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Docket #03331 - Hearing regarding the state of affordable housing as to Boston’s Inclusionary Development Polic
A
I
think
that's
it
for
now
and
then
let's
see
I'm
going
to
go
ahead
and
now
turn
over
this
very
quickly
to
translators
or
translators.
Before
I
go
into
any
further
detail
about
public
access
and
so
on
and
so
forth.
So
for
everyone
please
note
we
have
a
spanish
and
cantonese
interpretation.
A
A
A
Thank
you
so
again,
very
now
that
we
have
interpretation
set
up.
This
hearing
is
being
recorded.
A
It
is
being
live
streamed
at
boston.gov,
slash,
diddy
city
dash,
council
dash
tv
and
broadcast
on
xfinity
channel
8,
rcn
channel
82
and
fios
channel
964..
Again
we
will
be.
This
is
a
public
hearing,
but
we're
doing
it
via
zoom
due
to
the
public
health
declaration
from
governor
baker.
D
D
A
Okay,
so
per
the
declaration
of
emergency
last
march,
we're
having
this
be
a
zoom
to
balance
the
ability,
our
public
safety
needs,
with
our
the
ability
to
do
our
jobs.
Now
again,
this
hearing,
we
will
take
public
testimony
at
the
end
of
the
hearing
and
probably
throughout,
and
if
you're
interested
in
testifying,
please
email
ron,
cobb,
that's
r-o-n-c-o-b-b
at
boston.gov,
for
the
link
and
please
make
sure
your
first
and
last
name
is
displayed
and
listed
out
when
your
name
is
called.
A
Please
state
your
name
and
your
affiliation,
your
residence
or
you
know,
organization
that
you're
with
and
limit
your
comments
to
about
two
minutes
and
we
expect
a
decent
amount
of
public
testimony
today.
Today's
hearing
is
on
docket
zero,
three
three
one
and
then
specifically
dealing
with
boston's
inclusionary
development
policy.
The
inclusion
of
development
policy
or
idp
was
first
created
in
2000
and
requires
market
rate
housing
developments
with
10
or
more
units
to
create
income
and
to
actually
include
income
restricted
units
within
the
building.
A
Typically,
at
13,
the
creation
of
income
restricted
units
at
a
location
near
the
building
is
also
an
option
or
contributing
to
the
inclusionary
development
fund.
Is
the
third
option
today
we're
going
to
be
discussing
how
that
policy
can
be
updated,
we'll
be
looking
at
the
set-aside
percentage
of
13
the
levels
of
affordability
within
what
is
considered,
affordable
the
thresholds
and
triggers
to
actually
apply
idp,
but
now,
right
now
again
it's
10
units
or
more
data
regarding
the
current
development,
economic
and
racial
home
size
just
in
general.
A
A
I'm
going
to
allow
for
our
counselors
to
do
some
very
brief
opening
remarks
and
we're
going
to
go
right
into
a
panel
of
community
advocates,
and
then
we
will
go
into
a
panel
of
the
administration.
We
will
then
have
a
round
of
counsel,
questions
and
public
testimony,
and
then
we
will
continue
through
rounds.
A
As
we
ask
questions,
I
think,
but
to
be
very
frank
with
everybody.
The
goal
of
this
is
to
get
community
feedback
and
response,
as
well
as
a
practical
concerns
voice,
so
that
we
can
update
our
idp
policy
in
the
city
of
boston
so
and
it
has
been
through
executive
order,
but
thank
goodness
due
to
the
state
house,
passing
our
homeworld
petition
last
year.
E
Thank
you,
madam
chair,
and
thank
you
for
your
leadership
on
this.
I've
actually
been
fighting
a
cold
for
the
last
48
hours,
and
so
I'm
going
to
try
and
be
here
for
the
whole
hearing.
But
if
I'm
not
here
I'll,
have
somebody
I'll
have
staff
watching.
I
certainly
have
questions
that
I
want
to
ask
so
just
if
I'm
not
able
to
hang
on
until
then,
if
it's
okay
for
me
to
send
those
to
you.
Madam
chair.
E
Thank
you
so
much
and
just
to
keep
my
statements
incredibly
brief.
The
inclusionary
development
policy
includes
the
word
inclusionary
in
it,
because
what
we're
doing
is
essentially
determining
who
lives
in
boston
who
has
a
home
in
boston
who
has
a
future
in
boston
by
creating
housing
that
applies
to
those
sex,
whether
it's
affordable
housing,
whether
it's
for
families,
whether
it's
for
working
class
communities.
E
All
of
these
things
are
being
decided
in
in
large
part
by
how
we
build
and
what
we
allow
to
build,
and
so,
like
the
activists,
I'm
going
to
be
pushing
for
a
higher
inclusionary
development
policy
percentage,
I'm
going
to
be
pushing
for
more
family-oriented
housing,
I'm
pushing
for
all
of
these
different
places
where
we
can
really
create
a
boston
that
sees
all
of
us
in
it,
and
I
know
so,
will
my
council
colleagues,
and
so
I
look
forward
to
hearing
from
the
city,
but
this
is
exciting,
and
so
thank
you
to
madam
chair
and
those
who
have
worked
in
the
past
for
that
hrp
and
for
things
that
have
allowed
us
to
be
in
a
position
to
do
this.
F
Bach,
thank
you
so
much,
madam
chair.
Just
I'll
be
brief,
and
this
is
our
third
hearing
of
the
day
super
grateful
to
the
idp
coalition
really
feel,
like
you
know,
there's
a
bunch
of
different
pieces
that
we
have
made
progress
on.
I
think
getting
this
into
zoning
and
giving
us
the
opportunity
to
really
codify
the
best
version
of
an
idp
policy
is
critical
and
I'm
so
glad
about
that
home
rule.
F
I'm
grateful
to
the
to
the
state
legislators
for
voting
it
through
and
to
the
tireless
coalition
that
fought
for
it
for
a
long
time.
But
now
I
think,
as
you
say,
right,
we've
got
to
actually
figure
out
what
is
the
best
thing
to
have
in
there
and
and
I
think,
there's
a
real
opportunity
to
pair
this
with
you
know.
We
talked
so
much
to
council
arroyo's
point
about
inclusion.
F
We
talked
so
much
as
we
worked
with
many
of
the
same
folks
on
this
call
around
the
affirmatively
furthering
fair
housing,
zoning
reg
about
sort
of
like
opportunities
to
make
development,
more
inclusive
and
the
kind
of
tools
that
we
could
ask
our
developers
to
be
using
thinking
about
fair
housing
and
about
really
having
inclusive
integrated
communities
across
our
city,
and
I
think
that
you
know
in
the
context
of
having
that
now
in
place
and
we're
all
really
excited
about
that,
and
thanks
to
the
vpda
and
dnd
and
yourself
and
everybody
on
the
council
for
partnership.
F
Now
we
have
an
opportunity
to
raise
the
baseline
right,
raise
the
sort
of
like
floor
basic
thing
about
what
we
do
in
the
city,
and
I
think
there
are
ways
to
do
that
that
that
really
like
help
us
make
faster
progress
towards
that
more
inclusive
city.
We
all
want
to
see
so
excited
about
this
and
grateful
for
everyone's
participation.
A
G
Thank
you.
Thank
you,
council
edwards,
for
sharing
this
important
hearing.
It's
been
well
documented.
Boston
has
a
housing,
affordability
crisis.
I
have
heard
from
many
constituents
in
my
district
about
how
they
could
not
afford
to
live
in
the
city
and
that
working
families
and
seniors
and
immigrants
are
being
pushed
out
out
of
their
communities
and
homes.
Our
city
needs
affordable
housing
for
our
working
families
to
stay
in
the
city.
We
do.
We
need
to
make
sure
that
our
idp
program
is
effective
in
providing
affordable
housing
that
our
community
needs
and
that
it's
enforced.
G
I
want
to
say
thank
you
to
the
activists
that
are
testifying.
I
also
want
to
say
thank
you
to
the
city
administration
as
well,
for
being
being
here
and
for
your
leadership.
I
see
sheila
dylan
in
others
as
well.
I
had
a
recent
meeting
listening
listening
meeting
with
members
of
the
chinatown
resident
association
last
week
about
this
issue.
I
listened
for
about
two
hours
on
concerns
in
my
in
their
neighborhood
about
a
lot
of
seniors
being
dislocated
immigrants
being
locate
dislocated
long-time
residents,
low-income
residents.
G
So
those
are
the
people
I'm
fighting
for
to
make
sure
boston
is
a
city
for
everybody,
not
just
for
the
wealthy,
for
the
people
that
can
afford
the
million
dollar
condos.
It
should
be
about
people
that
are
paying
six
seven
hundred
bucks
in
rent
as
well.
G
A
H
Thank
you,
madam
chair.
I
will
wave
my
right
for
an
opening
statement
other
than
suffice
it
to
say.
I
look
forward
to
continuing
the
work
hearing
from
advocates
and
members
of
the
administration
finding
ways
we
can
now
work
together.
So
thank
you
very
much.
I
Thank
you,
councillor
edwards.
This
is
like
a
marathon
today,
we've
been
talking
about
housing
and
how
we
build
more
affordable
housing
quicker
and
faster.
So,
of
course
thank
you
to
everyone
from
the
administration,
as
we
explore
this
incredible
tool
to
allow
us
to
build
more
of
affordable
housing
at
pricing
points
that
residents,
of
course,
can
afford
and
for
families,
seniors
veterans
and
our
most
vulnerable.
I
want
to
also
thank
the
coalition
for
their
work
and
advocacy
at
the
state
level
to
make
this
possible.
Of
course.
I
Of
course,
I
want
to
thank
you,
councillor
edwards,
as
well
for
your
leadership
on
this
issue.
I
want
to
thank
those
who
are
offering
and
doing
translation.
Thank
you,
I'm
intentionally
speaking
a
little
slower,
so
thank
you
as
well.
This
is
critically
important
so
that
everyone
can
fully
participate.
I
I
also
want
to
thank
the
coalition
for
a
recent
meeting
I
had
with
them,
but
also
for
the
residents
that
are
currently
in
my
district,
their
incredible
work
on
this
issue
for
years
and
look
forward
to
staying
in
conversation
with
them.
I
The
conversation
obviously
is
very
timely,
giving
given
not
only
how
we
come
back
from
covert,
protect
residents
right
now
in
the
midst
of
covert
to
be
able
to
stay
in
their
homes,
but
when
we
come
back
from
covet
ensuring
that
folks
can
only
stay
in
their
homes,
but
can
stay
permanently
in
the
city
of
boston
and
afford
to
live
in
the
city
of
boston.
I
B
Hi,
yes
good
afternoon,
everyone.
Thank
you
so
much
for
for
holding
this.
The
chair
for
calling
this
hearing,
the
city
of
boston,
has
the
highest
percentage
of
income
restricted
housing
in
the
united
states,
but
we
are
still
the
third
most
gentrified
city
in
the
country.
We
already
know
that
clearly,
there's
a
disconnect
between
affordability
and
development
that
we
need
to
address.
B
J
Braden,
thank
you,
madam
chair.
I
will
try
and
keep
my
comments
brief.
I
really
appreciate
this
opportunity
to
discuss
idp
policy.
J
I've
been
concerned
about
this
issue
for
many
years
out
in
austin
brighton,
our
idp
policy
set
the
most
of
the
idp
units
were
set
at
70
of
the
ami,
and
the
average
median
income
in
allston
is
45
to
50,
so
that
meant
that
and
in
brighton
it
is
about
60.
So
a
huge
proportion
of
the
folks
who
actually
live
in
our
neighborhood
were
on
ineligible
to
access
the
idp
units
that
were
being
built
in
our
neighborhoods.
So
I
hope
that
in
this
conversation
we
can
try
and
rectify
this
situation.
J
Also,
you
know
the
whole
issue
about
the
10
units
threshold
is
there's
a
huge
number
of
units
being
built
by
developers
that
come
in
at
nine
nine
units.
They
don't
have
to
give
us
any
idp
any
any
idp
units
in
that
that
equation.
So
I
hope
we
can.
We
can
make
some
inroads
in
that
in
that
to
try
and
build
more
affordable
units
for
our
for
our
communities.
Thank
you.
K
Thank
you,
madam
chair,
and
I
appreciate
you
indulging
all
of
us
with
opening
statements
and,
as
you
know,
obviously
this
is
an
important
issue.
I'm
also
very
impressed
to
see
so
many
faces
on
screen
compared
to
some
of
our
earlier
hearings
today.
So
just
grateful
for
this
continued
conversation,
certainly
the
continued
work
and
also
want
to
make
note-
I
think,
council
campbell
also
made
it
at
an
earlier
hearing
today
about
the
the
need
to
make
sure
that
the
affordable
units
in
particular
are
online
and
online
quickly.
K
Many
of
you
on
this
call
today
will
recall
the
hearing
we
had
in
the
middle
of
the
summer
regarding
those
unoccupied,
affordable
units
waiting
for
their
tenants
and
their
homeowners
to
arrive,
and
you
know,
look
forward
to
making
sure
that
we
are
working
diligently
and
and
quickly
and
with
certain
urgency
to
have
those
units
occupied
quickly
so
happy
to
be
here
for
this
hearing
and
we'll
engage,
as
as
I
can
with
all
of
our
colleagues.
Thank
you.
L
Thank
you,
councillor,
edwards,
for
chairing
the
hearing
and
for
sponsoring
this
order.
I
also
will
be
brief.
I've
been
a
long-time
advocate
for
updating
our
city's
inclusionary
development
policy
to
include
the
codification
of
a
program
to
provide
permanence
predictability
and
transparency
to
that
process,
as
well
as
to
raise
the
level
of
affordable
commitment
to
reflect
the
need
of
of
our
affordable
housing
in
the
city.
It's
absolutely
critical
that
we
use
all
the
tools
in
the
toolbox
to
build
affordable
housing.
L
As
you
know,
I've
had
partnered
with
you
and
our
colleague
council
flynn
on
a
hearing
to
discuss
potential
updates
to
idp,
to
make
it
more
effective
and
to
strengthen
compliance
with
the
program.
Too
often,
we
hear
that
the
ami
is
too
high
on
units
or
that
not
enough,
affordable
housing
is
built
through
that
program
or
like
we
caught,
I
caught
several
developers,
city-wide
being
cute
and
obviously
building
under
the
threshold
or
completely
skipping
their
contributions,
and
so
we
brought
that
to
light
last
year.
L
So
I
know
that
at
that
hearing
we
heard
from
the
bpda
that
they
were
going
to
be
supportive
of
lowering
the
threshold
as
well
as
looking
at
possible
square
footage
requirements
instead
of
the
number
of
units
which
I
think
having
that
flexibility
will
go
a
long
way
in
in
giving
us
more
affordable
opportunities.
L
So
again,
thank
you
to
the
chair
and
to
the
sponsor,
and
also
I
look
forward
to
the
stakeholder
listening
to
the
stakeholders
today,
who
who've
been
in
this
fight
for
a
long
time
and
and
who
know
a
lot
about
this
issue,
and
we
want
to
be
as
helpful
as
we
can
as
as
their
boston
city
council.
Thank
you,
madam
chairman.
A
A
I
have
marvin
martin
marquisha,
moore,
jason,
derosio,
karen
chen
and
margaret
turner,
and
I'm
going
to
ask
them
to
limit
their
testimony,
or
at
least
their
at
their
outright
comments
before
we
go
back
and
forth
it's
about
three
to
four
minutes,
so
that
allows
for
us
to
get
through
your
panel
and
then
get
to
conversation.
M
Hi
thank
you
counselor
at
which
for
posting
this,
and
thanks
to
all
the
your
fellow
colleagues
who
are
there,
I
just
wanted
to
flag
quickly
something
that
counselor
george
said
about
the
amount
of
faces
she's
seeing
I
just
wanted
to
add
that
we
have
about
40
other
folks
who
are
in
the
watch
party,
that's
going
on.
At
the
same
time
again,
my
name
is
marvin
martin.
M
I
am
with
action
for
equity,
which
is
a
regional
coalition
that
creates
an
and
implements
policies
to
deal
with
racial
inclusion
and
inequity,
and
we
are
proud
members
of
the
coalition
for
a
truly
affordable
housing
for
boston
c-type,
which
is
a
coalition
of
about
20,
some
other
organizations,
and
so
basically,
I'm
just
going
to
lay
out
the
sort
of
overview
of
what
it
is
that
we're
we're
going
to
look
for,
and
my
colleagues
will
go
more
into
the
details
of
each
of
these.
M
But
I'm
just
going
to
give
it
something
really
brief
here.
So
this
is
what's
a
statement
from
ctap
housing.
Is
it's
a
right
and
we
need
to
use
all
the
tools
available
to
us
to
ensure
that
those
who
need
truly
affordable
housing,
the
most
can
that
the
most
folks
can
access
it.
Neighborhoods
are
seeing
major
displacement
of
longtime
community
residents
and
families
causing
many
to
fall
into
homelessness.
M
Almost
half
of
boston's
households
make
less
than
fifty
thousand
dollars
a
year,
many
residents
rent
burden
and
most
can't
afford
to
buy
homes.
That
is
why
this
coalition
is
calling
on
the
city
to
ask.
They
update
the
id
idp
policy
to
include
the
following:
the
rental
units
30
to
70
percent
at
ami,
with
an
average
of
40
percent
ami
and
ownership
units
between
50
to
100
ami,
and
this
is
important
because
when
we
use
the
ami,
an
individual
has
to
make
almost
80
000
a
year
less
than
half
of
the
folks.
M
If
they
live
in
boston
folks,
don't
even
make
forty
thousand
dollars
a
year.
Individuals,
I'm
not
talking
about
households.
So
you
know
when
you
talk
about
the
100
ami
or
even
80
ami
you
see
this
is
out
of
the
reach
of
most
of
bostonians.
M
M
The
other
course
is
the
33
set-aside.
Now
we
know
that
this
is
probably
the
one
thing
that
we're
going
to
get
the
most
pushback
on,
but
we
believe
it's
doable
jason.
Can
you
show
that
this?
The
that's
not
my
slide?
Did
you
show
me
yeah?
If
you
see,
I
don't
know
if
you
can
see
that,
but
on
the
left
hand
side,
we
give
some
examples
of
some
things.
M
We
can
do
to
try
to
keep
down
the
cost
of
the
construction,
and-
and
some
of
it
is
based
on
what
the
you
know-
the
city
estimate
of
land
costs.
If
you
see
there
for
zone
c,
it's
150
150
square
foot,
but
underneath
of
it
you
can
actually
see
that
and
there
was
those
same
neighborhoods
in
zone
z.
Over
the
last
10
years.
M
I
think
this
lab
will
be
available
to
all
of
you
yeah,
so
you
can
take
time
to
look
at
that
yourself.
Another
thing
is:
it's:
it's
doable.
You
know
in
san
francisco,
which
has
you
know
high
housing
costs
like
we
do
here.
They
actually
do
have
a
model,
that's
33
percent
and
you
know
there's
no
evidence
that
they're
losing
any
development.
M
So
I
think
we
have
to
really
look
at
what
some
other
folks
are
doing
across
the
country
and
see,
in
fact,
if
we
can't
really
come
up
with
something
that
gets
us
a
lot
higher
than
I
think
you
know
we
all
know.
13
percent
is
too
high,
but
you
know
I
think
we
we
can
do
better
than
20
20
too
so
and
then
another
last
thing
I
want
to
say
before
I
turn
it
over
to
my
akisha.
M
Is
that
there's
a
sense
of
urgency
here?
There
are
thousands
and
thousands
of
units
being
planned
right
now,
right
in
the
front
of
my
corridor,
where
action
works.
Does
the
lab
is
housing
work
there
folks
are
in
some
neighborhoods
like
bowling
geneva
and
four
coroners
are
actually
asking
the
city
to
slow
down
the
development
process,
because
there's
so
many
units
being
proposed,
they
can't
keep
up
with
them.
You
know
they
having
problems
in
keeping
a
coherent
community
process,
but
also
people
are
concerned
that
by
the
time
we
pass
anything
meaningful.
M
N
Sorry
had
to
unmute
myself,
I'm
so
used
to
these
zoom
meetings.
I'm
never
muted,
hi
everyone
I
just
wanted
to.
I
know
you
guys
have
been
in
in
hearings
all
day,
so
I
really
appreciate
you
taking
the
time
and
and
being
present
and
paying
attention
to
the
things
that
we're
saying.
So
I
just
want
to
thank
you
all
for
doing
that
and
being
here,
and
I
want
to
thank
marvin
for
his
comments,
so
I
don't
know
jason.
Do
you
want
to
put
up
my
slides,
I'm
going
to
speak
a
little?
N
I
can't
okay,
so
I
just
I'm
gonna
talk
a
little
bit
about
how
the
amis
in
boston
are
actually
how
they
actually
come
to
be.
They
don't
just
include
boston
incomes,
as
you
can
look
on
your
screen.
This
is
just
the
top
five
I've
only
added
that
included
the
top
five
earning
cities
that
surround
boston
that
are
not
not
actually
part
of
boston,
but
that
they
are
included
in
calculating
what
boston
average
income
is
and
if
you
can
see
at
the
right
hand,
side
lower,
but
this
is
dorchester.
N
This
is
the
medium
income
for
dorchester
residents,
so
boston
median
income
is
90,
92
thousand
dollars,
that's
that's
the
average
and,
as
you
can
see,
dorchester
residence
period,
that's
not
even
the
breakup
of
how
how
dorchester
households
or
the
residents
make
their
money,
but
that's
just
dorchester
residents.
That's
their
area,
median
income,
so
things
that
are
being
built,
they're
not
being
built
for
us.
We
are,
as
you
can
see,
we
are
well
below
the
boston
median
income
next
slide.
Please.
N
N
What
is
being
built
in
the
new
units
is
61
for
upper
income,
31
for
upper
middle
six
percent
for
moderate
and
three
percent
for
low,
but
on
the
other
side
you
can
see
what
what
what
is
needed,
what
is
actually
needed,
what
the
boston
resident's
income
makeup
is
only
20
27
of
boston
residents
make
the
upper
middle
income,
but
that's
what
the
majority
of
the
apartments
are
being
built
for.
We
have
27
percent,
which
is
it's.
It
should
be
equal.
N
We
have
27
of
extremely
low
income
and
only
three
percent
of
the
new
idp
units
are
being
built
for
that.
If
you
look
on
the
right
hand,
side
of
your
screen,
you
can
see
the
make
up
of
the
income,
the
the
income
of
boston
residents,
so
we
have
white
89.
Their
average
median
household
income
is
89
400,
black
and
african
american.
N
Fifty
nine
thousand
three
hundred
and
fifty
dollars,
and
and
overall,
so
the
overall
medium
income
is
sixty
four
thousand
eight
hundred,
that's
not
even
seventy
70,
which
is
what
the
the
idp
is
asking
for.
Can
you
go
to
the
next
slide?
Please,
okay,
this
here
I
did
some
research
on
a
building
that
has
actually
a
new
development.
It's
a
newer
development
in
the
past
few
years
that
is
actually
built
in
my
city
dorchester.
N
When
you
look
up
here.
This
is
this
is
what's
in
that
building.
We
have
studios
one
bedrooms,
two
bedrooms
and
three
bedrooms:
these
are
the
market
rate
on
the
top
in
the
red.
That's
market
rate,
when
you
see
where
studios
start
at
the
lowest
in
is
1
783
and
the
highest
in
is
2
689
that
that's
for
a
market
rent.
N
That's
for
a
market
rate
where
the
idp
apartments,
I
wasn't
even
able
to
find
out
what
their
actual
prices
was,
but
what
I
can
tell
you
that
every
single
idp
unit
in
that
building,
which
is
62
62
units
idp
units
in
the
building
and
there's
413
market
rate
apartments
in
this
building,
and
as
you
can
look
here,
we
have
families
in
boston
like
two
bedrooms:
a
two
bedroom
on
the
low
end,
two
thousand
six
hundred
and
three
dollars
and
on
the
high
end,
is
four
thousand
four
hundred
and
ninety
two
dollars
and
don't
those
are
market
rate.
N
That's
not
even
the
idp
unit
in
order
to
afford
the
idp
units
which
each
one
of
them
is
at
70.
None
is
that
30
40,
50,
60
they're,
all
at
70,
there's
20
studio
apartments
at
70,
21,
one
bedrooms
and
between
the
two
two
and
three
bedrooms,
there's
22!
So
that's
that's
half!
That's
that's
almost
half!
So
we
have!
N
You
would
have
to
make
at
70
ami
to
for
a
household.
Now,
I'm
just
saying
a
household
size
of
three
I'm
not
even
saying
a
three
three-bedroom
apartment.
I'm
saying
you
could
be
two
people
with
one
child.
You
could
be
a
mother
with
two
children,
but
you
would
have
to
be
making
75
000
a
year
to
afford
our
idp
apartments
at
70
in
this
building.
Now,
if
that's
the
idp
apartment,
which
they're
all
at
70
percent,
we
if
you
look
over
here
to
your
right
on
the
far
right
bottom.
N
This
shows
you
what
you
would
have
to
be
making
to
afford
them.
Those
market
rate
apartments
in
that
building.
So
in
order
to
afford
the
new
construction
market
rates
in
this
building,
you
would
have
to
make
from
studios
to
three
bedrooms.
You
would
be
having
them,
you
would
have
to
make
1
800.
I
mean
185
000
to
221
000
a
year
to
afford
market
rate,
which
I
don't
see
the
difference
between
market
rate
apartments.
I
never
have
in
luxury.
I
think
it's
just
semantics
in
the
name,
but
they
are
the
same
thing.
A
And
just
just
to
note,
since
we
have,
I
think,
two
or
three
more
panelists
on
on
this
one
and
then
we're
still.
We
we
just
want
to
make
sure
that
we
save
them
we're
well
over
the
three
to
four
minutes
per
person.
N
I'm
sorry
I'm
sorry.
I
I
just
wanted
to
add
that
in
that
building
I'm
gonna
finish.
I
just
want
to
add
it
in
that
building
of
the
413
market
rate.
Apartments
121
are
are
still
waiting
to
be
rented
and
this
building
has
been
there
for
years
for
a
few
years
now.
So
this
this
is
what
I
wanted.
I
just
want
to
enforce
like
this
is
not
enough
that
the
the
standards
are
not
enough
and
we
really
need
to
change
them
now
and
I'm
sorry
and
I'm
going
to
pass
to.
O
You
markeisha,
so
my
apologies
in
advance.
You're
gonna
be
stuck
looking
at
me
as
I
don't
have
any
slides
and
I'm
also
gonna
be
reading
mine
because
I
have
a
lot
of
stats.
But
let
me
see.
O
All
right
good
afternoon,
my
name
is
jason
derosier
and
I'm
the
manager
of
community
action
at
austin
brighton
cdc.
Thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
testify
today
and
speak
to
the
urgent
need
for
a
stronger
idp
that
truly
reflects
the
housing
needs
of
boston
residents.
Housing
influences
outcomes
across
many
sectors.
Students
do
better.
Patients
are
healthier,
people
can
more
readily
escape
poverty
and
homelessness.
The
economy
is
healthier
and
our
city
is
more
just
and
equal
when
we
all
have
access
to
safe,
stable
and
affordable
homes.
O
Opportunity
truly
starts
at
home,
but
not
everyone
has
equal
access
to
the
opportunity
to
thrive,
because
not
everyone
has
access
to
a
safe,
stable
or
affordable
home.
The
executive
order,
which
established
boston's
inclusionary
development
policy,
was
a
policy
intervention
designed
for
a
particular
need
at
a
particular
time.
However,
in
the
21
years
since
its
creation
and
six
years
since
its
last
update,
our
housing
needs
have
changed,
and
these
needs
have
only
been
exacerbated
by
covet
19
and
the
resulting
economic
crisis.
The
idp
should
be
strengthened
in
response
to
these
changes.
O
As
you
update
this
policy,
we
ask
that
you
consider
the
pressing
need
for
units
that
are
truly
affordable.
Neighborhoods
are
seeing
major
displacement
of
long-time
community
residents
and
families,
causing
many
to
fall
into
homelessness.
Almost
half
of
boston
households
make
less
than
fifty
thousand
dollars
a
year.
Many
residents
are
rent
burdened
and
most
cannot
afford
to
buy
homes
and
create
wealth
through
home
ownership.
O
People
of
col
people
of
color
are
excluded
from
the
idp,
as
about
60
of
black
households
cannot
afford
idp
rents
as
currently
constituted.
This
is
a
fair
housing
issue.
This
is
a
moral
issue.
In
recent
years,
the
neighborhoods
of
alston
and
brighton
have
become
the
new
hot
neighborhoods
for
development,
with
more
than
2
489
units
in
the
private
development
pipeline
with
another
2
425
approved
by
the
bpda
board
within
the
last
two
years
alone.
Additionally,
there
are
four
4578
units
currently
under
review
by
the
bpda
in
four
neighborhoods
east
boston,
dorchester,
roxbury
and
charlestown.
O
3193
of
these
units
are
in
east
boston,
dorchester
and
roxbury.
Three
neighborhoods,
with
lower
average
household
incomes
than
austin
brighton,
83
percent
of
austin
brighton
residents
are
renters
and
in
recent
years,
rents
in
austin
brighton
have
increased
sharply
between
2018
and
2020
average
rents
for
family
size
units,
increased
30
percent
from
2131
dollars
to
2767
per
month.
Rents
for
units
of
all
sizes
have
increased
by
32
percent
on
average
or
more
rent
in
austin.
O
Brighton
for
a
three-bedroom
household
would
require
a
family
earning
52
795,
which
is
the
median
household
income
for
the
neighborhood
to
pay.
63
percent
of
its
monthly
income
on
rent
rent
for
a
one
bedroom,
which
is
the
second
most
common
unit
being
developed
after
studios,
exceeds
the
entire
gross
pay
of
a
full-time
worker
earning
the
minimum
wage.
So
one
hundred
21
twenty
dollars
a
year
earned
twenty
one
thousand
six
hundred
and
twelve
dollars
for
rent.
O
Only
in
the
last
report
in
the
latest
report
from
the
national
low
income
housing
coalition,
the
fair
market
rent
for
a
two
bedroom
apartment
in
allston
would
require
you
to
earn
fifty
one
dollars
and
fifteen
cents
an
hour
to
afford
rent
while
the
fair
market
rent
for
the
same
modest
two
bedroom
apartment
in
brighton
would
require
fifty
five
dollars
an
hour.
Even
market
rate
units
are
out
of
reach
for
a
majority
of
the
neighborhood.
O
O
The
results
of
inadequate
community
planning
nimby
attitudes
towards
affordable
and
multi-family
housing
and
exclusionary
practices
that
segregated
neighborhoods
as
a
member
of
the
coalition
for
a
truly
affordable
boston
or
ctab
austin
brighton,
cdc
calls
on
the
city
to
pass
truly
affordable
standards,
including
deepening
affordability,
levels
for
affordable
units
under
idp
rental
units
should
be
affordable
for
a
wider
range
of
households
between
30
to
70
percent
ami
with
an
average
of
40
ami
ownership
units
should
be
affordable
at
a
range
of
50
to
100
ami.
O
There
are
programs
and
tools
available
that
would
provide
additional
resources
to
reach
lower
ami
levels
in
new
development,
such
as
cpa,
city
of
boston,
voucher
program
or
income
averaging
to
name
a
few.
This
shift
in
reducing
the
affordability
levels
for
idp
units
is
critical
as
the
area
median
income
for
boston
includes
114
cities
and
towns
from
six
counties,
and
two
states
stretching
from
plymouth
to
the
new
hampshire
maine
border
included
in
this
formula
are
wellesley
and
lexington,
which
have
two
of
the
highest
median
incomes
in
the
country.
O
It
goes
without
saying
that
the
residents
of
lexington
do
not
have
the
same
incomes
as
those
in
austin
brighton,
no
other
residents
of
roxbury,
dorchester,
chinatown
or
east
boston.
The
ami
standard
for
idp
must
take
this
into
account.
Lower
the
10
unit
threshold
right
now,
developers
only
have
to
comply
and
fulfill
idp
requirements
if
the
project
contain
at
least
10
units.
However,
many
developers
in
austin
brighton,
as
well
as
in
dorchester
and
south
boston,
for
example,
are
proposing
nine
unit
buildings
to
skirt
affordability
requirements.
This
loophole
must
be
closed.
O
Significantly.
Increased
transparency
ctab
asks
that
the
bpda
and
dnd
provide
data
previously
requested
by
ctab
pertaining
to
financial
data
and
models
up
data,
updated
data
about
development
and
housing
need
and
an
analysis
of
land
values.
We
will
resubmit
this
data
request
to
the
appropriate
parties
with
specifics.
We
look
forward
to
working
with
each
of
these
departments
on
this
request.
The
time
has
come
to
be
bold,
to
lead
with
our
values.
The
time
to
act
is
now.
Thank
you.
A
M
A
P
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
Counselor
edwards
and
that's
the
city
council
also
want
to
thank
our
coalition
for
truly
affordable
boston
watch
party
folks,
there's
over
50
of
them
watching
right
now
so,
and
thank
you
for
holding
this
hearing
and
and
really
listening
to
the
community
to
you
know
what
we
think
our
the
community
needs
are
and
what
are
reasonable.
P
You
know
policies,
so
my
name
is
karen
chen,
I'm
with
the
chinese
progressive
association,
we're
based
in
chinatown,
but
we
serve
chinese
americans
and
greater
boston
area,
and
we
also
member
of
the
right
to
the
city,
boston-
and
you
probably
have
heard
me
many
times
talking
about
you
know
gentrification
within
chinatown.
P
You
know
due
to
influx
of
luxury
development,
short-term
rental
and
rent
speculation,
and
we
know
that
in
2015,
where
you
know
there,
it's
where
jason
talked
about
the
tipping
point
right,
you
know
the
tipping
time
for
chinatown
is
kind
of
more
like
around.
You
know
2010
and
around
2015
we
start
seeing
because
of
organizing.
I
think,
also
support
the
city,
we're
seeing
more
affordable
housing.
You
know
in
in
chinatown,
we
see
more
balanced
in
development
and
even
with
the
significant
number
of
affordable
housing,
we're
still
seeing.
P
P
You
know
80
of
the
income
towards
rent
and
we
still
are
seeing
you
know
long
waiting
lists
for
affordable
housing,
subsidized
housing
and
we
have
seen
developments
in
in
chinatown
like
one
greenway,
you
know
have
a
little
bit
under
100
units,
but
there's
like
more
than
5
000
athlete
applicants
and,
more
recently,
the
chinatown
community
land
trust
put
out
seven
units.
You
know
home
ownership.
Programs
is
even
with
the
pandemic,
you
know
titan
and
lending.
P
Really
thinking
about
you
know
how
to
make
sure
that
affordable
housing
is
accessible
to
people
who
are
vote
most
vulnerable,
and
you
know
like
many
of
the
community
of
color,
the
average
income
in
chinatown
for
immigrant
families
about
20
000
a
year,
so
you
know
for
affordable
housing,
even
sometimes
at
50
area
median
income,
the
rent
could
mean,
like
you
know,
11
to
1300
and
and
and
for
many
people
actually
still
couldn't
afford
it.
P
So
for
us,
you
know
really
what's
most
affordable
to
the
community,
who
are
those
who
are
impacted
by
displacement?
A
related
unit
does
a
30
area
meeting
income
and
below,
and
you
know,
until
the
home
ownership.
I
know
that
len,
you
know
lending
is
related
to
it
and
we
know
that
you
know
the
the
chinatown
community
was
able
to
make
one
of
the
units.
You
know
a
50
every
million
income,
and
that
would
really
you
know,
really
help
stabilize
the
community.
P
I
think
that
there
should
be
you
know
not
just
require
of
you
know
nonprofits,
but
also
you
know
all
you
know
developers
and
then
I
think
I
I
also
want
to
say
that
you
know.
Meanwhile,
you
know
there's
a
lot
of
hard
choices
that
we
have
to
make
right
a
lot
of
times.
You
know.
Meanwhile,
you
know
we
like
to
have
good
numbers
like
we
had
this
many
percent
affordable
housing.
Well,
meanwhile,
that
looks
good,
but
then
also
it
could
mean
that
there's
a
significantly
more
studio
in
one
bedroom.
P
So
but
what
really
helped
actually
make
a
community
to
thrive
in
the
long
term
and
they
really
keep
this
vitality
is
to
have
diversity.
You
know
diversity
in
terms
of
having
families
as
well.
You
know
because
one
bedroom
and
studios,
you
know
we
know
how
many
people
can
can
live
there
right.
P
So
I
think
there
needs
to
be,
you
know,
really
emphasis
on
making
some
hard
choices
and
creating
more
two,
three
and
four
bedroom
apartments,
four
bedroom,
because
actually
you
know
multi,
you
know
generation
household,
I
think
among
you
know,
chinese
color
and
immigrant
community
is
quite
you
know
common,
and
so
you
know,
and
and
and
lastly
you
know-
I
want
to
say
that
jason
murray
touched
on
this
earlier
too-
lowering
lowering
the
thresholds
a
10
unit
or
changing
it.
We
have
seen
in
chinatown,
101
and
103
hussein.
P
It
was
very
deliberate,
they
you
know
displaced,
you
know
many
immigrant
families
and
they
combined
two
buildings
into
one
and
built
nine
units,
mainly
because
you
know
they
find
a
loophole,
and
then
we
also
are
seeing
you
know
a
lot
of
the
houses
prior
to
the
pandemic.
P
You
know
making
proposals
to
build
up
every
inch
of
the
backyard
and
I'm
sure
that
that's
also
something
a
trend
that
in
other
neighborhoods
that
we
are
seeing
you
know
in
in
in
you
know,
in
austin
brighton
we
have
seen
that
you
know
59
winship
street
in
world
22.
You
know
it
was
a
two-family
unit.
They're
turning
into
a
nine
unit
but
we're
actually
the
surrounding
area,
mostly
immigrant,
you
know
working
families,
and
but
there
was
no
with
the
new
development.
There's
no
requirement
for
you
know
affordable
units.
So.
P
Q
Thank
you
so
much
for
this
opportunity
to
speak.
My
name
is
margaret
turner,
I'm
a
housing
attorney
at
greater
boston,
legal
services
and
I'm
representing
the
boston
antenna
coalition.
Today.
The
boston
tenant
coalition
is
also
a
member
of
the
coalition
for
the
for
truly
affordable
boston
and
completely
endorses
all
of
ctab's,
truly
affordable
standards.
Q
Just
initially
to
note
that
the
city
council,
the
city
of
boston,
the
bpda,
the
zoning
commission
all
deserve
huge
congratulations
for
having
enacted
zoning
changes
to
affirmatively
further
fair
housing
under
the
boston
zoning
code,
which
was
a
tremendous
achievement
led
by
councillor
lydia,
edwards
and
and
with
wonderful
input
from
councillor
bach
and
all
of
you
to
be
so
congratulated.
Q
The
whole
purpose
of
the
zoning
power
that
the
city
is
able
to
use
is
to
further
the
general
welfare
of
boston
residents
and
I
hope,
to
work
with
you,
along
with
the
other
advocates
to
embolden
the
city,
to
feel
that,
yes,
you
truly
can
take
substantial
steps
to
really
address
the
reality
on
the
ground
that
is
happening
now,
of
people
paying,
like
karen
said.
Q
80
of
income
in
rent
people
facing
evictions
segregation
all
of
these
problems
that
are
anathema
to
the
idea
of
fair
housing
that
need
to
be
addressed
in
boston.
Q
Familial
status,
disability
address,
significant
disparities
in
housing
needs
and
access
to
opportunities
to
replace
segregated
living
patterns,
with
truly
integrated
and
balanced
living
patterns,
and
to
transform
racially
and
ethnically
concentrated
areas
of
poverty
into
areas
of
opportunity
that
the
city
has
the
legal
authority
to
take
steps
to
affirmatively.
Further
fair
housing
and
it
has
as
well
the
legal
obligation
under
federal
law
to
affirmatively
further
fair
housing.
Q
You
should
feel
emboldened
empowered
to
take
these
steps
that
are
necessary
to
address
what's
happening
now.
There
is
a
legacy
of
discrimination
and
segregation,
as
we
know
in
boston,
where
has
that
left
us?
Households
of
color
are
four
to
six
times
more
likely
than
white
households
to
live
in
concentrated
areas
of
poverty.
Q
Households,
the
homeownership
rate
of
households
of
color,
is
significantly
less
than
that
of
white
households,
especially
for
latinx
households.
Q
The
percentage
of
black
and
latinx
households
with
severe
rent
burdens,
which
is
defined
as
paying
more
than
50
percent
of
your
income
in
rent,
is
double
that
of
white
households
and
most
important.
The
average
monthly
rent
in
2019
was
two
thousand
four
hundred
and
eighty
dollars,
which
would
require
an
annual
income
of
ninety
nine
thousand.
Q
Two
hundred
and
forty
dollars
to
afford
to
afford
almost
a
hundred
thousand
dollars,
that's
vastly
beyond
the
incomes,
as
we
heard
vastly
beyond
the
incomes
of
the
great
majority
of
households
in
boston
white
households
are
more
than
three
times
as
likely
to
be
able
to
afford
that
as
latinx
households
and
2.5
times
as
likely
to
be
able
to
afford
it
as
black
households.
Q
Not
surprisingly,
this
has
created
a
disparity
in
in
ability
to
maintain
housing
stability.
I
don't
know
if
jason,
I
had
a
slide
prepared.
I
don't
know
if
jason
has
it,
but
this
is
that
the
data
that
I
just
referred
to
is
was
all
put
together
in
the
boston's
assessment
of
fair
housing,
which
is
completed
and
we
hope
will
soon
be
recognized
by
the
city.
Q
But
this
is
a
chart
that
comes
from
that
and
the
and
the
dots
there
show
who
is
being
evicted
who
is
being
displaced
in
boston,
and
you
can
see
that
it's
the
chart,
the
the
the
graphic
shows,
according
to
the
percentage
of
the
households
of
color-
and
you
know
it's
clear
that
the
that
there
is
a
huge,
fair
housing
crisis
that
has
been
the
case
in
boston
and
continues
to
be
the
case
where,
according
to
the
2020
eviction
and
evictions
in
boston
study
by
david,
robinson
and
city
life,
vita
urbana,
ten
percent
of
households
in
roxbury
in
private
market
units
face
an
eviction
every
three
years.
Q
That's
a
huge
number
of
people
who
are
facing
displacement
in
comparison.
The
same
number
is
only
one
one
in
a
hundred
in
in
a
place
like
beacon
hill.
Q
Q
All
of
this
shows
there
is
a
still
tremendous
there's,
a
tremendous,
affordable,
housing
problem
in
boston,
but
also
a
tremendous,
fair
housing
problem
in
boston
because
of
these
incredible
disparities
in
opportunity
and
that
have
harm
disproportionately
households
of
color
households
with
disabilities,
members
with
disabilities,
family
households
and
in
order
to
address
this-
and
I
just
wanted
to
say
that
we
acknowledge
and
applaud
and
are
un
dyingly
grateful
to
the
department
of
neighborhood
development
office
of
housing,
stability
for
the
absolutely
tremendous
work
that
they
do
every
single
day
to
combat
the
displacement
that
that
this
chart
shows.
Q
But
these
issues
are
systemic
issues
and
they
require
a
systemic
approach
and
systemic
changes
in
order
to
change
this
graph
eliminate
most
of
these
evictions
and
make
things
fair
across
the
city.
So
again
I
don't
know
if
I'm
going
over
but
totally
off
over,
but
I'm
just
hoping
yeah.
Okay.
In
any
event,
I
wanted
to
you
know
we,
the
boston,
tenno
coalition,
endorses
all
of
the
ctab
truly
affordable
standards
and
also
emphasize
the
importance
of
permanent
affordability
and
housing
for
families
with
children
which
are
they're
very
discriminated
against.
Q
Because
of
issues
having
to
do
with
lead
paint
and
there's
a
mismatch
between
the
needs
of
those
families
and
the
units
that
are
being
built,
thank
you
very
much.
A
Thank
you
so
because
it's
five
o'clock
and
I
would
really
like
for
public
testimony
to
be
prioritized
what
I'm
going
to
do
is
I
see
looking
at
my
notes,
there's
really
three
folks,
tim
brian
and
michelle
listed
us
speaking
and
actually
two
are
back
up.
A
I
think
I
have
lizzie
and
sonal's
backup,
okay,
so
it
it
might
make
sense,
then
to
just
go
ahead
and
have
the
administration
speak
or
do
comments,
and
then
we
will
go
to
about
20
minutes
to
a
half
hour
of
counselor's
questions
and
then
to
the
the
remaining
time
we'll
go
to
the
public
to
make
sure
we
get
through
the
public
testimony
and
then
we'll
see
if
there's
a
second
round
of
counselors,
so
I'm
going
to
go
ahead
and
turn
it
over
to
tim,
then
to
brian
and
then
to
michelle,
I'm
I'm,
I'm
hoping
you
have
limited
testimony
thoughts.
S
Okay,
oh
my
my
50
minute
speech
bye.
I
have
like
30
seconds
so
thank
you,
counselor
edwards,
for
allowing
us
the
opportunity
to
speak
today.
My
name
is
michelle
mccarthy,
housing
policy,
manager
of
the
boston
planning
and
development
agency.
I'm
joined
today
by
brian
glassback,
deputy
director
for
regulatory
planning
and
zoning
and
lizzie
torres
housing
policy
assistant,
also
the
bpda,
as
well
as
by
tim
davis,
deputy
director
for
policy
development
and
research
at
the
department
of
neighborhood
development.
S
I
just
really
want
to
say
thank
you
so
much
for
counselor
edwards
for
your
leadership
on
this,
the
rest
of
the
counselors
for
your
comments
and
statements
and
as
well
as
the
advocates
and
thanks
in
advance
to
the
public.
For
all
your
comments
about
the
idp
policy,
we're
very
excited
to
hear
those.
S
I
just
wanted
to
provide
some
very
brief,
quick
statistics
on
the
idp
policy's
success
over
the
past
20
years
as
a
direct
result
of
the
idp
free
3238
units
of
income,
restricted
housing
have
been
created
through
on
on-site
and
off-site
unit
creation,
with
nearly
300
of
those
units
traded
within
the
past
year.
S
R
Yes,
thank
you
councillor,
edwards
and
other
members
of
the
council
and
the
public
for
being
here
today.
Again,
I
you
know
this
is,
as
you
say,
this
is
more
for
public
testimony,
but
just
for
those
who
are
not
so
familiar
with
the
program,
I
want
to
discuss
what
happens
with
the
idp
funds.
R
While
the
bpda
manages
the
day-to-day
implementation
of
the
inclusionary
development
policy
from
project
approval
through
the
50-year
oversight
of
on-site
off-site
income
restricted
units,
the
department
of
neighborhood
development
has,
since
2014
managed
any
funds
collected
when
developers
meet
their
idp
requirements
by
making
a
monetary
contribution.
The
id
f
idp
fund,
rather
than
creating
on-site
or
off-site
units
through
2020
developers,
have
made
nearly
165
million
dollars
in
idp
contributions,
with
nearly
7
million
of
that
sum
paid
in
2020.
R
R
T
Thank
you,
counselor.
Thanks
to
all
who
participated
today,
it's
been
a
real
sort
of
tour
de
force
of
affordable
housing,
and
I
think
if,
if
the
people
in
this
call
in
this
room
can't
solve
it,
then
it
can't
be
solved.
T
I
think
you've
assembled
all
the
all
the
right
folks
to
be
talking
about
this.
I'm
not
going
to
go
in
depth
on
anything,
but
I
did
want
to
sort
of
check
check
some
boxes
here
on
the
mechanics
of
of
kind
of
what
I
heard
today
and
what
we've
the
internal
conversation
we've
had
going.
T
I
needed
to
think
about
this
in
terms
of
sort
of
the
buckets
of
action
items
that
you
know
we
need
to
track
and
what
I
heard
was
you
know:
sort
of
falls
into
a
hierarchy
of
larger
projects,
and
you
know
really
focusing
on
plan
development
area
projects
and
larger
projects
and
what
the
kinds
of
affordability
rates
and
and
amis
fall
into
those
then
inclusionary
zoning
in
in
any
of
our
new
zoning
that
we
that
comes
about
as
a
result
of
the
planning
initiatives
that
are
going
on
throughout
the
city
and
the
third
sort
of
looking
down
at
the
at
the
smaller
projects.
T
The
inclusion
development
threshold
for
projects
that
need
zoning
relief
and
lowering
that
below
the
10
10
unit.
That
has
been
in
place
for
for
the
last
20
something
years
and
then
also
looking
at
the
question
of
sort
of
pivoting
to
a
square
footage
rather
than
a
unit
count
as
a
way
of
of
determining
inclusionary
zoning,
inclusionary
unit
participation
and
then,
lastly,
sort
of
the
unit
size
issue.
You
know
the
question
around
family
size
units
and
so
on,
and
then
throughout.
T
This
is
the
theme
of
the
idp
percentage
itself
and
the
amis
that
we
that
we
select
and
being
being
much
more
strategic
going
forward
in
in
how
we
how
we
calculate
those.
So
I
hope
I've
sort
of
rattled
off
the
the
list
of
action
items
and
I'm
sure
there'll
be
more,
but
that
those
are
sort
of
the
main
buckets
that
I'm
hearing.
A
Thank
you
so
now
I'm
going
to
go
to
counselors,
which
will
allow
for
us
and
I'm
really
going
to
keep
I'll,
be
stricter
with
my
colleagues
than
I
was
with
the
the
community,
because
I
know
so
much
of
what
we
are
going
to
do
as
colleagues
requires
us
to
listen
to
community,
and
so
we
have
a
lot
of
questions.
But
again
I
want
to
thank
all
the
advocates.
A
I
know
markeisha
said
she
was
doing
the
research
herself,
so
I
do
appreciate
that
and
I
think
you
I
want
you
to
understand
the
counselors
especially
appreciate
the
perspective
you
have
as
grassroots
organizers
and
also
as
I've
said,
before,
being
experts,
and
only
in
experiencing
and
understanding
housing
disparities,
but
truly
being
in
the
fight
to
make
us
a
more
equitable
livable
boston.
So
thank
you
for
that
and
thank
you
for
your
expertise.
A
I'm
going
to
now
go
to
colleagues
and
I'm
going
to
I'm
going
to
probably
be
ringing
the
bell
around
three
minutes
to
make
sure
that
we
get
get
through
at
least
all
of
us.
Those
of
us
who
are
still
here
I'll
go
last.
So
I'm
going
to
go
ahead.
I
think
council
arroyo
did
say
he
might
not
be
up
to
the
whether
he
might
be
sick.
A
So
I'm
just
going
to
head
counselor,
rojo
and
ping
him
and
then-
and
he
might
come
on
later
and
then
so
up
next
would
be
counselor
bach
we're
going
to
do
about
three
minutes
and
then
we're
going
to
keep
going
until
we
get
through
one
round.
F
Great
thanks
so
much
council,
edwards
and
I'll
echo
your
thanks
to
the
whole
coalition.
I
think
it's
really
stark
putting
into
perspective
sort
of
what
we
what
we
need
versus
what
we're
getting
through
the
current
program,
and
I
think
we
can
all
acknowledge
the
big
steps
that
we
make
with
the
idp
program
while
still
saying
like.
We
need
to
be
better
because
we're
in
a
crisis,
and
so
how
do
we
hit
that
point?
I'm
strongly
in
support
of
deepening
affordability.
F
Looking
for
that
opportunity
to
do
more
family
units,
tilting
the
program
in
general
to
more
on-site,
affordable
housing,
and
you
know
lowering
that
10
unit
threshold,
and
then
I
think
you
know
overall
increasing
the
percentage
and
I
think,
there's
probably
an
opportunity
to
think
about
increasing
the
percentage
overall
and
especially
increasing
it
when
we
come
to
pdas,
where
we're
creating
a
lot
of
value
when
we
upzone
so
really
a
game
for
this
whole
conversation
and
grateful
to
you
guys
for
leadership
and
yeah
and
and
markeisha.
F
You
were
kind
to
to
wish
us
well
on
our
third
hearing.
We
as
counselors
somehow
managed
to
do
this
to
ourselves.
So
I
think
we
should
take
responsibility
for
three
hearings
in
a
day,
but
this
it's
really
energizing
to
be
with
you
all
at
the
end
of
this
day.
So
thank
you
for
that.
I,
I
guess
it's
just
a
quick
question
tim.
F
If
I
can,
if
you
could
just
speak
to
because
I
know
it's
a
push,
pull
and
I
just
said
I
have
a
general
preference
for
idp
units
on
site
or
in
the
like,
immediate
proximity
to
the
site,
and
part
of
that
has
to
do
with
the
fact
that,
as
we
discussed
in
the
ffh
process,
I
I
represent
a
lot
of
historically
exclusive
neighborhoods,
where
we
have
a
low
number
of
affordable
units,
and
so
I
really
don't
like
to
see
us
lose
the
opportunity
to
get
that
more
integrated
housing
into
those
neighborhoods,
but
in
terms
of
the
thousand
sort
of
units
that
you
were
referring
to
being
created
with
the
funds.
F
I
understand
the
idp
funds
help
us
do
important
things
sometimes
and
I'm
just
wondering
kind
of
how
much
does
that
work
out
to
per
unit.
Usually
that
comes
from
the
idp
funds,
because
I
guess
the
other
the
other
piece
right
is:
should
we
be
making
the
amount
of
money
if
we're
going
to
have
a
cash
out
option
at
all,
should
we
be
making
the
amount
of
money
per
unit
higher
and
should
we
have
stricter
conditions
on
whether
we
do
it
and
then
you
know,
are
we
really
getting
the
units
for
our
buck?
F
I
always
have
an
instinct
that,
with
construction's
cost
being
what
they
are,
we're
better
off
having
someone
build
us
a
unit
than
paying
for
it.
But
of
course,
if
we
acquire
a
big
building
like
an
aop,
there
might
be
an
economy
of
scale.
So
I
just
wondered
if
you
could
talk
a
little
bit
about
like
how
much
per
unit
kind
of
we're
achieving.
R
I
mean
it
would
be
maybe
I'll
start,
maybe
jessica.
Boatwright
can
provide
you
a
little
bit
of
that,
because
she
works
directly
with
the
funds
and
the
kind
of
cost
per
unit.
I
think
that
we
are
looking
at
more
on
the
aop.
R
It's
no
more
than
a
hundred
thousand
per
unit
is,
I
think,
where
we
are
right
now
in
terms
of
our
maximum
and
that,
and
that
obviously
gets
us
a
lot,
because
people
are
buying
out
for
two
hundred
thousand
to
three
hundred
eighty
thousand
units,
so
we're
obviously
getting
a
lot
more
units
for
our
dollar.
That
way,
I
certainly
appreciate
the
the
I
think
the
concern
about
having
as
much
of
the
units
on
site
as
possible.
R
In
fact,
when
we
did
the
2015
revision
and
also
fully
implemented
some
earlier
changes
around
the
condo
fee
formula
that
we
actually
did
more,
the
units
are
on
site
today
than
they
were
five
years
ago.
It's
actually
a
very
high
percentage.
R
R
R
H
R
I
think
that,
obviously,
if
there's
a
shift
to
doing
even
more
of
the
units
on
site,
I
think
it
will
be
made
easier
if
we're
using
square
footage
rather
than
units,
because
maybe
we
could
a
downtown
building,
that's
doing
2
000
square
foot
units
for
market
rate.
We
can
do
900
and
thousand
square
foot
units
and
get
more
units
that
way
and
actually
have
them
on
site.
R
U
V
R
E
V
We
have
been
been
able
to
to
make
some
some
accommodations
for
specific
projects
in
specific
neighborhoods,
but
also
I
mean
to
tim's
point,
but
generally,
I
think
it's
it's
good
that
we're
seeing
on-site
development,
particularly
neighborhoods,
that
don't
have
a
lot
of
affordability,
but
that
the
idp
funds
have
been
particularly
useful
in
in
our
acquisition
program.
So
so
to
the
extent
that
trends
go
more
on
site.
We
do
need
to
think
creatively
about
those
funds
that
we
can
move
really
quickly
like
idp.
G
Thank
you,
councillor
edwards,
and
thank
you
tim
for
your
testimony
and
I
know
a
lot
of
the
funds
are
generated
from
downtown
developments
idp,
but
I
would
like
for
that,
a
good
portion
of
that
to
stay
on
site
and
benefit
the
chinatown
community.
G
I
have
a
feeling
it's
not
benefiting
the
community
as
much
as
I
as
I
hoped
it
would.
We
have
a
critical
need
in
the
chinatown
community
for
affordable
housing
for
our
immigrant
neighbors
for
low-income
residents
for
families.
For
for
the
seniors
tim.
How
are
we
gonna
work
closely
on
this
to
make
sure
that
the
funds
generated
from
downtown
construction?
G
You
know
stay
in
the
or
a
good
portion
of
it
stay
in
the
chinatown
community,
and
I
I
I
know
sheila
has
been
advocating
in
in
helping
as
well,
but
just
wanted
to
follow
up
that
it's
critical.
I
was
on
a
phone
call,
the
other
day
with
chinatown
residents
and
and
they're
being
displaced,
and
they
they
they
want
us
to.
They
want
us
to
fight
for
them.
So
that's
what
we're
trying
to
do.
R
I
could
find
my
own
mute
button,
sir,
so
I
think
that
the
our
department
is
very
committed
to
making
sure
that
projects
in
chinatown
are
funded
and
move
forward
and
including
the
taitung
village
parking
lot
project.
That's
ccba
is
proposing,
and
also
r1,
which
is
a
dpda-owned
parcel
that
we
anticipate.
R
I
can't
speak
for
bpd
on
this,
but
we
anticipate
we'll
be
I'll,
have
an
rfp
in
the
future
for
affordable
housing
and
those
are
those
are
the
kinds
of
projects
that
we
are
committed
to
funding,
whether
it's
idp
funds
or
one
of
our
other
funding
sources.
I
mean
that's
one
of
the
things
is
that
jessica's
shop
really
does
a
fine
job
of
looking
at
all
the
different
funding
sources
and
putting
putting
together
the
puzzle
for
each
and
every
project
to
make
sure
that
we
are
supporting
housing
projects
in
the
downtown
core.
G
Thank
you
thank
you,
tim
and
I
I
pretty
much
consider
the
downtown
chinatown
part
of
the
part
of
the
downtown
area
in
terms
of
of
the
funding,
so
I
want
to
make
sure
a
good
percentage.
A
good
portion
goes
there
because
I'm
I'm
still
concerned
about
that
and
I
was
listening
again.
I
was
listening
to
residents
for
two
hours
and
they're
being
displaced
and
I
and
they
knew
about
this
meeting
and
they
wanted
me
to
come
up
here
and
and
advocate
for
the
chinatown
community.
G
A
Absolutely-
and
I
just
for
folks,
because
this
is
the
beginning
of
what
I
I
believe
will
end
in
true
policy
change.
This
is
we're
going
to
keep
this
in
committee
for
some
time
to
have
another
conversation.
So
what
we're
just
we're?
Just
barely
you
know,
cracking
the
you
know
cracking
into
this
right
now.
So
just
so
folks
know
this
isn't
going
to
be
the
only
conversation.
A
G
A
A
A
I
think
I'm
going
to
check
real
quick.
I
think
last
time
I
checked,
counselor
campbell
might
still
be
on
yes,.
I
Europe,
council
campbell,
thank
you
and
thank
you
to
everyone
for
the
presentations
and
the
thoughtful
presentations
as
well.
I
can
also
send
follow-up
questions.
I
know
you.
There
are
a
lot
of
folks
in
public
testimony,
so
I
want
to
be
mindful
that
they're
not
here
until
you
know
eight
o'clock
before
we
get
to
them.
I
I
And
if,
if
that's
the
case,
what
is
the?
What
are
some
of
the
challenges
for
for
the
administration,
with
respect
to
what's
on
the
table
from
folks
in
the
community,
and
maybe
I
missed
that
early
on,
but
I'm
not
sure
I
have
counselor
edwards.
I
To
me
or
to
to
the
administration,
you
know.
Obviously
we
have
a
presentation
and
proposal.
We've
all
been
meeting
with
advocates,
we've
been
meeting
with
residents
who
have
some
specific
solutions
and
ideas
that
they
think
are
going
to
work
to
address
the
housing
crisis
in
the
city
right
and
so
the
question-
and
I
know
we
were
waiting
to
have
this
hearing
to
really
have
the
conversation
on
what
is
the
the
spot
right?
You
don't
want
to
go
too
high
and
stand
in
the
way
of
constructing,
affordable
housing.
I
S
S
I
think
to
counselor
edward's
point
just
having
the
opportunity
here
today
to
kick
off
the
conversation
and
knowing
that
this
is
going
to
be
the
start,
that
we're
kind
of
just
at
the
tip
of
the
iceberg
with
regarding
to
talking
about
this
and
knowing
that
we're
in
the
middle
of
pandemic,
we're
in
the
middle
of
a
transition
within
our
city
and
just
really
taking
the
opportunity
to
listen
and
learn
from
everyone
here
today
and
throughout
the
conversation.
I
And
well
one
one,
I
guess.
Maybe
I
have
a
couple
additional
follow-up
questions
and
excuse
my
throat
I'm
like
horse.
So
then,
obviously
you
know
some
of
these
ideas
have
been
on
the
table
for
for
some
time
and
and
so
I'm
just
and
I
hear
folks,
you
know
there
is
a
need
to
act
with
a
sense
of
urgency.
I
Right
people
are
being
pushed
out,
people
need
housing.
Now
I
mean
I'm
dealing
with
residents
who
are
facing
rent
increases,
including
at
grant
manor,
where
I
grew
up
right,
who
are
moving
out
of
the
city
right
now,
and
I
think
chief
dylan
and
her
team
are
also
involved
in
those
conversations
too
to
protect
those
residents.
I
So
I'm
just
curious,
you
know
clearly
there's
a
sense
of
urgency
when
you
guys
go
back
to
the
table
and
have
conversations
and
around
these
particular
proposals.
What
is
that
conversation
going
to
be?
What
do
you
envision
are
the
barriers?
What
do
you
envision
could
be
unintended
consequences
that
we're
not?
Thinking
of,
I
would
love
to
just
hear
a
little
bit
more
on
sort
of
the
opposite
side
of
this.
W
So
let
me
let
me
see
if
I,
because
I've
been
in
in
a
lot
of
the
conversations
hi
nice
to
see
you
all
and
I've
been
kind
of
quiet.
I
have
two
have
been
listening
tonight
and
it's
good
to
see
everyone.
So
you
know,
I
think,
they're.
So
when
the
walsh
I'll
do
a
little
history
lesson
here
when
the
walsh
administration
came
in,
I
think
it
was
2015.
W
The
bpda
and
others
did
an
analysis
to
say
how
much
we
could
stress
the
policy.
How
much
could
we
extract
before
it
would
negatively
impact
private
development
and
changes
were
made
at
that
time
with
the
advocates
and
developers?
Nobody
was
particularly
happy,
but
we
thought
we
had
and
then
we
said:
hey
everybody,
we're
gonna,
we're
gonna,
look
at
this
again
in
three
years,
and
so
new
feasibility
studies
were
done
by
the
bbda,
and
you
know
I
think
it's
fair
to
say
the
conversations
internally
were
going
slow.
W
W
Can
we
extract
more
and
then
covet
hit
and
I
think
we've
been
in
coven
coveted
paralysis,
because
we
don't
know
what
the
market's
doing
I,
I
truly
believe-
and
I'm
maybe
I'm
speaking
for
sheila
dylan,
but
I
think
I'm
speaking
for
all
my
colleagues
is
that
we
want
to
extract
as
much
as
we
can
from
developers
for
affordable
housing,
but
are
mindful
that
we
don't
want
to
crush
private
development,
and
I
think
therein
lies
the
equation.
But
to
your
point
I
think
there
is
a
sense
of
a
renewed
sense
of
urgency.
We
want.
W
W
I
You
know
I
appreciate
your
candidates,
chief
dylan,
and
so
I
just
the
predicament
I'm
in
and
I
can't
speak
for
all
my
council
colleagues
is
you
have
folks
in
the
community,
as
you
know,
who
have
been
doing
this
work
for
a
really
long
time
and
pushing
for
solutions,
of
course
and
idp
is
one
such
tool
to
make
a
difference
and
who
want
us
to
be
making
a
decision
as
to
the
proposal
right
and
then
moving
forward
with
implementation.
I
So
I
I
got
the
sense
from
from
some
of
the
meetings,
my
team
and
I
have
had
that
that
you
know
they
want
that
in
short
order,
which
I
understand,
it
makes
total
sense,
given
the
nature
of
the
crisis,
so
council
edwards,
of
course,
looking
forward
to
the
next
working
session,
but
the
sense
of
urgency.
I
I
can't
stress
enough
and
it
in
it-
can
be
frustrating
for
a
counselor
right
to
have
to
delay
a
response
to
folks
who
really
want
a
commitment
from
us
and
then,
of
course,
to
move
forward,
and
I
think
the
under
unintended
consequences
on
private
development
et
cetera.
I've
heard
that
too,
and
that's
why
I
was
waiting
for
this
hearing
to
have
a
greater
understanding
on
what
that
actually
looks
like
so
that
we
can
make
that
decision,
and
so
I'd
love
to
hear
a
little
bit
more
at
some
point.
I
Maybe
it's
not
this
particular
hearing,
maybe
it's
the
next
working
session
we
have
based
on
some
data
that
we
still
need
to
get,
but
looking
forward
to
continued
hearings
and
and
moving
with
a
sense
of
urgency
on
this.
Thank
you
councillor,
edwards
I'll,
stick
around
as
long
as
I
can.
Thank
you.
If
I
can
just
add
one
more.
W
Right,
I'm
gonna
go,
but
you
know
I
think
idp
is
a
critical
tool.
The
city
has
especially
because
we're
a
wealthy
city.
You
know,
thanks
to
your
great
work,
we
also
just
increased
linkage
by
40
42
45
we've
increased
the
operating
budget
for
housing
by
over
200
percent.
So
I
think
because
of
your
advocacy
because
of
you
know
the
affordable
housing
advocates,
there
really
has
been
some
great.
You
know
movement
we're
creating
a
thousand
units
a
year,
so
there's
been
some
wonderful
movement
to
increase,
affordable
housing
in
the
city,
but
I
I
agree.
A
Thank
you
and
we
do
have
actually
we
we
have
other.
We
might
have
some
developers
as
part
of
the
public,
testimony
to
provide
that
counter
or
to
at
least
that
other
perspective
counselor.
We
have
counselor
michia
councillor,
braden,
counselor,
savvy
george
and
then
myself,
and
then
we
have
about
40
people
signed
up
for
public
testimony.
A
So
really
to
my
colleagues,
love
you,
but
please
so
counselor.
B
Okay,
thank
you.
Counselor
edwards,
I'm
gonna
try
to
make
up
for
the
time
that
counselor
campbell
took
up
so
really
quick.
You
know
I
I
do
appreciate
this
conversation.
You
know
when
I
was
a
newbie
now
I
feel
like
I've
been
here
for
a
while.
I
was
pushing
for
50
idp,
because
I
was
thinking
that
we
need
to
build
for
what
the
need
is
and
and
build
accordingly.
You
know,
I
think
what
where,
where
I'm
seeing
and
and
I'm
hearing
is,
that
we
need
to
at
least
be
fighting
for
33.
B
If
we're
really
serious
about
addressing
this
issue
around
affordability
here
in
the
city
of
boston,
I
think
we
need
to
be
a
little
bit
more
aggressive,
but
that's
just
my
personal
opinion,
so
I
just
have
a
few
questions.
We've
seen
a
lot
of
developers
come
into
our
neighborhoods
and
propose
development
that
just
avoids
having
an
idp
requirement.
So
I'm
curious
as
what
are
we?
B
B
And
I
think
that,
while
we're
on
this
conversation
to
me,
it
seems
like
we
are
develop,
focused
and
not
resident-led
in
terms
of
all
things
that
deal
with
housing,
so
really
curious
about
what
education
and
opportunities
the
administration
is
seizing
to
educate
developers
about
what
doing
business
and
building
in
boston
should
look
like.
Those
are
my
three
questions.
T
I'll
I'll
take
the
that
first
one
and
I
think
I
can
be
less
than
a
minute.
You
know
to
extend
the
idp
below
the
10
unit.
Idp
exists
as
a
policy
now,
but
we
couldn't.
I
could
imagine,
amending
zoning
to
reach
down
below
the
10
units
so
that
any
variance
granted
for
housing
for
residential
project
would
would
need
that
need
to
participate
in
inclusionary
development,
what
those
numbers
are
and
what
the
formula
is
for.
S
So
that's
been
very
helpful,
although
the
conversations
have
really
just
started
with
those
developers
over
the
last
month,
or
so,
it
has
been
they've
been
quite
receptive
and
it's
been
great
to
have
that
opportunity
to
to
use
afh
to
start
that
conversation,
let
alone
the
opportunity
to
use
the
tools
in
the
ffh
tool
toolbox
to
get
the
results
that
we're
looking
for.
B
X
A
J
Thank
you,
madam
chair.
I
think
you
know
to
give
credit
to
the
the
initiative
of
afford
of
affirmatively
furthering
fair
housing.
J
I
think
it
has
opened
up
a
space
in
which
we
can
have
a
conversation
with
developers,
and
I
know
that
this
year
this
past
year,
when
we
talked
to
developers
that
is
part
of
the
conversation
and
making
sure
that
we're
considering
housing
that
are
family-sized
units
in
austin,
brighton
and,
and
also
one
of
the
displaced
groups
that
we
see
in
our
neighborhood
are
our
artist
community.
So
they
need
they
tend
to
earn
less,
and
so
they
needed
some
more
deeply
affordable
units.
J
So,
in
our
conversations,
we're
managing
to
creep
creep
upwards,
we're
pretty
consistently
getting
up
to
like
17
of
the
ami,
occasionally
getting
a
20,
and
we
have
a
project
that
we're
working
on
at
the
moment
that
is
hopefully
going
to
deliver.
J
Even
more
so
you
know,
I
think,
having
this,
I
think
I
think,
there's
a
new
day
in
boston
where
we're
able
to
have
a
more
a
more
constructive
conversation
with
developers
about
about
more
inclusionary
units,
more
a
bigger
spread
of
amis
and
averaging
it
so
that
you
can,
instead
of
just
sitting
at
70
percent
of
area,
median
income,
you
go
lower
to
maybe
50
and
then
maybe
up
to
100
or
110.
J
So
I
feel
that
you
know
we
are
making
progress,
but
I
I
really
it's
sort
of
a
glacial
speed
and
I
really
wanted
to
speed
up
and
make
sure
that
we
create
more
housing
opportunities
and
homeowner
ownership
opportunities
for
folks
across
the
across
the
city
and
and
that's
not
a
it's
more
of
a
statement.
But
I
really
wonder
you
know
in
terms
of
the
conversations
that
the
bpda
are
having
with
with
developers
like.
J
Are
you
asserting
that
this
is
a
new
day
and
that
we
need
to
family
size
units
are
really
important
in
austin
brighton
we've
got
seventy
seventy
seven
thousand
new
units
in
the
last
ten
years.
Only
three
percent
of
them
were
a
three
three
bedrooms,
so
you
know
I
really
feel.
J
Is
that
the
best
time
like
it's,
not
it
shouldn't
on
a
project
by
project
basis
and
for
us
for
us
me
as
a
counselor
to
sort
of
go
to
bat
for
this?
It's
it's
it's
a
huge
lift
and
it's
there.
It's
got
varying
degrees
of
success.
So
I
really
would
like
us
to
get
to
a
place
where
we
would
have
a
consistent
ask
across
the
board
and
that
developers
would
have
a
more
certain
terrain.
J
Developers
like
certainty
and
they'd
like
to
you
know
a
predictable
path.
With
a
specific
ask
that
will
meet
our
needs.
Better
would
would
work.
I
think
I
know
tim
has
probably
got
ideas
on.
R
This
well
was
going
to.
I
was
going
to
thank
thank
you,
councillor
braden,
for
those
comments.
When
I
was
at
the
bpda
when
we
were
holding
our
public
meetings,
there
were
several
of
these
items
that
are
being
discussed.
There
were
ones
that
I
talked
about
in
those
meetings
quite
frequently
mostly
to
get
feedback,
because
I
thought
that
they
would
be
good
changes
and
that
was
including
using
an
average
ami.
R
So
we
get
a
better
spread
of
incomes,
reducing
the
the
unit
count
trigger
and
also
using
a
square
footage
basis,
so
that
we
can
get
more
family
size
units.
So
those
are
all
things
that
we
think
that
are
very
positive
changes
to
the
program.
I
think
that
you
know
the
ongoing
discussion
will
be,
what
is
the
exact
average
ami
and
what
is
the
exact
percentage
of
units
or
square
footage?
R
I
think
that's
where
there
still
needs
to
be
continued
discussion
and
I,
but
I
will
turn
it
over
to
michelle
mccarthy,
to
say
anything
about
what
they're
kind
of
talking
with
developers
about
right
now.
I
think
most
of
it
would
be
through
the
affha
zoning
process,
but
go
ahead.
Michelle.
S
Thanks
tim,
thank
you,
councillor
braden,
it
has
been.
You
know,
top
point
of
my
bullet
list
when
I'm
speaking
with
developers
to
note
that
to
really
remind
them
that
it's
not
just
idp
units
in
general,
we're
really
talking
about
units
of
all
sizes
looking
at
the
community
and
what
the
community
wants
and
needs,
and
that
does
definitively
include
those
two
three
plus
bedroom
units,
as
well
as
the
like.
Second
addendum
bullet
point,
is
also
units
built
up
for
persons
with
disabilities
and
really
calling
that
out.
S
As
you
know,
specific
kinds
of
units-
it's
not
just
idp
and
that's
it.
It's
specific
kinds
of
units
that
meet
community
needs,
so
family
size,
larger
size
units
is
on.
That
list.
Is,
you
know
a
topic
of
discussion
to
open
that
educational
conversation
up
with
developers.
J
Great
one
brief
comment,
madam
chair,
if
you,
if
I
may,
the
other
issue
with
regard
to
the
unit,
the
developers
that
come
in
and
consistently
deliver
nine
nine
units
nine
units
across
I,
I
really
wonder
if
we
need
to
be
evaluating
a
portfolio
of
their
holdings
rather
than
just
dealing
on
a
project
by
project
basis
where
they
consistently
come
in
below
the
idp
requirement.
J
K
Thank
you,
madam
chair,
and
thank
you
everyone
for
your
testimony
and
comments.
Today.
It's
been
very
informative
and
thoughtful.
You
know
one
thing
that
I
keep
going
that
I
in
my
mind,
keep
going
back
to
and
you
know
I
referenced
it
in
my
opening
statement
and
it
was
common
that
counselor
campbell
made
earlier
today
and
an
item
that
I
had
a
hearing
on
about
two
years
ago
and
that's
even
when
we
create
any
affordable
housing.
It
takes
so
long
to
have
it
occupied
to
get
it
into
the
hands
of
a
of
a
resident.
K
Do
do
we
know
where
we
are
on
the
vacancy
rate
right
now
for
affordable
units
and
and
how
have
we
improved
that
process
because
we
can
create,
and
obviously
we
want
to
create
more
affordability
and
more
units
that
are
affordable
and
the
affordability
of
those
units.
But
if
it's
still,
you
know
up
to
a
year
a
year
and
a
half
almost
two
years,
sometimes
to
get
those
units
occupied
they're
doing
no
one
any
good.
S
Thanks
for
that
question,
counselor
I've
been
working
on
trying
to
pull
together
some
of
that
data
for
idp
for
your
hearing
on
on
thursday.
I
wasn't
sure
if
that
might
be
a
topic
of
conversation,
but
we
are
working
on
pulling
that
data
together.
S
The
preliminary
look
that
I've
taken
is
that
the
vacancy
rate
I'd
have
to
do
a
longer
look
at
the
time
between
completion
and
lease
up
to
get
a
more
comprehensive
answer,
and
that
may
take
a
couple
more
days
beyond
the
the
hearing
later
this
week,
but
that
it's
looking
like
the
vacancy
rate
is
less
than
two
percent
for
idp
units
and
then
on
top
of
that,
that
you
know
why
I
want
to
speak
in
generalities.
S
Is
that
a
number
of
those
units
are
vacant
because
the
there's
turnover
you
know
they're
it's
in
the
turnover
process,
so
they're
brand
new
and
haven't
you
know
they're
in
the
lease
of
process.
But
that's
my
preliminary
assessment
of
that.
I.
K
L
Yes,
thank
you,
madam
chair,
and
thank
you
for
everyone
for
their
thoughtful
presentation
and
remarks,
as
well
as
their
work
in
the
space.
I
I
would
like
to
to
listen
to
the
public
testimony
so
I'll.
Be
very
brief
that,
as
you,
madam,
she
has
stated,
the
idp
coalition
and
so
many
other
groups
and
advocates
put
a
lot
of
work
and
hours
into
their
advocacy.
So
their
voice
is
important.
L
Would
love
to
hear
them,
as
you
know,
I'm
a
huge
proponent
of
creating
on-site,
affordable
housing
in
order
to
create
neighborhoods
with
mixed
income
and
stress
that
we
need
to
learn
from
the
lessons
of
the
south
boston
waterfront.
So
I'm
happy
to
hear
that
we
are
building
more
units
on
site
and
we'll
continue
to
advocate.
For
that.
I
also
understand
that
we
need
to
strike
the
appropriate
balance
between
on-site
versus
off-site
contributions
that
contribute
to
the
acquisition
opportunity
program.
L
So
that
said,
how
quickly
can
the
city
access
idp,
idd
fund
contributions
to
fund
programs
like
aop,
and
what
is
the
approximate
turnaround
time
from
from
contribution
date
to
the
time
we're
able
to
put
those
funds
to
use?
So
those
are
my
two
questions,
madam
sheriff
I'll
defer
to
you
as
the
chair,
as
the
appropriate
person
could
answer
those.
A
I'm
inclined
to
go
to
my
old
boss
sheila
go
ahead.
I
was.
R
Rental
projects
they
pay
in
over
seven
years
on
condo
projects,
they
do
three
payments,
one
at
building,
permit
one
at
cfo
and
then
a
true
up
payment
a
year
later,
and
so
those
you
know
we
we
may
be
getting
in
segments,
but
it
goes
into
the
fund,
and
I
can
promise
you
that
jessica's
staff
is
very
on
top
of
making
awards
to
projects
almost
immediately.
There
is
an
annual
request
for
proposals
from
affordable
housing
developers
and
jessica's
laying
your
head,
because
our
staff
is
very
much
on
top
of
this.
It's
it's.
W
L
And
just
and
one
final
comment,
obviously
on
the
ami
just
advocating
for
sort
of
a
wider
range,
instead
of
being
just
sort
of
cookie
cut,
what's
affordable
to
one
person
is
completely
different
to
the
other
person
which
is
completely
different
to
another
person.
L
So
we
have
that
type
of
range
here
in
our
city,
despite
the
fact
that
we
see
our
city
becoming
the
city
of
the
very
rich
and
the
very
poor,
almost
manhattanizing
itself,
there
is
a
wider
range
of
ami
that
I
think,
would
take
full
advantage
of
any
affordable
opportunities
that
would
come
their
way,
but
for
the
fact
that
they
may
be
making
just
a
little
too
much
to
qualify
for
anything
or,
at
the
same
time,
not
enough
to
be
able
to
stay
and
afford
something
in
the
city
and
so
we're
losing
the
middle
class
in
our
city.
L
And
I
would
strongly
suggest,
considering
sort
of
you
know,
I
guess
widening
the
range
of
our
ami
to
try
to
get
as
many
of
our
residents
as
possible.
So
thank
you,
madam
chair,
and
thanks
to
the
folks
that
do
great
work
in
the
space,
the
chief
and
her
team.
A
Thank
you
so
much.
I
just
I'm
adding
to
the
list
of
new
words:
manhattanizing,
that's
the
new
one
I
got
today
from
you.
Counselor
flaherty.
A
Add
that
to
the
mattress
address
and
other
things
I
just
sometimes
I
I
am,
I
just
have
to
make
sure
I'm
catching
up,
because
I
am
you
know,
being
the
senior
member
on
the
city
council
you're
constantly
dropping
knowledge
and
new
words,
so
I'm
gonna
make
sure
I
keep
a
list,
but
a
couple
points
I
I'm
gonna
get
to
public
testimony,
so
I'm
just
gonna
say
some
some
follow-up
things
that
I'd
like
from
the
city
rather
than
go
through
it
back
and
forth.
A
There's
several
data
requests
from
advocates
and
from
some
of
my
colleagues,
so
counselor
flynn
has
20
questions,
or
so
we
will
forward
that
to
the
city.
Councilor
sabe
george
has
questions
about
the
vacancy
rate.
Counselor
clarity
just
specifically
asked
about
the
payment,
and
maybe
we
can
get
where
the
payments
are
coming
in,
where
there's
any
like
lag
and
where
the
and
I
think
councillor
flynn
also
wanted
to
know
where
majority
of
the
payments
are
going
in
terms
of
development
and
aop
or
so
on
and
so
forth.
A
So
if
we
can
get
that
kind
of
data,
I'll
add
to
that.
I
think
one
of
the
questions
from
the
advocates
was
the
racial
data
of
idp
units.
If
the
city
has
them
where
or
you
know
how
many
black
latinx
aapi
folks
are
in
idp
units
and
where
so,
that's
just
some
data
research
that
I
know
you
don't
have
the
answers
on
hand,
but
I'm
putting
that
out.
A
There
other
point
to
my
colleagues,
one
of
the
negotiating
points
that
I
found
very
helpful
in
terms
of
getting
a
higher
affordability
and
a
lower
ami
is
pushing
for
developers
who
are
coming
into
your
communities
to
put
in
more
section
eight,
and
by
that
you
know,
if
they're
coming
in
at
the
13
they're,
usually
very
proud
of
themselves,
I've
also
pushed
on
them
to
just
simply
say.
A
Well,
you
got
seven
percent
gap
and
section
eight
vouchers
pay
market
rent,
so
they
just
happen
to
have
a
lower
ami
and
they
have
a
subsidy
to
help
them
pay
it.
But
let's
be
clear,
they
should
be
they're
supposed
to
be
able
to
compete
in
the
market
so
to
really
push
for
developers
to
work
with
and
find
either
they
work
with
bha.
A
They
work
with
a
housing
search
advocate,
but
to
really
push
for
them
to
get
more
percentage
of
section
8
folks
in
those
the
new
apartment
buildings,
and
they
really
have
no
excuse.
A
We
have
a
higher
sfmr
a
higher
rate,
especially
for
downtown
and
and
then
you
can
really
discern
whether
that
person
should
be
developing
in
your
community
or
not
if
they
have
a
problem
with
someone
who
can
compete
in
the
market
just
with
a
subsidy
and
that
problem's
got
nothing
to
do
with
section
8.
It's
got
something
to
do
with.
They
have
another
discriminatory
motive,
so
I
think
you
should
be
pushing
for
more
section
8
and
also,
I
think
we
should
be
this.
That's
just
an
immediate
fix.
A
Beyond
the
the
zoning
fix
which
we
are
going
to
work
on,
but
the
need
is
now,
I
think
I'd
love
for
the
city
to
at
the
next
time
we
meet
to
give
us
an
update
on
the
voucher
program,
the
city
voucher
program,
specifically
to
help
us
make
boston
more
affordable.
A
I
think
the
other
thing
the
city
had
been
asked
about
before
when
we
were
dealing
with
credit
discrimination
was
we
had
discovered
some
people
were
denied
affordable
units
because
of
bad
credit,
and
so
that
is
something
that
we
should
be
fixing,
obviously
that
if
you
know,
we
all
know
that
a
lot
of
people
may
have
not,
they
don't
have
high
credit
scores
because
they
paid
the
rent,
they
didn't
pay
their
other
bills.
So
we
don't
want
the
city
holding
that
against
folks,
or
at
least
those
who
need
the
affordable
unit.
A
A
That
specifically,
was
is
supposed
to
be
enacted
by
august,
where
people
or
developers
coming
before
the
zba
are
supposed
to
disclose
who's
part
of
the
llc
or
who's
part
of
the
corporation,
the
ownership
interest,
and
so
that
would
help
us
to
be
able
to
really
hold
them
accountable.
So
you'll
find
that
you
know
abc
llc
and
def,
and
g
h,
I
and
so
on
and
so
forth
are
all
owned
by
me.
But
I
just
you
don't
know
that
yet
so
you'll
be
able
to
see
that.
A
So
I
think
that's
really
key
and
working
to
make
sure
we
have
that
kind
of
disclosure.
So
I
just
want
to
let
people
know
those
those
updates
and
the
things
that
we
are
asking
for.
I
am
now
going
to
turn
it
over
to
public
testimony
and
we're
going
to
go
in
order
of
those
who
registered
beforehand.
We
have
some
people
who
registered
and
will
will
be
using
translation
and
so
wanted
to
make
sure
that
they
were
getting
ready.
A
I
think
at
evelyn
or
aaron
might
be
up
or
I'll
do
I'll
call
a
couple
folks,
so
aaron
chow
from
cpa,
if
aaron's
on
and
is
ready
to
have
those
two
people.
I
think
it's
two
people
will
be
doing
test
testimony.
A
We
do
have
a
cantonese
interpreter,
I
believe,
or
they
will
also
be
providing
or
aaron
will
be,
is
aaron
on.
Y
Hi,
yes,
I
will
be
providing
interpretation.
I
just
need
to
call
the
fox
because
they've
been
waiting.
A
Z
Hello,
thank
you
very
much.
You
can
hear
me:
okay,
yep,
okay,
my
name
is
john
walke.
I
live
in
east
boston
at
63,
putnam
street
and
I
work
at
an
organization
called
green
roots
which
works
with
the
communities
of
east
boston
and
chelsea
on
environmental
justice
issues,
and
I
had
submitted
some
slides.
We
don't
have
to
look
at
them,
but
they're
sort
of
for
your
the
city,
councilor's
edification,
we've
talked
you
know,
never
one
to
pass
up
an
opportunity
to
beat
on
a
dead
horse.
Z
We
talked
extensively
about
area,
median
income
and
I
think
markeisha
and
jason.
I.
D
Z
Both
mentioned
about
the
communities
that
are
included
in
that
area
and
I
included
for
you
all
a
map
of
what
that
gerrymandered
looking
district
is,
and
it's
interesting
to
note
that
it
includes
places
like
seabrook
and
southampton
new
hampshire,
but
it
doesn't
include
brockton
or
lawrence
or
lowell.
Z
It
basically
includes
of
the
top
20
wealthiest
municipalities
in
massachusetts.
There's
only
two
communities
that
aren't
in
this
area
and
of
the
bottom
20
poorest
communities
in
massachusetts,
there's
only
three
that
are
included
in
this
area.
So
it's
almost
you
couldn't
design
a
more
appropriate
or
effective,
basically
like
a
laundry
ringer
to
wring
out
poor
people.
If
you
keep
using
like
this
ami
measure,
we
are
going
to
little
by
little
keep
pushing
people
out
of
the
community.
Z
In
those
slides
I
submitted.
There
was
a
comparison
of
looking
at
the
boston
ami
for
a
household
and
then
looking
at
the
massachusetts
median
household
income,
which
is
lower
than
that
by
quite
a
bit,
the
boston
median
income,
and
then
the
east
boston
household,
median
income,
which
is
less
than
half
of
what
the
boston
ami
is.
Z
So
obviously,
if
you
keep
going
with
80
percent
of
the
ami
or
70
of
the
ami
you're
going
to
keep
getting
more
and
more
just
wealthy
people
being
able
to
afford
to
live
in
a
neighborhood
and
that's
going
to
drive
the
ami
up,
so
it
really
doesn't
make
sense
to
use
that
in
much
the
same
way
that
there
was
a
lot
of
big
push
back
against
president
biden's
not
push
back
against
the
money,
but
not
too
much
kudos
in
terms
of
the
american
rescue
plan
using
the
community
development
block
grant
formula
so
relying
on
the
federal
government's
formulas
for
deciding
how
policy
rolls
out
locally
really
is
a
bad
idea,
and
as
long
as
we
have
to
keep
translating
what
ami
means
to
local
residents
where
the
local
development
is
happening,
why
don't
we
just
use
the
local
area
meeting
income
and
then,
when
you
need
to
talk
to
the
feds,
translate
it
for
them
as
opposed
to
the
other
way
around.
Z
Z
That's
been
said
by
the
different
advocates
who
know
this
stuff
far
better
than
I
do
and
would
close
with
just
echoing
what
council
braden
said
and
what
you
just
reiterated:
counselor
edwards
about
looking
at
the
portfolios
of
the
developers
and,
in
fact
going
down
to
the
zba
meetings
and
seeing
what
is
being
proposed
will
give
you
a
good
idea
of
how
certain
developers
are
dodging
their
commitments,
and
I
would
also
caution
against
having
any
sort
of
affordability
or
policy
mechanisms
that
hinge
upon
people
getting
variances.
Z
Just
because,
with
all
this
planning
process,
we're
hoping
we
get
to
a
point
where
you
know
christine
and
others
on
the
zoning
board
of
appeals
that
their
job
gets
really
boring
and
they
don't
have
such
a
huge
list
of
variances
coming
to
them,
because
none
of
these
variances
are
actually
hardships.
So
hopefully
in
the
future.
Z
When
the
new
zoning
for
the
different
neighborhoods
takes
place,
we
won't
need
to
have
so
many
variances
and
you
shouldn't
have
affordability
hanging
on
a
variance
being
given
and
also
to
look
at
one
of
those
variances
that
a
freak
that's
almost
always
being
used,
is
floor
area
ratio.
Z
So
as
we
move
forward-
and
we
start
talking
about
looking
at
square
footage
for
affordability,
just
caution
on
that
and
just
make
sure
that
we
don't
end
up
with
people
being
in
sort
of
tokyo,
sized
like
little
coffin
boxes,
that
people
are
living
in
as
studio
apartments
and
saying.
Well,
there's
your
affordability.
A
Thank
you
so
much
john
francesca
de
alessandro
and
julia
and
then
julio,
excuse
me
and
then
we're
going
to
go
to
erin
chow
and
see
if
she's
ready
with
the
two
members
of
cpf.
A
You
know
just
for
folks
sake,
it's
it's
it's!
It
makes
it
harder
for
us
to
run
in
an
order
if
we
don't
have
your
full
name,
so
I'm
gonna,
maybe
francesca
or
francis,
can
ping
one
of
us
offline
to.
Let
us
know
what
order
you're
in
or
what
organization
you're
with
and
because
we
have
a
francis.
Actually,
no,
we
have
another
francis.
So
I
think
it's
I
don't
know
if
francesca
is
on.
Are
we
going
to
go
to
julio
nunez.
AB
Hi
my
name
is
julio
and
today
I
will
be
answering
questions.
The
first
question
is
why
affordable
housing
is
important
in
the
crisis,
so
affordable
housing
is
important
in
the
crisis,
because
some
people
in
the
back
of
their
head
have
the
fear
and
the
thought
of
hey
one
day.
I
cannot
pay
my
rent
because
I'm
not
working
because
of
covet
would
will
I
be
in
the
risk
of
getting
this
place
and
the
answer
is
to
some
extent.
Yes,
you
know
some
people,
which
means
us
the
community
we
shouldn't
go
through.
AB
Even
that
thought
in
our
mind,
you
know,
affordable
housing
is
built
to
help
people
that
cannot
afford
to
live
in
a
luxury
apartment
because
they
don't
make
enough
people
in
our
area
only
make
twenty
to
thirty
thousand
dollars
tops
a
year.
Some
of
them
only
can
make
up
to
twenty
five
thousand
dollars,
and
that's
also
one
of
the
reasons
why,
once
again,
it's
important
to
have
affordable
housing.
AB
The
next
question
is
what
is
wrong
with
the
current
idp
plan,
so
you
guys
are
only
giving
us
13
and
that's
never
enough.
You
know
us
in
the
community.
I
feel
like
you
guys,
are
building
for
people
that
makes
thousands
and
thousands
of
dollars
and
was
probably
with
the
ami
of
percent,
and
that's
not
right.
You
know
we
should
have
a
minimum
of
33
affordability.
A
Y
X
X
X
X
Y
And
I
live
on
hudson
street
in
chinatown.
So
for
those
who
don't
know,
hudson
street
is
a
street
full
of
private
housing
in
chinatown,
and
my
biggest
wish
is
to
be
able
to
move
into
an
affordable
unit,
an
actual
stable
home.
So
for
many
years
now
I've
lived
in
private
housing
on
hudson
street
moving.
You
know
every
few
years
after
every
few
years,
because
there's
a
lack
of
stable,
affordable
housing
in
my
community.
Y
Now
101
and
103
hudson
street,
my
former
residence
is
being
converted
into
newly
developed
luxury
units
and
the
developer
has
even
expanded
and
built
out
the
building
as
well.
So
right
now,
my
husband
and
I
are
splitting
rent
with
others,
because
we
simply
cannot
afford
the
rent
of
an
entire
unit
on
our
own.
Our
dream
is
actually
to
have
our
own
independent
home
that
we
would
be
able
to
have
a
stable
life,
but
we
have
been
waiting
for
an
affordable
unit
for
over
10
years.
Y
In
the
past,
we've
been
notified
of
available,
affordable
units,
but
the
units
cost
thirteen
hundred
dollars
a
month
and
this
affordable
unit
is
simply
not
affordable
to
us.
In
chinatown,
we
see
many
tall
residential
buildings,
but
almost
all
of
them
are
filled
with
luxury
units
with
monthly
rents
of
thousands
of
dollars.
I
can't
even
begin
to
think
about
what
it
would
take
for
me
to
be
able
to
afford
something
like
that.
Y
A
Thank
you
very
much
up.
Next
we
have
britney
thomas
richard
giardino,
bianco,
ortiz,
white
alba,
oliver
and
lady
lawrence
and
I'll
ask
folks
to
keep
their
testimony
to
two,
no
more
than
two
and
a
half
three
minutes
just
so
we
can
get
through
the
rest
of
the
folks
for
today.
A
So
if
britney
thomas
is
available.
AC
Yes,
counselor.
Thank
you.
Actually,
I
was
not
quite
sure
when
we
were
going
to
get
on
council
edwards
members
of
the
council
members
of
the
city.
Thank
you
very
much
for
this
opportunity
to
testify
on
this
important
issue.
My
name
is
richard
giordano.
I
work
at
fenway
community
development
corporation,
I'm
the
director
of
policy
and
community
planning
I'd
just
like
to
take
a
step
back
and
thank
everyone.
The
city
mayor
walsh,
the
council
for
getting
us
to
this
point.
AC
People
have
to
remember
that
the
inclusionary
development
policy
was
promulgated
under
mayor
menino
and
it's
been
improved
successively,
perhaps
more
slowly
than
anybody
wants,
but
it's
been
improved
and
strengthened
over
the
years
and
we're
now
at
the
point
where
everyone
that
we
just
mentioned
got
a
home
rule
petition
passed
at
the
state
house
to
allow
us
to
figure
out
how
to
put
this
in
the
zoning
code
and
how
to
strengthen
it
so
we're
in
a
good
place.
AC
That
being
said,
we're
also
in
a
very
bad
place,
as
other
folks
have
demonstrated
so
ably
the
housing
market
that
we
have
cannot
possibly
produce
the
affordable
housing
that
the
actual
residents
of
boston
need.
We
are,
unfortunately,
almost
in
the
business
of
importing
wealthier
people
when
we
build
the
luxury
units
that
we're
building
in
the
fenway.
AC
The
new
developments
that
have
come
up
over
the
last
10
years
have
produced
about
2
000
units
of
luxury
housing,
with
about
a
little
bit
less
than
10
overall
as
affordable
under
idp.
AC
The
problem
is
that
the
idp
was
never
designed
to
do
what
we're
asking
it
to
do
and
the
conditions
in
the
city
have
changed
dramatically,
and
we
need
to
figure
that
out
and
address
that,
and
yes,
we
are
asking
now
that
the
idp
actually
be
redesigned
to
do
something
else,
because
of
frankly,
the
crisis
that
we're
facing.
AC
We
realize
that
we
cannot
build
our
way
out
of
the
affordable
housing
crisis
in
the
city
by
building
market
rate
units.
The
rents
do
not
come
down
in
the
10
or
15
years
of
massive
development
in
the
fenway.
The
rents
have
only
gone
up.
The
only
thing
that's
made,
the
rents
go
down
to
some
extent
now
has
been
the
pandemic
and
as
soon
as
things
return
to
normal,
we
know
where
that'll
go.
AC
So
we
have
to
figure
out
how
to
strengthen
and
improve
the
idp
program,
and
I
know
we're
going
to
get
pushback
from
developers
who
say
we
can't
do
as
much
as
residents
want.
I
think
we
have
to
take
a
page
out
of
former
mayor
walsh's
book
when
we
met
with
him
a
year
ago
or
more
now.
He
was
suggesting
that
we
take
extra.
AC
AC
Yes,
I
want
all
the
developers
to
do
a
heck
of
a
lot
more
on
both
bringing
in
online
more
units
at
better
lower
ami,
but
at
some
point
they're
going
to
push
back
and
say
they
can't
and
we're
going
to
have
to
be
creative
about
how
we
get
down
to
funding
or
mixing
things
to
allow
us
to
get
to
the
point.
We
were
actually
able
to
produce
the
housing
that
the
city
so
desperately
needs
to
house
the
people
that
we
actually
have
here,
who
need
it.
AC
The
most
I
realize
this
is
a
heavy
lift
and
that's
why
we're
all
here-
and
I
do
want
to
thank
everyone,
especially
all
the
folks
we've
been
working
with
in
the
coalition
for
truly
affordable,
boston,
the
boston
tenant
coalition.
AC
Everyone
else
we're
all
here
to
work
together
and
we
have
to
really
come
up
with
some
solutions
to
be
able
to
address
this
and,
of
course,
obviously
thank
you.
Thank.
A
You
bianca
ortiz.
A
A
A
A
Okay,
what
will
go
to
lady
lawrence.
AD
AD
So
my
name
is
becky
pierce
and
I'm
a
49
49-year
resident
of
codman
square
in
george
pester,
starting
out,
first
as
a
tenant
and
then
as
a
homeowner
and
landlord
of
a
small
three-family
house,
and
I'm
here
today,
because
I'm
very
concerned
about
the
displacement
of
my
working
class
and
poverty
class
neighbors
due
to
rapidly
rising
rents
and
also
about
the
huge
stress
on
rent
burden,
families
and
children
when
parents
have
to
work
two
or
three
jobs
and
still
pay
well
over
half
of
their
income
in
rent.
AD
If
she
earns
seventy
five
thousand
dollars
a
year
or
a
family
of
four
earning
over
eighty
three
thousand
dollars,
the
city
has
actually
built
no
idp
units
that
are
affordable
for
people
who
live
here.
Dorchester
residents
have
a
median
household
income
of
under
fifty
thousand
dollars.
I
think
markeisha
said
it
was
forty.
Eight
thousand
five
currently
and
one-third
of
households
here
earn
under
25
000..
AD
AD
The
city
must
stop
the
lying
and
deepen
the
idp
affordability
level
to
an
average
of
at
least
the
40
of
ami,
as
the
coalition
for
a
truly
affordable
boston
is
demanding
and
increase
the
percentage
of
such
truthfully,
affordable
units
to
33
percent
or
one-third
of
the
total
in
new
developments.
Thank
you,
perfect.
A
Thank
you,
I'm
going
to
go
ahead
and
now
aaron.
Are
you
there
to
interpret
for
one
more
person?
Yes,.
AE
AE
Y
So
my
family
and
I
right
now
currently
live
in
a
private
housing
building
complex
in
chinatown
on
oxford
street,
and
I
really
hope
that
real
and
truly
deeply
affordable
housing
can
be
built
here
in
chinatown
to
provide
housing
for
folks
like
me,
who
are
also
low
income
according
to
the
current
idp
policy
of
only
building
requiring
13
of
units
to
be
affordable.
I
think
that
this
is
way
too
little
for
the
needs
of
the
community.
Y
There
should
be
minimum
required
30
to
50
percent
of
housing,
affordable
housing
units
provided
to
people
like
me,
who
are
essential
frontline
workers
to
solve
the
housing
problem
and
truly
meet
our
housing
needs.
According
to
the
current
situation,
affordable
housing
is
in
short
supply.
So
I
really
hope
that
the
city
council
can
hear
our
concerns
and
really
take
action
to
protect
and
care
for
disadvantaged
groups
like
low-income
folks
such
as
myself.
Y
I
really
want
my
dream
is
really
to
buy.
My
own
house
in
chinatown,
or
at
least
some
place
nearby,
but
it
is
way
too
expensive
and
I
don't
dare
to
dream
of
this
future
for
myself.
So
I
hope
today
you
hear
our
voices
through
this
council
hearing
and
that
the
government
would
reform
idp
to
strengthen
the
policy
and
build
more
truly
affordable
housing
for
the
community.
Y
A
A
A
Okay,
so
I'm
going
to
go
ahead
and
start
with,
I
think
chick
who
is
up
next
and
then
we'll
go
from
chick
hello.
U
Hello
hi.
Sorry,
can
you
hear
me
sorry,
sorry
about
that.
So
my
name
is
meredith
levy
with
boston,
neighborhood,
community
land
trials.
A
AF
AF
Listeners
is
on
the
rise.
Evictions
are
coming
for
people
who,
through
no
fault
of
their
own,
have
had
incomes
that
are
have
been
completely
erased
or
severely
disrupted,
and
there
are
not
enough
resources
to
go
around
for
everyone
who
needs
it.
We
must
insist
that
all
new
developments
are
at
least
one-third,
affordable
and
by
affordable.
We
mean
truly
affordable
at
at
least
30
to
70
percent
of
the
area
median
income.
AF
Additionally,
these
affordable
units
must
remain
so
in
perpetuity.
The
people
being
displaced
and
priced
out
are
often
the
ones
who
earn
the
least
and
have
the
most
to
lose.
The
huge
number
of
luxury
buildings
going
up
already
have
a
large
number
of
empty
units.
Meanwhile,
low-income
families
and
individuals
are
displaced
and
provided
with
few
options.
AF
This
only
adds
to
the
injustice
and
clearly
demonstrates
that
our
demands
are
not
only
reasonable
but
imperative.
I'll
share
part
of
my
own
story
of
the
effects
of
housing
and
security
and
the
result
it
had
on
my
health.
Ten
years
ago
I
lost
my
housing.
As
a
result,
I
had
to
live
out
of
doors
for
five
months.
AF
AF
A
Thank
you
so
much.
Thank
you
for
also
being
vulnerable
enough
to
tell
us
that
story.
I
think
you
speak
for
a
lot
of
people
and
I
really
appreciate
you
giving
a
voice
and
face
to
that.
I
hope
you'll
continue
to
participate
in
our
working
sessions
and
conversations
and
continue
to
elevate
that
voice.
Thank
you
check.
U
Yes,
good
to
go
okay,
sorry
about
earlier
tech.
I
was
having
some
tech
issues.
Thank
you
for
allowing
me
to
testify
tonight.
My
name
is
meredith
levy
and
I'm
from
the
boston,
neighborhood
community,
land
trust
I'll,
be
quick.
I
really
support
all
the
points
being
made
forward,
particularly
about
raising
the
idp
amount
to
to
a
third
and
deepening
the
affordability
level.
So
if
we
could
get
to
that
average
of
40
percent,
that
would
be
amazing.
U
I
can
speak
on
behalf
of
the
land,
trust
that
having
additional
resources
from
the
city
to
enable
us
to
to
purchase
properties
and
then
to
keep
people
in
their
homes
goes
a
long
way
towards
prevention,
so
that
we
can
avoid
crisis.
You
know
crises
like
we're
having
today,
by
having
the
resources
now
to
be
able
to
acquire
properties
and
keeping
people
housed
and
keeping
the
affordability
in
perpetuity.
U
Specifically,
I
also
want
to
give
a
shout
out
to
the
idp,
because
that
we
as
a
land
trust
we
started
as
kohif
a
different
organization
that
was
able
to
to
prevent
foreclosure
and
keep
people
housed,
and
we
are
small.
We
have
15
units.
U
Five
of
those
we
were
able
to
acquire
through
idp
and
through
off-site
one
of
the
remarkable
things
about
idp
is
its
flexibility,
and
I
do
want
to
speak
even
though
the
the
on-site
requirement
is,
I
mean
having
on-site,
is,
is
very
helpful.
There
is
a
value,
there's,
definitely
a
big
value
to
doing
the
off-site
as
well
the
idp
program,
the
design
of
it,
is
flexible.
It's
you
can
get
into
different
corners
and
niches
in
ways
that
other
programs,
you
can't.
U
So
I
would
urge,
as
we
revise
idpa
or
just
to
think
about
those
off-site
formulas,
to
encourage
ways
to
make
use
of
that.
So,
for
example,
if
we
can
lower
the
limit,
so
the
threshold
isn't
10
but
lower.
When
you
have
odd
numbers
and
there's
like
leftovers,
that
money
from
idp,
if
it
can
use
for
offsite,
we
can
try
to
get
into
parts
of
our
community
and
neighborhoods
with
additional
resources
so
that
in
timely
ways
we
we're
able
to
stabilize
the
housing
in
the
neighbors
the
neighborhoods.
A
Thank
you
so
much.
I
think
I
had
mentioned
pam
coker
and
hilary
piser,
but
also
who
is
here
eric
perot,
I'm
sorry
eric,
I'm
not
sure
how
to
pronounce
your
last
name
and
then
there's.
I
also
have
rita
lauer,
who
I
think
is
not
here
anymore,
lydia
lowe,
who
is
here
and
gabriella
cartagena,
who
I
believe
is
here.
AG
AG
AG
I
feel
like
the
problem
is
it's
kind
of
like
the
main
tool
in
our
toolbox
here,
I'm
sort
of
paraphrasing
something
ms
dillon
said
earlier,
but
I
think
this
is
pretty
important,
which
is
that
you
know
it
it's,
because
it's
the
main
tool
we
have
to
deal
with
affordability,
we're
we're
kind
of
pushing
on
it
as
hard
as
we
can
to
solve
our
main
affordability
problems,
and
I
just
I
kind
of
want
to
put
some
numbers
out
there,
which
is
that
you
know
somebody
earlier
commented
that
san
francisco
hadn't
done
anything
to
sub
to
hurt
their
housing
construction
through
inclusionary
zoning
and,
as
a
matter
of
fact,
last
year
we
built
about
2300
deed,
restricted
units
in
boston,
which
is
not
enough,
but
san
francisco
built
233
and
they
have
twice
as
many
people.
AG
AG
I
don't
want
to
be
entirely
negative
about
this,
because
I
actually
think
there
are
some
things
we
can
do
to
make
the
program
more
useful
and
the
number
one
thing
that
comes
to
mind
for
me
is
that
we
need
to
rather
than
lower
the
threshold,
which
I
think
you
know,
if
you
make
it
eight
units
or
seven
units
you're
just
going
to
get
a
lot
of
six
unit
projects.
AG
People
are
avoiding
these
thresholds
because
the
pro
the
costs
associated
with
the
project
increase
dramatically
when
they
cross
them,
and
it's
like.
We
basically
made
it
the
hardest
to
build
the
projects
we
most
want
to
see.
So
to
me,
I
think
if
you
want
to
push
for
33
affordability,
that's
a
that
would
make
that
would
make
it
the
highest
number
in
the
country.
AG
I
think
it's
important
for
people
to
understand
that
no
one's
ever
actually
achieved
a
number
that
high,
but
I
think
in
theory,
it's
possible
if
you're
willing
to
say
basically
if
somebody
builds
with
that
level
of
affordability,
they
can
build
with
absolutely
no
zoning
restrictions
whatsoever,
which
is
to
say
no
parking
limits
build
as
tall
as
they
want
build
as
much
of
the
lot
as
they
want
and
do
not
require
a
year-long
article
80
review
process.
AG
I
think
anything
short
of
that
and
you're
absolutely
just
going
to
see
people
dodge
whatever
new
requirement
you
put
in
place-
and
I
want
to
point
out-
cambridge
just
enacted
its
own
20
inclusionary
program
and
it's
actually
built
no
units.
Yet
there
are
a
few
in
the
pipeline,
but
april
2017
and
there
hasn't
been
anything.
That's
come
online
so
that
the
possibility
that
we
create
something
that
actually
doesn't
build
any
affordable
units
is
extremely
real,
and
I
think
that
we
have
to
be
very
mindful
of
that.
AG
So
just
keep
that
in
mind.
If
you're
asking
for
us
to
stop
building
70
units,
those
are
70
is
a
cut
off.
The
actual
rent
in
a
70
ami
unit
is
is
a
third
of
the
monthly
income
of
somebody
making
about
53
000
a
year
so
anyway.
I
appreciate
that
we're
doing
this
hearing.
This
is
a
really
important
issue.
I
hope
that
you
host
more
of
them.
Thank
you.
A
Thank
you.
I
think
we
had
lydia
low.
A
Lydia
low
on
to
testify,
if
lydia's
not
here,
then
gabriella
cartagena.
AH
So
I
I
don't
want
to
repeat
a
lot
of
what
other
people
have
said.
I
support
the
efforts
of
the
coalition
in
seeking
to
increase
the
percentage
of
affordability,
deep
in
the
affordability
etc.
AH
AH
So
we
both
have
rising
crazy,
real
estate
prices
beyond
the
level
of
financing
that
is
available
through
the
aop
normally
as
well
as
properties
that
are
greatly
in
need
of
repairs,
which
adds
additional
costs
if
you're
trying
to
turn
them
into
permanently
affordable
housing.
So,
even
though
we
face
these
particular
challenges,
there
are
also
critical
benefits
for
the
community
that,
I
think,
should
make
projects
like
these
a
priority.
AH
Most
importantly,
community
land
trust
properties,
provide
for
permanent
affordability
through
99-year,
renewable
ground
leases
and
ongoing
community
involvement
and
stewardship,
and
we're
also
in
a
good
position
to
try
some
very
creative
approaches
to
preserving
affordability
and
stabilizing
our
neighborhoods.
If
we
can
use
the
idp
off-site
program
as
a
way
to
support
that
creativity,
so
some
of
the
examples
of
ways
that
a
clt
can
do
that
would
be
purchasing
a
property
to
restore
as
permanently
affordable
housing,
whether
rental
or
home
ownership
on
a
ground
lease.
AH
AH
A
Thank
you
so
much
ms
gabriela
on.
A
Gabriella,
I
see
your
hand
raised
I'll,
go
ahead
and
put
you.
AI
Can't
hear
me
right,
awesome
well
just
wanted
to
quickly
introduce
myself
everyone.
My
name
is
gabriella
lifelong
east
boston
resident
and
come
from
a
working
class,
immigrant,
family
and
community
organizer
with
city
life.
You
little
finer
right
now
and
you
know
I
just
kind
of
want
to
reiterate
I'll
try
to
be
quick,
but
I
just
really
want
to
reiterate
the
importance
of
lowering
our
ami
to
not
just
an
average
of
40
percent,
but
really
considering
30
to
40
average
of
ami
for
these
idps.
AI
The
current
70
to
100
ami
is
honestly
a
system
systematically
dividing
classes
and
races
from
each
other
systematically
racist.
We
see
here
in
us
in
boston.
You
know
facts
that
I'm
sure
you
already
know
right.
The
net
worth
of
the
black
family
is
eight
dollars.
Meanwhile,
like
family
247
thousand
dollars,
and
just
just
with
those
basic
facts
alone
like
there's,
there's,
no
reason
why
the
city
of
boston
should
still
have
a
cutoff
of
70
ami
for
these
units,
and
it's
you
know
systematically
it's
it's
systematic
racism.
AI
You
know,
and
just
knowing
that
67
of
all
boston
evictions
are
occurring
in
census,
tracts
where
the
majority
of
all
residents
are
people
of
color,
even
though
only
45
45
of
all
boston
rental
housing
is
located
in
those
neighborhoods
right,
and
I
also
just
want
to
recognize
lydia's
amazing
work
around
writing
and
passing
affh
and
really
using
asfh
to
to
pair
with
idp
and
use
ash,
and
its
options
to
to
you
know
obtain
these
lower
amis
in
in
these
in
these
developments,
by
working
with
bha
prioritizing
the
belcher
program,
section
8
being
creative,
with
subsidies
to
make
more
permanently
more
more
permanently
and
more
affordable
units
across
the
city
of
boston,
right
that
are
attached
to
the
units
right
and
right.
AI
We
could
prevent
developers
who
have
millions
behind
the
millions
of
dollars
behind
them
from
using
petty
arguments
that
say
that
their
expenses,
too
hot,
are
too
high
to
provide
these
more
affordable
units
and
to
also
give
that
leeway
for
cdc's
and
these
other
means
of
of
social
ownership,
to
also
provide
units
that
are
more
affordable
to
our
working
class
and
to
our
working-class
communities
here
in
the
city
of
boston,
and
I
also
do
want
to
recognize
that
if,
during
the
hearing
I
heard
someone
from
dnz
say
that
the
bpda
halted
ever
since
the
state
of
emergency,
which
I
just
want
to
call
out,
because
ever
since
this
year
started,
we've
been
seeing
a
spike
on
no
fault,
evictions
and
unrecorded
evictions
in
neighborhoods,
where
gentrification
is
rampant
and
like
in
east
boston,
for
example
in
matapan,
where
we're
seeing
landlords
evicting
no
fault.
AI
Bipod
people,
black
indigenous
people
of
color,
of
east
of
boston,
and
in
the
past
few
years,
we've
seen
a
giant
white
flight
into
the
city
of
boston
right
and
a
giant
mass
exodus
of
these
same
backpack.
People
right
and-
and
why
is
that?
Because
idp
isn't
working
idp
is
not
working
and
gentrification
is
winning
gentrification
displacement.
I'm
sorry.
AI
Development
with
displacement
is
beating
us
right,
and
I
just
also
wanted
to
say
that
I've
heard
the
bpda
in
the
past
say
that
it's
the
fed's
jobs,
it's
the
federal
government's
job
to
provo,
provide
affordable
housing
right.
AI
But
when
the
federal
government
fails,
that's
when
the
state
and
the
city
needs
to
step
up
right,
so
kudos
right
to
everyone
who
to
our
counselors
for
sponsoring
this
hearing-
and
I
also
just
wanted
to
say
that
for
that
very
reason
of
needing
the
state
and
cities
to
step
up,
we
need
to
reform
idp
in
a
way
in
which
we
are
lowering
right.
The
the
amount
of
units
that
is
triggering
idp
right,
10
units
we
are
seeing
those
same
developers
and
named
and
others
who
are
hiding
behind
llc's.
AI
We
are
seeing
them
avoid
the
10
unit
to
avoid
right
building
affordable.
But
what
we
need
to
do,
literally,
our
neighbors
in
somerville
have
lowered
units
that
triggers
idp
right
in
2016.
They
have
six
units
of
trigger
idp
and
as
of
2019
three
buildings
that
were
that
a
two
unit
building
that
added
a
third
unit
triggered
idp
and
either
a
partial,
either
through
partial
affordability
or
full
affordability
right,
and
we
just
need
to
recognize
how
close
how
close
somerville
is
to
us
and
how
boston
has
not
implemented.
This
has
not
changed
right.
AI
The
amount
of
of
units
that
is
triggering
idp
right,
we
see,
we
saw
mayor
walsh
what
includes
and
raised
12
to
13.
That
is
not.
That
is
not
what
the
grassroots
have
been
demanding.
We've
been
demanding,
30
and
even
15
for
years
right
and
if
boston
city
councillors,
and
if,
if
boston,
city,
councilors
and
if
the
boston
mayor
really
prioritized
people
over
profit
right,
we
need
to
see
the
idp
unit
trigger
lord,
to
prevent
predatory
speculation
on
naturally
affordable
homes
that
are
causing
further
gentrification
and
massive
displacement
right.
AI
AI
This
has
been
decades
right
in
the
works,
so
we
need
the
city
to
do
stuff
to
make
changes
happening
quickly
right
because,
if
not,
all
these
national,
affordable
homes
are
gonna,
be
bought
up
by
these
speculators,
not
leaving
an
opportunity
for
working-class
people
to
even
want
to
buy
on
their
own
either
buy
or
rent
right
and
idt
also
needs
to
consider
the
fact
that
the
rents
and
these
idp
units
right
don't
include
fees
right
and
when
you
start
looking
at
you
know
the
the
the
prices
of
rents
and
these
fees
in
a
holistic
holistic
approach,
for
example
the
rents
and
luxury
units,
usually
don't
include
all
the
fees,
don't
include
all
the
all
the
fees
of
the
price
of
the
unit.
AI
So
you
see
this
like
stripped
down
price
kind
of
like
spirit
you
see
those
like
stripped-down
pies
for
a
unit
for
this
ticket,
but
when
it
comes
to
actually
paying
for
it,
you
see
all
these
other
like
fees
and
charges.
So
when
we
start
talking
about
affordability,
we
need
to
start
including
these
fees
and
make
sure
that
make
sure
that
living
there
you
know.
AI
A
So
much
thank
you.
Thank
you
so
much
and
we
did
actually
bring
up
the
realtor
fees,
the
finders
fees,
all
those
things
that
get
baked
in
and
kudos
for
the
comparison
to
spirit,
I'm
going
to
use
that
going
forward.
A
It's
got
my
spirit,
they
get
you
in
there.
They
hit
you
whatever
anyway,
we'll
talk
offline.
So
I
have
two
more
people
who
are
signed
up.
I'd
look
so
that
are
still
here,
so
I'm
gonna
call
on
them.
Thank
you
so
much
to
speak.
I
will
not
be
going
through
for
other
folks
who
have
already
spoken
again.
A
Unfortunately,
it's
it's
folks
are
exhausted
and
just
to
also
thank
there's
a
there's,
a
quiet,
hard-working
group
of
people
called
central
staff
and
our
interpreters,
who
are
also
into
hours
of
hearings
so
like
thank
you
so
much,
but
that's
why
I'm
gonna
go
just
the
next
two
people
who
signed
up
and
have
them
speak
so
that
they
can
also
go
and
see
their
families.
A
AJ
AJ
The
first
thing
is,
we
know
that
the
idp
units
at
13
could
be
raised
to
at
least
20
and
the
33
we're
asking
for,
because
developers
in
the
washington
corridor
along
jp
rocks
have
been
doing
23
20
25,
so
it
is
possible
for
them
to
raise
their
idp
percentages
seconds.
We
also
know
that
our
homeless
count
is
incorrect,
that
people
are
chronically
under
housed.
So
the
fact
the
facts
of
people
who
say
they
need
housing,
they
may
be
in
a
unit
with
you
know:
family
members
on
a
couch
and
they're
technically
not
homeless.
AJ
So
we
need
to
make
sure
that
we're
accounting
for
the
folks
in
our
system
who
don't
qualify
as
homeless
under
the
state
of
massachusetts
and
will
need
housing
more.
So
it's
can.
You
continue
to
develop
at
higher
rates
idp
and
third,
I
work
for
an
affordable
housing
developer
and
we
routinely
get
6000
applications
for
like
39
units,
so
obviously
we're
not
meeting
the
need
with
that,
and
it
would
be
great
if
we
could.
AJ
We
have
over
a
thousand
units,
I
think,
being
approved
on
washington
street
right
now
in
jp
that
do
not
have
nearly
enough
idp
units
and
could
have
way
more
and
meet
the
jp
rocks
affordability
percentages
that
we
had
set
up
when
making
that
plan.
So
that's
all
I
have
thank
you
very
much
for
your
time.
Everyone
and
have
a
great
evening.
AK
AK
We
don't
want
to
be
pushed
out
of
our
community
people
are
we're
asking
you
to
be
bold?
No,
we're
not
asking
for
this
to
be
the
only
solution,
but
it
is
a
very
important
tool
and
it
is
woefully
inadequate
right
now.
It's
not
meeting
the
needs
of
our
community
and
to
speak
specifically
to
the
ami.
No
one's
saying
we
shouldn't
have
any
affordable
units
at
70
ami
we're
saying
that
should
not
be
the
average
that
we
need
to
hit
those
30
percent
40
ami.
AK
We
need
to
build
housing,
that's
affordable
to
the
residents
in
our
community.
Now,
that's
simply
it
the
numbers
are
too
low.
So
thank
you
for
your
time.
I
I
just
want
to
express
the
urgency
we've
been
working
on
this
for
years.
This
should
have
been
changed
years
ago.
We
now
have
a
real
opportunity
in
this
crisis
that
has
been
a
crisis
for
years,
but
in
the
crisis
of
the
pandemic
has
exposed
even
more
you
know.
Do
we
want
to
build?
You
know
a
community
and
build
housing
that
can
sustain
us
through
even
deeper
crisis.
AK
A
Thank
you
with
that.
I'm,
I
think
we're
done
with
public
testimony
for
folks
who
want
to
submit
comments.
They
will
become
part
of
the
record
and
again
this
is
the
beginning
of
the
conversation
with
the
goal,
the
very
real
goal
of
setting
a
new
policy
passing
a
new
policy
increasing
our
idp
lowering
the
threshold
and
absolutely
making
sure
that
we
are
codifying
what
we
fought
hard
to
even
get
the
power
to
do,
which
is
really
making
sure
that
we
have
an
inclusive
boston,
and
so
that
is
the
absolute
goal.
A
That's
the
reason
why
we
started
this.
We
want
to
make
sure
it
was
centered
and
grounded
in
folks
from
the
community.
I
want
to
thank
everybody
who
came
and
spoke
today
again.
We
will
continue
to
have
conversation
and
we
will.
We
will
notify
you
folks
for
the
next
working
session
and
then,
when
we
get
a
draft-
and
we
will
a
draft
zoning
amendment
to
do
this-
we
expect
everyone
to
be
back
to
get
to
work.
Thank
you
so
much
for
your
time.