
just
to
look
at
the
current
crisis
in
front
of
him
and
in
front
of
all
of
us,
but
to
also
think
about
how
we're
ending
homelessness
in
the
city
of
Boston,
not
just
addressing
the
crisis
of
homelessness.
So
as
a
relief
as
a
result
of
that
work
of
the
task
force.
D
The
mayor
released
an
action
plan
to
end
veteran
and
chronic
homelessness
in
June
of
2015,
so
I'm
going
to
describe
a
little
bit
about
the
outcomes
of
that
plan
and
why
it
is
we're
looking
for
additional
funds
to
create
permanent,
supportive
housing
to
continue
to
achieve
results
before
I.
Do
that
I
need
to
define
a
few
terms,
so
chronic
homelessness
is
long-term
homelessness
among
people
with
some
form
of
what
the
federal
government
terms
a
disabling
condition.
So
that
might
be
a
substance
use
disorder.
D
It
might
be
a
long-term
mental
health,
it
might
be
a
physical
disability
and
it's
a
it's
a
small
subset
of
people
experiencing
homelessness.
It
tends
to
be
nationally.
It's
about.
10%
of
the
homeless
population
fits
this
definition
of
chronic
homelessness,
but
use
almost
50%
of
the
sheltering
resources
because
they
are
consistently
experiencing
homelessness.
So
it's
a
very
vulnerable
population,
but
it's
also
a
population
that
is
being
served
quite
a
bit
by
the
homeless
response
system.
Another
definition
is
this
step
is
to
define
permanent,
supportive
housing.
D
Permanent
supportive
housing
is
long-term
subsidized,
deeply
subsidized
housing
with
supportive
services
that
are
offered
to
the
tenants
in
that
housing
and
the
supportive
services
focus
on
helping
people
maintain
their
tenancy
and
then
last
housing.
First
is
a
policy
approach
that
offers
housing
without
preconditions,
so
the
way
that
we
end
chronic
homelessness
in
the
city
of
Boston.
The
way
that
we
are
going
to
do
that
is
by
having
enough
permanent
supportive
housing
and
using
a
housing
first
approach.
D
Housing
first
is
in
contrast
to
previous
methods
of
working
with
people
who
are
experiencing
homelessness,
which
we've
moved
away
from,
which
used
to
be
more
about
compliance
in
a
program
asking
people
to
get
sober
before
they
were
offered
housing
or
you
know,
making
sure
they
had
we're
part
of
a
treatment
plan
and
comply
with
rules,
sometimes
for
many
years
before,
housing
was
offered.
This
really
reverses
it
and
says
housing
is
a
basic
right
and
people
need
a
platform
of
stability
before
they
can
start
to
look
at
other
issues
that
they
may
want
to
work
on.
D
D
That's
a
list
that
we
pull
out
of
our
database
and
they
work
on
how
to
get
those
folks
housed,
so
that
that
is
a
it's
dramatically
different
from
how
things
were
working
just
a
few
years
ago.
So
we're
through
that
method
and
and
other
uses
of
technology
and
different
ways
in
which
we're
collaborating
we're
ensuring
that
people
who've
experienced
homelessness.
D
The
longest
are
offered
vacancies
as
they
come
up
in
our
existing
permanent,
supportive
housing
portfolio
and
and
through
this
work,
we've
also
leveraged
or
created
300
new
units
of
permanent,
supportive
housing
and
we've
we've
been
quite
successful.
So
when
we
started
the
effort
there
were
612
chronically
homeless
individuals
in
the
city
of
Boston
and
since
then,
we've
housed
735,
chronically
homeless
individuals
representing
ending
4,000
years
over
4,000
years
of
homelessness.
However,
we
are
not
at
zero
chronic
homelessness.
That
was
the
intention.
D
No,
that
was
the
goal
of
the
mayor's
action
plan,
which
was
to
span
from
2015
to
2018,
and
you
know
we
housed
more
people
than
were
on
that
original
list,
but
every
time
we
go
to
run
a
new
list,
new
names
appear,
so
it's
clear
that
the
demand
for
permanent
supportive
housing
is
outstripping
our
supply.
We
we've
been
able
to
reduce
chronic
homelessness
by
over
20%
over
the
last
three
years.
D
That's
at
a
time
where
the
number
of
chronically
homeless
individuals
across
the
country
has
gone
up
between
2016
and
2017.
It
increased
by
12%,
so
we're
bending
the
trend
in
the
right
direction
in
Boston.
But
we
are
not
at
zero
and
we
certainly
need
more
resources
to
create
more
of
this
permanent
supportive
housing
and
and
create
more
of
a
pipeline
ongoing.
D
So
four
million
of
the
revenue
raised
from
this
proposal
will
have
that
direct
impact
of
creating
more
permanent,
supportive
housing,
and
it
will
amplify
the
work
that
we're
already
doing.
I
also
want
to
mention
we
asked
Eric
lepovitz
key
to
to
come
today
and
and
he's
going
to
provide
testimony
later
and
he
currently
lives
in
permanent
supportive
housing
run
by
Pine
Street
Inn
and
is
one
of
those
735
individuals
that
was
housed
through
this
mayor's
initiative
and
he's
a
phenomenal
speaker
and
will
tell
you
a
little
bit
about
his
journey
a
little
bit
later
on.
D
We
also
invited
Amy
Coolidge
who's,
vice
president
of
community
and
government
relations
for
Pine
Street,
and
to
talk
about
the
impact
that
funding
from
this
proposal
would
have
I
also
want
to
address
the
other
1
million.
So
so
the
proposal
is
that
4
million
will
go
to
create
permanent,
supportive
housing
for
chronically
homeless
individuals,
the
other.
The
remaining
million
is
to
be
spent
on
ending
homelessness
among
youth
and
young
adults.
D
So
last
spring
DND
launched
a
planning
process
around
creating
a
strategic
plan
or
a
community
plan
to
prevent
and
end
homelessness
among
youth
and
young
adults,
and
in
the
next
few
weeks
that
plan
will
be
released.
The
mayor
will
be
releasing
that
plan
publicly
on
any
given
night.
There's
over
350
young
people
experiencing
homelessness
in
our
city,
and
we
did
receive
a
large
federal
grant
for
this
effort.
We
received
4.9
million
dollars
for
the
next
two
years
to
support
housing
interventions
to
end
youth
homelessness.
D
But
what
I've
learned
over
the
last
year
and
a
half
is
that
a
homelessness
among
youth
and
young
adults
is
quite
different
from
chronic
homelessness
and
that
the
response
is
primarily
not
to
build
permanent,
supportive
housing,
but
instead
to
provide
opportunity.
These
are
young
people.
Often
they
are
their
education
has
been
interrupted.
They
haven't
yet
built
a
strong
work
history
and
it
is
our
job
and
our
duty
as
a
city
to
create
those
opportunities,
and
that
will
be
part
of
their
pathway
out
of
homelessness.
D
So
the
there
you
know,
we're
looking
at
our
systems
and
and
how
existing
resources
work
for
youth
and
young
adults,
but
we
know
that
especially
using
young
adults
who
are
experiencing
homelessness,
often
fall
through
the
cracks
of
existing
resources
and
we're
looking
for
this
1
million
to
help
repair.
Some
of
that,
so
we're
gonna
be
dandies
working
together
closely
with
HHS
mbps
to
to
make
sure
that
these
funds
don't
duplicate
anything
that
already
exists,
but
but
does
create
opportunities
for
youth
and
young
adults
to
exit
homelessness.
D
A
You
Justin,
Marcy
and
Leila
I
also
recognize
our
Commissioner
of
inspectional
Services
buddy
Krista
is
here
astutely
listening
in
and
when
I
see
him
I
think
about
he
oversees,
obviously
the
rental
registration
and
would
obviously
have
a
role
in
in
this
regulation
as
well.
It
also
reminds
me
of
the
Jim
Brooks
stabilization
piece
where
try
to
the
data
collection,
I,
guess
if
you
will
so
we've
heard
a
lot.
We've
discussed
the
several
different
sort
of
pools
of
millions,
so
I
guess
like
how
are
you
able
to
estimate
the
amount
of
revenue
that
this
will
generate?
B
The
vast
majority
of
this
new
five
million
will
come
from
the
existing
lodging
establishment,
so
those
are
mostly
hotels
and
motels
throughout
the
city.
We
are
actively
implementing
the
new
ordinance
that
went
into
effect
earlier
this
year
to
start
the
registry
and
to
start
collecting
that
data,
but
the
the
the
city
already
collects
about
a
hundred
million
dollars
worth
of
local
occupancy.
So
this
0.5
percentage
increase
is
based
on
the
existing
revenue
figures
that
we
already
collect,
so
we're
pretty
confident
that
we'll
collect
the
full
five
million.
A
Short-Term
rental
thing
gets
ironed
out
between
the
state
level
and
potential
litigation.
What
have
you
those
that
I
would
argue,
though?
Those
are
conservative
estimates
so
you're,
basing
that
on
sort
of
your
existing
portfolio
of
hotels
and
other
taxable
items
as
the
five
million,
but
des
probably
there's
gonna
be
an
upside
to
it.
Yes,.
B
Budgeters
are
naturally
conservative,
so
we
we
don't
want
to
over
promise,
but
I
think
once
the
look,
especially
the
the
Community
Impact
fee,
of
which
a
portion
will
need
to
go
to
housing,
related
efforts.
I
think
the
city
is
actually
going
above
and
beyond
just
what
the
state
is
allowing
by
dedicating
the
full
five
million
of
this
new
funding
to
housing
efforts
and.
A
B
The
excise
money
comes
in
as
general
fund
dollars
and
it
just
gets
appropriated
this
year,
it's
been
appropriated
to
Dedes
budget
to
do
the
five
million
that
Marcy
and
Leila
laid
out
I
think
in
future
years,
we're
still
working
out
exactly
the
mechanism
by
which
we're
gonna
collect
the
Community
Impact
fee,
we're
waiting
for
some
additional
guidance
from
the
state.
The
law
goes
into
effect
on
July
1st
we're
trying
to
get
our
ducks
in
a
row
to
make
sure
that
when
July
1
hits
were
ready
to
accept
the
funding,
whenever
whatever
form
it.
B
So
I
don't
think
we've
gotten
guidance
from
whether
this
will
be
a
special
revenue
account
or
whether
this
will
just
be
general
fund
dollars
yet
from
the
state.
I
think
the
anti
we'll
be
that
we
need
to
demonstrate
back
to
them
that
the
funding
is
being
used
in
some
capacity
to
go
towards
housing,
so
we'll
we'll
definitely
have
those
funds
ironed
out.
I.
B
Think
the
commitment
from
the
administration
in
the
mayor
is
that
the
five
million
in
excise
dollars
that's
going
to
come
in
as
a
part
of
this
overall
ordinance
that
will
go
back
to
D
and
E's
budget
on
an
annual
basis
and
in
the
first
year
it's
going
towards
homelessness
efforts.
But
in
future
years
it's
going
to
go
towards
other
housing
efforts,
whether
it's
housing
creation,
tenancy
preservation,
other
areas
of
Dedes
portfolio.
That.
B
The
biggest
things
we're
working
right
now
with
our
data,
that's
working
with
do
it
and
and
Commissioner
Christopher's
office
to
make
sure
that
the
systems
are
in
place.
We
did
add
two
new
dedicated
short-term
rental
housing
inspectors
in
the
upcoming
FY
20,
but
to
make
sure
that
people
are
playing
by
the
rules
and
that
everyone
is
sort
of
on
a
level
playing
field.
So
that's
the
staffing
we've
added
for
it,
but
we
think
that
a
lot
of
this
will
be.
B
A
B
Don't
believe
so,
there's,
obviously
an
active
court
case
going
on
right
now
that
affects
some
of
the
provisions
of
it,
but
not
all
of
them.
We
think
that
we
feel
pretty
confident
that
that
this
action
that
we're
proposing
or
we're
putting
in
front
of
you
today
is
outside
the
bounds
of
what
the
litigation
is
on.
F
B
B
We
did
not
go
to
the
full
six
and
a
half
percent,
but
given
the
changes
to
the
room
occupancy
level
at
the
state
at
the
State
House,
we
decided
to
take
a
look
at
the
kind
of
a
holistic
approach
and
and
sort
of,
as
we
were,
implementing
the
short-term
rental
piece.
One
is
a
level
playing
field
for
everyone
at
six
and
a
half
percent.
Thank.
F
D
And
actually,
there's
a
hearing
later
today
on
housing
for
homeless
veterans
and
I'll
be
addressing
that,
but
there
there's
actually
quite
a
bit
of
federal
funding
coming
in
for
housing
for
homeless
veterans
and
we've
seen
a
even
greater
impact
on
reducing
homelessness
among
veterans
through
that
investment
of
additional
federal
funds.
We've
decreased
homelessness,
among
veterans
by
39
percent
since
2014,
which
which
we
haven't
that
we
haven't
seen
that
same
type
of
decrease
across
the
general
population,
but
we
have
seen
a
Turin's
and
we've
also
as
invested
city
resources
into
housing
projects
specifically
for
homeless
veterans.
D
So
one
of
those
housing
projects
was
at
new
england,
center
and
homes
for
veterans,
I'm,
sure,
you're,
aware
they
created
efficiency
units
that
are
quite
beautiful
across
the
plaza
state
Hall
plaza.
There
is
a
project,
that's
in
in
progress
right
now
on
the
bright
marine
campus
that
will
be
specifically
for
homeless
veterans
and
Patriot
homes
also
opened
in
the
last
few
years,
which
is
affordable.
Housing
for
for
veterans,
there's
one
other
that
I'm,
forgetting
that
that
was
developed
recently
as
well
and
I'll
have
my
notes
this
afternoon.
F
Thank
you
for
that
opportunity
with
council
edwards
yesterday
to
talk
about
some
of
these
issues
homeless,
veteran
issues.
So
that's
an
important
issue
for
us
and
I
know
the
I
think
that's
the
one
of
the
best
things
the
city
has
done
is
really
making
sure
that
our
homeless
veterans
are
able
to
get
access
to
housing
and
job
training,
programs,
employment,
social
services
as
well
so
I
want
to
say
thank
you
to
the
administration
for
your
work
on
helping
our
veterans
and
military
families.
F
F
D
Salutely
yeah
so
with
that
is
I,
believe
you're.
Referring
to
the
four
point,
nine
million
dollar
grant
that
we
announced
that
bridge
over
troubled
waters
last
summer
and
that
is
specifically
to
fund
the
housing
interventions
that
will
be
part
of
this
community
strategic
plan
on
ending
homelessness
among
youth
and
young
adults.
D
F
Thank
you
and
I
know
during
the
opening
comments
you
mentioned
our
friends
from
Pine
Street
in
that
are
here.
I
talked
to
Eric
and
I
know
Amy
very
well
when
I'm
proud
that
Pine
Street
is
in
my
district,
along
with
st.
Francis
house
New
England
Center
for
homeless
veterans,
Boston
rescue
in
Rosie's
places
just
outside
of
my
district,
but
I'm
proud
of
the
great
work
our
housing
advocates
are
doing
in
my
district,
but,
more
importantly
across
across
our
city.
So
I
want
to
give
a
say.
Thank
you
to
them
as
well
and
again.
G
Mr.
chair
welcome
twice
one
day:
Justin
lucky
me
just
a
quick
question
regarding
the
four
million
dollars
for
permanent
housing.
This
is
a
new
permanent
housing
understood.
Are
we
working
with
the
BHA
and
the
reason
why
I
asked
that
is?
We
have
three
BHA
developments
in
in
district
5
we
have
Archdale,
which
is
worn
down.
We
have
high
Park,
which
is
even
more
worn
down,
and
then
we
have
Beach
Street,
which
was
redone
through
a
Hope
six
grand
which
is
immaculate
more
people,
they've
built
a
community
there.
G
It's
a
wonderful
place
to
live
and-
and
I
would
argue
that
ten
years
ago,
if
you
said
to
anybody
in
Roslindale,
hey
well,
you
know
bring
our
kids
down
and
we'll
meet
you
at
the
beach
treat
developments
playground.
You
would
have
said
you're
out
of
your
mind,
I'll
never
go
to
that
playground,
it's
all
rundown.
Now
it
is
a
location
at
a
destination
point.
Are
we
working
with
BHA
to
upgrade
some
of
the
locations
we
have
now
so.
B
B
Not
anytime
soon,
at
least
so,
we've
really
had
to
try
to
think
about
how
we
are
gonna
step
in
and
fill
in.
The
gaps
left
behind
by
the
federal
government
I
think
we
were
really
proud
to
dedicate
35
million
dollars
of
the
Winthrop
Square
garage
to
orient
Heights
and
to
Old
Colony.
We
are
absolutely
ecstatic
to
announce
in
the
capital
plan
next
week,
which
we
will
be
talking
a
lot
more
about
a
30
million
dollar
commitment
to
the
one
Charlestown
project,
which
is
obviously
a
BH.
B
B
We
have
a
limited
capital
plan
at
the
end
of
the
day
and
we
probably
don't
have
the
wherewithal
to
do
every
site,
so
we're
gonna
need
partners,
whether
it's
at
the
state
or
the
federal
level,
but
we
we
know
that
it's
too
important
to
wait
on
some
of
these
either
investments
in
new
places
or
in
refurbishment.
So
we
have
to.
We
have
to
start
on
some
of
the
backlog.
D
And
I'll
just
add
we're
partnering
with
PHA
on
on
these
initiatives
and
some
of
that
that
I
mentioned
that
we
had
leveraged
300
new
units
of
permanent
supportive
housing.
Some
of
those
are
BHA
units
that
we
then
brought
in
services
into
the
units
so
that
they
could
be
offered
as
a
permanent,
supportive
housing
package
to
people
who
had
experienced
chronic
homelessness.
So
the
BHA
had
set
aside
90
units
for
chronically
homeless
elders
and
it's
been
a
very
successful
effort.
G
Just
it's
not
growing.
That
was
my
point
with
some
of
these
developments.
You
know
we
working
with
private
developers
and
we
were
on
our
track
that
way
with
I
just
deal
with
a
private
developer,
where
they
would
build
a
building
move
people
from
one
building
into
the
other,
raise
that
building
build
another
building,
move
people
over,
so
they
wouldn't
be
displaced
at
any
point
in
time,
but
adding
units
to
each
develop
each
new
building,
and
that
way
you
can
continue
and
make
another
again
a
lot
like
B
Street,
really
its
own
communities.
No
thank
you.
G
H
Thank
You
mr.
chair
good
morning:
everybody
can
you
talk
a
little
bit
about
so?
Are
we
as
the
city
building
any
any
units
that
the
city
owns
and
maybe
Lisa's
back
to
Pine
Street
or
how
are
we,
when
you
say,
we're
building
Mamillius
some
some
of
the
models
like
at
st.
Peter's
private
to
private
developers
about
Lisa's
back?
Is
that
how
we're
building
this
stock?
Can
you
explain
some
of
the
different
models
for
me
sure.
D
That
is
the
model,
essentially,
is
that
we
procure
the
the
money
out
and
partnerships
come,
come
back
and
bid
on
the
funds
compete
for
the
funds,
and
then
they
have
to
leverage
funding
from
other
sources
as
well,
including
the
state
so
Pine
Street
Inn
is
probably
the
largest
developer
of
permanent
supportive
housing.
They
often
team
up
with
other
entities
to
develop
this
type
of
housing,
so
they'll
they'll
speak
more
to
their
model,
but
there
are
other
st.
Francis
House,
just
developed
48
Boylston
and
some
of
those
units
are
permanent,
supportive
housing
units.
D
H
So
with
the
youth
homelessness,
would
that
be
the
same
model?
Are
we
trying
to
do
that
sort
of
model?
Also
in
that
would,
and
then,
if
I
heard
correctly
would
be
to
provide
an
opportunity
for
someone
that
may
have
you
know,
left
high
school
or
whatever
trying
to
get
them
so
with
the
wraparound
services
would
be
high
school,
then
possibly
job
training
and
here's
how
you
you
may
live.
So
it's
not
it's
not
a
long-term
supportive
housing
for
that
for
that
youth
population.
That's.
H
D
Right
in
the
case
of
youth
and
young
adults,
we
probably
won't
be
building
a
lot
of
additional
housing,
but
it
may
be
that
there
are
providers
like
bridge
over
troubled
waters
or
Pine
Street
in
actually
serve
some
youth
in
their
population
and
and
others
who
will
bid
for
the
whatever
model.
It
is
that
we've
determined
is
needed
and
they'll
provide
the
services
or
the
housing
assistance.
Okay,.
H
B
We
don't
quite
yet
we're
obviously
still
ramping
up
to
register
we're
registering
folks,
but
we're
also
ramping
up
for
the
state
law
to
go
into
effect.
I
think
the
three-percent
community
host
impact
fee
is
there's
two
different
parts
of
it.
There's
the
owner
adjacent
ones
which
we
do
allow
under
the
city
ordinance
and
the
investor
units
which
we
don't
allow.
B
So
we
obviously
don't
expect
any
revenue
from
the
owner
investor
units
what
we
do
I'm
sorry,
the
investor
units,
but
we
do
expect
revenue
from
the
owner
side,
we're
we're
still
waiting
to
see
what
the
market
develops
on
the
registry
side
and,
frankly,
more
information
from
the
state
as
they
start
to
collect
it.
On
July
1st,
we'll
have
a
better
sense.
You
know,
as
we
get
into
next
fiscal
year
in.
H
H
I
B
I
D
I
D
Still
the
case
when
it
comes
to
chronically
homeless
individuals,
those
are
folks
that
you
know
we're
really
only
looking
at
people
who've
experienced
chronic
homelessness
in
Boston.
So
at
that
point
someone
has
been
homeless
in
Boston
for
a
year
or
longer.
So
it's
a
little.
You
know
their
zip
code
of
last-known
address
once
before
when
they
had
a
permanent
address.
Many
of
them
were
from
outside
of
Boston,
but
now
they've
been
homeless
in
Boston
for
a
year
or
longer
and.
I
So,
and
of
the
budget
that
you
had
mentioned,
marcia
38
million
already
is
going
to
homelessness
in
boston
right
of
Dandy's
budget
and
that
that's
including
staff,
that's
including
resources,
but
then
also
direct
grants
to
I,
don't
know
two
to
several
the
nonprofit's
to
Pine,
Street,
so
on
and
so
forth.
So
it's
a
combination
of
that
38
that
goes
out.
C
D
So
primarily,
those
are
federal
funds
that
come
in
and
the
vast
majority
of
those
funds
pay
for
long-term
housing
vouchers
that
leverages
services.
So
we
we
do
have
I
think
about
fourteen
hundred
units
of
permanent
supportive
housing
that
that's
paid
for
through
that
grant,
among
other
things,
and
those
units
are
full
so
they're,
you
know,
there's
a
little
bit
of
turnover
and,
and
we
use
that
turnover
to
house
the
most
vulnerable
folks
on
our
list.
But
they're.
D
I
I
think
my
line
of
questioning
is
because
I'm
seeing
38
million
dollars
for
homelessness
for
only
2.6
for
displacement
and
because
the
population,
a
homeless
population
majority
of
is
not
from
Boston
but
I
do
know.
At
least
all
the
folks
who
are
being
displaced
from
Boston
are
from
Boston
and
I'm
wondering
in
terms
of
the
prioritization.
Why
isn't
more
funds
of
the
six
million
dollars
going
to
prevent
displacement
in
Boston.
B
So
I
would
maybe
say
to
jump
on
a
little
bit.
I
think
that
the
folks
who
are
chronically
homeless
are
unquestionably
the
most
vulnerable
citizens
that
we
have
in
the
Commonwealth,
whether
they're
from
Boston
or
whether
they're
from
outside
of
the
city,
so
I
think
that
finding
them
permanent,
supportive
housing
is,
if
not
the
top
priority,
if
it's
one
of
the
top
priorities
of
the
mayor
and
I,
certainly
in
the
department.
We
also
feel
like
this
is
an
area
where
we
can
make
a
real
difference
in
FY
22
future
years.
B
C
I
One
way
also-
or
that
would
also
I
think,
go
to
I-
think
a
common
fund
that
has
already
been
proven
to
be
incredibly
impactful
and
is
run
by
the
city
is
the
Neighborhood
Housing
Trust.
So
why
not
streamline
this
funding
on
an
annual
basis?
The
Neighborhood
Housing
Trust,
where
we
can
help
buildings
that
are
coming
online
already
either
buy
down
the
affordability
say
we
can
have
more
units
at
30
percent
AMI.
Therefore,
meeting
some
of
the
homeless
set-aside
units
requirements?
B
Would
say
from
a
technical
perspective,
it's
a
little
bit
hard
to,
because
this
money
is
general
fund
dollars.
At
the
end
of
the
day
it
comes
from
the
state
they
collected.
They
they
were
remit
it
back
to
us.
It
would
be
hard
to
figure
out
exactly
what
of
this
new
point.
Five
increase
is
exactly
related
to
each
hotel
or
whatever
it
happens,
to
be
I.
B
Think
the
the
point
of
putting
it
at
DND
was
two
more
to
give
them
flexibility
to
move
it
between
these
different
types
of
really
critical
and
policy
areas
on
an
annual
basis
and
I
think
the
Neighborhood
Housing
Trust
is
certainly
a
great
resource.
This
is
going
to
give
us
the
ability
to
kind
of
leverage
other
resources
that
DND
has.
B
This
is
also
going
to
give
us
the
ability
to
if
in
one
year
it
needs
to
go
to
the
homelessness
initiative
if
next
year,
there's
a
building
thing
that
we
have
to
do,
there's
just
an
opportunity
to
keep
it
in
that
I
think
we'd
also
probably
need
state
law
change
to
redirect
a
general
fund
revenue
source
away
from
it.
The
same
way
we
have
special
revenue,
accounts
or
other
types
of
things,
so
it
might
be
a
little
bit
more
complicated
and
just
dedicating
the
money
over
somewhere
else.
C
I
would
say
that
our
divisions
collaborate
very
closely,
and
so
the
supportive
housing
team
and
the
neighborhood
and
the
neighborhood
housing
development
team
work
very
closely
together,
and
so
in
this
next
year,
we're
really
focused
on
making
an
impact
on
the
the
needs
of
the
supportive
housing
team
and,
as
Justin
said,
that
this
could
go
for
other
services
in
the
future.
But
I
think
that
we
have
needs
all
over
the
place.
I
You
know
I
think
I
mean
I,
don't
I'm
glad
you
are
opting
into
this
I'm,
just
questioning
the
prioritization
and
where
it's
gonna
go
not
because
I,
don't
think
D&D
does
amazing
work,
I,
just
think
when
I
think
of
short-term
rentals
and
the
impact
that
they've
had
on
on
our
community,
it
has
been
to
displace
it
has
been
to
prevent
certain
folks
are
having
access
to
units.
So
when
I
think
in
terms
of
this
money,
I
think
it's
mitigation
for
what
injury
they're
causing
or
so
the
injury
is
the
displacement
it
is.
I
A
D
There's
a
there's,
a
field
that
we
ask,
which
is
what
was
the
zip
code
of
your
last
known
address
and
it's
self
report.
We
we
don't
get
that
reported
by
a
lot
of
folks,
but
for
among
the
people
that
we
we
do
get
that
report
about
50
percent
or
not
or
a
little
bit
more
than
50
percent
or
not
from
Boston,
like
I
said
when
we're
focusing
on
chronically
homeless
individuals.
Those
are
people
who
have
already
been
homeless
in
Boston
for
a
long
time,
so
you
know
to
say
they're
not
from
Boston.
D
It's
a
little
bit
hard
to
say
because
they've
now
been
in
Boston
for
over
a
year-
and
you
know
that
field
is
last-known
permanent
address
some
some
other
folks
that
meet
the
definition
of
chronic
homelessness,
haven't
had
a
permanent
address
ever
or
in
a
long
time.
So
there
there
are.
Certainly
people
who
are
homeless
in
Boston
who
were
not
born
here
or
didn't.
Didn't
have
a
permanent
address
in
Boston
before
that.
But
this
is
a
highly
vulnerable
population.
A
That
the
reason
that
those
that
are
not
from
Boston
are
now
in
Boston
almost
because
the
resources
are
here
and
so
I
guess.
The
question
is
what,
if
any
conversations
are
you
having
with
some
of
our
suburban
counterparts?
You
know
if
you've
got
an
individual
from
say
Melrose
who's
now
homeless,
but
is
now
in
Boston.
What
is
Melrose
doing
to
work
with
us?
Are
they
in
reimbursing
us
like?
Those
are
the
conversations
the
affordable
housing
crisis
and
the
opioid
crisis
is
falling
on
Boston's
shoulders.
A
Neighbors
and
counterparts
are
not
stepping
up
to
the
plate
in
creating
affordable
housing.
And/Or
addressing
the
opioid
crisis
case.
In
point
you
referenced
in
the
beginning,
we're
talking
about
the
bridge.
You
do
a
census
over
there,
I
get
you
there's
a
significant
amount
of
them
from
Quincy
numb
house,
Neck,
Marymount,
etc.
A
Yet
it's
kind
of
like
not
Quincy's
problem.
It's
everyone's
problem
homelessness,
crisis
in
the
opioid
crisis,
we
all
own
it.
We
all
have
a
responsibility,
but
it
cannot
continue
just
to
fall
on
Boston's
shoulders,
suburban
counterparts,
other
agencies
outside
of
Boston
have
to
step
up
to
the
plate
and
row.
These
cities
and
towns
have
to
start
to
talk
about
reimbursing
Boston
for
taking
care
of
their
children
for
taking
care
of
their
residents.
So
I
don't
know
what.
If
any
discussions
are
happening
at
you
all
level,
but
there's
got
to
be
a
level
of
accountability,
absent.
J
D
And
we,
as
part
of
kind
of
looking
at
our
data
and
looking
at
the
dynamics
within
the
homeless
population,
we've
been
in
discussion
with
the
state
and
where
they
have
cited
shelters
and
whether
or
not
those
shelters
are
serving
the
needs
of
the
people
outside
of
Boston.
Well
enough,
and
and
you
know,
we
certainly
are
looking
to
have
a
more
regional
approach
when
we
go
to
revise
the
action
plan
because
of
those
dynamics
that
there
are.
There
are
people
who
are
seeking
shelter
in
Boston,
because
there's
no
shelter
where
they,
where
they
are,
which.
A
Which
means
that
we're
sort
of
never
gonna
get
ahead
of
it,
because,
as
we're
getting
close
to
getting
ahead
of
it,
we're
more
gonna
come
because
again
we're
we're
doing
the
best
we
can
and
to
address
the
situation,
but
others
need
to
do
more
as
well.
So
absolutely
so.
With
that
we're
gonna
slide
into
public
testimony.
You're
welcome
to
stay
right
here.
K
Good
morning
my
name
is
Amy
Coolidge
I'm,
the
vice
president
of
community
and
government
relations
for
Pine
Street
in
and
here
very
enthusiastically.
We
as
I'm
sure
you
know,
we
are
known
as
an
organization
that
serves
homeless
individuals.
We
serve
seven
hundred
people
in
emergency
shelter
every
day,
but,
more
importantly,
in
germane
to
this
conversation
is
we
serve
850
people
in
permanent,
supportive
housing
throughout
Boston,
and
these
are
our
units
that
are
in
forty
different
locations
throughout
the
city
and
Brooklyn
as
well
I'm.
K
Here
today,
we
are
in
support
of
this
proposal
to
dedicate
this
funding
stream
for
permanent
supportive
housing.
We
know
it
works,
we've
been
doing
it
for
over
30
years
before
there
was
even
a
name
for
it.
We've
been
in
the
micro
unit
business
for
a
long
time
and
I
don't
want
to
Lyla
talked
a
lot
about.
I
concur
with
everything
she
said.
K
K
But
what
we
have
found
is,
as
I
said,
we've
been
doing
this
for
30
years
and
then
at
one
point
it's
sort
of
the
research
came
out
not
only
locally
but
across
the
country
that
supports
this
type
of
housing,
and
originally
we
were
welcoming
people
in
and
just
doing
what
we
could
to
keep
people
safe
and
warm
for
a
night
and
then
getting
them
housing
ready
and
when
they
were
housing
ready,
which
meant
dealing
with
health
issues
or
substance,
use
disorders
or
mental
health
issues.
Then
we
get
them
into
housing,
as
Lila
mentioned.
K
That
paradigm
has
been
reversed.
Now
we're
getting
folks
into
housing,
oftentimes
right
from
the
street
and
wrapping
the
services
around.
We
know
this
model
works.
We
know,
as
I
mentioned
because
of
some
research
across
the
country
and
for
Pine
Street,
and
we
have
a
retention
rate
of
about
91%,
so
those
people
who
are
in
tend
to
stay
in
and
they
do
because
of
an
intensive
case
management
system
which
works
with
each
person
individually
and
basically
reconnects
them
to
their
community
and
it's
different
for
each
person.
K
Some
people
may
need
some
help
with
legal
issues
or
health
issues
or
employment
issues,
training
issues,
sometimes
they're,
just
acclimating
back
into
a
community,
be
it
volunteer,
work
or
church
work
and
it's
it's.
It's
a
tender
process
and
we've
tweaked
it
over
the
years
and
have
found
that
these
resources
are
so
important.
We
we
can
figure
out
how
to
build
the
housing.
We
do
it
through
conventional
financing,
accessing
federal
money,
state
money.
K
We
do
private,
fundraising,
City
funds
as
well,
that
were
mentioned
a
collection
of
all
that,
but
these
support
services
are
or
that
magic
bullet
here
that
makes
permanent
supportive
housing
work.
It's
so
important,
as
has
been
mentioned,
that
this
population
of
those
who
are
chronically
homeless
be
targeted
with
this
and
for
a
couple
of
reasons.
One
is
these
folks
are
actually
an
expensive
population
to
serve
or
not
to
serve.
They
are
often
and
I'm
thinking
about
the
folks
that
you're,
seeing
on
the
street,
their
high-end
utilizers
of
very
expensive
forms
of
care.
K
Ask
any
district
in
in
the
city
and
the
police
are
spending
time
responding
to
their
needs.
We
have
EMS
and
hospitals,
and
we
know
the
data
shows
that
once
we
house
those
folks,
those
visits
to
ER
go
way
way
down
and
there's
an
enormous
savings
to
the
healthcare
system
and-
and
now
that's
that's
a
really
strong
reason
to
to
target
this
money
to
this
population.
K
We
also
know
based
on
research,
that
for
every
chronic
homeless
person,
that's
housed
we're
saving
about
eleven
thousand
dollars.
We
also
know
that
the
most
expensive
response
to
homelessness
is
to
do
nothing
and
no
intervention
at
all
is
quite
costly
to
the
city,
so,
whether
they're
from
Boston
or
not,
it's
it's
really
important
that
we
have
a
response
to
this
population.
These
numbers
are
low
enough
so
that
we
could
end
this.
We
could
end
chronic
homelessness.
K
So
there
is
a
great
strategy
in
place
for
this
and
we
applaud
the
administration
and
we
are
behind
it,
a
hundred
percent
and
based
on
our
many
years
of
experience
serving
homeless
individuals
and
on
the
research
we.
We
know
that
this
works,
so
I
just
want
to
you
know,
share
that
that
we
Pine
Street
in
are
behind
this
and
we
hope
you'll,
look
favorably
upon
this
and
I'll
take
any
questions
or
you
can
hear
right
from
Erica.
J
J
There's
a
lot
of
misinformation
out
there
and
they
don't
know
how
hard
you
guys
are
working
to
get
them
into
a
roof
over
their
head
and
a
pair
of
keys
in
their
pocket,
and
sometimes
it's
devastating,
because
a
lot
of
folks
don't
have
the
patience
out
there
and
a
lot
of
them
return
to
what
they're
doing
before,
because
in
their
mind
they
think
that
it
they're
never
gonna
get
a
set
of
keys
nor
a
roof
over
their
head.
So
I
just
wanted
to
say
thank
you
to
all
the
hard
work
that
you
guys
are
doing.
J
In
my
case,
what
I
had
to
do
is
I
had
to
work
just
as
hard
as
my
case
reports
doing
I
had
a
show
off
for
my
appointments.
I
couldn't
make
excuses.
I
showed
up
15
minutes.
Early
I
walked
from
Jamaica
Plain
into
Boston
housing
to
be
there
three
hours
early,
just
to
make
sure
that
I
was
on
time
to
sign
two
papers.
That's
how
hard
I
work
when
nothing
in
my
pocket
by
Lynne,
and
these
are
the
things
that
our
folks
on
the
streets
have
to
work
just
as
hard
as
well.
J
This
is
where
the
misinformation
comes
from.
They
have
to
work
just
as
hard
as
well.
I
wasn't
just
giving
this
on
a
platter
and
say
here:
here's
your
keys!
Here's
your
stuff,
my
file!
The
paperwork
is
this
thick,
so
I
had
to
work
as
well
just
as
hard.
So
thank
you
for
all
your
hard
work
and
thank
you
for
Boston
housing.
Thank
you
for
Boston
neighborhood.
In
my
case,
what
happened
with
me
I
had
to
realize
that
Boston
EMS
wasn't
a
taxicab
service.
J
I
had
to
realize
that
Boston
that
our
Boston
Medical
Center
wasn't
a
place
for
me
to
lay
my
head
at
night,
I
had
to
realize
Boston
PD
weren't,
they
weren't
counsellors.
They
couldn't
get
me
what
I
needed
in
this
world
and
essentially
what
I
needed
to
do
is
get
my
head
back
in
order
to
not
to
realize
that
my
tent
might
get
stolen,
my
nylon
condo.
If
you
will
might
get
stolen
the
park
majors
might
come
upon
it
and
they
might
destroy
it
away.
J
It's
from
a
nine
point.
Four
to
a
6.4,
my
average
bled
by
blood
sugar
levels
are
roughly
132.
They
were
up
to
around
300
when
I
was
in
the
shelter
system,
also
in
my
tent.
So
yes,
it
has
an
adverse
effect
on
us,
but
also
in
my
case,
it
makes
me
feel
when
I
put
the
keys
into
my
front
door.
I
feel
like
I'm,
a
part
of
society
and
I
took
a
shower
this
morning
to
be
here.
J
I
shaved
put
my
glasses
on
put
my
walking
shoes
on
and
I
walked
here
from
the
south
end
and
for
me,
I.
Don't
walk
very
well
because
I
had
in
2017
I
had
half
my
foot
amputated:
I
developed
a
sore
in
Shattuck,
shelter
and
essentially
Shattuck
shelter,
there's
150
beds,
then
I'm
Shawn
with
a
hundred
and
forty
nine
other
guys.
So
essentially
what
happened
is
I
develop
a
blood
disease
from
an
open
wound
had
half
my
foot
had
after
my
foot
amputated
and
from
there
what
I
I
was
always
employed
in
the
city
of
Boston.
J
What
happened
is
that
I
work
in
the
kitchen
I
went
to
culinary
school.
Well,
I
worked
in
the
kitchen,
I
couldn't
work,
812
hours
anymore,
the
shelter
system
as
well.
The
reason
why
I
ended
up
in
my
tent
the
shelter
system
I
have
to
be
in
by
a
certain
time
a
lot
of
times.
Now
you
have,
they
run
out
of
beds
around
3:30
4
o'clock.
Now
back
when
I
was
in
a
workingman's
program,
they
know
at
Shattuck.
J
They
don't
have
that
anymore,
so
it
was
either
work
or
show
up
to
get
a
bed
for
me,
I
chose
work
to
sleep
in
my
tent.
These
things
are
now
in
the
process.
Now,
I
feel
better
about
myself.
I.
Absolutely
you
can
tell
I
look
a
lot
better
than
what
I
did
a
year
ago,
but
what's
important
is
that
I
feel
better
about
my
situation?
I
have
somebody
to
talk
to
you.
J
The
flip
side
to
it
is
that
I
could
have
just
been
given
a
set
of
keys
like
most
guys
do
and
then,
a
month,
a
month
later
or
a
week
later,
they
fall
off
the
wagon
due
to
loneliness
despair,
not
knowing
what
they're
gonna
do
in
their
life,
but
they
have
a
full
empty
apartment.
The
issue
with
those
guys
is
that
they
don't
have
any
support.
They
don't
know
how
to
reach
out.
For
me,
I
have
a
I
have
a
24
hour
number.
J
If
anything
happens,
if
I
get
locked
myself
out,
I
have
somebody
there
78
one
number:
it's
always
meant
and
I
have
somebody
there
to
talk
to.
My
caseworker
is
up
from
nine
to
five
and
then
I
have
another
caseworker
as
well.
That
I
can
call
my
housing
caseworker
he's
only
supposed
to
be
with
me
until
January,
but
he's
with
me
today.
So
the
support
system
is
there.
I
just
got
recently
with
Pine
Street
employment.
J
So,
going
back
looking
for
a
part-time
job,
I
can't
I
realize
now
that
I
can't
work
a
full-time
job,
but
in
my
issue
for
me,
supportive
housing
works
a
lot
of
times.
Supportive
housing
doesn't
work
for
some
people,
but
for
the
people
that
it
does
work,
we
still
have
to
make
that
effort
to
get
him
housed.
Everybody
deserves
a
chance.
J
Are
you
okay
with
we're
getting
to
you?
City,
Hall
and
I
said
yes,
I'll
be
there
on
time.
So
these
are
the
things
that
help.
Amongst
the
other
things
this,
the
systems
are
in
place.
It's
up
to
the
people
that
get
supportive
housing
to
use
them,
so
I,
don't
know,
I,
think
boss
in
the
world
class
city,
as
we
tell,
and
what
you
city
councilor
in
the
mayor
of
this
city
and
also
the
state
Reps
Congress.
J
Everybody
is
coming
together
to
realize
that
we
got
to
get
these
folks
homes,
Oh,
Houston
and
supportive
services
is
there,
and
people
need
to
have
a
chance
at
life
again,
and
you
guys
have
that
opportunity
to
make
that
happen
to
be
the
first
in
the
nation
to
lead
instead
of
being
49th
in
the
nation.
This
is
a
world-class
City
and
we
believe
you
in
you
as
a
world-class
city
council.
So
please
thank
you.
Thank.
A
You
Eric
for
your
testimony
and
for
your
courage
and
perseverance
and
for
the
shoutout
for
the
City
Council
will
continue
to
do
the
best
we
can
working
with
the
mayor
and
his
administration
to
try
to
make
a
difference
out
there
every
day.
So,
and
you
raise
a
great
point
on
the
DND,
because
we
see
that
a
lot
I
see
it
across
the
city
on
the
Affordable
lotteries.
Everyone
thinks
it's
just
like
putting
your
name
on
a
piece
of
paper
and
throwing
it
into
a
bowl
and
someone
pulling
out
a
name.
A
A
You
have
to
really
put
your
best
foot
forward
and
a
lot
of
folks
that
they
literally
think
the
affordable
lottery
is
a
little
just
like
getting
pulled
out
of
a
fishbowl,
and
it's
much
more
than
that
and
the
more
we
can
do
to
educate
folks
as
to
what
the
process
is
and
to
let
folks
and
share
Eric's
story
with
them
is
that
it's
a
two-way
street.
They
got
to
kind
of
meet
their
caseworker
halfway.
A
F
No
thank
you,
council
fire
I
just
want
to
say
thank
you
to
Amy
for
everything
that
Pine
Street
Inn
is
doing
in
helping
so
many
people
across
our
city
and
thank
you
to
Eric
for
sharing
your
story.
But,
more
importantly,
thank
you
for
your
perseverance,
as
council
flowery
said,
and
never
giving
up
hope.
Even
though
you've
been
down
many
times,
you
keep
fighting
back
and
that's
kind
of
the
spirit
of
Boston
is
never
giving
up
or
never
giving
giving
up
on
people
either.
F
Everybody
deserves
a
second
or
third,
a
third
chance
or
a
fourth
chance
and
I'm
glad
that
you're
here
with
us
and
you're
a
testament
of
what
the
city
is
all
about
it.
It's
it's
working
hard,
it's
it's
being
compassionate
and
caring
and
being
there
for
people
that
really
need
need
our
help.
So
thank
you
for
thank
you
for
your
determination
and
hard
work
as
well.
Eric.
A
Thank
You,
council
Flynn
and
that
will
conclude
the
public
testimony
of
this
portion,
so
I
appreciate
your
time
and
attention
and
with
respect
to
the
panel
doc,
had
zero
644
well
get
a
committee
report
turned
around
and
get
it
before
the
council
for
a
council
vote
most
likely,
depending
on
scheduling,
probably
by
next.
Our
next
council
session
is
we'll
strive
to
try
to
get
that
done
so
so
be
on
behalf
of
the
council.
A
Thank
you
to
Justin
Thank,
You,
Tamar
C,
and
thank
you
to
to
Layla
for
the
work
that
you
do
not
just
here,
but
every
day
trying
to
make
a
difference
in
the
lives
of
fellow
Bostonians
and
with
that
the
Committee
on
government
operations
with
respect
to
darken
zero.
Six
four
four
is
adjourned.
Thank
you.