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Dockets #0262 - Twenty Million Six Hundred Seventy Thousand Eight Hundred Ten Dollars ($20,670,810.00) in the form of a grant for the Emergency Rental Assistance, awarded by the United States Department of the Treasury to be administered by the Department of Neighborhood Development. The grant will fund assistance to household that are unable to pay rent and utilities due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
A
Today's
hearing
is
on
docket
0262..
It's
an
authorization
for
the
amount
of
20
million
670
810
dollars
in
the
form
of
a
grant
for
the
emergency
rental
assistance
awarded
by
the
united
states
department
of
the
treasury
to
be
administered
by
dnd,
the
department
of
development
department
of
neighborhood
development.
The
grant
will
fund
assistance
to
households
that
are
unable
to
pay
rent
and
utilities
due
to
cobit
19
pandemic.
A
A
also
joining
us
from
the
administration
is
tim
davis,
dnd,
deputy
director
taylor,
kane
dnd
assistant,
director,
catherine
or
katie
ford,
his
office
of
housing,
stability,
operation
manager
and
rick
wilson.
The
dnd
deputy
director
of
finance
we've
also
been
joined
by
our
the
director
of
dnd
sheila
dylan,
so
I'm
going
to
go
ahead
and
because
I
don't
expect
there
to
be
much
of
a
back
and
forth,
let's
just
learn
what
the
money
is
going
to
do
and
then
we'll
have
any
questions
I
see.
A
Counselor
mejia
has
joined
us
council
mejia
is
also
here.
So
I
think
I
I
don't
know
if
someone
could
let
her
in
off
the
if
she's
on
the
waiting
room,
but
just
wanted
to
note
that
so
again
this
is
just
about
funding.
So
we're
going
to
go
ahead
and
have
the
presentation
first
before
any
counselor
questions.
A
B
B
In
the
first
week
of
january
congress
passed
a
900
billion
dollar
coronavirus
relief
bill
as
part
of
the
consolidated
appropriations
act
of
2021,
which
provided
for
25
billion
in
emergency
rental
assistance
to
be
distributed
to
states
and
localities
with
more
than
200
000
people,
boston
was
eligible
for
and
has
received,
20
million
dollars.
670
810
the
state
has
received
421
million
dollars.
B
B
B
B
What
was
conceived
of
when
the
when
the
original
cares
act
was,
is
that
public
housing
authorities
and
others
would
actually
income
recertify,
tenants
and
therefore
those
rents
would
be
lower.
However,
we
are
finding
that
some
tenants
still
can't
pay
their
portion
or
they
can't
pay
utilities,
and
so
this
funds
would
allow
us
to
do
that,
and
we
are
working
with
dha
on
helping
dha
tax.
B
It
also
allows
for
housing
stability
services
such
as
mediation,
court
interventions
and
other
processes.
The
documentation
requirements
are
fairly
broad
while
they
do
want
us
to
have
documentation
as
much
as
possible.
We
may
use
other
verification
for
other
forms
of
assistance,
so
things
like
if
they're
already
eligible
for
snap
or
mass
health
or
other
programs.
That
means
that
they're
necessarily
under
80
percent
of
ami,
we
can
use
those
in
in
cases
where
now
that
is
possible,
we
can
use
written
attestations.
B
A
Before
you
go
taylor,
I
just
going
to
make
a
quick
announcement
of
who
we've
been
joined
by
we've,
also
been
joined
by
counselors
bach
and
counselors
braden
to
the
counselors
that
just
joined
us.
We
went
straight
to
the
presentation.
There
were
no
opening
remarks,
so
we're
just
gonna
allow
for
taylor
to
go
through
these
are,
I
guess,
a
separate
topic
related
but
separate
right.
This
is
on
rental
relief,
nothing
to
do
with
the
20
million
dollars
or
or
is
this
20
million
dollars
going
into
that.
B
B
D
But
great
so
thank
you,
council
for
having
us
here
this
afternoon.
I'm
going
to
quickly
go
over
the
rental
relief
fund
at
a
glance
what
we've
done
to
date
and
then
hoping
to
spend
the
bulk
of
our
time,
sharing
a
bit
about
how
we've
been
understanding
the
future
need
and
how
we're
planning
to
program
the
20
million
dollars
in
additional
resources.
D
D
So
over
the
past
11
months,
we've
made
a
number
of
modifications
really
trying
to
be
responsive
to
the
need
that
we've
seen
from
both
applicants
who
are
applying,
but
also
the
partner
agencies
that
we're
working
with.
So
we've
created
a
one-stop
application
process
where
applicants
can
complete
all
of
their
materials
at
once
and
really
enabling
tenants
and
landlords
to
work
together
to
submit
a
completed
application.
D
We've
really
prioritized
language
and
technology
access
or
ensuring
language
access
and
ensuring
kind
of
flexibility
in
ways
in
which
residents
can
submit
materials.
We've
made
sure
that
all
of
the
rental
refund
applications
and
additional
materials
are
available.
In
11,
different
languages
have
created
a
series
of
how-to
guides
for
tenants
and
landlords
to
explain
the
different
components
of
the
process.
We
posted
workshops
with
community
groups
and
we've
continued
to
utilize
the
language
line,
to
really
be
able
to
meet
the
needs
of
constituents
in
boston,
and
then
we've
made
several
modifications
as
it
relates
to
tenant
protections.
D
So
for
the
third
round,
we
increased
the
amount
of
assistance
that
households
who
were
involved,
who
are
able
able
to
receive
so
increasing
that
amount
to
six
thousand.
We
updated
our
owner
contract
to
include
a
commitment
to
participating
in
landlord
and
tenant
mediation
and
including
a
commitment
to
notify
our
office
of
housing
stability.
D
So
for
round
three,
which
are
applications
that
have
been
received
from
october
of
2020
to
the
end
of
february.
2021
we've
received
about
3
400
applications
around
1795
of
those
have
been
deemed
ineligible
and
I'll
go
into
those
different
reasons
for
an
eligibility
we
have
about
741
applications
that
are
pending,
meaning
that
they're
awaiting
tenant
and
or
landlord
documentation.
D
D
D
We
have
around
28
of
applicants
who
identify
as
black
or
african
american
16,
identify
as
white
asian
six
percent
and
then
black
african-american
white,
three
percent
black
african-american
latino,
one
percent
middle
eastern
west,
west
asian
and
north
african
as
one
percent,
and
then
we
have
four
percent
of
applicants
who
have
declined
to
report
the
recent
ethnicity
and
then
we're
also
keeping
track
of
the
primary
spoken
language
at
home.
So
around
947
of
our
applications
have
applicants
have
said
that
english
is
the
primary
language
spoken
at
home.
D
In
addition
to
looking
at
the
racial
and
ethnic
breakdown,
the
primary
language
spoken
at
home,
you
also
want
to
be
mindful
of
the
geographic
distribution
of
assistance.
So
what's
on,
the
screen
is
something
that
we've
shared
with
the
council
before
and
this
we
see
a
similar
trend
in
terms
of
seeing
the
largest
number
of
applications
coming
from
neighborhoods
of
east
boston,
dorchester
and
roxbury.
D
Also
seeing
high
numbers
of
applications
coming
in
from
hyde
park,
brighton
and
matapan
being
kind
of
the
next
tier
of
neighborhoods,
where
significant
applications
are
coming
in.
This
type
of
information
is
really
helpful
for
us,
as
we
think
about
outreach
and
where
neighborhoods,
where
we
know,
there's
disproportionate
impact
being
really
mindful
about
how
we're
reaching
out
to
those
communities.
D
And
then,
lastly,
we're
keeping
track
of
how
applicants
are
hearing
about
the
rental
relief
fund,
so
the
largest
number
of
folks
are
saying
that
they're
hearing
about
the
fun
from
city
of
boston,
social
media
also
really
interesting
to
note
that
friends
or
family
or
non-profit
organizations
or
community
groups
are
another
area
where
folks
are
hearing
about
this
assistance.
So
this
is
another
place
to
think
about
additional
outreach
efforts.
D
We
wanted
to
start
by
looking
at
what
do.
Our
current
applications
look
like
to
date.
So
what
we're
currently
seeing
is
that
we
have
around
25
sorry.
I
can't
see
that
tab
of
my
screen
percentage
of
households
who
owe
more
than
4
000
in
rental
arrears,
we're
also
paying
really
close
attention
to
the
percentage
of
households
who
are
reporting,
unpaid,
rent,
unable
to
pay
and
that's
around
58
of
our
current
applications.
D
Around
30
of
our
current
applications
are
saying
that
they're
going
to
face
future
difficulty,
paying
rent
and
then
around
10
of
our
current
applications
report
being
court
involved,
and
this
is
a
percentage
that
does
fluctuate
a
little
bit
because,
as
applicants
are
moving
through
the
process,
they
are
letting
us
know
if
they
have
received
a
notice
to
quit.
Even
after
submitting
their
initial
application.
D
In
addition
to
keeping
track
of
the
housing
status
of
our
current
applications,
as
we
think
about
future
need
we're
also
being
mindful
of
the
different
reasons
for
loss
of
income
and
the
industries
where
our
applicants
are
working.
So
most
applicants
are
saying
their
reason
for
a
loss
of
income
is
around
employer
reduction
or
shutdown
of
operations.
We're
seeing
that
most
of
our
applicants
are
coming
in
industries
that
we
know
have
been
disproportionately
impacted
by
covid.
D
So
when
we
think
about
our
new
program,
I'll
quick
or
spend
some
time
going
over
our
new
guidelines,
eligibility
and
the
program
program
preferences
for
this
new
funding,
so
we
are
planning
to
increase
the
amount
of
assistance
that
households
are
eligible
to
receive
to
15
000
and
increase
the
amount
of
time.
Households
are
eligible
to
receive
assistance
for
to
12
months,
with
this
option
for
an
additional
three
months
of
assistance.
D
And
then
I
think
I
have
one
more
slide
and
then
can
turn
things
over.
We're,
also
trying
to
be
really
mindful
of
the
different
housing
and
living
arrangements
that
residents
have
across
the
city
so
coming
up
with
guidance
for
those
who
are
in
roommate
situations
that
have
leases
encouraging
folks
that
are
subletting
explaining
the
ways
in
which
they
are
eligible
to
apply
by
utilizing
our
template
for
a
tenant
agreement.
D
D
And
then
the
last
slide
is
around
how
we're
approaching
engagement
and
collaboration.
So
we're
going
to
continue
to
do
outreach
to
residents
and
who
are
in
housing.
Court
working
with
different
landlord
organizations,
such
as
mass
landlords
and
small
property
owners
association
to
host
a
landlord
forum
about
the
fund
working
with
community
based
organizations,
including
past
boston,
resiliency
funds,
recipients,
tenant
rights
groups
to
really
get
the
word
out
about
this
resource
and
then
connecting
with
different
city
departments
to
ensure
that
they
are
sharing
this
information
through
their
networks.
D
And
then
there
are
some
web
page
updates
that
we're
planning
to
make
to
really
clarify
the
resources
for
tenants
and
for
landlords
and
also
outreach
materials
and
increasing
our
own
application
assistance
via
our
ability
to
support
folks
who
need
help
completing
an
application
via
phone.
And
I
believe
that
is
that's
all.
I
have.
A
Thank
you
so
much,
we've
also
been
joined
by
counselor
flaherty.
I
didn't
know,
oh
yes,
so
everyone
else
is
playing
backup
singer
right
from
the
okay
dookie,
so
we've
yeah
okay.
So
so
what
we'll
do
is
we'll
go
through
a
round,
and
I
I
know
that
some
of
our
colleagues
joined
in
the
middle
of
this,
of
your
excellent
presentation,
tim
about
the
differences,
and
I
have
a
feeling
some
of
them
will
be
asking.
A
B
G
Sure
I
can
I
can.
I
can,
I
think,
there's
a
series
of
bullets
here.
Tim
has
made
it
very
easy
for
me,
so
this
emergency
rental
assistance
funding
came
from
the
bill
that
was
passed
by
congress.
I
think
it
was
the
beginning
of
january
the
appropriations
act.
It
was
a
900
billion.
The
last
relief
bill
that
was
passed.
G
The
city
of
boston,
got
20.6
million
dollars
of
funding.
Out
of
that
out
of
that
big
pot,
it
has
to
be
used
for
emergency
rental
assistance.
It
has
to
be
for
renters
under
80
of
area
median
income.
We
can
fund
up
to
12
months
of
rent
and
utilities,
and
we
can
extend
that
up
to
15
months.
In
certain
circumstances
it
is
this
is
retroactive
to
last
march,
so
it
has
to
be.
You
know,
covert
related,
as
the
idea
has
to
be
covered,
related
problems
paying
rent
it
can
be
used
for
prospective
rent.
G
So
you
know
there's
no,
there
isn't
there
wasn't
as
10
put
it
there
isn't
a
lot
of
decision
making
for
us
around
what
to
do
with
the
money.
It
has
to
be
user
rental
assistance.
We
have
our
rental
relief
fund
as
taylor
just
walked
through,
so
that
so
we're
essentially
adding
it
to
that
pot
and
making
some
kind
of
tweaks
to
the
program
to
comply
with
the
new
funding,
and
you
know
kind
of
relaunching
and
doing
additional
outreach
to
make
sure
people
know
that.
That's
that
that's
there.
E
A
Some
other
things
was
the,
I
think,
the
income
eligibilities,
if
you
made
less
than
80
ami
right,
that
there
was
a
12
month
that
they
could
pay
for
12
up
to
12
months
of
rent.
That
you've,
I
think,
had
been
impacted
since
march
of
13th
of
last
year,
vatican,
pay
for
back
and
and
and
pro
rent,
which
is
good.
It
paid
for
utilities
and
utilities
finally
included
internet
bha
residents
to
certain
extents
and
certain
circumstances
can
apply
the
the.
A
If
you're,
already
on
snap
and
other
public
benefits
you,
you
may
be
considered,
probably
likely
already
qualified
to
get
this.
What
I
really
liked
also
is
that
it
does
technically
still
go
to
the
landlords
or
utility
companies,
but
you
can
make
payments
to
the
tenants
provided
the
landlord
doesn't
respond.
I
didn't
get
the
notes
within
a
certain
amount
of
time,
though,
and
these
were
for
my
colleagues
these
were.
These
are
big
upgrades
from
the
last
administration,
it's
kind
of
strict,
overly
burdensome
way
of
interpreting
how
to
get
relief
to
folks.
A
So
I
just
want
to
make
sure
that
we
we
were
aware
of
that.
Oh
provided,
as
rick
said,
housing
stability,
money
which
helped
with
mediation,
and
I
believe,
court
intervention
programs
as
well.
So
thank
you
so
much.
I
just
want
to
my
colleagues,
don't
know
where
the
money's
going
where
we
ask
where
the
money's
going
so
my
counselor
phone
had
to
step
away,
but
counsel
me
here.
H
I'm
muted
and
my
daughter
is
calling
me
at
the
same
time,
so
I
got
muted.
Can
you
hear
me?
Okay,
we're
good
to
go?
Yes,
so
I
guess
for
me
I'm
just.
First
of
all,
let
me
just
say
I'm
incredibly
grateful
to
the
administration.
You
guys
always
show
up
on
time
ready
to
do
the
work,
and
you
are
one
of
the
best
departments
to
to
work
with
you
know,
since
the
I
just
wanted
to
say
thank
you
to
the
chair
for
calling
this
hearing
since
the
start
of
kovit.
H
We
have
seen
how
the
city
has
adjusted
to
finding
new
ways
to
accommodate
residents,
particularly
those
who
are
facing
housing
instability.
I've
mentioned
before
this
issue
is
both
personal
and
professional,
and
I'm
excited
to
see
where
we
have
the
opportunity
to
continue
to
provide
rental
relief
assistance.
I'm
just
curious.
Can
you
talk
a
little
bit
about
the
the
community
workshops?
D
Yes,
that's
those
are.
Those
are
great
questions,
so
can
get
back
to
you
on
the
exact
number
of
attendees
at
the
different
workshops
that
we've
held,
but
the
workshops
that
we've
done
hosted
to
date
have
really
been
focused
on
meeting
with
community
organizations
that
have
those
relationships
with
residents
and
walking
them
through
the
application
process
for
the
rental
refund
and
the
different
criteria
so
that
they're
better
able
to
work
with
residents
who
are
interested
in
applying.
D
We
are
also
really
interested,
as
we
think,
about
this
additional
assistance
in
in
doing
exactly
those
types
of
workshops
and
hosting
them
in
different
languages
to
to
really
meet
the
the
needs
that
we
see
in
terms
of
communities
whose
primary
language
spoken
at
home
is
not
english.
So
that
is
something
that
we
have
on
deck
for
for
development,
in
terms
of
making
those
connections
with
different
community
groups.
H
I
know
thank
you
so
very
much.
I
think
that
you
all
are
all
employing.
You
got
the
chief
of
breaking
it
down
here.
Lydia
edwards
is
in
the
house,
so
I
think
that
she
will
definitely
follow
up
with
some
really
great
questions
as
well.
So,
thank
you
so
very
much.
I
really
do
appreciate
the
conversation.
Thank
you.
I
Sorry,
madam
chair,
I
was
having
technical
difficulties,
I'm
coming
to
you
from
an
outdoors,
but
I
want
to
echo
the
thanks
to
the
dnd
team,
just
I
think,
seeing
this
program
evolve
and
and
really
like
the
data
that
you're
capturing
I
know,
reflects
a
lot
of
questions.
We'd
asked
at
earlier
hearings-
and
I
think
also
reflects
the
fact
that
this
program
has
been
targeted
at
the
folks
who
we
wanted
to
be
targeted.
I
At
I
mean
both
when
you
look
at
you
know
where
people
are
out
of
work
from
the
neighborhood,
the
diversity
of
the
families
that
we're
helping
with
this
fund
it
it's.
I
think
it
is
a
model
for
the
for
targeting
the
kind
of
release
relief
that
we
want
across
agencies,
and
so
I
guess
I
don't
have
lots
of
critical
questions.
I
just
a
couple
of
quick
ones.
One
is
just
well
you
mentioned.
Tim
mentioned
the
money
to
the
state
for
the
same
purpose.
I
Are
we
thinking
about
ways
to
make
sure
that
you
know
we
and
them
we
want
them
to
be
additive
right?
We
want
to
make
sure
that
we're
like
catching
different
folk
and
not
sort
of
the
same
set
of
documentation
and
also
maybe
that
we
figure
out
how
they're
administering
theirs
and
whether
there
are
gaps
and
how
they're
administering
theirs
and
how
we
spell
that.
So
one
thing
would
just
be
thinking
about
what
the
coordination
was
going
to
look
like
another
would
be
do
we
have
a
sense.
I
I
mean
our
overall
goal
is
to
prevent
addictions
here
and
to
prevent
you
know
housing
loss,
and
I
know
that
some
of
the
data
that
you
guys
were
showing
us
was
suggesting.
You
know
we've
been
helping
people,
but
it's
been
tip
of
the
iceberg
for
some
folks
in
terms
of
how
much
they
owe,
and
maybe
this
larger
amount
per
family
that
we're
going
to
be
able
to
do
will
help
with
that.
I
I
Those
are
my
three
things:
coordination
with
the
state
making
sure
that
you
know
we're
hoping
that
the
moratorium
doesn't
lift
lift
for
some
time
yet,
but
that
we're
really
best
positioned
to
to
catch
the
folks
who
are
most
a
risk
of
eviction
and
then
and
then
the
sort
of
overall
funding
landscape
on
the
city
side
as
well
for
this
purpose.
Thank
you.
G
We're
actually
currently
working
with
providers
to
allocate
the
remainder
of
those
of
those
funds,
and
we
think
that'll
be
coming
in
the
next.
You
know
in
the
next
few
months
we
want
to
be
really
strategic
about
how
we
commit
these
funds
so
that
we
come
through
with
the
other
side
of
the
pandemic
in
better
shape
than
we
are
now.
G
We
received
20
million
dollars
from
that
source,
and
we
had-
and
at
this
moment
all
of
that
has
been
kind
of
earmarked
for
rent
relief.
But
in
light
of
this
new
funding
that
we've
received
the
emergency
rental
assistance
funding,
we
want
to
spend
that
first
we
have
to
spend
that
funding
first,
because
the
deadline
for
that
funding
is
the
end
of
this
year.
In
cdbg
funding.
We
have
some
more
time
to
spend
so
we'll
start
with
the
emergency
rental
assistance
funding.
G
We
don't
want
to
kind
of
jump,
jump
too
quickly
and
spending
our
cdbg
cv
funding,
but
one
area
that
we
are
looking
at
if
we
do
reprogram
that
funding
would
be
permanent,
supportive
housing
for
homeless
families.
We
know
that
there
is
a
critical
need
need
there,
particularly
with
co,
but
we
want
to
make
sure
that
we
de-densify
shelters,
get
people
off
the
streets
out
of
unsafe
conditions,
get
them
into
permanent
housing
with
supportive
services.
G
So
we're
looking
at
that
very
closely
talking
to
providers
talking
to
developers
the
cdbg
cv.
Funding
could
be
used
to,
for
example,
acquire
a
property
and
convert
it
to
permanent
supportive
housing
or
to
develop
a
permanent
board
of
housing,
but
that
would
obviously
take
longer
and
then
the
other
funding
piece
was
the
chronovirus
relief
fund,
which
the
city
had
received.
G
120
million
dollars
for
in
total,
we
got
nine
and
a
half
million
dollars
of
that,
eight
of
which
went
to
the
rent
relief
fund,
which
is
what
we're
spending
right
now
and
then
a
million
and
a
half
was
we've
used
for
permanent,
supportive
housing
for
for
homeless
women.
So
I
think
we're
doing
a
good
job
at
spending
the
funding.
We
have
some
work
to
do
on
the
the
balance
and
some
thinking
to
do
on
this
new
funding
that
we
that's
in
front
of
you
right
now.
E
E
I
will
say
you
know:
they've
got
more
resource
so,
but
I
think
where
the
issue
is,
the
state
is
very,
very,
very
backed
up
so
like
by
six
thousand.
I
think
six
thousand
applications
as
of
monday
in
boston.
They
are
they're.
You
know
trying
to
make
their
way
through
the
queue
so
we're
supporting
that
effort,
but
our
we're
funding
other
people,
because
we
don't
want
them
to
get
in
that
queue.
E
E
We
and
lastly,
we
want
to
make
sure
that,
if
somebody's
applying
to
us
they're
getting
money
from
us
but
they're
not
getting
money,
unless
it's
intentional
money
from
us
and
money
from
the
state,
we
don't
because
we
hear
that
treasury
hates
that
and
if
they're
gonna
audit,
that's
what
they're
gonna
audit
on
did
the
same
entity
get
multiple
sources
for
the
same
activity,
so
we're
working
through
those
wrinkles
as
well
taylor.
I
don't
know
if
you
have
anything
else
to
add
about
coordination.
F
Yeah-
and
I
just
wanted
to
answer
the
piece
about
the
housing
stability
and
the
tenants
that
we
are
helping,
because
we
are
our
biggest
fear-
is
that
we
are
going
to
pay
off
back
rent
and
pay
perspective
rent
and
then,
when
the
money
runs
out,
but
we
still
might
be
setting
these
tenants
up
to
fail
because
they
might
be
in
a
unit.
That's
not
affordable.
E
F
Yeah
sure
so
we
actually
have
our
eyes
on
every
single
eviction
case.
That's
been
filed
within
the
city
of
boston.
We
contact
every
person
who
has
a
hearing.
We
make
sure
that
they
know
about
their
rights
and
their
protections,
but
we
also
make
sure
they've
applied
for
assistance.
We've
doubled
our
housing
court
navigator
program,
so
they're
in
the
courthouse,
two
of
them
right
there
on
a
virtual
counter
every
single
day
helping
people
apply
for
that
assistance
and
get
that
get
those
housing
counseling
supports
as
well.
F
So
that's
that's
something
that
we're
that
we're
doing,
and
then
anyone
who
calls
our
office
who's
received
a
notice
to
quit
or
a
summons.
They
immediately
are
referred
to
greater
boston,
legal
services
and
they
are
referred
to
an
attorney
and
so
we're
we're
excited
to
offer
that
that
service.
For
for
folks
and
again,
anyone
who
applies
for
our
rental
relief
fund
in
this
new
round
of
funding,
they
will
also
receive
those
same
supports.
I
A
C
Thank
you
man
of
chair
for
hosting
today's
hearing
and
also
to
the
walsh
administration
for
putting
the
matter
forward
as
we
continue
to
try
to
mitigate
the
damage
of
covert
19
as
it
pertains
to
our
economy.
We
must
continue
to
prioritize
protecting
individuals
and
families
in
our
city
who
are
who
are
struggling,
and
this
grant
from
the
u.s
treasury
department
is
a
godsend,
quite
frankly,
for
countless
of
bostonians
who've
been
living
in
fear
of
being
evicted
having
their
utility
shut
off
or
they've
been
racking
up.
C
You
know,
potentially
you
know
life-altering
debt
as
well
as
those
that
have
missed
payments,
etc.
So
for
this
reason,
obviously
it's
incredible
critically
important
that
we
as
a
council
expedite
the
matter
following
today's
hearing
and
vote
on
it
as
soon
as
possible,
and
so
look
forward
to
you
putting
forth
a
committee
report
that
speaks
to
just
that.
I
also
want
to
take
an
opportunity
to
thank
the
panelists
here
today.
C
I
know
that
the
office
of
housing
stability
and
the
department
of
naval
development,
the
teams
that
are
here,
kate
from
ohs
and
the
chief
and
tim
and
rick
they've,
been
doing
tremendous
work
since
day.
One
it's
now
almost
been
a
full
year,
so
I
want
to
continue
to
work
with
them
and
give
them
the
resources
they
need
to
continue
to
make
a
difference
and
all
of
us
as
counselors.
C
So
we're
going
to
continue
to
do
that
as
a
council,
we're
going
to
continue
to
work
with
them,
but
I'm
excited
to
support
this
committee
report
when
you,
madam
chair,
put
it
forward-
and
I
want
to
thank
obviously
the
u.s
treasury
as
well
for
thinking
of
boston
and
giving
giving
us
some
resources.
So
we
can
help
people
and
that's
what
this
business
is
about.
C
A
The
the
deck
by
the
way
was
excellent,
and
so
I
think
I'd
love
to
know
if
you
have
any
more
promotional
materials
that
we
could
use
the
city
councilors
in
more
than
one
language
about
the
rental
leak
program,
I'm
I
I
love
that
the
city
of
boston,
I
obviously
I
work
for
you
guys,
but
I
can't
believe
that
elected
officials
are
like
what
fifth
and
being
able
to
get
this
out.
So
I
challenge
my
colleagues.
A
We
should
compete
and
we
should
be
doing
our
best
to
you
know
make
next
time
when
that
survey
comes
back
and
they
say
how
do
they
find
out
about
this
money?
We
should
be
number
one
there's
like
like
13
of
us.
So
so
that's
one
thing.
I
wonder
if
you
can
get
over
the
ways
in
which
we
can
promote
this.
A
That's
one
and
then,
in
terms
of
the
the
you
know
you
said,
400
million
dollars
came
from
came
to
the
state
and
this
you
may
not
have
an
answer
to,
but
if
we're
about
10
of
the
population-
and
I
know
we're
way
more
in
terms
of
population
in
terms
of
eviction
and
housing
crisis
than
over
the
rest
of
most
of
the
state,
the
20
million
seems
not
as
much
as
what
we
are
deserving
of
is
there?
Is
there
a
push
to
get
more
from
the
state?
Are
we
happy
with
what
we
got.
B
Yeah
the
reason
why
we
got
the
amount
that
we
got
was
because
of
the
way
the
federal
law
is
set
up,
and
it
is
definitely
a
smaller
percentage
than
our
population
would
be.
So
that
is
why
we
are
being
very
forceful
with
the
state
that
boston
residents
can
use
the
state
program
as
well.
That's
also
why
it's
useful
that
they're
setting
up
the
program
with
some
of
the
affordable
housing
developers
while
we're
working
with
the
bha,
so
it's
it's
we're
very
much
going
to
make
sure
that
boston
residents
can
access
the
state
funds.
A
Okay,
all
right,
that's
that's
much
more
comforting
and
then,
in
terms
of
just
you
know,
my
I'm
really
excited
about
what
the
biden
administration
has
said
about
pathways
to
citizenship
and
so
on
and
so
forth.
But
in
my
district
I
have
a
lot
of
tps
mixed
status,
families,
folks
with
no
status,
and
so
how
are
we
or
is
this
following
the
strict
guidelines
for
folks
who
are
mixed
at
his
families?
Or
you
know?
How
is
this?
D
A
And
then,
in
terms
of
the,
since
we
did
get
an
update
on
the
rental
relief
program.
I
was
wondering
if
there's
an
update
on
the
housing
notification
app
and
how
many
notifications
have
been
given
to
the
office
of
housing,
stability
of
from
landlords
when
they're
going
to
evict
just
curious
we've
gotten
if
it's
working.
F
So
it
is
working
we
have
received
over
3
500
notices
to
quit
to
date
a
lot
of
them
by
hard
copy.
We
are
almost
done
finalizing
that
electronic
landlord
portal,
like
it's
like
the
ohs
infrastructure
week,
I
keep
saying
every
week,
it's
gonna
be
finalized
and
it
will
be
shortly.
So
we
are
excited
to
have
that
finalized
soon
and
we're
also
working
on
a
plan
to
reach
out
to
those
tenants
who
have
received
30-day
notices
to
quit.
F
A
Didn't
realize
it
I
mean
it's
great
in
terms
of
you
now
can
do.
I
think
a
lot
of
the
eviction
spotting,
the
hot
spots,
the
building
clear
outs,
those
kinds
of
things
you
can
start
to
do
that
now
I
can't
remember
the
exact
language.
I
hope
it
doesn't
expire
based
off
of
the
declaration
of
emergency
and
covet
right.
A
It
goes
on
for
ever
so
we'll
be
able
to
long
term
be
able
to
see
at
least
further
upstream
than
we
did
before
right
as
a
city,
but
I
mean
that's
what
800
or
so,
I'm
bad
at
math.
So
what
you
know
it
passed
in
october,
it
became
effective
immediately.
I
think,
november
december
january
february,
four
months,
yep
3
500.
It's
a
little
over
800
evictions
filed
just
in
boston
a
month.
F
So
those
are
notices
to
quit,
not
evictions
filed,
so
the
trend.
We
are
seeing
counselors
that
some
you
some
entire
buildings.
They
will
send
out
a
notice
to
quit
february
2nd
you'll
get
a
notice
to
quit
for
late
payments.
So
I
mean
those
are
some
of
the
trends
we're
seeing
and
then
they're
immediately
cured.
So
those
are
that's.
Why
we're
trying
to
come
up
with
a
plan
to
reach
out
to
the
30-day
notices,
because
it's
going
to
be
almost
impossible
for
us
to
hit
those
14-day
notices.
So
that's
what
that's?
A
F
No,
we
don't.
We
don't
have
that
yet,
but
I
do
know
we
we
do
receive
calls
into
the
hotline
because
they
have
received
that
piece
of
paper.
From
that
note
to
quit,
that's
been.
It's
been
highly
effective
in
my
in
my
opinion,
but
I
don't
have
the
exact
numbers
for
you,
but
I
do
think
it's
been
highly
effective.
A
No
I'd
love
to
get
that
to
find
out.
You
know
so
now
that
you've
got
3
500
intense
to
quit,
but
it
actually
resulted
in
only
you
know.
Whoever
knows
you
know
300
actually
going
to
court
because
of
the
upstream
services,
the
mediation,
the
so
on
and
so
forth
that
you
guys
kept
putting
in
and
making
sure
that
the
funding
got
there.
Then
the
rent
relief
and
the
back
and
pro
prospective
rent
was
provided.
So
then,
eventually,
the
person
didn't
have
to
go
anywhere
so
that.
F
And
I
can
tell
you
that
from
our
housing
court
docket
project,
because
we
have
our
eyeball
on
every
single
case-
that's
been
filed.
885
cases
have
been
filed
against
bostonians
since
the
eviction
moratorium
lifted.
For
I
mean
we're
seeing
amounts
of
fifty
dollars
for
an
eviction
case
up
to
forty
thousand
dollars
for
an
eviction
case
so
and
we
we
definitely
reach
out
to
those
landlords,
and
we
we
wanna
know
why.
Why
that's
happening
and
what's
going
on
excellent.
A
So
that's
it
for
my
questions.
Folks
from
my
colleagues.
Unless
there's
any
burning
questions,
you
know
we
got
a
great
update.
I
think
you
can
hear
the
overwhelming
support.
We
absolutely
need
this
money
sooner
rather
than
later,
so
I'm
gonna
go
ahead
and
mark
it
up
for
next
week's
vote
for
the
for
the
city
council.
So
unless
anyone
has
any
other
further
questions,
I
don't
think
we
obviously
don't
need
a
working
session
on
this
or
anything.