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Docket #0144 - Order for a hearing to discuss the inclusionary development policy and affordable housing.
A
My
name
is
Lydia
Edwards
and
the
district
one
city
councilor
muscle,
chair
of
the
Boston
City
Council
Committee,
on
Housing
and
Community
Development
I'm
joined
here
today
by
my
colleague,
counselor
Ed
Flynn
and
councillor
Michelle
Wu.
We
will
be
joined
at
a
later
time
by
councillor
Flaherty,
who
is
on
his
way.
I
want
to
remind
you
that
this
public
hearing
is
being
recorded
and
broadcast
on
Comcast
8
and
RCM
82
Verizon,
9,
1,
964
and
streamed
on
Boston
gov,
slash,
City,
Council
TV.
Please
silence
your
cell
phones
and
other
devices.
A
A
A
Excellent
we've
also
been
joined
by
my
colleague,
counselor
kim
Janey.
So
before
we
get
started,
I'm
going
to
read
some
letters
into
the
record
and
then
we
are
going
to
actually
start
with
public
testimony
for
some
time
and
then
we
will
go
into
hearing
from
the
administration.
We
have
two
panels
tonight.
A
First
reading
into
the
record
from
my
colleague
mounts
our
counselor
co-moh
dear
council
Edwards.
Unfortunately,
due
to
a
prior
commitment,
I
am
unable
to
attend
today's
Housing
and
Community
Development
hearing
on
the
city's
inclusionary
development
policy
and
affordable
housing,
while
I
intend
to
review
the
video
of
the
hearing,
I
wanted
to
include
some
thoughts
on
IDP
and
affordable
housing.
I
strongly
support
the
IDP
program
and
its
mission
to
create
affordable
housing
in
this
in
the
city
of
Boston.
A
Since
the
program
began
in
2000
developers
have
directly
created,
25
2599
income,
restricted
units
and
IDP
funds
have
created
1414
income
restricted
units.
As
we
explore
changes
to
the
program,
it
is
important
to
analyze
how
altering
the
formula
will
affect
development
in
the
city.
As
part
of
this
process,
we
should
be
reaching
out
to
housing,
advocates,
nonprofit
housing
agencies,
private
housing
developers
and
Boston
residents
to
get
input
not
just
on
how
much
should
be
required
of
developers,
but
how
the
program
should
be
implemented.
A
Most
importantly,
the
city
should
be
able
to
independently
make
changes
to
this
program
and
the
city's
linkage
policy,
which
is
why
I
support
Mayor,
Walsh's
Home
Rule
petition
to
grant
the
city
such
power
and
I
urge
this
body
to
approve
that
Home
Rule
expeditiously
best
regards
marks,
uomo
I
apologize
I
forgot
to
mention
that
we
have
translation
services
in
Cantonese
and
Mandarin
and
Spanish.
So
if
you
need
any
interpretive
services,
you
can
see
melissa
or
gabriella
is
standing
up
to
do
the
Spanish
translation
for
anybody
who
needs
that.
A
Again,
this
hearing
is
sponsored
by
councilors
Michael,
Flaherty,
Ed,
Flynn
and
myself,
and
this
hearing
was
referred
to
our
Committee
on
January
9th.
Before
we
begin,
I'm
gonna
have
a
brief
statement
and
then
I'll
invite
my
colleagues
to
also
have
brief
statements,
and
they
will
go
right
to
public
testimony.
I
want
to
note.
I
will
note
briefly
that
I
strongly
support
efforts
to
update
the
inclusionary
development
policy
in
March.
A
My
office
released
a
policy
brief
recommending
the
city
model,
higher
affordability
requirements,
expand
data,
reporting
on
beneficiaries
of
inclusionary
development,
address
issues
with
8
or
9
unit
buildings
and
consider
targeted
support
through
the
IDP
fund
for
permanently
affordable
community
housing
such
as
land,
Trust's,
I,
look
forward
to
discussing
the
IDP
and
hearing
from
the
administration
and
the
community
about
their
goals.
Study
of
and
concerns
of
the
program.
A
B
Thank
you,
Thank
You
counsel,
Edwards,
and
thank
you
to
the
to
the
Walsh
administration
to
our
community
advocates
for
being
here
for
this
important
hearing
again,
thank
you
to
counsels,
Edwards
council
Authority
for
being
partners
on
this.
It
has
been
well-documented
that
Boston
has
a
housing,
affordability,
crisis
I
have
heard
from
my
constituents
in
my
district
about
how
they
could
not
afford
to
live
in
the
city
and
that
working
families
and
seniors
persons
with
disabilities
being
pushed
out
of
their
communities
in
homes.
I
believe
that
housing
is
a
human
right.
B
It
is
also
an
issue
of
racial
equity
in
economic
justices.
Justice
as
well
I
want
to
thank
many
organizations
that
are
here
today
the
the
Chinese
progressive
Association
for
their
work
in
fighting
displacement
in
our
neighborhoods,
as
well
as
organizations
like
the
Massachusetts,
affordable
housing,
liens
right
to
the
city,
the
Boston
tenants
organization
in
the
IDP
coalition
for
their
work.
Also
in
my
district,
many
of
the
families
are
low-income.
In
fact,
2024
percent
of
residents
in
Chinatown
are
in
poverty,
and
the
average
income
in
Chinatown
is
around
$25,000
a
year.
B
Our
city
needs
affordable
housing
for
our
working
families.
To
stay
in
the
city,
and
we
need
to
make
sure
that
our
IDP
program
is
effective
in
providing
affordable
housing
that
our
communities
need
in
that
it
is
enforced
as
well.
I'll
give
you
two
examples:
on
enforcement:
in
my
district,
a
foreign
investor
brought
one
of
the
historic
row
houses
in
Chinatown
at
nine
Johnny
cord.
It
wants
to
rebuild
the
two
unit
house
into
five
units
in
the
families
living
there
were
evicted.
B
Another
one
is
at
135
Athens
Street
in
South
Boston,
where
the
developer
would
rather
take
the
penalty
for
violating
IDP
than
actually
providing
affordable
units.
This
project
was
approved
for
15
units
in
required
to
provide
to
affordable
units.
However,
the
developer
sold
those
two
units
at
market
rate
and
instead
just
took
the
$600,000
fine.
We
need
to
strengthen
our
ID
team
IDP
policy,
so
what
I
described
above
won't
happen
again.
B
I
believe
that
we
should
also
increase
the
IDP
from
our
current
13%,
12
least
17%
or
18%,
and
look
at
lowering
the
threshold
for
requiring
IDP,
so
that
a
development
with
say
six
units
would
be
required
to
have
affordable
units.
We
should
also
see
if
the
developers
with
projects
that
are
not
required
to
have
affordable
units
can't
contribute
to
the
affordable
housing
fund.
Even
if
you
build
less
than
ten
units,
developers
should
still
be
asked
to
contribute
in
building
more
affordable
housing.
B
We
also
need
to
be
bold
in
innovative
ideas
to
solve
our
current
housing
crisis.
One
idea
is
to
partner
with
struggling
shopping
plazas
in
our
neighborhoods
and
help
and
help
them
development
with
commercial
on
the
bottom
in
housing.
On
top,
that's
already,
there's
also
ample
parking
on
those
sites,
and
these
owners
will
have
the
opportunity
to
renovate
their
property
as
well
I'm,
looking
forward
to
working
with
everyone
here
to
strengthen
our
IDP
program
and
to
ensure
that
our
city
remains
diverse
environment
for
all,
especially
for
our
elderly,
for
low-income
families,
persons
with
disabilities.
A
C
You,
madam
chair
I,
just
want
to
say
I'm
very
sorry,
I
have
to
run
out
but
wanted
to
express
my
support
to
the
sponsors
for
making
sure
we're
having
a
public
conversation
about
this
to
the
chair
for
her
work
on
everything,
housing,
an
affordability
and
stability
related
and
that
I,
but
I
would
support
increasing
the
requirement
so
to
make
sure
that
we
are
generating
more
resources
commensurate
with
the
level
of
development.
That's
happening
across
the
city
and
that
other
cities
around
us
are
pursuing.
So
I
think
this
is
an
important
conversation.
C
D
Just
briefly,
I
want
to
thank
you
and
my
colleagues
at
Flynn
for
introducing
this
important
hearing
order.
I
want
to
thank
all
of
the
advocates
for
their
constant
advocacy
around
this
very
important
issue,
I
believe,
as
I
said
before,
that
there
are
several
tools
and
our
toolbox
that
we
are
not
using,
and
so
I
think.
This
is
a
very
important
conversation
to
see
what
more
we
can
do
in
our
city
to
make
sure
that
all
of
our
residents
can
afford
to
say
in
our
city.
E
You
councillor
sorry
George,
Thank,
You
chair
and
thank
you
to
the
co-sponsors
for
this
hearing
order.
I
look
forward
to
what
we
learned
today.
I
think
it's
a
interesting,
this
necessary
conversation,
not
just
an
interesting
conversation,
one
that
we
have
to
have
as
the
city
continues
to
grow
as
the
number
of
families
experiencing
homelessness
also
grows.
We
need
to
have
these
discussions,
these
important
discussions,
sometimes
difficult
ones.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
Councillor
Baker
good.
A
Okay,
as
I
stated
at
the
intro,
we're
gonna
go
ahead
and
start
with
public
testimony
and
again
folks
will
have
two
minutes
each
so
I'm
going
to
go
ahead
and
call
up
the
first
four
folks
who
have
signed
up
or
who
are
here
and
we'll
call
you.
If
you
aren't
inclined
to
speak,
please
come
forward
Kennedy's,
Hoss,
Halle,
Berry,
violin
in
nioh,
C
McDonald.
F
Good
after
or
good
evening,
counselors,
thank
you
for
having
me
my
name
is
Kay
Denise
bus
I
am
the
senior
organizer
her
boss
and
tenant
coalition.
Also
a
part
of
the
inclusionary
development
policy
coalition
and
a
Rosendale
resident
I
want
to
say
today
that
I
think
you
for
having
this
conversation,
because
we
need
the
community's
voice
in
order
to
know
what's
really
missing
in
their
homes
and
in
their
communities.
So
I
think
it's
really
important
that
we
continue
to
get
the
feedback
from
community
and
take
that
into
consideration.
F
So
I
just
wanted
to
take
a
moment
to
say
something:
personal
about
affordable
housing,
I
grew
up
in
subsidized
housing
and
because
of
that,
I
was
able
to
do
a
lot
of
things
that
I
probably
wouldn't
have
the
opportunity
to
do.
If
I
had
it,
you
know
as
a
child
and
never
had
to
think
about
housing
and
security,
because
my
mom
had
a
place
and
I
didn't
have
to
worry
about.
You
know
where
would
I
sleep
or
what
food
would
I
eat
because
again,
affordable
housing
gave
me
that
opportunity.
F
F
The
IDP
is
a
great
tool
like
I
said
before,
but
it's
missing
a
lot
of
people
within
it's
it's
barriers.
A
lot
of
the
units
that
are
on
the
market
right
now
considered
affordable,
are
leaving
folks
who
you
know,
are
having
the
most
problem
and
struggling
finding
housing
and
they're
the
population
that
really
keeps
Boston
together
and
they're.
F
What
makes
Boston
strong,
and
so
we
need
to
make
sure
that
we're
supporting
them,
because
they're
supporting
us
all
the
time
and
so
making
sure
that
the
IDP
works
for
all
of
the
Boston
residents,
not
just
folks
to
have
a
college
education
that
have
a
higher
income
or
even
what
people
would
consider
middle-income.
We
have
to
think
about
the
people
that
are
also
low
income,
struggling,
have
families
with
disabilities,
have
children
our
single
mother's
or
Father's.
We
can't
leave
anyone
out,
and
so
we
have
to
make
sure
that
the
IDP
is
doing
that.
Thank.
G
H
H
I
H
Six
year,
yeah:
well
you
something
I
see
a
see
how
they
go.
Yeah
whitey
go
see
my
left
hand
on
ganghwa,
wholesome
which
oh
do
cause.
You
know
me:
Joe
come
or
season,
I
go
and
Joe.
No,
it's
a
site
called
same
with
something
holder
for
Moakler,
bein
rangoli
some
power.
So
you
got
ITP
recorder
him
on
how
you
call
it
on
I
hate
Ohio.
They
say
only
Congress,
say
so:
yeah,
hey,
Gordy
perdigão,
so.
I
Even
before
I
ply,
I
was
able
to
get
my
own
condo
I
actually
was
a
longtime
Chinatown
residents,
and
you
know
we
lived
in
Chauncey
house,
but
the
rent
was
low,
but
when
we
try
to
apply
other
places
through
the
lottery
program,
actually
I
was
often
told
that
my
income
was
too
low.
At
that
time,
I
have
a
new
baby.
Only
my
husband
was
working.
So
actually
your
income
were
too
low
for
a
lot
of
the
IDP,
affordable
units.
Legal.
H
I
H
I
H
I
So
the
also
in
Brighton
actually
is
one
of
the
communities
with
the
lowest
number
of
home
ownership.
Most
of
the
community.
Most
of
resins
are
renters,
but
it's
not
because
people
didn't
want
to
own,
but
they
couldn't
afford
to
own,
and
so
I
feel
like
I
would
encourage
for
the
IDP
program
to
have
more
ownership
opportunities
for
working
families
at
a
lower
area.
Median
income.
J
J
J
And
I
spent
the
past
few
semesters
working
with
the
Boston
tenant
Coalition
and
what
we've
researched
is
IDP,
but
we
also
compared
it
to
six
other
cities.
Idp
policies
with
San,
Francisco,
Seattle,
Washington,
DC,
New,
York,
Somerville,
Cambridge
and
I
won't
go
into
the
details
of
that.
But
what
we
found
is
that
Boston
just
flat-out
lies
somewhere
in
the
middle
of
the
pack
and
no
matter
how
you
rank
it
Boston,
it
shows
you
know
compared
to
these.
Other
cities
is
not
leading
the
way
in
this.
Affordable
housing
crisis
are
championing
this
crisis.
J
Median
income
for
the
city
is
north
of
$100,000
when,
in
reality,
census
data
shows
it's
closer
to
$60,000
and
that's
where
I
made
your
discrepancy
wise
with
the
IDP,
basing
its
targeted
income
levels
off
of
this
statistic
and
I
defuse
a
local
program
with
local
repercussions,
and
if
we
continue
to
use
this
70
percent
targeted
income
level.
This
based
off
this
federally
determined
statistic.
We
can
we're
basically
excluding
most
of
the
residents
of
Boston
from
these
develop
these
developments
and
just
to
kind
of
compare
to
one
of
the
cities.
J
New
York
has
one
of
the
most
rigorous,
affordable
housing
requirements
in
the
country
and
just
to
make
a
kind
of
quick
sports
metaphor.
Developers
still
come
there
to
build
if
the
Yankees
or
the
Jets
were
beating
the
Red
Sox
or
the
Patriots.
The
way
that
New
York
is
outpacing
city
of
Boston
with
affordable
housing.
We
would
have
to
do
something
we
feel
we
have
to
do
something
about
it,
and
this
is
our
opportunity.
Thank.
J
K
L
I'm
so
associated
with
math
senior
action
right
to
the
city
and
aids,
alternates
for
community
environment
and
South
Boston
is
my
neighborhood
and
like
I,
used
to
know
people
that
did
home
maintenance
and
handyman
work
they're
all
gone
now.
The
people
you
know
Broadway
station
used
to
be
a
bunch
of
rooming
houses
and
I,
never
felt
I,
never
felt
unsafe,
and
now
it's
a
bunch
of
luxury
condos
and
also
I
came
home.
The
other
Monday
night
discovered
the
corner
on
Dorchester
Street
and
West
Broadway,
the
Dunkin
Donuts
hold
on
Hoss.
L
The
flock
with
Dunkin
Donuts
and
other
buildings
was
gone,
get
off
the
bus.
The
dollar
store
was
having
his
close,
your
sale.
It
was
pretty
much
empty
there,
we're
losing
that
because
they're
converting
that
building
to
condos
so
but
all
we
have
left
now
is
CVS
and
a
my
block
and
a
third
street
used
to
be
a
parking
lot
across
from
me
and
they
converted
it
into
pond
O's
and
now
they
that
was
a
few
years
back
a
long
time
and
now
they're
dumping.
L
M
M
I'm
having
trouble
finding
housing
and
the
thing
is
I
have
always
had
a
residence
address
in
Boston
my
father
was
in
the
army.
He
served,
the
US
are
in
the
in
paid
taxes
in
the
state
of
Massachusetts,
so
I
have
always
had
a
residence
in
Boston.
So
it's
hard
for
me
right
now
for
to
find
a
housing
and
stuff
like
that.
N
I
was
also
approved
for
a
unit
that
was
at
the
hundred
percent
ami
threshold,
even
though
my
income
that
year
was
about
the
80%
ami
threshold,
my
approval
email
was
sent
at
8:30
p.m.
on
December
20th
and
on
the
21st
morning,
I
emailed
five
people
asking
about
the
ami
discrepancy.
I
did
not
get
any
response.
I
left
voicemails
that
approval
email
also
said
I
had
48
hours
to
decide
whether
or
not
to
move
forward
with
the
process.
N
I
couldn't
get
answers
in
the
three
days
before
Christmas
to
inform
my
decision
on
whether
or
not
to
take
that
unit
I
mean
it
was
pretty
obvious.
It
was
$500
more
than
what
I
was
paying
so
I
did
give
it
up,
but
to
this
day,
I
do
not
understand
IDP
and
implementation
for
those
income
thresholds
and
how
it's
supposed
to
help
when
the
unit
I'm
being
offered
is
not
something
I
can
afford.
N
O
Hello,
I'm,
Barbara,
Parmenter
and
I
represent
the
Brighton
Austin
Community
Coalition
I'm
on
their
steering
committee.
We
have
over
500
members,
both
renters
and
homeowners,
in
Austin,
Brighton
and,
first
of
all,
thank
you
so
much
for
having
this
hearing.
Thank
you.
All.
The
housing
advocates
for
doing
the
work
for
this.
The
bacc
strongly
supports
efforts
to
update
the
inclusionary
policy
and
especially
in
terms
of
Austin
Brighton,
increasing
the
set-aside
to
20%
and
the
corresponding
percentage
for
off-site
units.
O
P
Good
evening
my
name
is
John
Santiago
and
I
currently
serve
as
the
state
representative
for
the
man
in
Suffolk
District,
which
includes
the
Southend
Back
Bay
Roxbury
and
Fenway
neighborhoods
of
Boston.
First
I'd,
like
to
thank
City
Council
of
the
edwards,
has
also
colleagues
for
their
steadfast
commitment
to
social
justice
and
housing.
Affordability,
I
appreciate
you
hosting
this
hearing
and
for
the
opportunity
to
speak
in
support
of
strengthening
Boston's
inclusionary
development
policy.
P
I'm
here
today,
largely
as
a
result
of
multiple
meetings
I've
had
with
the
Fenway
CDC
and
through
advocacy,
and
our
partnership
has
taught
me
much
about
the
many
housing
challenges
our
city
and
Commonwealth
face
through
our
meetings.
They
had
not
only
advised
me
on
what
legislation
is
sponsor,
but
on
how
to
better
represent
some
of
my
most
vulnerable
constituents,
and
we've
already
had
some
successes.
I
had
the
privilege
to
work
alongside
them,
while
lobbying
attorney
general
Maura
Healey
to
investigate
housing.
P
Discrimination
in
the
Fenway
effort
successfully
halted
multiple
evictions
and
will
hopefully
lead
to
the
preservation
of
those
affordable
housing
units
and,
as
our
relationship
continues
to
grow,
I
told
them
that
they
could
count
on
me
to
stand
with
them.
As
we
advocate
for
housing,
justice
at
the
city
and
state
levels
be
through
testimony.
Legislation
in
action,
they've
asked
me
to
accompany
them
today
and
that's
what
we're
that's.
P
What
brings
me
here,
I'm
joined
by
the
Fenway
CDC
and
several
my
constituents
from
across
the
district,
all
of
whom
will
testify
to
the
importance
of
strengthening
the
IDP.
You
will
hear
about
how
they've
been
impacted
by
the
rising
prices
and
extensive
development,
as
also
what
steps
can
be
taken
to
mitigate
the
very
real
impact
of
our
constituents,
because,
like
many
of
you
I
hear
from
concerned,
neighborhoods,
every
cousins
or
neighbors
every
single
day
about
the
fighting
pace
and
scale
of
new
developments
throughout
the
city.
P
Additionally,
I
hear
about
the
increasing
pressures
on
individuals
and
families
struggling
to
maintain
their
housing.
While
it
is
encouraging
to
see
Boston,
thriving
and
growing,
it
is
essential
that
we
preserve
and
expand
our
affordable
housing
stock.
The
current
inclusionary
development
policy
has
provided
much-needed,
affordable
housing
units
and
funding,
but
I
believe
that
we
should
explore
how
to
maximize
public
benefit
from
private
development,
creating
the
strongest
possible
IDP
that
truly
meets
residents
needs.
P
The
House
of
Representatives
has
already
taken
action
to
bolster
affordable
housing
programs
in
our
fiscal
year
20
budget,
the
House
increase,
Massachusetts
rental,
voucher
program,
funding
by
10%,
bringing
up
to
110
million.
The
house
also
passed
a
six
point:
three
million
dollar
increase
in
affordable
public
housing
subsidies.
Lastly,
I've
co-sponsored:
17
housing
bills,
this
session,
including
legislation
to
codify
Boston's
IDP
into
the
zoning
code,
a
real
estate
transaction
fee
bill
and
a
tenants
right
to
purchase
bill,
no
doubt
won't
work
as
necessary,
but
I
remain
optimistic
in
the
direction.
P
Q
Thank
You
city,
councilor
and
I
have
to
thank
you
very
much
for
actually
putting
a
lot
of
these
organized
community
meetings
together
because,
if
it
weren't
for
them,
I
would
not
have
become
so
aware
of
the
BPD,
a
and
its
process
and
in
the
IDP,
which
definitely
needs
tremendous
amount
of
upgrades.
I.
Think
at
this
point,
with
the
BP
DA's
current
policies,
kind
of
kind
of
seems
to
ignore
the
fact
that
reorganization
is
a
huge
thing.
Q
I
live
in
East
Boston
myself,
which
has
seen
tremendous
amount
of
new
development
that
just
is
mind-boggling
to
me
and
while
we're
dealing
with
that,
there's
a
need
to
go
well
beyond
I
mean
the
the
IDP
is
the
closest
thing
that
we
have
to
a
rent
control
without
a
rent
control
in
the
state,
and
we
need
to
be
thinking
about
what
community
this
is
for.
Is
it
for
the
current
residents
or
is
it
the
residents
of
the
future?
It's
the
residents
of
the
future.
Q
It's
gonna
price,
all
of
us
out,
including
myself,
I
work
for
a
non-profit
I.
Don't
have
a
high
income
I'm
lucky
fortunate
for
the
moment,
but
I've
been
on
the
IDP
list
for
quite
some
time
and
have
not
found
anything.
That's
fitting
my
range,
my
income
and
for
my
household,
is
between
the
30
percent
and
the
60
percent,
which
I
very
rarely
ever
see
anything
coming
from
BPD
a
on,
and
it
seems
that
there's
no
in
no
interest
in
actually
going
and
going
that
route
so
I
wanted.
Q
You
know
in
support
what
the
resident,
who
was
from
the
Boston
tenants
talking
about
the
ami
needing
to
be
updated.
It
does
need
to
reflect
exactly
what's
in
the
community.
It
cannot
be
doing
this
outside
the
community
and
outside
of
the
city
elements.
That's
really
ridiculous
to
see
this
going
forward.
Q
Furthermore,
the
other
parts
that
I'm
thinking
about
is
what
the
land
is
a
key
thing
and
in
the
case
of
East,
Boston
I
know
land
is,
is
a
touchy
topic,
but
when
it
comes
to
who
lives
here
versus
who
has
the
land
and
I,
rather,
the
residents
actually
have
the
voice
instead
of
the
people
who
own
the
land.
I
know,
that's
there's
some
crossover,
but
when
we're
dealing
this
huge
area
like
Suffolk
Downs,
they
seem
to
have
a
stronger
voice
and
the
residents
do
and
that's
not
right.
Q
A
R
S
Thank
you.
My
name
is
martin
reto
I
live
in
the
Back
Bay
I'm,
chair
of
the
Neighborhood
Association
of
the
Back
Bay.
Let
me
say
first
of
all
that
I
also
agree
with
the
idea
that
the
the
ami
as
it
is
currently
calculated,
does
not
make
sense,
given
the
circumstances
in
Boston
Proper
itself.
Now
we
recognize
that
different
neighborhoods
have
very
different
experiences
priorities
and
capabilities
in
terms
of
the
land.
That's
available,
the
buildings
that
are
already
there.
S
So
let
me
share
a
bit
some
of
the
experiences
that
we've
had
in
the
Back
Bay,
which
is
that
most
developments
are
oriented
towards
very
high-end.
Very
expensive,
condos
and
I
submit
that.
That
is
not
something
that
Boston
needs.
More
of
our
frustration
is
that
lets
say
the
developer
then
decides
to
take
the
buyout
option.
We
have
no
idea
what
happens
to
that
money
and
well
sometimes
we're
looked
on
as
being
fairly
selfish
or
elitist,
perhaps
in
the
way
in
which
we
think
about
the
rest
of
the
city.
S
In
fact,
we
recognize
that
we
depend
also.
We
are
dependent,
we're
mutually
independent
upon
the
fabric
of
the
city,
and
we
would
like
to
have
the
opportunity
to
have
a
say
in
how
the
money
that's
developed
generated
for
IDP
because
of
projects
that
take
place
within
the
Back
Bay
is
in
the
end
dispersed,
and
there
seems
to
be
a
general
issue
here
of
the
balance
of
power
and
influence.
S
We
would
like
to
see
communities
neighborhoods
and
indeed
the
city
council
itself
have
more
of
a
say
in
the
structure
and
operation
of
the
ID
for
the
benefit
of
residents.
We've
always
said
nothing
against
the
city,
nothing
against
the
BP
da,
but
it
does
seem
that
sometimes
they
dominate
the
way
in
which
this
program
is
run
and
don't
necessarily
pay
sufficient
attention
to
the
needs
and
desires
of
communities.
So
that's
the
thought.
S
I
would
leave
with
you
and
if
you
can
come
up
with
some
ways
in
which
you
can
ensure
that
communities
and
neighborhoods
of
all
kinds
and
the
City
Council
itself
have
more
of
an
influence
over
the
way
in
which
the
IDP
is
structured
and
works
in
practice.
I
think
that
would
help
diversity
is
a
word
that
can
be
very
useful
in
helping
shape
the
way
in
which
decisions
get
taken.
Thank
you
very
much.
Thank.
T
A
U
Thank
you
for
the
opportunities
to
speak.
My
name
is
Liz
Britton
I'm,
a
candidate
for
Boston
City
Council
from
district
9
in
Allston
Brighton.
We
have
a
housing
crisis
all
across
the
city,
but
in
Austin
Brighton
we
have
a
particular
situation,
is
of
a
great
concern.
We
are
building
thousands
and
thousands
of
new
units
of
housing.
Most
of
it
is
in
the
form
of
studios
and
one
bedrooms
with
very
little
family
size
units
being
built
and
we're
not
those
those
apartment.
Buildings
don't
have
amenities
that
are
enhance
the
lives
of
families
and
children.
U
U
We
have
as
many
someone
who's
owned
recently
said,
the
we
have
a
waitlist
and
our
CDC
of
17,000
people
waiting
for
housing
and
Austin
Brighton,
and
we
we
really
need
to
do
something
very
urgently
to
reverse
the
situation
and
have
more
deeply
affordable
housing
and
actually
to
increase
the
IDP
to
20%.
Thank
you.
V
My
name
is
Laurie
her
Lobos
I'm,
a
resident
of
Dorchester
I,
was
born
and
raised.
There
I
lived
in
Auckland
for
a
long
time
and
saw
the
devastating
effects
of
displacement
out
there
and
and
was
forced
to
come
back
home
where
I
could
stay
with
family.
Well,
I
got
back
on
my
feet.
I
did
finally
find
an
apartment
in
Dorchester,
which
I'm
very
grateful
for
for,
after
being
housing
and
stable
for
about
five
years
and
I'm
happy
to
be
where
I
grew
up.
My
intention
is
to
stay.
V
I
have
deep
ties
to
my
community,
particularly
the
values
in
my
community
or
what
I
learned,
which
is
to
look
out
for
each
other
and
care
for
each
other
and
share
your
resources
right,
because
it
might
be
you
the
next
month.
It's
a
little
bit
short.
All
that
said,
I
don't
have
a
lot
to
add
I
think.
But
you
know
to
the
points
that
people
have
made
already.
V
Primarily
the
housing
should
be
built
and
affordable
for
the
people
who
live
here
now.
We
all
know
that
there's
a
crisis
there's
a
displacement
crisis.
My
neighbors
are
being
forced
out
a
lot
of
my
family
members
can't
afford
to
live
in
the
city,
anymore,
friends
who
even
work
for
the
city,
yes
their
past
their
their
10
years,
but
I
can't
afford
to
live
in
the
city.
The
the
idea,
the
current
IDP
policy
at
70%
a.m.
I
think
I'm
getting
this
right
right.
V
It
does
it's
not
affordable
for
the
people
who
need
it
so
primarily
I
want
to
say
we
need
to
build.
This
policy
needs
to
be
able
to
provide
housing
for
the
people
who
live
here
now.
It
should
match
the
incomes
and
needs
of
the
residents
of
Boston,
most
people
in
Boston
all
right.
At
least
I
know
in
Dorchester,
most
people
make
under
$50,000
a
year.
Is
that
correct?
V
That's
correct
for
Boston
as
well
I
believe
so
why
do
we
have
a
policy
that
is
based
on
an
ami
that
doesn't
reflect
the
incomes
of
people
in
Boston?
You
talked
about
needing
like
bold
solutions.
The
bold
solution
is
to
be
bold,
like
create
an
IDP
policy
that
addresses
the
needs
of
the
people
who
live
here.
Yes,
more
people
are
going
to
be
moving
into
the
city,
but
if
we
don't
match
those
needs,
then
you're
gonna
create
a
whole
different.
V
Boston
you're
gonna
create
a
Boston
that
is
not
for
working
people
that
continues
to
push
out
working-class
communities,
particularly
communities
of
color,
and
that's
not
the
community
I
want
to
live
in.
Although
I
do
want
to
live
here,
but
I
probably
will
be
pushed
out.
So
please
be
bold.
I
think
that
at
least
a
third
of
the
housing
in
in
Boston
should
be
actually
affordable
and
it
should
be
affordable
at
the
40%
AMI.
That's
what
most
residents
make
us
the
greatest
need.
So
that's
what
we
should
do
so
thank
you.
W
Jacqueline,
yes,
Ian.
Thank
you.
I
was
fortunate
enough
to
attend
the
first
hearing
that
you
had
for
City
Council,
and
one
thing
you
Lydia
that
you
said
was
make
sure
that
the
City
Council
is
part
of
the
changes
and
I
just
want
to
say
I.
Thank
you
for
that
and
I
reiterate
that
I
want
you
to
do
that
too,
and
also
the
neighborhoods,
and
the
other
thing
that
has
struck
me
is
that
there
there
must
be
other
ways
besides
waiting
for
developers
to
want
to
build
something
to
fund
housing
there.
W
A
X
So
very
quickly,
my
name
is
John.
Waukee
I
worked
at
an
organization
called
green
roots,
I've
been
a
15
year
resident
of
East,
Boston
and
I
would
reiterate
a
lot
of
what's
been
said
here.
The
map
that
you've
just
been
handled
handed
out
is
that
famous
HUD,
fair
market
rate
area
that
we've
been
talking
about
and
it's
a
gerrymandered
green
blob
along
the
east
coast
with
a
tendril
going
out
and
you'll
notice.
It
very
assiduously
avoids
communities
like
Lawrence,
Lowell,
Fitchburg,
Worcester
Brockton,
yes,
so
of
the
twenty
lowest
income.
X
Municipalities
in
the
in
the
Commonwealth
zero
are
within
this
green
area.
Last
the
this
is
I
believe
from
2018
data
2017.
We
had
three,
the
lowest
at
the
top
twenty
three
of
them
were
in
this
area
this
and
then
last
year.
None
of
them
are
in
this
area.
So
basically
the
ami
is
sort
of
acting
as
a
ringer
to
wring
out
low-income
people
from
eastern
Massachusetts
from
this
green
area.
X
X
Well,
there's
a
massive
wealth
inequity
going
on
in
Boston
as
one
of
the
ground
zeroes
of
this
across
the
country,
and
that's
because
our
federal
government
has
stopped
taxing
corporations
and
the
wealthy
and
they've
stopped
of
the
money
they
do
collect
they've
stopped
giving
it
to
things
like
HUD,
so
we
don't
have
the
money
to
put
into
the
programs
that
we've
been
doing
for
years.
So
we
need
to
think
of
some
other
way
to
get
at.
You
know.
Why
do
you
rob
banks,
because
that's
where
the
money
is?
X
Y
Hi
any
mate,
my
name
is
Chelsea.
Green
I
am
a
proud,
Austin
resident
and
I'm
a
graduate
student
at
Harvard's
Department
of
Government
I'm
here
to
emphasize
two
key
points.
The
first
is
that
the
goal
of
the
IDP
should
be
to
preserve
the
quality
and
variety
of
housing
available
for
Boston
residents.
The
second
is
that
the
best
way
to
do
that
is
to
tip
the
scales
of
developer
calculations
toward
keeping
IDP
units
as
IDP
over
contributing
toward
a
general
idd
fund.
Y
The
proposed
IDP
policy
changes
rely
upon
developers,
making
decisions
based
on
several
kinds
of
calculations.
Is
it
more
popular?
Is
it
more
profitable
to
keep
my
IDP
units
designated
as
IDP
and,
in
fact,
IDP,
or
is
it
more
profitable
for
me
to
contribute
to
the
IDP
fund?
And
there
are
lots
of
factors
that
go
into
this,
including
and
it's
whether
you
know
paying
this
won't
endure,
and
this
went
on
$380,000
for
like
a
though
nay
unit
is
worth
it.
So
how
much
you
anticipate
charging
for
rent
the
rate?
Y
Wouldn't
you
anticipate
the
market
is
going
to
go
up
over
the
coming
decades
and,
of
course,
how
long
you're
going
to
be
alive
to
own
the
building
and
I
built
a
simple
model
on
my
walk
over
here,
calculating
that
it
would
take
very
conservatively
between
15
and
20
years,
for
it's
become
more
profitable
to
basically
contribute
to
this
IDP
fund
over
just
keeping
the
IDP
unit.
Low-Income.
Y
The
problem
with
this
is
that
the
2018
IDP
report
shows
that
the
quality
and
the
variety
of
housing
provided
in
by
the
fund
versus
what
is
actually
available
to
residents
it
just
doesn't
even
compare
particularly
with
regards
to
location,
and
so
my
main
suggestion
basically
today
is
to
you
elected
representatives
to
raise
those
contributions
per
unit
for
zones,
a
B
and
C
by
a
significant
amount
and
again
taking
into
account
various
very
various
calculations.
You
could
come
up
with
models
to
kind
of
simulate.
Y
Z
My
name
is
David
I'm,
East,
Boston
resident
for
since
1985
also
the
same
apartment
and
back
in
his
70s.
We
had
problem
back
in
80s.
We
had
the
same
problem,
but
previous
administration
had
a
project
on
South
Bremen
Street.
It
was
1,500
unit.
According
to
the
previous
administration,
I
was
on
every
meeting
they
had
and
they
agreed
500
of
those
goes
to
low,
affordable
housing.
Z
Today
we
don't
know
what
affordable
housing
is.
I
did
my
own
homework
later
on
there
and
I
find
out
that
some
people
who
do
the
math
they
are
greedy
for
the
own
pocket.
What
they
did
was
they
took
the
executive
of
a
fidelity
and
part-time
investment
who
makes
over
25,000
mmm
25
million
a
year
and
add
my
low
income
and
a
time
I'm
in
a
construction
I
get
laid
off
to
his,
and
that
became
ami.
How
do
we
justify
that?
Z
Most
of
them
live
in
New,
Hampshire
Maine
and
they
have
fidelity,
give
him
the
right
to
the
city.
Take
the
only
work
in
this
city
collect
our
taxes
and
they're
pushing
us
out.
So
there
are
other
issues
in
Spartan.
Is
people
cannot
asleep
on
wake
up?
A
next
day
and
the
rent
go
thousand
dollar
increase.
Z
Now
my
suggestion
is
for
East
Boston.
We
can
apply
it
and
see
if
that
works,
he
can
be
affected
to
the
other
part
of
a
city,
Roxbury
Dorchester,
Mary,
Pam,
bright
and
Alston.
The
people
who
were
around
before
this
new
city
canceled
know
that
we
never
have
this
crisis
unless
permit
was
given.
Why
do
city
council
does
not
hold
the
permit
until
they
delivered
that
30
percent
of
affordable
housing
I'm?
Not
blaming
you
guys,
it's
just
another
tool
in
your
tool.
Bag
can
be
used.
However,
in
order
for
them
to
say
yeah.
Z
We
made
them
how
many
people
of
us
families
are
single
guy
and
in
either
one
suitcase
I
have
drawers
and
stuff
to
keep
coming
to
those
condos
they're
building.
If
you
look
at
each
Boston
again,
they
take
in
a
prime
land
on
a
front
waterfront
property
and
they're.
Just
building
luxury
condos
I
need
the
apartment
I'm
getting
evicted
by
Thursday
in
a
housing
court.
I
don't
need
to
catch
up
with
the
Joneses,
so
does
thousand
people
in
East
Boston.
Another
thing:
cities
wasting
the
money
is
the
eversource.
Z
In
East
Boston,
they
bring
in
a
high-voltage
power
line
which,
before
city
council
got
elected,
I
was
in
the
first
meeting
that
power
line
coming
from
shore
to
City
Council
next
to
the
fish
company
is
a
pure
ammonia
tank
in
there
I
did
it
I
proved
it.
If
that
line
blew
up
I,
don't
think
anyone
can
survive
the
East
Boston
I'm,
an
electrician
and
I
know
the
high
voltage
is
very
strong
if
the
Massachusetts
or
rest
of
the
city,
they
should
take
that
power
and
put
it
into
the
Massport
property.
Z
That's
how
ours
our
community
can
survive,
also
keep
building
all
these
condos.
Where
is
anybody
know
what
the
dimension
of
the
condos
are?
Ninety
nine
Summer
Street,
where
is
the
dimension
of
the
condos?
Is
it
ready?
Is
it
been
rise
from
a
street
level
26
feet
as
we
know,
the
water
is
rising
and
nobody
wants
to
pay
attention
to
that.
Thank
you
very
much.
Everyone
thank.
A
AA
I'm
Elizabeth,
Charney
and
I
live
in
Jamaica,
Plain
I'm
a
lucky
to
be
a
homeowner.
If
I
didn't
own
a
home
now,
I
wouldn't
be
able
to
afford
one
in
Boston
I'm
involved
with
the
Stony
Brook
Neighborhood
Association
and
I'm
very
caring
about
the
housing
crisis
that
we're
going
through,
and
some
other
people
here
are
all
about:
affordable
housing
which
I
applaud.
However,
I
look
very
young
but
I
want
to
tell
you
I
know
it
was
our
very
own
Senator
Edward
Brooke,
who
pushed
through
the
public
housing
because
his
dad
said
to
him.
AA
25
percent
of
your
budget
has
to
go
towards
housing,
and
so
that
was
the
beginning
of
our
public
and
subsidized
housing,
which
is
important.
So
when
I
hear
that
people
are
paying
50
to
70
percent
of
their
salaries
to
house
themselves,
it's
very
scary:
how
are
they
contributing
to
the
economy?
How
are
they
paying
their
health
bills
for
the
children?
How
are
they
getting
their
car
fixed?
How
are
they
going
to
school?
It
goes
on
and
on.
You
want
us
to
contribute
to
the
economy
than
we
have
to
pay
an
affordable
rent.
AA
I
also
would
like
to
remind
the
Boston
Redevelopment
Authority
in
the
Boston
Planning
Division.
That
Boston
does
have
a
sad
history
of
displacing
people.
The
most
I
came
to
Boston
I
joke
about
being
an
import
because
I
came
for
college
and
the
first
thing
I
heard
about
which
was
before
I
arrived
was
the
West
End,
which
continues
to
have
repercussions
today
when
we
demolished
a
neighborhood
and
built
two
towers.
AA
It's
almost
embarrassing
to
me
to
go
to
a
city
like
Denver,
and
then
they
have
this
absolutely
gorgeous
area
that
was
industrialized,
that
they
renovated
preserved
the
building
and
turned
it
into
retail
business
residences
and
it's
gorgeous
and
you
can
park
and
do
business
and
go
to
restaurants
there.
So
that's
important!
Thank
you.
So
much
for
your
time.
Thank.
AB
AB
My
name
is
Timothy
ney
and
I
want
to
thank
you
for
having
this
hearing
in
the
evening.
It
makes
it
very
convenient
for
working
people
I'm
a
resident
of
the
Fenway
I've
watched
the
development
there
for
17
years
as
a
husband
as
a
as
a
parent
as
a
working
artist
and
the
last
couple
of
years
I've
been
doing
an
oral
history
of
the
Fenway
and
it
wasn't
an
intended
theme.
But
the
reoccurring
theme
and
talking
to
longer-term
residents
in
the
Fenway
and
also
younger
residents
is
displacement.
AB
Enough
has
been
said
in
terms
of
what
we're
Boston
is
gone,
we're
obviously
in
in
probably
the
third
largest
economic
boom
in
history,
the
the
Industrial
Revolution,
the
filling
of
the
Back
Bay
and
and
now
what
we
have
looked
at
the
the
2018
IDP
report
and
I
commend
the
agency
and
the
city
for
issuing
that
report.
It
has
very
good
statistics
and
a
vision
for
the
future,
but
with
53
to
69
thousand
units
planned
by
2030,
or
at
least
what
the
mayor
has
requested
and
only
15820
of
those
being
income
restricted.
AB
Is
that
sufficient,
when
the
waiting
list
in
Alston
and
Brighton
is
17,000?
I
would
like
to
leave
to
two
points
from
from
from
my
thinking.
One
is
that
the
the
agency,
since
the
word
planning
has
now
been
added
to
the
PRA,
is
that
there
needs
to
be
planning
where
we
aggregate
information
and
not
look
at
each
development
under
one
article,
eighty
public
hearing,
because
it's
very
very
narrow,
single
vision
in
terms
of
looking
at
Boston's
development.
AB
AB
And
we
have
we've
seen
that,
with
with
escapes
recent
investments
in
Boston,
we've
seen
finding
financial
vehicles
from
Chinese
financing
coming
to
build
large
blood
structures,
and
we
should
remember
that
right
now,
the
borrowing
costs
are
currently
lower
than
any
time
in
the
founding
of
the
US.
Since
the
Federal
Reserve
Bank
was
formed
in
1913.
So
so.
Raising
the
amount
of
the
of
the
ITP
contribution
in
this
environment
and
in
the
future
environment
is
not
going
to
denigrate
the
the
development
of
Boston.
AB
K
AC
A
AC
I'm,
a
resident
of
a
high-end
jp9
unit,
condo
association
with
one
affordable
unit,
one
affordable
unit
is
better
than
none,
but
one
is
not
enough.
I'm,
a
member
of
surge
Boston
showing
up
for
racial
justice,
I,
don't
like
being
the
last
speaker
because
I
don't
feel
like
I
have
I'm
gonna
give
the
macro
view.
The
macro
view
is:
we
need
more
affordable
housing.
Nobody
in
this
room
wants
to
live
in
an
all-white
city.
We
want
the
diversity
of
workers
that
live
here.
A
community
is
made
up
of
people
who
live
here
and
who
work
here.
AC
AC
All
of
us
are
enriched
by
living
with
people
who
have
different
lived
experiences
than
we
do
and
I
got
to
say
some
of
these
new
condos
that
are
being
thrown
up
or
just
plain
ugly,
they're,
throwing
them
up
fast
and
they're,
not
checking
with
the
communities
to
see
if
it.
If
they
are
a
benefit,
they
have
no
character.
There's
a
box
on
Birla's
Street,
and
you
make
a
plain
that
is
awful.
It's
just
awful.
AC
We
want
diversity
in
our
neighborhoods,
both
in
our
workforce
and
our
residents.
There
was
a
recent
study
that
8%
$8
is
the
wealth
of
a
typical
blight
of
the
mean
of
a
black
family
in
Boston,
two
hundred
and
forty
thousand
dollars.
It's
the
mean
income
or
wealth
of
a
white
family.
How
are
we
going
to
have
a
community
with
any
diversity
of
color
if
we
don't
have
more,
affordable
housing?
Thank
you.
A
AD
Brief,
madam
chair,
and
that's
always
a
good
good
to
see
you
and
thank
you
and
council
Flynn
for
co-sponsoring,
as
well
as
our
colleagues
for
attending
and
particularly
kudos
to
your
great
work
on
these
very
critical
issues,
a
longtime
work
on
these
critical
issues.
So,
as
folks
know,
our
city
is
experiencing
an
era
of
unprecedented
growth
and
development.
All
of
my
colleagues,
but
particularly
my
colleagues
representing
cell
bus
and
then
trying
to
attend
liked,
council,
Flynn
and
and
also
East
Boston
and
Charles
sound
like
councilor
redwoods.
AD
They
hear
it
every
day
whether
it's
through
calls
and
emails
to
their
office
at
community
meetings,
coffee
shops,
restaurants
in
the
districts
that
development
is,
is
taking
its
toll
on
many
residents.
So
a
lot
of
our
residents
are
unable
to
afford
the
rents,
they're
unable
to
buy
homes
and
condominiums,
or
simply
be
able
to
afford
the
rising
property
taxes
on
homes
that
they've
lived
in
for
decades.
So
the
city's
inclusionary
zoning
policy
is
probably
our
best
tool
and
our
best
leverage
against
private
development
to
build
affordable
units.
AD
The
policy
makes
significant
contributions
to
our
affordable
housing
stock.
It's
also
currently
being
evaluated
for
some
policy
updates
in
evaluating
the
updates
to
the
IDP
citywide.
We
also
need
to
have
conversations
about
policy
compliance
they've
been
instances
where
projects
have
violated
the
IDP
requirements
resulting
in
permanent
loss
of
designated
affordable
units
I'm
also
looking
forward
to
having
a
conversation
with
the
BPD
AD&D
members
of
the
local
Community
Development
Corporation's
housing
advocate.
AD
If
there's
others,
that's
how
we
can
make
updates
to
the
IDP
and
to
ensure
that
we're
building
enough
affordable
housing
I'm
also
looking
forward
to
hearing
about
how
we
can
better
ensure
policy
compliance
so
that
through
the
Cherry.
Thank
you
for
the
opportunity
look
forward
to
hearing
additional
testimony
as
well
as
hearing
from
the
administration
and
our
other
Thank
You
counselor.
Thank.
A
You
so
we're
just
just
wanted
to
make
sure,
because
I
think
we
have
a
lot
of
questions
for
the
administration,
but
I.
Also,
we
have
a
second
panel
after
this
and
just
to
let
folks
know
we
are
going
to
continue
public
transit
as
well,
so
we
had
about
20
people
testify
we're
gonna
go
to
the
administration
and
then
we're
gonna
continue
on
with
our
panel
of
advocates
and
again,
thank
you
for
those
who
are
here
tonight
to
voice
your
opinion.
AE
You
councillor
Edwards,
and
it's
it's
a
pleasure
to
be
here
and
I,
really
want
to
thank
the
City
Council
for
having
this
hearing
tonight
and
I.
I
was
also
want
to
thank
the
advocates
and
the
general
public
for
coming
out.
It's
a
you
know
it's
a
day
after
it's
after
work
and
people
are
here
because
they
really
care
about
the
city
and
they
care
about
affordable
housing
and
a
lot
of
the
comments.
AE
We're
taking
good
notes
and
those
comments
are
going
to
be
important
and
the
timing
is
good
too,
as
we
look
at
this
policy
just
want
to
very
briefly
and
I
won't
talk
for
very
long,
but,
as
many
of
you
know,
we've
all
been
working
very
hard
on
our
affordable
housing
issues
in
the
city
of
Boston.
We
do
have
a
plan
to
create
more
housing
because
we
have
a
housing
shortage,
but
we
need
to
make
sure
that
a
lot
of
that
housing
is
affordable
to
a
range
of
incomes.
AE
Our
hope
is
that,
at
the
end
of
our
housing
plan
that
we
have
created,
69
thousand
new
units
and
16
thousand
of
those
are
affordable
and
you
add
those
to
the
existing,
affordable
housing
that
we
have
in
the
city.
The
deed,
restricted
units
will
have
70,000
units
of
affordable,
a
deed,
restricted
housing
in
the
city
and
I
know,
affordability
is
debated
so,
let's
say
deed,
restricted
below-market.
AE
If
we
right
now
in
the
city
of
Boston,
about
20%
of
our
housing
stock
is
deed,
restricted
in
below
market
27%
of
our
rental
stock
and
I
am
very,
very
acute,
I'm,
acutely
aware
that
we
don't
have
enough,
then
we
need
to
keep
going.
We
need
to
develop
policies
that
will
allow
us
to
build
more
and
have
more,
but
it
is
a
it's
a
very
good
percentage
given
compared
to
other
cities
in
the
United,
States
and
I.
Think
we
can
thank
many
of
the
people
in
the
room
for
that.
AE
AE
So
we've
had
to
put
a
lot
of
resources
to
keeping
those
units
affordable,
I'm,
going
to
him
hand
this
over
to
my
colleague,
Tim
Davis
who's,
going
to
talk
about
the
mechanics
of
the
IDP
policy,
where
the
BP
da
is
in
evaluating
this
very
important
policy
and
then
I'm
going
to
talk
some
about
the
cash
that
we
are
receiving
through
the
policy
and
how
it's
being
spent.
So
Tim
I'm
going
to
turn
this
over
to
you
and
then
take
it
back.
Thank.
AF
You
chief
tilling
I'm,
Tim
Davis
I'm,
the
housing
policy
manager
to
Boston
Planning
and
Development
Agency.
As
you
know,
the
inclusionary
development
policy
or
IDP
was
first
created
in
2000
mayor
Walsh
made
major
updates
the
program
in
December
2015,
including
Inc
creases,
to
off-site
and
payout
requirements.
The
IDP
currently
applies
to
any
proposed
residential
project
that
has
10
or
more
units,
requires
zoning
relief,
as
financed
by
the
city
or
built
on
on
property
owned
by
the
city,
and
that
includes
B
PDA
owned
parcels.
AF
Through
this
program
developers
create
income
restricted
units
with
their
own
private
funds.
Expanding
our
ability
to
meet
the
housing
needs
of
Boston
residents
developers
can
meet
their
IDP
requirements
through
one
of
three
ways
through
units
within
the
project,
scattered
throughout
the
building
to
the
creation
of
off-site
units
near
the
project
or
through
a
contribution
to
the
IDP
fund,
which
is
managed
by
Sheila
Dylan's
office
of
the
Department
of
Neighborhood
Development
and
which
is
combined
with
other,
affordable
housing
resources.
AF
Since
the
inception
of
the
program
over
2,600
on-site
and
off-site
encumber
Street
restrictive
units
have
been
completed.
They
these
units
can
be
found
in
almost
neighborhood
neighboring
neighborhood
in
the
city
that
are
concentrated
where
we
are
seeing
the
most
development,
including
downtown
the
South
Boston
waterfront,
South
Boston,
and
the
family
of
these
units.
25%
are
condominiums
and
75
rentals.
In
addition,
there
are
another
800
units
in
construction,
well,
less
than
10%
of
IDP
and
on-site
and
off-site
units
are
off-site.
AF
Another
seaport
developer
is
supporting
a
55
unit,
elderly
project
Jason
to
the
nm
Lynch
Homes,
also
in
South
Boston.
We
are
also
using
off-site
commitments
to
rebuild
22
units
of
public
housing
in
East
Boston
and
to
secure
the
long-term
tendencies
of
an
affordability
of
97
units
in
the
South
End
and
lower
Roxbury.
Without
this
program,
all
97
families
faced
imminent
rent
increases
an
eventual
displacement.
AF
Well,
the
IDP
has
been
very
successful.
It
is
a
policy
and
is
not
currently
part
of
zoning.
For
this
reason,
we
have
a
Home
Rule
petition
before
you
that
have
passed
by
this
body
and
the
state
legislature
will
allow
us
to
incorporate
the
policy
into
our
zoning
code,
thus
preserving
future
opportunities
to
secure
commitments
for
market
rate
developers
to
support
Boston's
housing
needs.
Even
before
we
enact
this
legislation,
however,
we
are
undergoing
to
review
the
policy
as
we
promised
back
in
2015.
AF
AE
These
funds
are
combined
with
other,
affordable
housing
resources
and
are
used
across
the
city.
The
money
is
made
available
through
a
competitive
request
for
proposals
and
nonprofits
and
for-profits
apply
for
this
funding
since
D&D
took
over
management
of
the
fund
over
2000
well,
not
over,
but
2137
units
of
affordable
housing
has
been
funded
with
IDP
revenue.
Recent
examples
of
these
projects.
AE
We
cut
ribbons
very
very
recently,
in
fact
last
week
on
the
tread
mark
in
Dorchester,
where
we
funded
51
low-income
units,
and
there
was
also
four
on
on-site
IDP
units
in
the
market
rate
portion
of
the
building
and
the
Union
located
downtown.
Where
46
units
have
been
completed
for
people
who
have
experienced
homelessness,
the
we
are
able
to
reach
lower
incomes
when
we
use
the
funding
these.
AE
When
we
look
at
the
range-
and
it
was
in
the
BPD
A's
2018
IDP
report,
70%
of
the
units
created
with
the
funding-
are
serving
households
making
between
twenty
two
thousand
and
sixteen
dollars
a
year,
we're
also
using
IDP
for
the
acquisition
acquisition
opportunity
program
where
nonprofits
are
buying
existing,
tended
buildings
and
converting
them
into
long-term,
affordable
housing
in
preserving
the
tenants.
So
it's
a
it's
a
fabulous
program.
We
would
be
lost
without
it
right
now.
It's
we
are
using
the
funds.
Well,
we
are
monitoring
the
units
that
are
created.
AE
A
B
AE
AF
B
You
Tim
the
current
IDP
is
13
percent
for
projects
that
have
10
units
and
more
is
there
room
to
change
those
parameters?
Can
we
look
at
increasing
IDP
to
somewhere
around,
maybe
20%
lowering
the
threshold
for
IDP
requirements
that
developers
would
say
sixty
six
units
would
also
need
to
have
IDP.
What
are
some
of
your
thoughts
about
that.
AF
So
we're
going
to
see
what
the
financial
feasibility
analysis
brings
us
before.
We
make
any
specific
commitments
as
to
the
percentage.
However,
we
are,
and
I
am
very
interested
in
resetting
the
triggering
to
a
lower
unit
count
and
we're
looking
at
how
we
might
implement
that.
With
this
very
smallest
projects.
B
AE
The
real
houses
are
located
in
Chinatown
and
D,
and
DS
been
working
with
the
residents
of
Chinatown
some
of
the
nonprofits
to
build
a
significant
amount
of
affordable
housing
in
Chinatown.
We
need
to
advance
that
that
pipeline.
We
are
hoping
that
multiple
projects
located
in
Chinatown
come
into
our
funding
round.
This
fall.
We
are
pushing
the
developers
to
do
so
because
we,
we
will
always
want
a
healthy
pipeline
of
projects
in
Chinatown
in
every
neighborhood,
but
especially
Chinatown.
AE
We
have
met
with
the
Chinatown
Land
Trust,
the
BP
da
to
talk
about
the
row
houses
and
because
their
per
unit
cost
is
so
high.
We
are
looking
to
try
to
find
an
off-site
obligation
from
a
downtown
developer
to
see
if
they
can't
be
acquired
by
the
Chinatown
land
trust
some
of
them
buy
the
Chinatown
land
trust.
Thank.
B
You
Sheila
and
I
appreciate
you
hard
work
and
they
say
the
opportunity
to
visit
for
that
press
conference
with
council
Authority
in
yourself
several
several
weeks
ago.
So
thank
you
for
your
leadership.
Thank
you
to
the
mayor's
leadership
to
CPA,
but
also
to
our
council
fiery
as
well.
Thank
You,
council,
Edwards.
A
AD
AF
I
was
not
prepared
today
to
bring
the
exact
names
of
those
projects
and
the
owners
of
those
projects.
However,
I
can
say
that
one
of
the
things
that
has
been
kind
of
a
important
for
us
in
this
administration
is
to
move
from
an
old
system
that
was
an
Access
database
that
barely
had
all
the
information
we
needed
in
it
and
a
documentation
system
that
was
not
in
the
21st
century
either.
AF
So
the
reason
we
identified
some
of
these
projects
was
actually
through
our
efforts
to
clean
up
our
books
to
clean
up
and
increase
our
data
systems
and
make
them
more
clear,
and
we
found
some
very
old
projects
where
there's
probably
no
opportunity
to
get
those
units,
but
there
was
a
16
projects
we
found
initially,
and
there
was
probably
a
total
of
about
36
units
between
those
16.
So
these
were
all
very
small
projects
with
two
units
each
we
have
now.
AF
We
have
resolved
nine
of
them
now
that
are
either
completely
in
compliance
or
in
the
marketing
process.
We
have
six
that
are
still
that
are
out
of
compliance,
and
we
have
four
that
we
consider
right
offs
because
of
foreclosures
and
other
situations
on
the
owners,
so
as
we've
gone
through,
that
means
that
we've
also
just
added,
because
there's
always
going
to
be
something
out
of
compliance.
AF
Three,
that's
from
legal,
that's
actually
a
it's
a
legal
action,
so
we've
moved
to
a
process
where
we
are
trying
to
make
sure
that
these
don't
happen
in
the
future.
There
will
always
be
developers
who
will
seek
to
either
skirt
the
rules,
but
we
think
that
this
is
really
an
improvement
on
our
part.
Over
the
last
year,.
AD
AF
AD
AD
AD
At
a
recent
working
session
to
discuss
Mayor
Walsh's
Home
Rule
petition
around
the
linkage
and
increases
to
the
linkage
formula.
During
that
working
session,
the
IDP
came
up
and
at
the
hearing
we
heard
that
it
would
be
challenging
or
close
to
impossible
to
track
projects
by
developers
sort
of
portfolio
of
projects.
Can
you
explain
maybe
how?
How
is
that
the
case
so.
AF
Each
a
developer
may
have
multiple
LLC's
working
on
different
projects
they
in
within
that
LLC
they
may
have
different
investors
and
in
each
LLC,
is
also
being
financed
separately,
usually
by
a
different
lender,
and
so
the
lender
and
their
investors
are
looking
at
each
project
and
whether
or
not
it
is
viable.
So
for
us
to
go
after
each
project
is
actually
better
than
trying
to
go
after
a
project
after
they
trigger
a
certain
number.
So
that's
why
I
think
we're
more
open
to
lowering
the
the
unit
trigger
than
we
are
to
doing
a
portfolio.
AD
Open
a
new
episode,
we
can
use
a
couple
models.
We
have
the
casino
model
if
you
will
lick
a
license
model,
even
assume.
To
probably
be
the
marijuana
license,
is
where
you
have
to
disclose.
You
know
your
background.
Your
investors
what-have-you
so
I'd
like
to
see
the
BPD
a
move
in
that
direction.
The
required
developers
to
the
SCO's
who
they're
LLC's
are
and
who's
behind
the
curtain.
If
you
will
just
for
full
disclosure
and
transparency.
Thank
you
and
obviously
I
am
a
supporter
of
evaluating
the
amount
of
units
that
trigger
the
IDP
requirement.
AD
So
I'm
hopeful,
I
speak
for
myself.
I
think
the
body
would
agree
is
along
with
you
guys
that
you
know
we're
open
to
lowering.
You
know
the
the
amount
of
units
enjoy
using
a
sliding
scale.
I
mean
we're
conundrum
right
now
in
South
Boston
we're
talking
about
when
we,
the
Broadway,
it
has
to
be
rezone.
Dand.
There's
some
discussion
about
increasing
the
height
of
Broadway,
which
is
the
last
thing
the
neighborhood
wants.
AD
The
neighborhood
feels
that
it's
over
developed,
they're
sort
of
heightened
density
I
would
rather
have
a
sliding
scale
where
we
can
accomplish
the
sort
of
the
same
goals
without
allowing
people
to
have
to
put
another
floor
or
two
one
on
the
building,
so
again
food
for
thought
on
that
as
well.
And,
finally,
if
you
could
provide
us
with
information
with
respect
to
the
the
number
of
units
built
at
each
ami
level,
okay,
give
us
a
sense
of
sort
of
what's
happening.
Citywide.
AE
AD
AD
AF
A
D
I
want
to
thank
the
makers
once
again
for
convening
this
important
conversation.
Obviously
thank
the
panel
and
all
the
advocates
for
being
here.
Just
a
couple
of
questions
and
I
apologize
I
will
have
to
slip
out.
I
have
another
commitment,
but
very
anxious
to
hear
more
testimony
from
the
public
and
the
second
panel
I'm
sorry
to
miss
the
second
panel,
so
we'll
be
looking
at
the
tape.
So
when
you
opened
up,
you
talked
about
what
would
trigger
IDP
and
I
support
my
colleagues
and
their
their
efforts
to
look
at
increasing
the
percentage.
D
I
think
that's
very
important.
I,
don't
think
13%
is
enough,
so
I
would
certainly
support
looking
at
how
to
increase
that,
as
well
as
the
trigger
looking
at
a
lower
trigger.
So
but
currently
it's
10
units
or
more
right,
and
then
you
gave
some
other
parameters
doesn't
need
zoning
relief.
What
were
the
others?
It.
D
AF
AF
Over
a
number
of
years,
95%
of
projects
with
10
or
more
units
require
zoning
relief.
Over
the
last
year,
our
agency
has
only
approved
one.
Our
agency
looks
at
the
projects
that
are
15
units
or
over
in
terms
of
development
review.
There's
only
been
one
that
was
zoning
compliant.
That
was
that
we
approved,
although
there
are
two
more
that
are
in
the
pipeline
right
now,
out
of
the
numerous
projects
that
we
approve
and
I'm
giving
you
mm-hmm.
D
And
you're,
looking
to
you're
collecting
public
comment
in
terms
of
making
recommendations.
Where
are
you
now
in
terms
of
your
recommendations?
Are
there
a
couple
of
things
that
you
know
will
come
out
of
this
process
already
like
these
ideas
around
increasing
the
percentage
or
lowering
the
trigger
yeah.
AF
AF
Probably
over
the
next
month,
or
so,
we
also
have
a
Technical
Advisory
Committee
that
we
formed
that
includes
pickets
and
developers
both
to
kind
of
help
us
review
both
that
how
that
model
looks
like
and
then
also
the
results
and
we're
having
the
first
meeting
of
that
technical
advisory
committee,
this
Friday,
so
we're
moving
through
that
process.
I
think
that
I
think
that
there
is
a
consensus
that
we
certainly
want
to
look
at
the
triggering
in
terms
of
the
number
of
units.
AF
D
Is
there
an
appetite
to
are
so
many
of
the
folks
who
testified
earlier,
talked
about
the
AMI
and
looking
at
the
threshold
that
we
currently
use
not
being
adequate
or
not
being
the
one
that
we
should
use
here,
because
the
incomes
here
are
much
lower
than
some
of
the
surrounding
towns?
Is
that
also
on
the
table.
K
AE
I
think
part
of
the
review
is
looking
at
as
Tim
said
earlier.
How
much
we
can
stress
market
rate
developments,
and
so
can
we
get
additional
units
and
should
we
keep
the
the
a.m.
eyes
where
they
are
so
I
think
all
of
that
is
on
the
table
councillor
there
is,
you
know
some
people
that
believe
that
this
this,
the
the
incomes
that
we're
using
now
are
serving
populations
that
aren't
able
to
access,
are
more
affordable
development
programs.
D
Right
and
I
think
it
is
important
to
make
sure
that
there
is
something
in
place
for
those
who
don't
qualify
for
some
of
the
deed
restricted,
but
also
making
sure
we've
got
the
right
housing
for
the
different
range
of
incomes
that
we
have
here
and
many
of
whom
cannot
still
afford
the
market
railed
true,
and
so
it
is
important
that
that
we
do
that
in
terms
of
on-site
vs.
off-site.
Is
that
also
in
the
2018
report
like?
Where?
Can
we
find
that
that
information
about
which
projects
have
the
the
on-site
versus
on
on-site?
We.
AF
Don't
have
a
lot
about
a
lot
about
that
in
the
2018
report,
but
I
think
in
the
data
that
we'll
be
bringing
out
as
part
of
the
update
talk
more
about
that
right
now.
Only
7%
of
the
on-site
and
off-site
units
that
have
been
completed
so
far
are
actually
off-site.
That's
a
it's
a
fairly
small
number.
It's
about
160
hundred
80
units
I
think
is
the
total
that
were
created
that
have
been
completed
off-site.
AF
We
do
have
a
number
of
units
that
are
in
our
pipeline
I'm,
including,
like
the
two
elderly
projects,
make
a
big
bulk
of
that
that
I
referred
to
earlier.
So
that's
so
there's
a
fairly
healthy
pipeline
with
all
sites,
I
think
for
us.
We
want
to
look
at
the
balance
of
on-site
vs.
off-site,
but
also
the
balance
between
on-site
and
payouts
to
the
fund,
because
the
fund
obviously
can
do
more
for
lower-income.
Households
can
meet
the
needs
and
neighborhoods
where
we
don't
have
as
much
development
going
on.
AF
So
that's
part
of
our
discussion
as
well
as
how
what
is
the
balance
we
want
to
strike
in
terms
of
contribution
versus
on
site
under
the
2015
policy
revision,
we
actually
have
fewer
developers
painting
to
the
fund
than
we
did
so.
There's
more
them
are
on
site
right
now
than
we
did
in
the
previous
policy.
Thank.
AD
AD
AF
I
can
speak
to
the
offsites
under
our
current
policy,
we're
encouraging
developers
to
do
them
within
one-half.
Mile
of
the
project
under
the
of
the
completed
off-site
units,
I
said
that
7%
of
what
seed
stuff
I
think
it's
60%
I'd
have
to
do
the
math,
but
60%
of
the
off-site
units
now
are
in
the
same
neighborhood
as
the
original
project.
AF
It's
a
little
bit
lower
for
the
ones
are
in
the
pipeline,
but
that's
because
we
have
120
units
that
are
coming
from
the
South
Boston
waterfront
that
are
going
to
South
Boston,
so
they're
not
going
far
away
from
the
neighborhood,
and
we
have.
We
have
62
units
going
from
Back
Bay
to
the
south
end
for
the
preservation
of
Newcastle
saranack.
So
there's,
but
that's
actually
a
half
mile
from
the
project,
but
it's
just
in
a
different
neighborhood
in.
AD
AD
AE
A
To
not
echo
too
much
of
what's
already
been
said,
I
completely
agree
with
I.
Think
one
of
the
folks
who
testified
that
we
need
to
go
bold.
We
need
to
be
big
about
this
and
see
it
as
one
of
the
few
tools
that
we
have
in
the
toolbox,
where
government
is
doing
its
job
to
counter
the
market
forces
and
to
make
sure
that
we're
really
at
the
table
to
drive
them
and
so
I'm
glad
that
the
percentage
is
on
the
table.
I'm
glad
that
I
hope
that
the
a.m.
A
A
Think
100%,
absolutely
Boston,
controlling
its
own
zoning
versus
having
to
go
to
a
to
the
Statehouse,
is,
is
vital
to
this,
for
us
being
able
to
be
nimble
and
being
able
to
adjust
and
move
going
forward
and
I
didn't
hear
too
much
about
whether
the
square
footage
of
IDP
that
is
on
the
table.
I
understand
not
just
looking
at
the
number
of
units,
but
also
looking
at
the
IDP
percentage
square-foot
in
a
building.
My
correct
right.
AF
A
AF
Effectively,
an
implementation,
that's
what
we
also
do.
We
do
also
look
at
square
footage,
but
it's
not
a
clear
part
upfront
of
the
policy,
but
I
am
looking
at
ways
in
which
we
might
use
square
footage
more
prominently
so
that,
for
example,
we
have
a
project
that
has
very
large
units.
We
may
be
able
to
get
more
units
by
allowing
the
developer
to
do
more.
Smaller
units.
AF
I,
don't
mean
small
light
when
I
say
large
I
mean
they're
doing
like
basically
a
house
within
an
apart
within
a
building
like
a
luxury
building,
and
if
they've
got
a
2,000
square
foot
unit,
we
can
do
a
thousand
square
foot
unit.
We
can
do
two
of
those,
so
there's
a
question
about
changing
how
we
look
at
things
a
little
bit
so
that
we
have
more
flexibility
to
maybe
ask
for
more
three-bedroom
units
instead
of
just
looking
at
unit
counts.
AF
A
So,
in
terms
of
other
things
that
I
think
are
necessary
to
go
bold,
have
you
considered
or
will
you
consider
IDP
funds
or
IDP
offsite
units
being
put
on
neighborhood
housing
trusts
or
land
Trust's.
Excuse
me
so
that
there's
an
automatic
partnership
that
you're
driving
between
a
labor'd
land,
trust
and
say
a
developer,
who
wants
to
build
their
affordable
units
off-site
so.
AE
We
I'll
speak
for
the
funding.
We
welcome
putting
money
into
projects
that
are
built
on
land
trusts,
I
mean
we
have
done
that
historically,
with
the
s
and
I
would
love
opportunity
to
work
with
the
Chinatown
Land
Trust.
So
we
would
welcome
that.
We
like
land
trusts,
we
believe
in
them.
So
it's
it's
an
opportunity
we'd
like
to
see
more
of
so.
A
A
A
In
terms
of
I,
think
one
of
the
questions
I
have
had
is
when
people-
and
we
don't
I-
don't
know
if
you
track
this
when
people
are
rejected
for
the
affordable
units,
you
know
my
concern
is
that
they're
being
rejected
for
credit
issues
having
bad
credit
for
prior
evictions,
and
how
do
we
make
sure
that
we
aren't
screening
out
folks
who
need
that?
Second
chance?
Do
we
track
rejections
right
now,
I.
AF
AF
Income
and
asset
eligibility-
or
you
know
other
features,
so
we're
not
looking
at
that
specific
data.
Now
we
are
very
concerned
about
the
issue,
however,
and
we
have
been
working
with
fair
housing.
They
have
some
new
policies,
they've
been
putting
into
the
fair
marketing
process
that
require
that
marketing
agencies
take
into
account
Corie
records
credit
records
and
eviction
records
in
a
more
kind
of
holistic
way.
So
they
don't
just
turn
someone
away
for
that
kind
of
record.
I.
AF
A
I
think
that's
something
that
we
should
consider
as
part
of
tracking
going
forward
and
I
would
just
actually
just
favor
I,
don't
I,
don't
think
that
the
credit
score
should
be
actually
considered
as
part
of
a
person's
eligibility.
So
once
we
have
their
income
once
you
have
certain,
you
know.
Good
housing
data
I
just
want
to
make
sure
that
we're
not
screening
people
out
for
prior
mistakes,
all
right,
I.
AE
Was
talking
to
our
marketing
folks
today,
because
I
saw
that
question
and
I
want
to
know
more
about
it
and,
and
they
said
some
of
the
best
tenants
are
foregoing
paying
other
bills
on
time
to
pay
their
rent.
So
if
their
credit
calm
down,
we
do
give
guidance
around
Corie
and
we
give
guidance
around
how
many
agents
should
look
at
credit.
I
agree
with
Tim
I
think
we
can
I
think
we
can
expand
on
this
work.
Thank.
A
You
so
I'll
keep
within
my
own
five-minute
roll
and
I'm
going
to
invite
up
the
I,
invite
you
to
stay
if
you'd
like
and
for
the
second
panel
to
join
us
at
the
table.
That
includes
Karen
Chen
and
paging,
move
from
the
Chinese
progressive
Association,
Chinese
Chinatown
resident
associations,
Carolyn
Chao
from
the
asian-american
resource
workshop
in
Dorchester,
not
for
sale
in
the
IDP
coalition,
cortina
van
from
Massachusetts,
affordable
housing,
Alliance
and
Jason
de
Rozier
from
the
Austin
Brighton
CDC
Austin
Brighton
coalition,
an
IDP
coalition.
A
K
A
I
AG
On
go,
I
have
some
kaity
gaurin
bingo.
She
know
I
picked
up,
18
young
by
Coco,
Sangha,
mighty
cry
the
home
homes
and
focus
out
Anila
Pechanga,
quick
I,
certain
poon
dong
ho
de
gallo
tell
lies
I
that
insane
cometh
oxide.
That's
here,
come
karate.
Only
right
holy
Tong
Xiao
coming
on
Sunday
went
on
there.
He
was
naughty
tongue.
Sir
he's
a
killer,
kill,
kill,
didn't
like
concea,
come
at
the
time,
a
lot
in
Makkah,
not
a
punch
ow,
because
only
this
out,
you
know
you
what
a
punch
I'll
go
come
and
go
to.
AG
I
In
2015,
I
was
a
victim
of
displacement.
Basically,
the
owner.
First,
a
fake
LLC
bought
103
husbands
in
fine
used
very
using
inhumane
ways
to
evict
us,
including
you
know,
taking
away
Astro.
So
we
can't
cook
dinner
and
then
pull
all
the
wires
in
the
building
and
then
punch
holes
in
the
wall
and
saying
that
in
the
name
of
the
need
for
we
pier
but
really
just
want
us
to
move
out
of
the
building
and
I'm
really
happy
to
share.
My
experience
also
hope
that
you
will
inform
how
do
we
think
about
the
idea?
AG
I
I
My
previously
I
should
have
contributed
to
affordable
housing,
but
he
didn't
have
to
under
the
current
policy
or
if
a
developer
decides
to
you
know
like
buy
some
row
houses
in
Chinatown
instead
of
building,
you
know
having
one
development
you
can
separate
it
so
that
to
avoid
having
any
sort,
affordable
housing,
so
you
know
to
me
you
know
it's
a
loophole
and
I
think
that
four
units
are
four
buildings
in
six
units.
You
know
the
affordable
units
should
be
proportionate
to
the
market
rate
units
that
being
developed.
AG
I
I
AG
AG
I
AG
I
I
hope
that
the
IDP
program
is
a
program
that
you
know
not
just
look
at
developers,
but
really
thinking
about
how
do
we
help
the
community,
the
most
most
vulnerable
population
in
a
community,
and
often
when
we
talk
about
progress
in
society,
is
measure
on
how
well
the
vulnerable
people
are
doing
so.
I
hope
that
you
know
this
program
will
help
address
those
issues.
Thank
you.
AH
Good
evening
my
name's
Jason
de
rocha
and
I'm,
the
manager
of
community
building
and
engagement
at
Alston
Breton,
CDC
Thank
You,
chairperson
Edwards
and
members
of
the
committee
for
the
opportunity
to
testify
today
regarding
docket
number
0
144
order
for
a
hearing
to
discuss
the
inclusionary
development
policy
and
affordable
housing
and
speak
to
the
urgent
need
for
a
stronger
inclusionary
development
policy.
For
the
past
38
years,
Alston
Brighton
CDC
has
been.
It
has
been
dedicated
to
opening
doors
for
all
some
brighton
residents.
AH
Our
various
program
areas
strive
to
make
the
neighborhood
a
thriving
community
and
to
create
opportunities
for
individuals
and
families
to
achieve
their
own
piece
of
the
American
dream.
Over
the
years,
Alston
Brighton
CDC
has
developed
a
portfolio
506,
affordable
housing
units
opening
doors,
Alston
Brighton,
so
that
the
community
remains
to
be
a
stable,
equitable
and
healthy
neighborhood
for
of
choice
for
all
residents
who
wish
to
stay
in
establish
roots.
Recently
we
have
found
doors
closing
on
neighborhood
residents.
AH
Graduates
of
our
first-time
homebuyers
program
can
no
longer
afford
to
purchase
in
the
neighborhood,
where
the
even
condominiums,
beyond
the
reach
of
many
residents,
waiting
lists
for
subsidized
housing.
In
the
neighborhood
are
growing
and
we
have
witnessed
the
shrinkage
of
the
subsidized
housing
stock
over
the
past
two
years.
Our
housing
development
efforts
have
been
stymied
by
exorbitant
acquisition
costs
as
new
construction
costs
on
average
$500,000
per
unit
in
a
Boston
multifamily
project.
However,
the
high
cost
of
housing
development
has
not
impacted
everyone.
AH
The
wave
of
displacement
and
gentrification
currently
impacting
many
low
to
moderate
income
residents
and
communities
of
color
across
the
city,
including
Alston
Brighton
Boston,
is
a
city
of
neighborhoods.
We
are
a
strong
City
because
we
have
strong
neighborhoods,
whether
we
live
or
work
in
the
city.
We
are
Bostonians
and
as
Bostonians,
we
believe
in
the
mantra.
It
takes
a
village
to
ensure
that
every
is
given
the
opportunity
to
reside
in
and
flourish
in.
AH
Our
community's
housing
development
is
not
unwelcomed
in
our
city,
but
developers
must
come
to
that
must
come
to
the
table
ready
to
work
with
residents
on
what
kind
of
housing
is
ultimately
developed
to
be
a
part
of
our
village
and
add
to
the
vibe
the
vibrancy
and
vitality
of
our
city.
But
this
is
not
happening
as
previously
mentioned.
AH
Awesome
Brighton
currently
has
4803
housing
units
proposed
in
the
pipeline,
with
most
of
these
units
being
out
of
reach
for
residents,
Brighton's
median
income
is
56
thousand
seven
hundred
and
$29
and
Alston's
is
42
thousand
seven
hundred
and
twenty
two
given
the
high
cost
of
rental
housing
in
the
neighborhood.
Increasing
numbers
of
low
to
moderate
income
working
and
middle-class
residents
have
been
forced
to
leave
the
neighborhood
80%
of
Austin
Brighton
residents
are
renters
and
in
recent
years,
rents
in
the
neighborhoods
have
increased
sharply
average
rents
for
family
sized
units.
AH
Ie
three
bedrooms
have
increased
by
30
percent
over
the
last
two
years
from
21
21
31
to
27
67
per
month
respectively,
rents,
free
units
of
all
sizes
have
increased
by
32%
are
on
average
or
more
rent
and
Austin
Brighton
for
a
three-bedroom
household
would
require
family
earning
fifty
two
thousand
seven
hundred
and
ninety
five
dollars.
The
median
household
income
for
the
neighborhood
to
pay.
Sixty-Three
percent
of
its
monthly
income
on
rent
rent
for
a
one-bedroom
exceeds
the
entire
gross
pay
of
a
full-time
worker
earning
the
minimum
wage.
AH
Twenty
one
thousand
one
hundred
and
twenty
dollars
a
year
earned
twenty
one
thousand
six
hundred
and
twelve
for
rent.
Only,
although
new
construction
is
occurring
in
Austin
braden
and
across
the
city,
affordable
homes
for
current
residents
are
not
keeping
pace.
Projections
based
on
the
2016
US
American
Community
Survey
data
report
indicate
that
there
are
approximately
eighty
four
hundred
households
in
Austin
Brighton
today
earning
less
than
50
percent
of
the
neighborhood
median
income.
AH
Virtually
all
of
these
households
will
be
eligible
for
subsidized
housing,
where
the
units
available
the
need
for
affordable
housing
in
Austin
Brighton
far
exceeds
the
supply,
as
applicants
on
waiting
lists
generally
wait.
Five
or
more
years
before
getting
a
unit.
Austin
brain
CDC
has
a
wait
list
of
five
to
seven
years
on
average.
Although
tenant-based
subsidies
are
available
for
some
low-income
residents,
today's
rents
are
so
high
that
even
families
with
rental
vouchers
or
certificates
may
have
difficulty
finding
affordable
housing
in
Allston,
Britain
and
Boston.
AH
More
broadly
awesome,
Brighton
CDC
would
like
to
thank
mayor
Walsh,
the
Department
of
Neighborhood
Development
and
the
Boston
Planning
and
Development
Agency
for
working
with
affordable
housing
advocates
in
the
process
of
updating
the
IDP.
The
awesome
Brighton
CDC
is
a
member
of
the
IDP
coalition
and,
as
such,
supports
the
IDP
coalition's
recommendations
for
strengthening
the
IDP,
which
includes
considering
a.m.
eyes
below
the
covering
70%
ami
standard
via
DP
units.
Also
inviting
CDC
is
pleased
to
see
the
city
considering
deeper
affordability,
standards
with
JP
rocks
and
plans
playing
of
Glovis
Corner.
AH
We
would
like
to
see
the
same
standard
applied
to
IDP
more
broadly,
given
that
these
definitions
are
based
on
income
levels
in
Greater
Boston,
including
more
affluent
suburbs
in
the
region.
We
recommend
the
EMI
targets
for
IDP
units
be
lowered,
so
they
are
more
aligned
with
incomes
of
Boston
residents
and
that
levers,
such
as
income
tearing,
are
used
to
provide
a
greater
spectrum
of
affordability
in
new
development.
Thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
testify
in
support
of
a
stronger
IDP.
We
stand
ready
to
work
with
the
council.
G
Thank
you
to
a
counselor
Edwards
councillor,
Flaherty
and
councillor
Flynn,
on
for
your
leadership
on
this
issue,
and
and
thank
you
for
having
this
in
the
evening
and
for
having
interpretation,
which
is
something
we
often
are
not
able
to
access.
Even
in
our
own
neighborhood.
My
name
is
Carolyn
Chiu
I'm,
the
executive
director
of
the
asian-american
resource
workshop
I'm,
an
organizer
with
Dorchester,
not
for
sale
and
a
member
of
the
IGP
coalition
through
my
work
with
Dorchester,
not
for
sale.
G
A
multiracial,
multi-generational,
multilingual
group
of
residents
who
are
concerned
with
what
kind
of
development
comes
to
our
neighborhood,
affordable
housing,
good
jobs,
real
community
process
and
the
displacement
crisis.
I
have
seen
the
harm
and
displacement
that
happens
when
new
development
does
not
meet
the
needs
and
incomes
of
residents
who
live
in
the
neighborhood
as
a
resident
of
C.
The
st.
G
We
know
IDP
is
a
critical
piece
of
the
puzzle,
and
this
is
an
issue
of
equity
in
our
multiracial
working-class
neighborhood,
fifty-three
percent
of
residents
make
under
fifty
thousand
dollars
a
year
and
32
percent
make
under
twenty-five
thousand
dollars
a
year.
All
of
these
residents
are
a
risk
of
displacement,
as
new
development
comes
in
and
the
current
IDP
units
do
not
address
their
needs.
This
is
why
we
support
increasing
by
IDP
and
prioritizing
units
at
lower
income
levels,
as
discussed.
You
know
throughout
today.
Right.
G
You
know
over
fifty
percent
of
residents
in
our
neighborhood
make
under
fifty
thousand
dollars
a
year
and
the
70%
ami
threshold
is
around
eighty
thousand
for
a
family
of
four.
So
the
IDP
coalition,
through
a
collective
process,
has
identified
the
following
as
our
recommendations
for
the
city
IDP
process,
to
make
sure
new
that
new
private
development
does
not
continue
to
push
out
our
people.
Our
city
has
a
displacement
crisis
and
we
need
to
make
sure
that
new
development
is
part
of
the
solution,
not
the
problem.
G
Our
recommendations
are
as
followed
as
IDP
coalition
33%
set-aside,
private
developers
should
set
aside
33
percent
of
units
as
affordable
and
of
those.
There
should
be
a
range
of
30
to
70%
AMI
units,
with
an
average
of
40%
to
really
address
the
needs
of
folks
making
lower
incomes
as
many
folks
in
our
neighborhoods
do
and
for
ownership
units,
which
cortina
will
speak
more
about.
We
are
recommending
50%
100%
ami,
and
it's
really
important
to
us
that
folks,
with
lower
incomes,
are
able
to
access
homeownership
opportunities.
G
As
we
know,
that's
a
critical
part
of
stable
neighborhoods
and
permanent
affordability
of
units
and
decreasing,
but
any
unit
threshold
as
piing
talked
about
and
we're
grateful
to
have
around
the
panel
as
someone
who's
seen.
The
worst
of
this
crisis,
and
so
yeah
I
want
to
particularly
highlight
the
need
to
have
more
units
at
lower
income
levels.
G
Most
residents
in
our
neighborhood
and
neighborhoods,
like
Chinatown,
cannot
access
the
current
income
restricted
units
and
we
need
truly
affordable
units
to
stabilize
our
communities.
Idp
can
be
a
powerful
tool
against
displacement
as
new
development
comes
in,
and
we
need
to
make
sure
that
we
are
using
this
tool
to
keep
our
folks
here
in
the
neighborhoods
of
our
city,
and
we
want
to
just
also
make
sure
you
know
we're
really
encouraged
about
the
Home
Rule
petition
and
we
look
forward
to
the
council
continuing
to
play
a
leadership
role
as
that
most
word,
Thank.
O
AI
Chairwoman
Edwards
councillor
Flaherty,
councillor
Flynn
and
members
of
the
committee
wanna.
Thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
to
testify
on
this
important
inclusionary
development
policy.
My
name
is
cortina
van
and
I'm.
A
resident
of
Dorchester
I
am
here
on
behalf
of
Massachusetts,
affordable
housing
alliance
Maha,
which
is
partner
in
the
IDP
coalition.
AI
Maha,
welcomes
the
opportunity
to
engage
with
the
council,
the
mayor,
the
Boston
State
House
delegation,
community
organizations
and
other
stakeholders
to
build
a
broad-based
campaign
to
update
and
strengthen
our
inclusion
area
development
requirements
and
to
make
sure
that
these
requirements
are
incorporated
in
the
zoning
code.
Mara's
mission
is
to
educate
and
to
mobilize
individuals
and
communities
to
break
down
barriers
to
sustainable,
affordable,
homeownership
and
increase
the
affordable,
homeownership
opportunities
through
education,
civic
engagement.
We
are
committed
to
reducing
the
racial
homeownership
gap
in
Boston
throughout
the
state
right
now.
AI
AI
The
same
way
that
many
of
our
white
neighbors
are
doing,
it
also
means
we're
being
disproportionately
impacted
by
every
increasing
rents,
because
sales
building
sales
increasing
rents,
we're
the
new
owners
want
the
building's
delivered
vacant
and
other
housing
crises
that
result
in
homelessness
and
displacement
with
the
housing
situation
in
Boston
is
especially
dire
for
black
Latino
and
Asian
neighbors.
We
know
that
home
prices
in
the
city
are
well
beyond
the
reach:
a
very
large
fraction
of
all
working
families,
as
well
as
young
professionals
that
our
employees
need
to
recruit
and
retain.
AI
We're
in
this
Greater
Boston
region,
we
are
attracting
lots
of
jobs,
but
we
don't
have
enough
have
anywhere
near
enough
housing
that
low,
moderate
and
middle-income
workers
who
might
take
those
jobs
can't
afford
one
of
the
things
I
want
to
do
on
our
efforts
to
for
our
housing
with
residents.
We
have
further
been
hampered
by
the
federal
government's
withdrawal
from
its
historic
role
in
funding,
affordable
housing,
construction
and
lack
of
state
funding
for
homeownership
housing.
AI
Maha
will
continue
to
partner
with
the
city
and
others
to
advocate
for
additional
state
and
federal
funding,
particularly
for
homeownership
programs.
We
have
worked
hard
to
increase
state
funding
through
the
Community
Preservation
Trust
Fund,
and
measures
that
when
it
would
significantly
expand
the
Housing
Trust
Fund
as
we
work
at
the
state
and
federal
levels,
we
must
also
make
sure
there
are
strong
local
policies
and
increased
land
local
funding
for
homes
that
our
homebuyers
can
afford.
Maximizing
the
number
of
affordable
units
and
the
level
affordability
required
of
our
market
rate.
AI
Housing
developers
is
a
critical
tool
for
producing
the
housing
we
so
desperately
need.
Maha
expects
to
graduate
over
1300
people
from
our
home
buying
classes.
This
year,
that
means
every
month
we're
adding
many
prospective
first-time
homebuyers
to
the
Boston
Housing
market,
where
there's
almost
nothing
they
can
afford.
Most
of
our
graduates
have
to
win
a
homeownership
lottery,
trying
to
hang
on
in
our
stressful,
expensive
and
uncertain
rental
market
or
move
far
away
from
the
city.
AI
In
many
cases,
our
buyers
who
have
good
jobs
have
great
credit,
but
they
still
don't
qualify
for
market
rates
or
even
for
affordable
homeownership
lotteries
these.
They
need
additional
subsidies
to
bring
the
price
of
the
lottery
properties
down
to
a
level
they
can
afford.
We
believe
that
households
with
incomes
of
45,000
to
70,000
deserve
a
chance
to
sink
roots
in
Boston,
and
we
are
working
with
DND
to
make
this
possible
additional
IDP
unit's,
deeper
affordability
and
more
IDP
cash
payments
are
needed
to
help
these
individuals
and
families.
AI
Maha
strongly
supports
Boston's,
Home
Rule
petition
that
would
offer
that
would
offer
our
illusion
of
development
policy
into
the
zoning
code,
so
that
would
be
applied
to
as
of
right
development
as
the
city
continues.
The
result
for
greater
density
is
important
that
deep
that
IDP
requirements
applied
to
all
housing
developments
with
a
number
of
proposed
units
is
above
a
threshold
laid
out
in
the
policy
we
are
working
to
summer.
AI
We
appreciate
the
Worcester
administration
and
Abby
DPA
holding
listening
sessions,
as
it's
been
mentioned
before,
with
housing
organizations
with
the
developers
with
job
training
providers
to
gather
input
on
the
on
the
parametres
of
the
two
different
feasibility
studies
that
are
now
in
process,
one
on
linkage
and
the
other
on
IDP.
We
eagerly
await
the
results
of
these
studies.
We
believe
that
the
real
estate
market
has
changed
since
2015,
when
the
IDP
policy
was
last
updated
that
most
affordable
unity
and
deeper
affordability
will
be
possible
possible
in
many
of
this
of
the
city.
AI
Many
areas
of
the
city
Maha
will
continue,
pressed
for
responsible
increase
in
both
IDP
and
linkage.
Billions
of
dollars
of
the
developments
happening
throughout
Boston
developers
are
making
millions,
but
our
homeowners
home
buyers
cannot
find
a
modest
home
they
can
afford.
We
agree
with
the
mayor
in
the
council
in
the
council
that
we
should
not
be
losing
our
people
in
the
midst
of
trim
building
boom.
AI
As
we
continue
to
engage
developers,
we
need
to
incorporate
great
affordable
requirements
and
land
values
in
the
city
of
Boston.
We
are
seeing
tremendous
profits
being
made
by
long-term
large
property
owners
who
are
poised
to
cash
in
as
areas
re
zoned
and
by
new
investors
who
are
speculating
on
land
in
Dorchester.
We
need
to
capture
some
of
the
value
being
created,
anticipating
rezoning
for
dense,
residential
and
high-value
commercial
development
to
benefit
our
residents
we're
being
harmed
by
the
overheated
market.
AI
We
have
to
think
bigger
in
our
efforts
to
stem
displacement
and
preserve
a
place
for
all
people
of
all
races
and
incomes
in
Boston.
We
commend
councillor
Edwards
clarity
and
Flynn
for
calling
for
this
hearing
and
we
thank
all
the
councillors
for
the
interest
in
making
sure
that
the
development
works
for
residents.
Thank
you
once
again
for
the
opportunity
to
submit
this
testimony
appreciate
your
help.
Thank.
A
You
so
I
just
wanted
to
first
congratulate
the
entire
panel
and
the
advocates
here
today
because
and
is
also
thank
you.
You
have
put
a
lot
of
work
into
the
reports
into
the
communication
and
to
working
with
the
administration
and
I
think
that's
that
kind
of
collaboration.
That
really
is
it
it's
to
me.
It's
encouraging
I
do
want
people
to
understand.
You
know
we
didn't
get
here
by
accident.
There
is
no
magic.
A
You
know
something
that
we
can't
control
or
can't
be
a
part
of
to
help
drive
a
solution
and
the
C
you
dedicate
literally
your
lives.
You
know,
beyond
the
nine
to
five
to
making
sure
that
we
have
neighborhoods
at
the
end
of
the
day
after
this
boom
I
just
want
to.
Thank
you
all
for
your
time.
I
also
wanted
to
I,
have
some
some
questions
and
so
do
I'm
sure
some
of
my
colleagues
and
if
you
wanted
to
respond
to
any
of
the
testimony
that
you
had
heard
before.
A
You
should
also
feel
free
to
do
that.
I'm
gonna
try
and
have
this
back
and
forth
in
15
minutes
and
really
get
back
to
this
to
the
community.
To
allow
for
them
to
finish
the
testimony,
so
I
don't
want
you
to
feel
rushed,
but
I
do
want
to
get
back
to
folks
who
are
in
public
testimony
and
I'll
call
them
out.
And
then,
if
you
could
stay,
that's
fine
and
stay
sitting
there.
B
Thank
You
counsel,
Edwards
and
I
want
to
say
thank
you
to
the
panelists
for
the
important
work
that
you're
doing
for
the
residents
of
our
city.
Carolyn.
One
point
that
you
made
what
that
I
thought
was
most
important
point
all
nighters.
You
highlighted
the
translators
that
are
that
are
here
in
people
in
the
audience
that
understand
Cantonese,
some
Mandarin
or
Spanish.
It's
critical
that
we
continue
to
provide
translators
for
them,
but
I
also
think
about
the
affirmative
marketing
to
making
sure
that
our
residents
and
public
housing
or
our
residents
that
may
not
speak
English.
B
Have
access
to
these
applications
know
exactly
how
to
fill
out
an
application
that
there's
technical
assistance
for
them
as
well.
They
know
we
had
to
pick
the
application
up.
They
know
where
to
drop
it
off.
They
may
not
be
experts
and
in
the
computer,
but
there
should
be
some
technical
assistance.
I'm
just
wondering
if
anyone
can
highlight
some
of
the
affirmative
outreach
on
issues
that
impact
our
immigrant
community,
many
people
that
may
not
speak
English.
K
I
I
think
that
since
there's,
you
know
been
a
housing
crisis,
I
think
that
people
actually
mostly
come
to
cpa
because
they're
faced
with
eviction
I
think
along
with
talking
to
them
about
kind
of
like
well
how
we
can
help
them
to
find
a
home
or
even
you
know,
find
legal
representation.
I
think
we
also
talked
about
the
importance
of
actually
making
sure
that
you
know
we're
also
voicing
the
fact
that
we
need
affordable
housing.
I
We
think
that
a
good
development
in
the
community,
even
a
50%
area
meeting
and
come
some
people's
application
gets
rejected
because
they
don't
meet
the
minimum
threshold
for
tax
credit
unit
or
the
tax
credit
subsidy.
And
so
we
see
that
as
more
of
a
problem,
I
think
usually,
when
we
flagged
it,
we
would
contact
Sheila
or
other
you
know
or
if
we
know
who
the
developer
is
and
making
sure
that
they
have
someone
bilingual
helping
be
out,
but
I
think
still
right
now.
I
I
G
And
I
would
just
add,
I
think
that's
you
know
what
you're
saying
is
really
important
right,
there's
a
policies
and
then
there's
how
we
implement
them
and
making
sure
we're
implementing
in
an
equitable
way
and
in
a
multiracial,
multilingual
community.
Like
you
know,
we
know
Dorchester
to
be
really
being
intentional
about
supporting
and
resourcing
community
groups
to
do
that.
Work
and
and
talking
about
which
languages
in
which
pockets
make
sense,
I
think
will
be
important
as
we
move
forward.
K
AI
We
don't
want
those
folks
to
be
left
out
and
you
look
at
over
the
years
of
us
advocating
for
a
program.
That's
been
successful,
not
only
here
in
Boston,
but
throughout
the
state.
We
see.
People
in
those
income
ranges
being
successful,
staying
in
their
homes
and
maintaining
and
being
sustainable,
so
it
is
possible
or
the
focus
is
to
make
sure
they're
included
not
not
excluded
from
the
policy,
and
it
should
really
be
considered
and
also
looking
at
other
substantial
data.
AH
Then
lastly,
in
Austin
Brayton,
so
we
as
a
CDC
are
lucky
to
have
the
capacity
and
ability
to
kind
of
take
a
look
at
these
issues
and
really
work
with
res.
We
have
resident
services,
we
have
you
know
community
engagements
staff
and
then
you
know
first-time
homebuyers
staff,
who
can
kind
of
you
know
we
get
the
metro
list,
we
kind
of
read
through
it
for
any.
AH
So
we
can
kind
of
coordinate
these
issues
or
market
these
units
on
a
much
broader
level,
and
it's
great
that
we
get
the
the
lottery
information
from
from
D
and
E,
and
the
B
PDA
I
read
every
single
PMF
for
Alston
Braden.
That's
enough
to
keep
me
busy.
So
at
least
when
units
do
come
on,
I
know
what
developments
are
being
built
where
so
I
know
what
to
pay
attention
to.
AH
AH
Eight
of
them
are
new
within
the
past
year,
so
we
experienced
a
bit
of
a
transition
over
the
dear
so
since
I've
been
kind
of
entrenched
in
the
IVP
over
the
last
five
years
since
I've
been
at
the
CDC
really
trying
to
make
time
to
also
work
with
other
staff
members
at
the
organization
to
make
sure
they
know
what's
going
on
with
IDP
as
well.
So
that's
a
long
way
of
saying
that
we're
trying
to
put
in
policies
and
mechanisms
in
place
so
when
that
lotteries
do
become
available.
AH
AD
The
asian-american
resource
workshop,
it's
all
very
valuable.
It's
a
partnership
here
with
obviously
the
City
Council,
and
for
the
folks
that
we're
all
trying
to
help
out
there,
which
is
we
have
a
good,
news/bad
news
story
going
on
in
the
city.
The
good
news
is
that
Boston
is
a
very
attractive
place
for
people
to
live
and
for
companies
to
come
here.
We
boast
the
best
colleges,
universities
in
hospital
and
network
of
community
health
centers
in
the
world
problem
is
that
the
people
have
made
it
the
great
city.
AD
We'll
continue
to
work
with
the
chair
here
as
your
of
housing
and
also
my
colleague,
council
Flynn
and
my
other
colleagues
as
well
to
try
to
continue
to
make
a
difference
every
day
and
the
lives
of
people
that
are
trying
to
struggling
to
afford
to
stay
in
Boston.
So
and
thank
you,
Andrew
the
chair,
I
know:
I
was
running
a
little
late.
I
have
a
date
o'clock.
Wake
I
have
to
make
before
closes,
look
for
a
little
bit.
I
know
with
some
additional
public
testimony.
I
I
want
to
add
I
haven't
one
kiss
one
more
comment
to
add
that
you
knew
in
that
example
101
and
103
Hudson
Street.
So
there
was
actually
even
though,
as
eight
units
by
15
family
was
displaced.
So
I
think
that
it's
really
important
that
you
know
the
requirements
proportionate,
because
if
it's
proportionate,
let's
say
that
eight
units
is
market
rate.
The
two
the
two
can
actually
bring
back
some
of
the
residents
who
was
displaced
because
some
of
some
people
are
still
kind
of
not
having
stable
housing.
They
still
haven't
found
suitable
permanent
housing.
AG
I
I
A
Just-
and
this
is
doesn't
need
to
continue
right
now,
but
I
do
think
what
is
very
necessary
for
a
lot
of
folks
who
are
in
the
policy.
Making
positions
is
examples.
You
know
you
talked
about
the
one
third
there,
it's
the
the
33%,
the
one
third,
the
one,
third,
the
one
third
to
not
just
talk
about
percentages,
but
talk
about
communities
that
have
thrived
and
be
and
maintain
their
affordability
and
their
desirability
for
developers
maintaining
those
high
levels.
A
Because,
again,
what
we
hear
from
folks
in
the
development
community,
not
all
of
them,
but
many
is
once
you
go
beyond
X
percentage.
We
stop,
we
can't
we
won't-
and
it's
really
important
for
advocates
to
bring
real-life
examples
where
this
is
working.
The
other
thing
is,
we
get
examples
of
you
know,
cities
that
are
building
their
way
out
of
it.
A
The
point
you
know,
Tokyo
they'll
point
to
all
these
different
examples,
and
what's
really
important,
is
that
you
also
present
examples
and
your
testimony
was
excellent,
but
for
us
and
I
think
also
I'm
working
with
the
city
saying
you
know
this
works
here,
we're
not
just
coming
up
with
this
kind
of
stuff.
We
don't
we're
just
not
saying
your
math
isn't
good
and
just
adding
to
it.
We're
actually
showing
you
real-life
examples.
So
I
would
you
know
if
you
want
to
supplement
your
testimony
or
come
back
with
that?
A
I
really
would
appreciate
that,
but
I
want
I,
see
folks
are
still
here
and
I
do
want
to
get
to
the
public
testimony.
Let
me
call
them
up
and
then
you
could
respond
to
me
so
I
have
Karen
Strom,
Kenzie,
Bach,
Amanda,
Govan
and
Marlon
Martin
for
those
in
the
audience.
This
is
that's
it
that
I
have.
So,
if
you
sign
up
for
public
testimony,
okay
I
have
three
additional
names:
Renee,
eight
Shh
Minh
zone
and
as
a
hero
truth
those
the
names
that
I
have
so
did
you
sign
up?
A
A
G
Know
from
the
earlier
testimony
that
that
report
from
the
Boston
tenant
Coalition
will
send-
and
particularly
you
know,
as
we
know,
locally,
cambridge
and
somerville
have
increased
their
IDP
and
new
york.
San
francisco
and
Toronto
all
have
significantly
increased.
So
those
are
some
examples
we're
looking
at,
but
that
full
report
will
be
sent
by
Boston
tenant
coalition.
Excellent.
I
That
by
experience,
I
know
the
Cambridge
actually
the
homeownership
program,
there's
some
60%
ami.
We
are
small,
sim
Boston
around
80
ami
I.
Think
that
sometimes
the
arguments
around
you
know
whether
or
not
someone
can
get
a
mortgage.
But
you
know
somehow
they
are
in
my
building
where
I
live.
There
are
residents
at
60%,
but
at
6
you
know
who
was
in
the
60%
ami
range
and
were
able
to
get.
You
know
money
and
at
that
time,
in
2008
lending
was
actually
is
probably
harder
as
well.
So.
AI
As
far
as
other
examples,
one
mortgage
program,
which
is
a
statewide
program,
so
we
have
had
people
be
successful
in
that
50%
of
area
median
income
over
the
years
of
the
program
and
I,
wouldn't
myself
would
have
been
able
to
purchase
if
it
were
not
for
the
program
and
being
under
that
70%
of
ami
that
we
currently
have
policy
wise.
So
we
do
have
examples
of
that
that
we
can
share.
Thank.
A
AJ
Had
paid
I
had
paid
my
entire
a
hundred
percent
of
my
rent
in
the
in
the
marketplace.
Private
market
I
paid
a
hundred
percent
of
my
own
rent
and
I
was
the
battle
as
a
working
participant
and
I
was
denied
fuel
assistance,
because
I
earned
$10
too
much.
I
came
down
with
severe
allergies,
I
have
severe
allergies
as
an
older
adult,
I
have
claustrophobia
and
the
only
place
I
can
live,
is
elderly
and
disabled
because
that's
comfortable
and
it
includes
new
utilities.
But
yet
why
is
it
that
I
should
get
a
doctor's
note?
AJ
Just
not
any
doctor's
note
and
doctors
know
it's
saying
that
I'm
either
mentally
ill
and
in
a
wheelchair
this
is
ridiculous.
I
mean
there
are
people
that
are
blind.
There
are
people
that
are
visually
impaired
and
there
are
people
that
are
perceptually
impaired
and
there
are
people
that
aren't
in
the
normal
range.
So
why
is
it?
There
aren't
different
types
of
housing?
They
said
you
know
just
according
to
income,
that's
not
fair!
That's
classism
and
it's
ridiculous.
AJ
The
landlord's
they
get,
these
no
interest
loans,
they're
having
their
cake
and
they're
eating
it
too
they're
not
giving
anything
to
us
and
six
picks
up
smaller
apartments
and
modern
furnishings
I
currently
have
all
my
utilities
are
paid
in
an
expiring
use
building
and
it
has
a
walk-in
closet.
It's
a
comfortable
space
but
I'm
in
the
way
of
progress.
AJ
I've
been
threatened
many
times
and
I,
really
like
the
small
area
idea
much
better
than
zip
codes
because
being
the
only
building
in
a
triangular
border,
that's
classism
and
it's
difficult
being
the
only
border,
the
only
being
the
only
residence
in
a
triangular
border
and
the
rest
by
owned
by
bu
bullies,
and
if
they
gave
back
the
land
that
they
took
for
three
and
four
dollars.
We
wouldn't
have
this
problem.
I'm
a
green
line
resident
I
have
excellent
credit.
AJ
AJ
For
the
rest
of
my
life
not
being
able
to
move
back
into
Brookline
proper
I'm,
a
quiet
tenant
I
like
it
quiet
I've,
never
had
a
problem
with
my
indoor,
neighbors
and
I.
Don't
want
to
lose
them
because
I've
never
had
a
problem
with
them.
I
like
that,
the
the
current
the
current
building
has
a
mixture
of
incomes.
It's
not
a
lie
like
these
other
places.
It
has
moderate
income,
it
has
an
house
market,
it
made
income,
it
has
moderate
income
in
it,
has
low
income
and.
AJ
And
I
also
like
to
say
that
I'm
I'm,
a
minority
in
my
building
with
the
lower
income,
is
born
in
the
USA.
Not
that
I
don't
know
several
other
languages.
I
do
I,
don't
have
anything
against
that,
but
you
know
we've
all
experienced
difficult
times
and
I
find
it
atrocious
that
our
families
are
a
protected
class.
AJ
But
when
it
comes
to
classism,
there's
no
protection
and
the
greater
area
is
almost
exclusively
singles
and
we're
being
pushed
out
by
families
we're
being
pushed
out
by
people
that
want
lower
rents,
we're
being
pushed
out
by
overdevelopment
we're
being
pushed
out
by
noise.
I
have
a
right
to
live
in
the
city
and
expect
quiet
enjoyment
of
my
apartment.
AJ
Thank
you
and
they
don't
think
so,
and
so
you
know,
and
they
thought
the
timelines
don't
line
up
when
it
comes
to
moving
either
I
can't
live
in
two
places
at
one
time
terms
of
giving
the
old
landlord
notice
the
new
land
modus
and
being
able
to
have
an
inspection
in
my
apartment
and
being
able
to
contact
a
moving
company
all
within
that
same
month.
It's
impossible.
So
you
know
that
doesn't
work
either
I'm.
AJ
So
I
don't
know
why
you're
giving
this
process
back
to
people
that
ruined
it,
because
it
used
to
work
I'm
proof
of
that
in
my
building
on
Babcock
tower
with
the
expiring
use
and
we're
not
being
allowed
to
stay
with
the
13a,
maybe
the
13/8
tenants
will
be
able
to
stay,
but
not
the
section.
8
tenants,
there's
and
there's
the
mere
elderly
either
which
there
ought
to
be
because
that's
when
health
starts
to
decline
near
alder,
that's
a
category
and
there's
no
housing
for
us
either.
That's
50
and
above
thank.
A
AK
We
actually
switch
because
I
had
to
pick
up
my
kids
and
bring
them
with
me.
My
name
is
Amanda
Cove
and
I'm.
One
of
the
official
representatives
for
reclaim
Roxbury
and
I
also
am
speaking
on
behalf
of
the
ITP
coalition,
that
I
am
a
part
of
and
when
I
would
like
to.
Thank
you
all
for
actually
having
this
meeting.
So
y'all
can
actually
see
the
working-class
people
or
the
working
poor
people.
AK
I
could
bring
my
kids
in
here,
but
they're
noisy,
but
one
thing
I
will
like
for
you
guys
to
understand
different
people,
different
Creed's,
different
racial
backgrounds,
we're
all
saying
the
same
thing:
communities
are
being
swallowed,
swallowed
by
greed
and
is
not
necessarily
fair.
We
are
culturally
rich,
but
it
shouldn't
have
to
be
like.
Oh
because
you
have
rich
culture,
but
y'all
are
historically
broke.
AK
It
shouldn't
have
to
be
that
divided.
We
should
have
an
equal
amount
of
housing
for
everybody
across
the
city,
because
I'm
an
address
the
elephant
in
the
room.
We
have
top
class
universities.
We
have
top
class
hospitals
that
people
come
from
all
over
the
planet
to
have
their
lives
saved
here
in
Massachusetts.
They
need
to
pay
their
fair
share
of
their
property
tax,
so
that
that
way
we
won't
be
squeezing
blood
out
of
the
stone
of
the
brown
people.
The
you
just
spoke
of
the
elderly
people,
the
handicapped
people.
AK
All
of
this
stuff
here
I
mean
I,
understand
what
she
was
saying
earlier,
that
this
is
you're
giving
real-life
examples,
but
everybody
that
I
spoke
here.
We
are
a
real-life
example,
we're
living
in
the
throes
of
it.
I've
been
living
in
Lennox
tree
for
about
three
years
and
beacon,
literally
just
came
in
and
they're.
AK
You
know,
cleaning
out
the
building
and
all
of
this
other
stuff-
and
you
know
it's
all
smoke
and
mirrors,
but
we
know
in
about
a
year
or
two
we
could
be
forced
out
of
there
too,
and
they
claimed
that
Lennox
Street
is
one
of
the
safest
places
left.
We
don't
feel
that
way,
we're
already
feeling
like
okay.
This
is
for
the
residents
here,
and
this
is
for
this
over
here
and
that
shouldn't
be
the
case
for
anybody,
regardless
of
what
color
this
is.
AK
AK
We
should
not
be
classified
by
how
much
money
that
we
make
or
how
much
money
that
we
don't
make,
and
as
long
as
there
are
as
long
as
there
will
be
a
wage
disparity
and
a
job
disparity,
there
will
always
be
a
housing
disparity,
they're,
not
separate
issues.
They
are
all
tied
together
and
they're
all
the
same.
One
thing
that
has
to
be
realized.
AK
Can
we
talk
about
the
Haitian
folks
that
Jamaican
folks
that
call
this
city
home
besides
New
York
City
we're
one
of
the
top
cities
here
that
house
a
lot
of
the
Caribbean
people,
but
one
thing
that
you
have
to
understand
once
you
start
booting
out
the
culture,
then
what
you
really
have
to
think
about
that?
Besides?
What
color
dis
is,
we
all
need
housing.
We
all
need
it
at
a
set
rate
that
everybody
can,
until
you
actually
start
having
jobs.
AK
AK
I
can
not,
and
with
my
experience
and
all
the
other
jobs
and
internships
that
I
had
I
could
be,
I
should
be
paid
at
least
40,
but
you're
not
going
to
sit
here
and
tell
me
that
I
can
survive
off
for
ten
working
at
save
a
lot
all
working
and
stop
and
shop.
Where
they're
not
even
trying
to
offer
me
Mother's
hours.
AK
This
will
always
be
an
issue,
but
mainly
I
would
say
the
ami
needs
to
be
said
at
30%
and
not
70,
because
70
you're
really
reaching
and
you're
reaching
for
folks
that
want
to
come
here
for
five
to
seven
years
and
as
soon
as
something
hot
and
popping
and
in
Utah
Seattle
Houston,
maybe
Miami
cuz.
That's
where
the
old
folks
are
at
they'll
pick
up
and
they'll
go
and
they'll
leave
Boston
behind.
You
need
to
think
about
the
people
that
have
been
here
for
30
40
50
years.
AK
My
great-grandma
came
here
from
Trinidad
brought
her
mother
here
she
passed
on
here
and
she
passed
on
here
about
five
years
ago.
So
trust
me
I
have
generations
here
in
Boston.
I
deserve
to
be
a
part
of
the
growth
of
the
city
that
I
was
born
and
raised
in,
and
so
do
my
children.
You
can
existing
tenants,
tenants
that
are
born
here,
anybody
that
chooses
to
come
here
but
honest,
but
we
have
to
be
honest
about
this
issue.
AK
AK
Thank
you.
Everybody
can
benefit
from
the
remodeling
of
the
city,
this
city
here
there
is
a
way
to
recognize
everybody
without
the
disregard
without
the
displacement
and
especially
without
the
disrespect
and
until
y'all
recognize
that
until
y'all
recognize
that
and
not
make
it
seem
like.
Oh,
it's
a
black
and
white
issue.
It's
some
money
and
property
issue.
It's
a
housing
and
home
ownership
issue.
No,
it's
a
human
right
issue.
Everybody
here
needs
housing.
Cuz,
I
bet
you
with
you,
you
and
you
leave
here.
Y'all
are
not
sleeping
in
the
cardboard
box
in
the
alley.
AL
Thank
you,
Thank
You,
councillor,
edwards,
councillor
Flynn,
um
the
whole
council
for
having
this
hearing
and
to
the
advocates
who
testified
so
eloquently
today
and
to
enter
chief
Dylan
and
the
city
administration.
I'm,
really
glad
that
we're
having
this
conversation
I
want
to
just
start
by
saying
how
incredibly
important
to
inclusion
in
our
city,
the
inclusionary
development
policy
is
I.
Think
we
can
improve
our
cities
like
accessibility
in
a
million
ways.
We
can
have
great
language
access.
AL
We
can
have
job
training
programs,
we
can
have
better
schools
and
if
our
families
are
low
income
families,
our
families
of
color,
our
families
that
need
that
language
access,
the
families
who
can
who
can
benefit
from
the
opportunities
of
the
city
are
pushed
out.
Then
all
of
those
improvements
are
for
naught
right.
So
I
think
you
know.
AL
We
weigh
a
lot
of
things
in
city
government,
but
there's
something
fundamental
about
the
question
of
who
gets
to
live
here
and
be
part
of
our
community
in
the
first
place,
and
so
I
think
we
just
absolutely
need
to
treat
this
as
sort
of
not
just
one
interest
among
others,
but
as
a
fundamental
priority
for
what
Boston
is
going
to
be
in
the
future.
I
just
wanted
to
add
my
voice
on
four
quick
points,
as
as
this
conversation
about
IDP
is
going
on.
AL
One
thing
is
just
to
say:
I
think
we
do
need
to
be
looking
at
permanent
affordability,
I.
Think
as
since
we're
the
generation
that's
experiencing
what
happens
when
40
year
expiring,
use
buildings
start
to
expire.
I.
Think
we
have
the
knowledge
to
know
that,
like
punting,
that
kind
of
thing
down
the
road
is
is
very
disadvantageous
later
and
the
reality
is
that
can
seem
like
a
big-ass
permanent
affordability.
AL
But
we
have
our
maximum
leverage
point
at
the
point
that
we're
doing
this
permitting
and
actually
I
think
even
for
development
pro
formas,
it's
a
long
way
off,
and
so
we
have
the
opportunity
to
look
at
permanence.
In
a
more
serious
way,
I
think
Martin
Ritter
of
NAB
referred
to
this,
but
having
a
bias
in
favor
of
on-site,
affordable
housing,
not
that
there
might
never
be
a
situation.
Tim
Davis
alluded
to
Newcastle
saranac.
There
might
be
a
situation
where
we
really
acutely
need
to
preserve
some
affordable
housing.
AL
We're
gonna
lose,
but
it
seems
to
me
like
in
those
situations
we
should
be
looking
for
other
sources
of
money
first
to
plug
those
critical
holes
because
with
IDP
units
on
site
in
new
developments.
Those
are
units
like
in
a
lot
of
our
neighborhoods,
that
we
really
struggle
to
keep
economic
diversity
that
we
could
never
buy
on
the
market
like
we're,
not
going
to
be
able
to
bid
for
those
units.
But
we
have
the
opportunity
to
claim
them
with
the
policy
and
I
think
having
a
bias
in
that
favor
is
a
good
idea.
AL
The
third
thing
I'll
say
I'm,
proud
to
be
on
the
board
of
the
mass
affordable
housing
Alliance,
which
works
for
affordable
homeownership
opportunities
in
Boston
in
Greater,
Boston
and
I.
Think
looking
at
ways
to
bring
down
the
affordability,
the
homeownership
unit,
affordability
level
below
the
current.
Eighty
to
a
hundred
percent,
there
are
ways
to
do
that
well
and
I
think
we
should
be
trying
to
explore
more
of
them.
AM
AM
She
won't
be
able
to
afford
the
movement
price
she's,
already
paying
$50
more
and
and
is
delegating
between
Eden
and
just
simply
paying
that
$50
more
to
stay
there
in
the
meantime,
the
building
that
they
want
her
to
go
to
they
own,
but
they're,
dragging
their
feet
to
get
her
there
to
a
smaller
place.
There
isn't
a
reason
for
her
to
be
in
a
smaller
place,
she's
in
a
wheelchair,
an
electric
one,
being
a
clock
and
she's
going
to
be
more.
AM
AM
AM
AM
Yes,
it
seems
like
you
don't
care.
Why
are
these
condos
coming
and
the
prices
of
them?
Who
can
pay
ten
thousand?
Who
can
pay
nine
thousand?
They
are
at
that
price.
There
are
also
two
thousand
in
up.
We
can't
afford
them
we're
not
even
getting
jobs
that
pay
it.
Fifteen
dollars
will
not
cut
it.
Eighteen
dollars
will
not
cut
it.
Neither
well
twenty
we're
already
behind.
You
know
this
just
being
an
employee.
AM
AM
You
should
be
ashamed
of
yourself.
So
disgusted,
angered
and
I'm
emotional
I,
don't
know
how
she's
going
to
live.
This
woman
that
I'm
trying
to
help
to
stay
in
an
apartment
that
she's
been
there
for
eight
years.
They
didn't
mind
taking
her
money,
they
still
don't
mind
taking
her
money,
but
there
isn't
a
reason
for
her
to
move.
She
is
not
behind
in
her
bills,
she's
behind
and
living
decently.
AM
Respectfully
and
honestly,
you
asked
for
our
boats
every
two
years,
every
four
years.
It's
gotten
worse,
why
did
it
get
worse?
I
am
I
for
black
people
is
$8
that
equals
zero.
Okay,
that's
a
zero
250
grand
for
white
people.
We
live
in
a
democratic
state.
That's
a
statement.
I
shouldn't
have
to
say
that
Republican
Democrats,
not
independent,
but
it
surely
is
racism
classism
racism,
it's
still
there,
it's
not
one
or
the
other.
It
is
everything
you
ask
counselors.
AM
Even
the
mayor
and
I
have
been
in
his
face
too.
He
does
not
give
an
answer,
but
do
you
know
better?
We
have
to
be
better
when
I
talk
to
blacks
in
a
room
and
whites
because
I
go
to
both.
We
don't
have
the
same
issues.
Blacks
are
struggling
white
people
talking
about
noise
pollution,
it's
not
the
same.
AM
AM
Black
people
have
never
caught
up
we're
still
struggling,
we're
still
fighting
we're
not
protected
on
jobs,
we're
not
protecting
on
health.
We
don't
have
equal
education
and
we
don't
have
diversity.
You
knew
this.
You
knew
this.
You
knew
this
and
didn't
protect
it,
but
you
asked
for
our
vote.
Why
should
we
give
it?
It
gets
you
where
you
need
to
be.
It
gets
us
nothing.
AM
AM
Does
it
make
any
sense
you're
intelligent,
we
all
are
I
could
see
it
I've
been
saying
just
since
the
ninety
cents,
I
came
to
the
ninety.
To
the
blossoms
I
mean
it's
not
a
new
story,
but
we
are
suffering
too
much
too
much
and
I'll
say
it
again.
You
should
be
ashamed
of
yourselves.
Why
should
I
vote
for
any
Democrat,
let
alone
a
Republican
when
I
live
in
a
blue
state,
and
this
is
doing
it
to
all
our
people,
but
mainly
to
people
of
color?
AM
A
A
T
Hi
city
councilors,
my
name-
is
dong
I'm,
a
resident
of
Dorchester,
also
a
volunteer
with
Dorchester,
not
for
sale
in
a
renter
I
just
wanted
to
paint
additional
points
to
contribute
to
this
conversation.
I
am
in
support
of
the
33%
set
aside,
as
of
units
being
affordable,
rental
units
being
in
the
range
of
30
to
70%
AMI,
as
was
proposed
today,
ownership
units
being
fifty
two
hundred
percent
AMI
permanent
affordability
and
decreasing
the
ten
unit
threshold.
T
We
really
have
to
raise
the
bottom
line
because
we've
been
in
conversations
with
developers
in
which
they
they
don't
budge
on
amount
affordability.
They
said
the
city's
is
13
percent
and
we're
meeting
that
requirement.
It's
really
a
city
representatives.
We
have
to
raise
the
bottom
line.
For
example,
one
of
the
major
project
488
unit
project
in
Dorchester
that
was
recently
approved.
T
One
of
the
touted
community
benefits
was
that
this
project
had
point
five
percent
higher
affordability
than
the
IDP.
So
really
that's
what
two
or
three
more
units-
and
you
have
to
think
13%
affordability
means
87%
non
affordable
and
for
a
488
units.
That's
at
least
400
units
that
are
market
rate
times
that
by
the
number
of
people
moving
to
the
neighborhood.
T
That's
thousands
of
people
who
have
high
income
start
moving
to
New
York,
so
in
doubtedly
will
gentrify
the
neighborhood
and
displace
people
that
live
in
the
area
in
surrounding
areas
and
neighbors
of
Dorchester,
where
I
live,
rich,
rich
immigrant
community
Vietnamese,
community
Cape,
Verdean,
Haitian,
Creole,
Hispanic,
black
African,
American
households,
and
if
you
look
around
the
room,
where
is
that
representation
here
today?
So
as
City
representative,
please,
you
need
to
think
about
people
who
aren't
in
the
room
as
well
and
vote
for
them
as
well.
T
This
is
also
an
issue
of
racial
ethnic
equity,
as
many
of
those
before
me
have
spoken
about
in
Dorchester
in
the
area
and
which
development
is
happening
over
80%
of
households
that
make
less
than
$50,000
are
people
of
color
to
think
about
that.
So
we're
really
in
a
way
changing
the
racial
and
racial
equity
is
such
an
important
component
of
the
mayor's
agenda
as
well
as
your
agenda.
So
really
your
vote
and
decision
on
this
is
a
racial
equity
issue.
T
Displacement
has
been
linked
to
numerous
of
studies
to
stress,
depression,
poor
mental
health,
poor
physical
health
from
children
being
moved
around
in
schools.
A
poor
performance
in
schools
leading
to
further
truancy
homelessness
suicide.
So
in
2015
the
u.s.
there's,
a
study
by
the
APHA
American
Public
Health
Association
show
that
929
suicides
were
due
to
eviction
and
foreclosure
being
the
precipitating
cause
of
death
and
the
number
of
suicides
with
the
eviction
of
foreclosure
was
a
risk
factor
and
doubled
between
2005
and
2010
and
in
Boston,
based
on
housing.
T
And
we
already
are
seeing
rent
increase
in
Dorchester
in
my
neighborhood,
a
two-bedroom
is
already
at
2,200
on
average
or
higher
condos
and
homes
already
at
least
$500,000,
which
is
definitely
above
the
amount
that
my
husband
and
I
can
afford.
So
we're
literally
having
to
look
outside
of
Boston
actually
and
when
we're
thinking
about
building
homes,
please
think
about
building
for
families.
A
lot
of
the
unit's
I
see
going
up
are
for
one
and
two-bedroom,
and
these
are
not
families
and
family.
T
These
are
not
accessible
to
families
into
preserving
the
neighborhood,
but
also
please
prioritize
households
in
the
neighborhood
and
some
of
our
conversation
developers.
They
say:
oh,
we
have
to
build
housing
because
there's
more
we're
bringing
more
jobs
and
so
neighborhoods
for
all
these
jobs
or
people
in
the
neighborhood
or
people
coming
outside
of
Boston
and
we're
building
housing
for
those
residents
to
really
prioritize
people
in
neighborhood,
and
the
last
thing
I
wanted
to
advocate
for
is
data
transparency.
We
really
need
to
know
what
goes
behind.
The
numbers.
T
I
asked
the
BPD
a
to
publish
all
debates
with
SIP
parameters
that
they
use
to
decide.
The
percentage,
affordability
I
think
to
mention
that
he
would
provide
the
contract
with
land
wise
because
we,
as
residents
we
we
are
knowledgeable.
We've
been
told
that,
oh,
you
guys
don't
understand.
The
construction
cause
don't
understand
how
expensive
is
to
build
in
the
city.
Yes,
we
do
give
us
that
information
provide
data.
T
Transparency
so
could
in
and
work
with
us
and
really
like
this
puts
it
at
the
table
to
parameters
that
are
up
for
debate,
because
there's
no
bargaining
unless
we
understand
what
goes
into
that
number
and
we
need
to
know
why
that
number
isn't
higher.
The
economic
and
demographic
context
in
which
the
13%
IDP
was
established
originally
has
changed
significantly.
T
AN
Hi
could
evening
Thank,
You,
Flynn
and
Edwards
for
this
opportunity.
I
represent
the
community
I'm
a
mother
of
two.
My
income
is
under
forty
thousand
a
year
and
I
live
in
the
south
in
I'm,
not
sure
how
this
information
is
shared
amongst
the
community,
but
I
just
heard
about
it
today.
So
hearing
him
this
evening
to
speak
with
you.
AN
So
some
of
the
things
that
come
up
for
me
as
a
resident
I
received
the
Metro
Ellis
email,
I,
look
at
affordable
housing,
often
and
I
often
think
how
it's
not
accessible
to
me
and
or
my
friends
and
family
in
my
community
me
I'm,
a
mom
but
I
also
have
people
who
are
working
class
individuals,
it's
not
affordable
for
them
as
well.
When
you
think
about
people
who
are
making
under
fifty
thousand
dollars
a
year.
AN
AO
My
name
is
George
Lee
and
I'm
with
keep
it
hundred
for
a
real,
affordable
housing
and
racial
justice,
which
is
part
of
the
IDP
coalition.
I
want
to
say,
thanks
to
all
the
folks
who
have
already
spoken
with
such
powerful
stories
and
testimony.
Thank
you
all
for
staying
until
the
end
to
listen
to
everyone.
AO
The
BPD
is
starting
to
release
some
of
the
Stata
so
to
Tim,
Davis's
credit
he's
getting
out
in
the
neighborhoods
and
getting
input
from
folks,
also
working
with
that
Technical
Advisory
Committee.
So
those
are
recommendations
said
he
accepted
from
our
group
and
in
some
of
his
slides.
He
points
out
the
median
income
of
black
households
of
Latino
households
of
Asian
households
is
much
lower
than
white
households
and,
if
that's
some
of
information
that
needs
to
get
out
there,
so
that
when
we
look
at
the
90
P
that
says
all
right.
AO
A
family
of
four
needs
to
make
80,000,
but
now
we're
looking
at
households
of
colors
the
incomes
are
much
less.
You
know
that's
the
kind
of
information
we
need
to
route.
What
we
should
be
building
our
policies
around
and
that
issue
of
community
need
is
all
about
the
inequities
that
folks
have
talked
about
because
the
folks
are
making
lower
incomes
and
the
folks
who
are
homeless
and
the
folks
who
are
getting
pushed
out
are
people
of
color.
It's
women,
how
holding
down
household
so
we're
getting
evicted.
AO
It's
queer
and
trans
folks
who
are
homeless
and
young
people,
people
with
disabilities,
and
so
we
need
to
really
figure
out
how
we
make
solutions
that
actually
prioritize
justice
for
folks,
instead
of
what's
happening,
which
is
prioritizing
a
lot
of
the
wealthier
white
folks
who
are
want
to
move
into
the
city.
Now
that
they've
discovered
how
great
the
city
is
so
getting
getting
that
truth
about
community
need-
and
specifically
one
thing
I
want
to
say,
is
I
think
often,
there's
rhetoric
that
the
city
says
of
well
BHA
takes
care
of
all
the
poor
people.
AO
We
don't
need
housing
for
at
those
levels.
That's
not
who
I
D
P
is
meant
to
serve.
It's
this
like
middle-income
folks
who
are
struggling,
but
I
just
want
to
say
for
every
person,
every
household
in
the
in
the
city,
who's
making
the
70%
ami.
You
know,
there's
five
households
who
are
making
60
50,
40,
30,
20,
10
%,
AMI,
and
so
I
think,
every
time
that
someone
here
says.
AO
Oh,
that's,
who
the
IDP
should
be
focused
on
I
hope
that
five
other
people
speak
up
for
the
other
folks
who
are
at
the
bottom
or
getting
a
left
out
so
having
having
doubt
about
community.
You
need
San,
Francisco
actually
puts
out
a
housing
trends
report
that
I
encourage.
You
ought
to
look
at
it
in
terms
just
how
thorough
they
are
of
really
looking
at
who
needs
housing.
AO
Then
we
need
the
truth
about
developer
finances
and
me--don't
talked
about
this,
but
developers
often
cry
broke
and
they
don't
want
to
show
us
their
their
finances
because
they
know
that
if
we
look
at
their
finances,
we'll
realize
they
can
do
more.
The
developers,
both
for-profit
and
nonprofit,
who
have
actually
showed
us
their
books,
haven't
worked
with
us
and
said
all
right.
You're
right
like
we
can
change
this
number.
We
can
do
more
affordability
and
some
ones
who
are
hiding
those
numbers
that
say
they
can't
do
more.
AO
So
we
know
because
developers
cry
broke,
that
when
we
look
at
what
they
can
actually
do,
they
can
do
more.
In
Jamaica,
Plain
there's
been
a
long
track
record
of
the
GP
Neighborhood
Council
asking
for
25%
affordability,
and
it's
not
a
coincidence
that
JP
is
one
of
the
neighborhoods
where
there's
20%
affordability
in
a
number
of
projects,
because
when
you,
when
you
set
a
higher
bar,
you
force
folks
to
follow
it.
If
you
look
at
other
cities,
New
York
has
a
requirements
of
20
to
30
percent.
AO
Toronto
has
a
30
percent
requirement
that
they're
trying
to
change
to
40
percent,
which
includes
on-site
affordability
and
also
partnering,
with
nonprofits
to
create
social
housing,
and
so
we
know
that
more
as
possible
and
as
this
13
percent
is
nonsense,
that
you
can
do
much
more
we're,
also
getting
a
lot
of
units
at
30%,
40%
and
50%
ami
now,
because
of
the
organizing
and
JP
and
Roxbury.
So
we
know
the
city
can
do
and
can
make
developers
do
units
at
lower
income
levels.
AO
So
just
getting
that
you
know
you're
going
to
hear
a
lot
from
the
developers
or
will
tell
us
that
33%
is
impossible.
Lori
and
Mies
are
impossible,
so
say
prove
it
to
us.
Show
us
your
numbers,
but
also
here's
other
examples
of
other
cities
that
have
done
it
better
and
we
know
where
you
can
do
much
better
to
make
sure
that
we
actually
build
a
just
city
that
doesn't
kick
everyone
out.
Thank
you.
Thank.
A
A
Well,
justice
and
I:
don't
have
any
other
folks
signed
up.
So
if
anybody
else
wants
to
speak,
please
just
line
up
for
those
who
haven't
spoken.
Yet,
though,
I'm
gonna
prioritize
those
folks
who
have
not
spoken
yet
so
anybody
else
who
has
not
spoken
yet
ma'am.
If
you
want
to
stand
behind
him
at
the
mic,
I
just
want
to
make
sure
I
have
an
accounting
of
who
likes
to
speak.
All.
AP
Right
so
you
already
know,
my
name
is
real
justice
and
I'm
this
this
stuff
that
we're
dealing
with
is
the
same
thing
that
we've
been
down
a
little
bit,
go
down
Thursday
any
day
in
any
time
during
the
month,
go
down
Thursday
to
the
housing
court
and
you're
gonna
see
who's
in
housing
court
and
they
all
look
like
me.
Well,
most
of
them
knows
they
the
vast
majority
as
I'm
weak.
We
have
a
lot
of
greed
going
on.
We
have
things.
That's
happening
right
now
to
talk
about
even
said
mr.
Flynn,
you
said.
AP
Maybe
we
need
to
look
at
the
the
capping
or
rent
control.
We
need
to
look
at
that
because
the
people
are
seeing
okay.
This
development
is
coming
in
I'm
gonna
capitalize
on
that.
Maybe,
if
I
push
out
these
people,
who've
been
paying
their
rent
steadily
it
with
no
problem
for
years.
I
can
get
this
extra
money
from
these
new
people.
You
know
because
they're,
seeing
like
a
we
allowing
these
developers
to
go
in,
you
know,
you're
gonna
raise
my
taxes,
my
land
taxes,
I
might
as
well
jack
up
the
price.
AP
You
know
it
is
very
anti
family
because
they
don't
care
about
I'm,
not
seeing
any
of
these
projects
that
even
consider
family
like
I'm
you're
talking
about
numbers
you're,
not
talking
about
people
and
that's
really
the
problem.
It's
like
you
know
we
and
last
time,
I
checked.
It
costs
a
lot
of
money
to
educate,
clothe
and
feed
children.
So
they
can
have
that
income,
but
if
they
have
children
they
that's
gonna.
Take
a
lot
from
that.
So
it's
like
um
the
children
aren't
even
being
considered.
AP
It's
like
they're,
pushing
out
people
who
have
been
in
place
for
years
and
years
and
years
because
they
see
that
there's
gonna
be
a
profit
margin,
they
see
money,
they
see
dollar
signs
and
that's
what
it's
all
about,
and
it's
like
we're
seeing
that
I
mean
this
pattern
is
continuing.
They're,
not
they're,
not
going
to
be
trying
to
house
people
that
are
already
in
the
neighborhood.
This
is
not
fixed
upon
the
people.
That's
in
the
neighborhood
they're
like
real-deal
they're
like
okay.
AP
How
can
we
attract
people
who
have
these
incomes
into
this
neighborhood
instead
of
the
people
in
here,
because
they,
quite
frankly,
don't
want
to
deal
with
us?
You
know
and
when
they
move
in
the
first
thing
they
get
gonna
try
to
do
is
start
giving
us
orders
because
I'm
nobody's
even
spoken
about
the
redlining
I
mean
it's
a
certain
point
in
time.
I
put
over
to
one
more
night
on
my
application.
I
know
I'm
not
getting
that
job
but
like
I,
know
for
sure
I'm
not
getting
that
job.
AP
You
know
say
it
didn't
even
matter
what
I
look
like
I
know,
Oh
to
one-one-nine,
not
getting
that
job.
You
say,
and
this
has
been
going
on
for
a
long
time.
The
red
line
in
this
is
this
is
just
basically
more
redlining
except
they're,
just
closing
it
in
they're
closing
it
in
and
they're
like
okay,
so
well,
we
want
this
area
now.
This
is
something
that
has
always
happened
to
my
community
and
it's
something
that
that
is
like.
It
continues
to
be.
AP
The
cycle
people
can
feign
ignorance
on
it
all
they
want
to
I
mean
when
they
want
to
push
the
highway
through.
What's
the
first
place
that
they
looked
at
exactly
through
our
neighborhood,
no
sale,
I
forget
you
guys
there's
so
many
people
got
displaced
just
for
a
highway
that
and
then
we
fought
and
actually
won.
You
know
and
some
good
things
came
out
of
you
know.
After
the
tie
we
didn't
come
through.
We
got
a
great
school
Madison,
but
that's
about
it.
AP
You
know
what
about
the
you
already
displaced
a
lot
of
people
and
now
you're
trying
to
displace
the
rest.
That's
what
it
seems
like
and
as
I
could
talk
about
private
you
could
demonize
the
private
people
all
you
want
to,
but
it's
like
it's
being
allowed,
it's
being
allowed.
It's
like
nobody,
you're,
saying
anything
towards
what's
really
happening
right
now.
You
know
saying
we
come
on
now
like
look
at
me.
I
am
a
target.
I
can't
even
walk
in
my
neighborhood,
as
it
is
just
imagine
when
these
higher
income
people
come.
AP
You
know
saying
I'm
gonna
be
having
9-1-1
called
on
me
and
my
own
neighborhood.
More
and
more
often,
you
know
just
for
the
simple
fact
of
being
just
me
who
I
am
you
know
saying,
and
even
if
I
say
well
I'm
from
here
that
didn't
matter
back,
then
it
was
there
when
they
were
harassing
me.
So
it's
like
and
like
I
stay
have
to
complete
disregard
to
the
families,
the
families
not
and
not
even
being
considered.
What
like
name
me,
one
project
right
now.
That
has
even
said
the
word
family
in
it.
AP
So
families
are
not
being
considered
in
roxbury
at
all
at
all.
This
is
all
everything
that
we're
seeing
is
doctor,
but
condos,
no
Sam,
I
priced
some
apartments
and
saying,
and
a
lot
of
these
places
are
not
even
being
bought
by
individuals.
They're
companies
now
saying
they're
shell
companies
in
order
to
do
what
they
need
to
do
in
order
to
make
an
investment
and
make
some
money
on
it,
because
it's
all
about
money,
no,
it's
not
about
people
in
real
bill,
like
I
said
where
these
people
go
to
work.
AP
There
are
all
these
great
jobs
that
people
are
gonna,
be
working
that
that
they
gotta
be
able
to
afford
this
stuff.
These
people
are
not
gonna
be
coming
from
here.
You
know,
they're
gonna
be
coming
from
other
places
and
they
gotta
be
pushing
us
out.
Let
me
not
going
to
be.
They
are
because
my
Roxbury
is
not
the
same
anymore.
In
this
continues.
You
know,
Roxbury
will
be
another,
how
they're
doing
the
Harlem
right
now.
Look
at
that
look
at
the
south
end
south
in
used
to
be
a
black
day
old
neighborhood.
Y
A
AA
Y
R
R
I
came
down
here
today,
despite
hearing
about
this
at
the
last
minute,
because
I
feel
that
this
is
so
important
to
open
up
this
talk
to
the
community,
no
matter
how
difficult
it
is,
because
I
think
that,
as
things
are
progressing
the
way
they're
going,
people
are
going
to
get
more
and
more
angry
in
the
situation
is
going
to
get
more
and
more
dire
and
the
way
to
turn
that
around
is
to
bring
people
of
all
backgrounds
into
the
same
room
and
talk.
So
thank
you.
R
I
wanted
especially
to
thank
Sheila,
Dillon
and
I
didn't
know
the
Fenway's
CDC
would
be
here
and
also
the
office
of
housing,
stability
and
Helen
Nichols
and
her
group
I
have
been
living
in
Boston
area
since
1979
and
I've
moved
three
times
in
the
last
two
years
and
I'm
a
practicing
artist
and
I
have
very
little
money
and
I'm
63.
Now
so
I'm
earning
less
and
if
I
hadn't
had
the
good
fortune
of
having
a
friend
say,
apply
for
this
lottery.
R
Someone
mentioned
truly
affordable
and
I.
Think
that
that's
a
very
big
issue,
I
heard
about
an
affordability
meeting
in
Cambridge,
which
is
one
of
the
areas
that
I've
lived
in
and
Cambridge
does
a
wonderful
job
in
many
things.
But
I
went
to
this
affordability
meeting
and
when
I
heard
that
you
had
to
make
what
you
had
to
make
B
to
get
an
affordable
apartment,
I
kept
saying,
do
you
mean,
and
they
were
like?
Yes,
so
now,
I'm
in
income
based
housing
and
that's
very
important
for
people.
R
That's
I
think
one
of
the
big
problems
today
is
that
there
are
a
lot
of
jobs
to
be
done
and
there
are
a
lot
of
people
who
would
do
very
simple
jobs,
but
we
are
living
in
a
society
which
devalues
people
who
do
simple
things.
You
know
like
street
cleaners
and
whatever
else
has
to
be
done
in
terms
of
just
keeping
up
our
environment,
and
we
see
now
on
a
global
level
where
that's
gotten
us
so.
R
We
have
to
ask
ourselves
why
we
are
in
the
situation
of
I,
think
it's
hundreds
of
thousands
of
people
need
income
based
housing
or
affordable
housing
now
and
it's
not
there
for
them.
So
why
do
we
have
this
need?
And
it's
as
people
said,
our
society
has
become
so
greedy
and
there
isn't
the
holding
accountable,
that's
necessary
of
the
developers
when
I,
when
I
look
at
the
community
papers.
R
I,
really
think
that
when
I
was
growing
up,
the
idea
was
that
if
you
were
smart
and
you
worked
hard
and
you
had
good
values,
you
would
get
along
in
life
and
as
time
progressed,
I
would
say
to
people
about
certain
things.
Well,
don't
you
think
this
could
have
been
done
differently
and
the
answer
increasingly
was
oh,
but
it
would
take
too
much
money.
It
would
cost
more
and
I'm
an
artist
I'm,
not
a
money
person,
but.
R
Philosophy
and
values
and
morals
are
very
important,
and
there
was
the
idea
of
good
old
human
ingenuity
and
figuring
out
ways
to
do
things
and
I
just
want
to
thank
you
for
being
here,
I've
gone
on
longer
than
I
wanted
to,
but
it's
great
that
you're
opening
this
up
to
the
community
and
I
know
it's
not
easy
in
terms
of
the
amount
of
time
you're
spending
and
all
the
information
you're
getting.
So.
Thank
you
very
much.
Thank
you.
AQ
Thank
you.
My
name
is
wheezy
Waldstein
I
just
wanted
to
make
sure
the
hearing
also
recorded
the
issue
of
the
policies
on
who
gets
the
affordable
units
in
a
neighborhood
because
of
people
from
the
neighborhood
don't
have
in
some
way
preference
for
those
it
can
be
equally
affordable,
but
not
contribute
to
the
stabilization.
Obviously,
there's
a
lot
of
compounding
fair
housing
issues,
but
I
think
that's
a
piece
that
is
unresolved
and
not
sufficiently
opened
up
yet.
Thank
you.
AR
Hello,
councillor
Edwards,
hello,
counselor
Flynn.
Thank
you
for
your
time.
I
do
appreciate
it.
Some
of
what
I'm
going
to
say
is
honestly,
frankly,
part
of
a
conversation
that
I
had
with
councilor
edwards.
Very
recently,
I
came
here
with
the
intent
on
saying
something
and
then
I
said
well,
no,
it's
more
important
that
other
people
in
the
room
share
their
stories
and
I'm
glad
that
I
kind
of
hung
back,
because
I
heard
some
very
eloquent,
powerful
anecdotes.
AR
That
really
I
hope
inform
different
players
in
the
room,
but
then
I
said
well,
I
think
maybe
I
do
have
something
to
say
and
I
do
think
that
maybe
certain
points
should
be
made.
So
obviously
we
have
a
housing
crisis:
okay,
so
I'm
from
Boston.
The
fact
that
we
do
not
have
a
middle-class,
so
we
have
an
ever
shrinking
middle
class,
is
something
that
greatly
alarms
me.
We
talk
a
lot
about
diversity.
We
have
to
have
economic
diversity.
AR
AR
Don't
think
anyone
would
deny
that
at
this
point
that
we're
not
addressing
the
root
problem,
and
so
I
would
say
that,
in
addition
to
building
and
very
judiciously
and
smartly
deciding
how
much
should
be
set
aside
for
affordable
housing,
with
an
understanding
of
what
affordable
housing
means,
because
it's
become
a
term,
that's
been
greatly
hollowed
out
okay,
so
we
really
have
to
kind
of
say
what
does
this
mean?
What
what
does
this
term
entail?
AR
How
is
it
relative
to
the
people
who
are
actually
living
in
the
city
and
who
want
to
live
here,
but
we
have
to
engage
a
lot
of
different
other
people
and
departments.
We
have
to
look
at
it's
not
just
simply.
We
can't
just
simply
say
you
know
what
we're
just
going
to
raise
the
minimum
wage.
We
can't
just
simply
do
that.
We
have
to
look
at
other
issues,
issues
that
have
driven
the
housing
crisis.
AR
Of
course,
the
universities-
that's
a
big
one,
but
we
also
have
to
look
at
the
gig
economy,
and
so
we
have
a
lot
of
people
that
just
can't
keep
up
with
the
rising
cost
of
living,
which
of
course,
include
the
rents.
So
we
have
people
who
maybe
do
great
for
two
or
three
months
and
then
for
two
or
three
months,
not
so
great,
then
we
have
people
who
are
underemployed.
AR
Maybe
they
want
to
work
full-time,
but
they
can
only
find
part-time
work
or
maybe
people
have
training
great
training,
but
they
can
only
find
something
that
speaks
to
a
certain
particular
level
of
their
training.
But
it's
not
necessarily
the
highest
level.
It
doesn't
allow
them
to
do
everything
that
they
cannot
possibly
do.
So.
What
am
I
saying
I'm
saying
that
if
we're
going
to
address
this
problem,
we
need
to
do
several
things
we
need
to
once
and
for
all
to
find
what
affordable
housing
means
that
we
should
stop
using
the
term.
AR
AR
AR
Another
reason
why
I
think
we
need
to
up
why
we
must
solve
the
housing
crisis
is
because
what
people
don't
understand?
Is
it's
not
just
about
losing
the
house?
It's
not
just
about
losing
the
home,
which
is
a
important
part
of
who
and
what
we
are.
But
it's
also
the
embarrassment
that
we
feel
not
that
we
should
feel
embarrassment.
But
we
do
the
shame
the
humiliation,
how
we're
looked
at
by
other
people.
AR
You
might
also
have
to
explain
the
credit
score
too,
so
I'm
glad
counselor
edgewood's
that
you
spoke
to
that.
So
it's
not
just
about
trying
to
keep
communities
together.
Although
that's
critical,
it's
that,
we
need
to
understand
that
when
we
don't
fight
to
keep
people
in
their
homes
that
there
are
all
kinds
of
repercussions
that
follow
people
later
on
and
so
I
guess
in
closing,
what
I
want
to
say
is
we
need
to
bring
all
different
people
to
the
table.
Z
With
even
again,
I
heard
the
city
about
ITP
about
the
size
of
the
condos,
the
dimension,
it
cost
too
much.
It
costs
too
little
well.
City
council.
Take
it
on
that
if
they
don't
provide
you
copy
of
the
permit,
that
will
tell
them
how
much
they
pay.
That
means
how
much
each
unit
press
corps
inch
will
cost.
That's
how
the
city
would
I
give
him
the
permit
for,
at
the
same
time,
City
Council
should
be
in
charge
of
the
blueprint.
Z
What
they
present
the
city
and
wonder
present
to
you
is
a
two
different
thing
been
there
done,
that
seen
it
and
if
they
want
it,
I
come
here
and
testify
and
I
will
prove
behind
the
reasonable
doubts.
They
are
playing
a
mind
game
with
both
of
us
and
they
don't
want
to
show.
Who
is
that
city
council
request?
Z
Anyone
who
built
more
than
nine
units
should
pull
the
money
in
the
bank
from
the
beginning
to
eat
and
eat
at
the
end
of
each
phase,
the
contractor
will
get
pay
for
that
particular
part
of
a
phase
is
done
that
way.
City
will
know
how
much
affordable
housing
will
cost
and
that
will
protect
the
member.
At
the
same
time,
a
lot
of
them
keep
dragging
dragging
dragging
even
the
primaries
expire.
Still
they
get
the
job
done,
and
that
should
be
considered.
Thank
you
very
much.
AJ
That
is
true.
They
often
do
lie
what
they
write
in
what
they
write.
It's
not
the
same
as
what
it
ends
up
being,
for
example,
they
have
different
buildings
and
then,
when
you
want
to
be
a
tenant,
it's
a
different
building,
but
no
it
depends
on
which
which
income
you're
in
in
terms
of
the
unit's?
No
that's
in
that
building,
no,
but
but
where's,
the
other
building
know
you
listed
that
building
know,
though
all
the
other
units
are
in
that
building.
AJ
AJ
So,
therefore,
you
can't
get
any
information
about
either
of
them,
because
they
can't
be
accountable
to
somebody
who
wants
to
move
in
with
a
section-8
certificate,
even
with
the
excellent
credit
and
I'd
like
to
say
that
the
these
programs,
these,
what
you
call
supports,
they're,
not
working
I've,
seen
I,
have
seen
drug
addicts,
klore
I've,
seen
people
who
eat
paper
I
saw
a
woman
who
took
a
shirt
from
from
a
convenience
store.
It
was
ripping
it
up
in
the
bathroom
with
the
scissors.
Okay,
I.
You
know
these
people
like
to
provide
these
supports.
AJ
They
don't
do
anything
I
know,
because
when
I
had
a
frozen
shoulder
and
I
couldn't
vacuum
my
apartment
three
weeks
late,
they
came
into
my
three
months
late.
They
came
into
my
house
and
they
vacuumed.
For
me,
she
broke
a
dish
she
had
to
keep
wearing
gloves
even
for
any
clean
clothes.
How
can
you
clean
a
house
when
you
can't
move
anything?
There's
the
bedbug
issue,
which
is
on
the
rise
and
it's
on
the
rise,
because
washing
is
so
expensive
and
they
don't
do
anything
until
you
have
a
nap
actual
epidemic
and
I.
AJ
Don't
have
that?
Bedbugs
thank
God,
but
the
fact
that
it's
rising
because
I'm
my
issue
is
I,
do
public
advocacy
and
when
someone
mentions
to
me
that
they
have
bed,
bedbugs
I
go
home
that
evening
bitten
and
I
have
to
put
my
clothes
in
the
freezer.
My
my
three
is
my
phaser
shouldn't
be
a
depository
for
my
clothes.
Thank.