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Government Operations- Docket #0408- Message and order for your approval, a home rule petition to the General Court Re: A Special Law Authorizing the City of Boston to Implement Rent Stabilization and Tenant Eviction Protections.
B
And
I
am
the
chair
of
the
Boston
city
council
committee
on
government
operations.
Today
is
a
community
listening
session.
It's
an
opportunity
for
us
to
hear
from
you
the
community,
today's
Thursday
March
2nd
2023-
and
we
are
here
today
for
hearing
on
docket0408
message
in
order
for
your
approval,
a
home
rule
petition
to
the
general
court
regarding
a
special
law
authorizing
the
city
of
Boston
to
implement
rent
stabilization
and
tenant
eviction
protections.
This
matter
was
sponsored
by
the
administration
and
referred
to
the
committee
on
February
15th
of
2023.
This
hearing
is
being
recorded.
B
It
is
being
live
streamed
at
boston.gov
city,
council,
TV
and
broadcast
on
Xfinity
Channel,
8,
RCN,
channel
82
and
FiOS
channel
964.
written
comments.
I
have
already
started
to
be
submitted
but
may
also
be
submitted
and
sent
to
the
committee
email
at
ccc.go
at
boston.gov
and
will
be
made
a
part
of
the
record
and
available
to
all
of
the
counselors
public.
Testimony
will
be
taken
at
the
end
of
this
hearing.
It's
technically
a
test.
It's
the
end.
B
In
the
beginning,
it
will
be
the
whole
hearing,
but
Public's
testimony
will
be
taken
here
in
the
chamber.
You
can
sign
up
here.
We
have
sign
up
sheets,
I,
believe
on
both
sides,
but
I
certainly
see
them
over
here
and
you
can.
Let
staff
know
that
you
would
like
to
make
a
public
comment.
You
can
also
sign
up
online.
B
We
have
folks
who
will
be
testifying
virtually
and
we
will
be
going
in
an
order
for
folks
in
the
room
and
folks
online
if
you
would
like
to
testify
virtually-
and
you
are
watching
this
now-
please
email,
Megan,
Kavanaugh
at
Megan,
m-e-g-h-a-n,
dot,
Kavanaugh
k-a-v-a-n-a-g-h
at
boston.gov
for
the
link
to
testify,
and
your
name
will
be
added
to
the
list.
If
you
need
interpretation
for
today's
hearings,
we
have
interpreters
for
Mandarin,
Cantonese
and
Spanish
available
today.
B
If
you
are
speaking
or
seeking
Cantonese,
we
have
Anna
C
here,
she's
our
our
Cantonese
interpreter.
So
please
let
her
know.
If
you
would
like
to
speak
with
her,
you
can
also
see
Cantonese
channel.
One
is
online
I
believe
on
the
zoom
to
log
into
that
interpretation.
We
also
have
Terry
Yin,
who
is
here
for
Mandarin.
Thank
you
on
channel
two.
Thank
you
very
much.
B
So
if
you
would
like
to,
if
you
are
here
and
you
need
Mandarin
or
you
need
Cantonese
they're,
both
here
and
I'm,
going
to
give
you
both
a
chance
just
to
interpret
that
in
Cantonese
and
Mandarin
for
folks
who
need
it.
B
Second-
and
we
also
have
Spanish
interpretation
today,
Gabriella
Herrera
and
Erica
Perez
are
providing
Spanish
interpretation
they're
available
via
Zoom,
but
if
you
are
in
the
chamber-
and
you
need
Spanish
interpretation-
they
will
also
interpret
for
you.
I
believe
Michelle
is
who
you
would
talk
to
to
get
on
that
I'm,
going
to
give
counselors
a
chance
to
give
openings
for
being
present
here
today
for
listening
as
they
come
in,
we'll
give
folks
a
chance
to
give
an
opening.
B
This
is
a
community
listening
session,
so
there
will
not
be
any
presentation
or
questions.
The
purpose
of
this
is
to
hear
directly
from
our
community
and
constituents,
and
so
I'm
going
to
do
this
in
order
of
arrival
I'm
not
putting
a
timer
on
my
Council
colleagues.
I
think
that
this
is
since
there's
no
questions
or
or
presentations.
B
We
don't
need
to
put
a
timer
on
your
opening
and
so
we're
gonna
go
begin
with
counselor
Ed,
Flynn
I
know
Michael
Flaherty
is
here,
and
so,
when
he
walks
in
technically
it'll,
be
counselor
Flaherty,
followed
by
councilor,
Murphy
and
counselor
Baker
so
beginning
with
you,
counselor
Flynn.
If
you
have
an
opening
you'd
like
to
give.
C
Thank
you
Mr
chair,
and
thank
you
to
the
residents
across
the
city
for
being
here.
The
mayor
came
out
with
a
proposed
proposal
on
this
issue,
which
I
thought
was
reasonable
and
I
also
offered
a
couple.
I
also
also
offered
a
plan
of
my
own
actually
for
homeowners
that
are
providing
big
old
Market
rent
to
a
resident
in
one
of
their
Apartments
I
think
there
should
be
some
tax
relief,
tax
assistant
property
tax
assessment
for
that
homeowner
that
that's
one
way.
We
could
also
support
our
Working
Families.
C
The
other
way
is
many
residents
followed
up
with
that
request
and
asked
what
about
long-time
residents,
especially
our
seniors
that
have
lived
in
a
home
for
maybe
20
25
years,
and
is
there
an
opportunity
to
provide
them
some
tax
tax
relief
on
their
tax
assessment
on
their
property
and
I
said?
That's
that's
a
valid
question,
so
that's
something
I
would
I
would
propose
that
a
senior
living
in
their
home,
for
maybe
over
20
or
25
years,
that
there
would
be
some
type
of
assistance
for
them.
C
B
Thank
you,
councilor
Flynn,
Council
of
Flaherty
I'm,
giving
time
for
folks
to
give
openings.
There
is
no
timer
on
this
because
there's
no
presentation
or
questions
the
purpose
obviously
of
today's
hearing
is
to
hear
from
Community,
but
I
want
to
make
sure
that
counselors
who
are
present
have
a
chance
to
speak
if
they
would
like
to
so.
You
are
next.
D
Thank
you,
Mr
and
I'll
obviously
be
brief,
because
it's
opportunity
for
the
public
to
be
heard,
and
they
just
want
folks
and
obviously
I've
recognize
that
we
have
an
affordable
housing
crisis.
We
also
have
a
homeless
crisis
here
in
the
city.
D
We
all
have
a
collective
effort
to
do
our
part
to
try
to
make
Boston
more
affordable,
and
that
being
said,
with
respect
to
the
legislation,
that's
in
front
of
us
now,
my
concern
around
these
smaller
properties,
the
smaller
landlords
and
the
feeling
that
it
puts
them
at
a
disadvantage,
particularly
those
that
don't
have
big
property
management
companies
or
lawyers
or
accountants,
that
sort
of
control
their
books,
but
have
a
small
portfolio
of
property
that
they've
managed
on
their
own
and
concerns
that
you
know
this.
D
Legislational
Prejudice
them
I'm
also
concerned
about
tenants
in
and
around
the
our
colleges
and
universities,
particularly
the
neighborhoods
that
house
a
lot
of
our
students
during
the
Academic
Year
and
that
they'll
just
continue
to
charge
the
maximum
amount
every
time
there's
a
turnover
in
the
rent.
So
a
number
of
moving
Parts
I'm
paying
attention
looking
at
this
thing
very
closely
very
seriously,
but
those
are
a
couple
things
that
jump
out
to
me
that
are
inherently
unfair.
D
So
if
we're
able
to
exempt
some
more
of
the
properties
and
again
this
is
about
the
big
companies
in
the
gougers.
This
is
about
you
know,
small
property
owners
and
with
their
own,
are
occupied
or
not
so
I
think
we
should
consider
exempting
some
more
of
the
non-owner
occupied
in
the
smaller
category.
We
saw
how
devastating
and
disastrous
it
was
over
in
Cambridge
when
they
were
trying
to
manage
the
small
properties
back
in
the
80s
and
90s.
D
We
do
not
want
to
have
a
repeat
of
that
here
in
Boston,
so
that
said,
look
forward
to
the
testimony
and
listen
to
folks
as
they
give
us
their
thoughts
and
opinions.
Thank
you.
Mr
chairman.
E
Thank
you,
chair
Arroyo,
and
thank
you
to
the
residents
for
being
here,
I'm.
Looking
forward
to
this
conversation.
Hearing
from
you
and
listening
to
your
concerns
and
what
you
bring
forward.
I
have
been
following
this
closely
and
as
a
renter
myself,
I
know
that
the
cost
of
living
in
the
city
of
Boston
is
increasingly,
it's
been
unaffordable
for
a
long
time,
but
it
keeps
going
up.
So
we
need
to
do
something
we're
definitely
in
a
housing
crisis.
E
We
need
to
be
building
more
housing
so
that
there's
more
opportunities
for
low-income
middle-income
families
across
the
city
to
have
access
to
housing,
affordable
housing.
So,
looking
forward
to
this
conversation,
thank
you
for
everyone
for
coming
out
and
thank
you,
chair,
I'll
leave
I
want
time
to
hear
from
the
residents,
so
thank
you.
F
Thank
you,
Mr
chair
listening
session,
so
I'm
I'm
here
to
listen.
I
do
have
a
conflict
in
a
little
while
so
I.
Let
me
get
right
to
it.
Thank
you.
Thank.
B
You
councilor
Baker
and
I'll
save
mine
for
later,
so
that
we
can
get
to
community,
but
I
do
want
to
speak
briefly
on
just
what's
before
us.
The
matter
was
sponsored
by
mayor
Ward,
we're
going
to
enable
the
city
of
Boston
to
implement
rent
stabilization.
The
ACT
sets
the
maximum
allowable
rent
increase
at
the
Boston
Metro
Consumer,
Price,
Index
or
CPI
by
plus
six
percent,
or
a
maximum
percentage
increase
of
10.
Whichever
is
lower
this
home
rule
petition
includes
tenant
eviction
protections,
including
just
cause
eviction
protections
which
means
under
this
proposed
law.
B
Tenants
could
only
be
evicted
for
cause
such
as
failure
to
pay
rent,
substantial
violations
of
the
lease
or
use
of
the
unit
for
illegal
purposes.
Additionally,
this
home
rule
petition
enables
Boston
to
update
its
condominium
and
Cooperative
conversion
to
extend
the
protections
of
the
original
legislation
to
more
properties.
It
makes
important
updates
to
the
rental
registry's
data
collection
to
better
support
tenants.
This
hearing
is
an
opportunity
for
us,
the
city,
to
hear
from
you
directly
in
public
testimony
on
the
impact
of
this
legislation.
B
On
on
yourselves,
however,
this
committee
will
also
be
holding
a
virtual
working
session
on
Monday
March
6th
at
10
A.M,
specifically
for
Council
colleagues,
to
discuss
specific
languages
of
this
home
rule
petition
and
so
I'm
going
to
go
to
our
first
folks
on
our
list
for
Testimony
here
and
I'm.
Then
gonna
we're
gonna.
Do
this
10
in
the
chamber,
10
on
zoom
in
the
breaks
between
that
I'll
go
to
counselors
as
they
arrive.
I
want
to
know.
B
Councilor
Braden
is
here
with
us
today
and
they
can
give
their
openings
at
that
time,
and
so
I
would
like
to
start
with.
Do
we
have
Alba
Oliver
signed
up
online
yeah?
Okay?
So
let's
get
our
public
testimony
for
zoom
up
and
ready
to
go
and
then
I'm
going
to
start
with
who's
here
in
chamber.
Thank
you.
So
please
excuse
my
pronunciation
of
your
name.
If
it
is
incorrect,
I
apologize,
Gian,
Hua,
tan
or
Tang.
B
Foreign
folks,
please
introduce
yourself
when
you
come
to
testify
if
you're
online
or
in
person,
please
state
your
name,
your
neighborhood
and
or
affiliation
to
an
organization.
If
you
are
speaking
on
behalf
of
an
organization
I'm
going
to
give
everybody
three
minutes
and
I'm
gonna
try
to
hold
us
at
three
minutes.
If
you
go
a
little
bit
above
three
minutes,
I'm
gonna,
let
that
ride.
If
we
get
to
about
three
minutes
and
30
seconds
I'm,
then
gonna
interrupt,
and
hopefully
we
can
wrap
it
up
by
that
point.
B
So
with
that
I'm
gonna
give
Miss
Tang.
G
H
Hi
everyone,
my
name,
is
Jin
wah
Tong
I
am
a
CPA
Chinese
Progressive
Association
co-chair
I'm
I'm
a
southern
resident
I'm
speaking
here
today
as
a
southbound
resident.
However,
CPA
also
is
very
concerned
about
this
proposal.
H
G
H
Let's
say
that
it
would
take
the
housing
15
years,
then
they
can
have
the
brain
control.
This
is
totally
unacceptable.
We
object
that
this
is
not
right.
This
is,
if
we
do
it
that
way,
it
is
a
chance
to
help
the
developer.
To
make
more
money
is
not
for
the
benefits
of
the
resident
and
for
the
tenants.
Now
we
know
inflation,
it's
crazy.
It's
getting
worse
and
worse.
We
need
now
to
have
the
rent
control
and
now
is
the
time.
G
G
G
H
H
B
So
two
things
the
first
is,
you
might
have
noticed
that
was
more
than
three
minutes.
What
we're
gonna
do
with
folks
who
require
interpretation,
is
I'm
only
going
to
run
the
timer
on
the
parts
where
you
are
speaking
when
the
interpretation
is
happening.
I
am
pausing
that
timer
and
not
using
that
against
your
time,
because
it's
not
your
time
so
when
you
are
speaking-
and
you
are
working
through
an
interpreter-
know
that
I'm
only
going
to
count
the
time
that
you
are
speaking
towards
those
three
minutes.
The
interpretation
itself
is
paused.
B
Secondly,
I've
been
reminded
that
signs
are
not
allowed
in
the
chamber
and
so
folks
are
able
to
sort
of
put
the
signs
away
during
this
session.
That
would
be
great
you're.
You're
welcome
to
speak
today.
I
hope
to
hear
from
you
all
about
the
points
that
your
signs
make.
Thank
you
very
much.
Next
we're
going
to
go
to
ju
Chiang
Liang.
B
And
I
think
the
next
four
require
Cantonese
interpretation
and
so
to
our
Cantonese
interpreter.
Just
know
that
the
next
few
are
going
to
be.
I
H
I
H
H
We
have
two
children,
the
older
one
is
17,
the
younger
one
is
five
years
old
and
we
both
have
to
work
actually
because
of
that
only
one
of
us
can
work
and
the
other
one
take
care
of
the
children,
and
most
of
the
expense
is
from
the
husband
and
his
income
and
his
wages
to
support
the
family
and
simply
learn
will
go
to
work
part-time
after
school
to
help
out
the
family
them
they
save
most
of
the
money
to
pay
rent
and
after
paying
rent.
We
don't
have
much
left.
I
I
H
Increase,
as
you
know,
everything
is
going
up.
Inflation
is
not
slowing
down
if
they
increase
the
rent.
We
don't
know
what
we're
gonna
do,
because
our
kids
are
still
in
school.
They
cannot
help
to
buy
Properties
or
buy
a
house.
We
can't
even
think
about
the
idea
we
apply.
Affordable
housing
takes
a
long
time.
We've
been
applying
and
applying
we've
just
been
waiting.
I
H
So
we
hope
that
the
government,
an
official,
will
care
about
the
Working
Class
People
Like
Us
like
me,
and
the
lower
income
to
implement
the
rent
control
in
a
way
to
have
good
policy,
not
letting
the
rent
control
to
be
increased
in
an
unreasonable
way.
There's
no
limits
for
how
much
they
can
increase.
K
For
cannot
speed.
I
tried
to
lead
lead
her
stay
at
that
statement
here.
Maybe
we
may.
My
name
is
Washington
Street
Boston
Massachusetts
0211.
K
Okay,
my
name
is
May.
Finally,
we
in
my
two
son
moved
to
Oak
Terrace
for
the
middle
income
house
line
of
the
land.
Lentil
is
a
thousand
eight
hundred
s
yet.
K
K
H
I,
try
to
I
try
to
do
that.
The
rents
right
now,
where
we're
paying
is
a
thousand
eight
hundred.
We
don't
really
want
to
move
in
that
property,
but
we
have
no
choice.
We.
What
we
really
want
to
move
in
is
affordable
housing,
foreign.
H
Okay,
so
let
me
tell
you
this
housing
situation,
the
the
place
where
living
is
really
small,
it's
two
tiny
bedrooms
and
when
we
move
in
there-
and
it
was
800
and
2020
2006
right
now-
is
a
thousand
a
thousand
four
hundred
and
twenty
there
are
four
people
living
there
and
that
with
it's,
a
it's
a
mom
and
dad
and
two
twin
boys
and
they're
in
high
school
first
year.
Think
about
this
in
the
long
term.
This
is
not
really
good
for
the
kids
right.
H
So
what
we
really
really
want
is
to
be
able
to
move
into
affordable
housing.
We
don't
know
how
long
it's
going
to
take
we've
been
applying
for
a
long
time.
We
haven't
heard
anything
so
this
is,
we
don't
want
to
move
into
Oak
Terrace,
but
we
have
no
choice,
but
a
thousand
800
1800.
The
rent
right
now
is
not
what
we
can
afford.
K
H
We
want
to
have
a
better
future.
We
want
to
have
our
own
home,
but,
as
you
know,
Boston
is
one
of
those
expensive
cities
in
America
not
saying
to
buy
a
property
even
to
rent.
One
is
really
expensive
and
the
rent
is
increasing,
more
and
more
I.
Think
about
family
like
us,
with
children
and
working
class.
How
can
we
afford
such
rent
and
such
increase?
H
I'm
here
to
urge
you
to
come
up
with
a
good
policy
that
is
protecting
us.
Otherwise,
we
can't
stay
in
Boston.
We
hope
all
of
you,
City,
councilor
and
legislators-
will
take
this
chance
to
have
a
good
policy
for
rent
control
and
then
to
protect
us
in
a
way
that
we
can
continue
to
build
our
life
and
Home
in
Boston.
Thank
you
so
much
thank.
B
K
B
K
It's
me
hi,
my
name
is
I,
am
a
staff
in
Chinese
Progressive
Association
I
I?
Am
the
community
organized
for
our
15
years,
and
I
am
living
in
Brighton
right
now,
I
am
brighter
in
less
than
and
I
work
in
Chinatown
and
I
see
a
lot
of
the
family
who
are
Chinatown.
K
They
moved
to
other
City
because
they
cannot
stay
in
our
community
and
even
me,
be
before
I
live
in
China
I
have
the
daughter
in
Chinatown
and
then
I
try
to
fight
two
rooms
in
Chinatown
kind
of
fire
and
then
I
moved
to
South
Boston
after
that,
but
I'm
really
lucky
I
got
the
lottery
and
then
can
buy
my
have
my
own
house
and
in
Brighton
right
now.
I
am
that's
why
I
know
the
affordable
housing
for
the
family
is
very
important,
but
right
now
I
see
the
the
the
land
and
the
housing
market.
K
Oh
my
God,
it's
so
crazy
and
even
my
daughter
talked
to
me,
Mom
I
think
I
need
to
leave.
You
I
don't
know
how
can
I
move
forward
without
you,
because
she's
thinking
about
the
future,
she
cannot
buy,
buy
the
house,
even
the
land
of
is
so
so
high
and
I
work
in
Chinatown
I.
Just
thinking
about
the
housing
is
human
life,
but
right
now
in
Chinatown,
a
lot
of
the
low
house
is
like
the
developer.
They
bought
it
and
then
to
try,
keep
them
out
the
little
house
long
time.
K
Last
time,
for
example,
it's
like
106
Tyler
Street
in
the
103
Hudson
Street
and
101
Hudson
Street.
This
is
all
the
low
house,
it's
the
developer.
They
bought
it
and
try
to
keep
it's
actually.
K
They
put
out
all
the
lessons
and
then
right
now,
no
more
long
time
less
than
even
over
there
and
even
the
effect,
the
small
business
too,
because
the
106
Tyler
Street
the
first
floor
is
the
like
the
Asia
room,
the
haircut
and
ends
up
after
yeah
after
the
new
land
roll
bought
the
house
and
then
all
they
move
out
all
the
tenants
and
line
up
even
a
small
business.
It
increase
the
land,
but
the
effect
is
because
the
the
simulation
is,
if
the
the
user
do.
K
The
haircut
is
for
the
worker
family,
but
right
now
the
land
is
very
high.
They
need
to
you,
know
double
the
the
haircut
fee
or
some
something
so
I
think.
That's
why
the
the?
If
we
want
the
family
or
the
low
income
people
living
in
Boston,
we
must
have
the
good
land
control
policy.
That's
why
today
I
do
my
best
test
widely
presented
a
lot
of
the
Chinese
family,
a
broken
family
and
you
can
see
all
our
elderly.
They
really
want
to
stay
in
Boston.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
Yeah.
B
L
I'm
James
Cordero
I'm,
a
resident
of
Dorchester
and
I
am
a
public
school
teacher.
I
want
to
begin
by
just
thanking
the
city
council,
the
mayor's
office,
as
well
as
the
countless
staffers
Community
Partners
and
organizations
that
helps
draft
the
rent
control
proposal,
as
is
I,
know
that
a
lot
of
work
went
into
that
and
I
appreciate
the
beginning
of
a
conversation
about
how
do
we
really
make
sure
we
have
a
Boston
for
all
a
Boston
where
people
can
live
safely
and
comfortably
without
fear
of
displacement
and
I
really
want
to
implore?
L
The
council
and
all
stakeholders
involved
to,
as
other
Advocates
have
said,
really
refine
this
policy
to
make
sure
that
we
are
protecting
every
member
of
our
community.
That
means
this
10
cap
really
should
be
reduced
to
a
five
percent
cap,
including
inflation
and
whatnot,
and
we
really
need
to
make
sure
that
the
policy
applies
to
as
many
properties
as
possible
include
shooting
those
properties
that
are
new
construction
only
within
five
years,
instead
of
I
believe
the
current
cap
is
within
15
years
would
be
exempt.
L
The
fact
of
the
matter
is,
we
have
a
city
where
people
want
to
live
in,
because
it's
a
beautiful
city
with
many
opportunities
and
people
are
being
priced
out
and
people
are
deciding
whether
they
would
pursue
a
life
here
or
go
elsewhere.
We
as
a
state
are
actually
losing
population
and
our
housing
costs
have
to
do
with
that.
We
need
to
make
sure
we
are
making
sure
that
people
do
not
get
pushed
out
unfairly.
L
I
want
to
build
a
life
here,
I
love
being
here
and
I
want
to
make
sure
that
I
can
afford
to
be
here
so
that
I
can
contribute
to
this
community
and
I
know
many
just
like
myself.
I
understand
there
are
concerns
about
making
sure
that
developers
still
build
housing
and
I.
Think
the
policy
as
in
as
itself
is
allowing
for
that.
The
five
percent
cap
allows
for
are
plenty
of
wiggle
room
for
developers
and
I.
Think
we
really
need
to
make
sure
we
ask
ourselves.
L
Do
we
want
housing
that
maximizes
the
profits
of
real
estate
corporations?
Or
do
we
want
to
make
sure
we
have
a
Boston
for
all
a
Boston
that
ordinary
people
who
make
ordinary
wages
can
actually
afford
to
live
in
and
that
that
is
the
priority
that
I
urge
the
council,
the
mayor
and
all
involved
stakeholders
to
prioritize?
Above
all
else,
thank
you
for
your
work
and
have
a
good
evening.
Thank.
B
M
Thank
you,
councilor.
Thank
you,
I'm
Michael
Kane.
My
organization
is
the
mass
Alliance
of
Hud
tenants,
we've
saved
about
8,
000
or
so
apartments
in
Boston,
since
the
90s
one
building
at
a
time
through
tenant,
organizing
campaigns
we're
currently
doing
that
at
the
Forbes
building
in
Jamaica,
Plain,
147,
elderly
and
handicapped
people
who
are
facing
displacement
from
twelve
hundred
dollar
rent
increases.
Unless
we
can
get
legislation
passed.
So
we
really
need
your
help
on
that.
M
We
commend
the
council
in
the
mirror.
I
I
thought.
I'd
almost
never
lived
to
see
this
in
50
years
of
advocacy
for
rent
control
to
have
a
majority
of
the
council
that
is
clearly
committed
to
doing
that
and
a
mayor.
M
That's
really
taking
a
courageous
lead
that
is
what's
changing
the
dialogue
at
the
State
House
we've
been
up
there
lobbying
for
since
the
90s
for
rent
control,
pretty
much
alone
for
most
of
that
time
and
I
can
tell
you
that
the
atmosphere
is
starting
to
change
and
it's
because
of
all
of
the
organizing
work
by
tenant
groups
around
the
state
and
here
in
Boston,
and
because
of
your
leadership
as
well.
They're
hearing
they're
starting
to
hear
us,
we
need
to
unite
and
push
harder
to
get
what
we
want.
M
M
Thank
you,
so
we
just
want
to
mention
a
few
things
that
we
think
should
be
added
to
the
mayor's
proposal
to
strengthen
it.
First,
we
agree
with
almost
everybody
who's
spoken
on
this-
that
the
cap
needs
to
be
lowered.
There's
no
reason
it
should
be
above
the
CPI
right.
Cpi
is
inflation.
M
Landlord
should
be
able
to
get
the
inflation,
and
the
proposal
from
the
mayor
allows
them
to
get
extraordinary
increases
if
they,
if
the
utilities
go
up
or
the
boiler
breaks,
they
can
get
that
by
going
to
the
city
and
getting
approval
so
that
there
isn't
a
reason
to
add
six
percent.
On
top
of
that,
and
if
we
do
I
can
guarantee
you,
the
landlords
will
just
raise
rents
six
percent
every
year,
right,
they'll
figure
out
a
way
to
do
that.
So
you
need
to
cap
that
at
a
lower
level.
M
M
Remember
that
we
don't
want
that
to
be
in
this
new
proposal,
so
that
was
something
we
disagree
with
the
mayor
on
that
it's
her
proposal
is
allows
the
units
to
reconvert
to
Market
as
soon
as
somebody
moves
out,
they
call
it
a
mark
they're,
calling
it
a
rent,
the
market
reset
Market.
Well,
that
is
a
form
of
vacant,
CD
control,
very
bad
idea.
If
you
do
that,
it
will
be
an
incentive
Financial
incentive
to
landlords
to
drive
people
out,
by
hook
or
by
crook.
M
That's
exactly
what
happened
in
New
York
until
the
legislature,
New
York,
finally
repealed
vacancy
control
in
2019..
So
you
need
to
avoid
that
one
up
front.
That's
a
very
important
change!
Either
cap
the
turnover
rents
at
the
same
as
the
overall
cap,
or
maybe,
if
you're
lowering
it
to
CPI,
allow
them
no
more
than
five
percent
upon
turnover,
but.
M
Okay,
the
other
quick
ones-
okay,
the
inside
or
outside,
is
30
seconds
well,.
M
Use
housing
like
the
buildings
that
we
represent.
There
is
a
home
rule
petition
which
you
all
passed
unanimously,
but
we
think
that
a
couple
of
Provisions
from
that
should
be
added
to
the
mayor's
proposal,
particularly
to
allow
the
city
to
require
owners
to
renew
subsidy
contracts
or
replace
them
to
keep
units
affordable
for
extremely
low-income
people.
M
And
lastly,
I'll
mention
requiring
disclosure
of
beneficial
ownership
interest
and
the
expanded
registry,
which
is
in
the
mayor's
proposal,
adds
some
language
that
says
that
a
real
person
has
to
be
identified
as
the
owner,
no
more
secretive
llc's,
which
are
typically
masking
Global
criminals
and
it's
laundered
money.
That's
why
they're
hiding
it!
You
need
to
stop
that
and
so
that
we
know
who's
buying
the
house
next
door.
You
know-
and
you
all
know,
who's
buying
up
the
30,
condos
and
Millennium
towers
by
upping
down
cash.
M
O
Hi,
can
you
hear
me?
Yes,
all
right.
Great
I
want
to
first
start
off
by
thanking
the
city
council,
I
think
in
a
sort
of
a
way,
I'm
speaking
to
the
choir,
because
the
majority
of
the
people
in
the
city
council,
if
not
all
of
you,
have
supported
affordable
housing
in
our
building,
in
particular
for
a
long
time.
I
am
a
tenant
in
one
of
those
expiring
youth
buildings,
the
Forbes
building
at
545,
Center
Street
in
Jamaica
Plain.
O
We,
despite
negotiations
with
the
city
and
the
state
for
over
eight
years,
the
landlord
has
not
signed
a
contract
with
the
city
and
state
to
keep
the
building
affordable
and
the
inspiring
use
the
expiring
use.
Contract
has
run
out,
which
means
that
the
people
in
our
building
are
subject
to
eviction.
O
Those
people
are
people
who
are
62
and
older
elderly
people.
It
is
disabled
people
and
it
is
low-income
people
and
I
will
tell
you
straight
out
that
the
apprehension
in
our
building
is
palpable
I'm.
O
A
member
of
the
steering
committee
of
that
building-
and
we
hear
from
elderly
people
who
are
absolutely
scared
to
death,
that
they're
going
to
be
put
out
on
the
street
and
the
the
issue
and
and
that
I
don't
think
I'm
I'm
speaking
with
hyperbole,
because
once
if
the
landlord
chooses
to
make
the
apartments
in
our
building
market
rate,
they
will
not
be
able
to
pay
it
and
there
are
no
houses.
There
is
no
immediate
housing
left
for
these
people
to
go
to
now.
O
I
will
say
that
I
think
our
building
with
the
help
of
our
steering
committee,
has
become
the
oldest
activist
group
in
the
city
for
affordable
housing.
Most
of
us
are
70,
80
and
even
90
years
old,
and
we
have
had
rallies.
We
have
had
the
support
of
numerous
public
officials,
City
councilors,
non-profit
organizations
and,
as
a
result,
we
believe
the
landlord
has
agreed
to
give
our
tenants
one
year
of
without
raising
the
rent
or
I
may
be
raising
it
by
by
very
little.
But
after
that
year
is
older
over.
O
O
So
I
I
asked
the
city
council
I,
don't
even
think
I
have
to
ask
I
know
that
you're
in
support
of
the
mayor's
proposal,
we
are
thrilled,
as
Michael
said,
we're
thrilled
that
the
the
tide
seems
to
be
turning,
but
I've
been
in
this
long
enough
now
to
know
that
when
the
tide
seems
to
be
turning,
something
always
happens
to
to
turn
it
over.
So
we
ask
for
your
continued
support
and
we
will
continue
to
support
you
in
in
supporting
this
home
rule
partition
I.
Thank
you.
B
It's
going
to
be
Melissa
wardwell
by
followed
by
Mike,
laba
and
I,
just
wanna.
Everybody
has
three
minutes:
I,
try
to
give
you
an
extra
30
seconds
Grace
and
at
that
point
I'll
break
in
and
let
you
know
whatever
your
final
thoughts
are:
please
make
them.
We
got
a
long
list,
which
is
a
tribute
to
the
city
and
to
folks
here's
work
and
so
I
want
to
make
sure
everybody
gets
a
chance,
so
Melissa,
wardwell
and
Mike
leyba
in
that
order.
I
don't
know
if
Melissa
is
here.
B
B
I
want
to
take
a
moment
to
just
acknowledge
that
we've
been
joined
by
councilor
Braden,
counselor,
Louis,
Jen,
councilor,
Coletta
and
counselor
Lara,
and
when
we
take
a
break
to
transition
from
the
in-person
to
zoom,
testimony
I'll
give
those
counselors
a
chance
to
give
an
opening
statement
or
or
just
greet
the
crowd,
whatever.
Whatever
they're
trying
to
do
and
then
go
back
to
testimony
whenever
you're
ready.
P
P
Renters
are
critical
to
the
city
fabric.
We
contribute
over
7.5
billion
dollars
annually
to
this
economy.
Evictions
are
disproportionately
filed
in
Massachusetts
communities
of
color,
especially
in
black
and
latinx
neighborhoods.
70
percent
of
Market
evictions
happen
in
these
neighborhoods,
where
the
majority
of
residents
are
people
of
color.
Even
though
only
52
percent
of
the
city's
rental
housing
stock
is
in
these
neighborhoods,
concentrated
ownership
by
absentee
corporate
landlords
was
strongly
associated
with
a
higher
eviction
filing
rate.
P
The
eviction,
the
frequency
of
these
evictions
in
Market
housing,
is
24
higher
in
rental
units,
with
absentee
landlords
than
in
units
compared
to
owner
occupant.
When
we
talk
about
rent
control
here,
we're
not
talking
about
owners
versus
renters,
we
are
talking
about
corporate
control
of
land
and
housing,
something
that
should
be
a
right
to
everybody.
P
We're
talking
about
a
corporate
regulation,
not
pitting
people
against
each
other
and
that's
exactly
what's
happening
right
now:
rent
control
we've
been
working
on
passing,
rent
control
for
many
years,
Michael
Kane
just
mentioned
it's
been
40
years,
50
years
that
they've
been
working
on
it.
All
kinds
of
organizations
have
been
working
a
long
time
to
do
this,
and
in
order
to
do
that
10
years
ago,
on
Beacon
Hill,
if
you
mentioned
rent
control,
they
would
chase
you
out
of
the
building.
P
Now
we
knew
that
we
needed
to
take
the
fight
outside
of
Beacon
Hill,
and
we
did
that
in
the
city
of
Boston,
three
out
of
four
residents
support
rent
control
in
the
state
of
Massachusetts.
A
recent
poll
commissioned
by
amplify
latinx
says
78
of
Latinos
in
Massachusetts,
supported,
rent
control
and
yet
the
administration,
and
if
the
city
council
isn't
careful,
the
city
council
is
still
trying
to
appease
rent
control
interests.
P
P
The
only
way
to
pass
rent
control
is
to
have
a
strong
version
of
this.
If
we
try
to
find
the
middle
of
the
ground
we're
going
to
end
up
outside
of
Beacon
Hill.
Without
anything,
it
is
a
historic.
It
is
magical
thinking
to
think
that
there's
a
way
to
compromise
our
way
to
this,
it's
time
for
the
city
council
and
for
the
mayor
to
stand
up
to
an
industry
that
is
kicking
our
people
out.
P
As
soon
as
this
homero
petition
started
moving
a
week
ago,
the
industry
announced
over
almost
half
a
million
dollars
in
ads
against
the
policy.
It
announced
a
frivolous
lawsuit.
It's
weaponizing
the
court
system
to
delay
to
stall
to
stop
this
legislation.
We
won't
stand
for
it
and
we
want
you,
the
council,
to
stand
up
and
represent
the
people
of
Boston.
That's
what
we
want.
It's
not
realistic
to
think
that
a
middle
of
the
road
compromise
is
happening
in
good
faith.
It's
not
going
to
happen!
P
The
second
that
starts
moving
on
Beacon
Hill,
the
mortgage
industry,
the
real
estate
industry,
they're,
going
to
Poison
the
Well
like
they
do
every
single
time
every
single
year,
every
single
session.
What
we
need
is
we
need
to
take
this
fight
to
our
neighborhoods
and
we
will
be
in
every
single
District,
every
single
neighborhood,
organizing
people
to
pressure
every
city
across
the
Commonwealth,
pressuring
people
to
pressure
their
legislators
to
pass
a
policy
and
the
way
to
do
that
is
with
a
strong
policy.
P
A
Q
So
nervous,
Melissa
wardwell
I
live
in
Brighton
Austin
Babcock
Street
by
Packard's,
Corner
I've
been
there
five
years.
I've
got
two
kids,
the
gist
of
it
is
frustrating.
With
this
whole
situation.
I
have
section
8,
I
have
rheumatoid
arthritis,
I've
had
really
bad
and
it
just
progressively
gets
worse
every
year,
so
I
can
work
part-time.
You
have
your,
you
can
do's
and
your
can't
Do's
with
that.
But
the
issue
comes
down
to
your
housing.
Q
Q
Q
Q
Do
you
decide,
do
you
want
food
or
do
you
decide
do
you
want
to
pay
rent
and
I'm,
pretty
sure,
there's
probably
a
handful
of
people
that
have
had
that
decision,
unfortunately,
which
should
not
happen
when
you
have
they
with
hot
they
saved
around
40
people
in
my
building
and
Boston's,
a
good
City
I
grew
up
in
Charlestown
and
with
the
rent
increases,
if
you
think
about
it,
just
in
general,
in
10
years,
how
many
people
do
you
know
have
been
here
in
the
same
area?
Q
I
have
not
moved
I,
don't
want
to
move
because
I
don't
want
my
kids
to
go
from
here
to
there
to
there
or
their
friends.
So
it's
more
stability
structure
like
these
kids
are
our
future.
So
how
do
you
have
a
future
for
them
if
you
can't
even
keep
it
stable
and
a
lot
of
it
has
to
do
with
rent
like
it's,
it's
scary,
I
know
a
lot
of
people
think
it's
scary,
I'm
scared
of
it.
I
don't
want
to
have
to
move
out
of
the
city.
Q
C
B
R
Everyone
good
afternoon,
my
name
is
Juliana
Morris
I
am
a
renter
in
East,
Boston
and
I
am
a
primary
care.
Doctor
I
serve
patients
from
the
Greater
Boston
area
and
also
in
Boston
from
East
Boston,
Roxbury,
Dorchester,
Jamaica,
Plain,
primarily,
and
so
I
mean
I.
Think
it
meant
a
lot
of
people
here
have
personal
experience
with
the
physical
and
mental
health
impacts
of
the
housing
affordability
crisis.
R
So
I'll
just
talk
about
kind
of
how
it
affects
us
day
to
day
in
the
clinic,
and
we
see
it's
basically
a
topic
of
conversation
every
single
day
in
many
of
our
appointments
and
I
have
patients
who
have
been
forced
to
stay
in
domestic
violence
situations,
because
they're
unable
to
find
a
way
out.
I
have
patients
who
have
been
unable
to
control
their
hypertension
or
diabetes
because
of
the
stress
of
impending
evictions,
or
just
the
day-to-day
grind
of
trying
to
make
rent
I
had
a
patient
the
other
day.
R
Who
was
telling
me
that
she
wasn't
going
to
be
able
to
purchase
her
co-pay
for
her
CPAP
machine
for
sleep
apnea,
because
the
her
rent
prices
were
just
too
high
and
I
had
a
patient.
The
other
day
who
actually
had
managed
to
quit
smoking
she
has
COPD,
but
then
they
raised
her
rent
I
think
it
was
greater
than
five
percent
or
ten
percent
and
she
had
to
scramble
to
find
a
new
place.
She
took
up
smoke
again,
I,
don't
know
how
long
it'll
take
her
to
quit
this
time.
R
So
also
people
are
moving
far
away.
The
displacement
is
really
impacting
health
because
people
don't
have
access
to
their
long-term
providers
and
and
sometimes
they're
in
places
where
they
have
much
poorer.
Access
to
health
I
have
a
patient
who
has
to
rely
on
rides
from
her
niece
that
are
pretty
hard
to
come
by
and
she's
missing,
so
many
appointments
and
everything's
just
getting
totally
out
of
control
since
she
was
displaced.
R
So
it
is
obviously
heartbreaking,
first,
just
to
witness
what
people
are
experiencing
did
today
and
also
to
understand
that
this
is
completely
preventable
if
greedy
landlords,
if
the
Housing
Industry,
would
change
those
practices
and
if
we
had
legislative
action
that
would
change
these
practices.
It's
putting
strain
on
our
health
system,
the
moral
injury,
injury
and
that
health
care
provider's
experience.
We
desperately
need
housing,
just
housing
policies
and
I
won't
reiterate
the
important
improvements
to
the
current
proposal
that
have
been
mentioned
today.
R
That
I
also
support,
especially
five
percent
cap
and
I,
believe
that,
if
we're
able
to
put
through
even
stronger
rent
control
that
it
will
be
a
very
important
investment
in
the
health
of
Boston.
Thank
you
very
much.
Thank.
B
B
Oh
well
maybe
she's
on
his
own
list,
we'll
see
in
a
second,
then
I'm
gonna
go
to
ronel
Remy.
S
B
Think
it's
it's!
If
you're,
if
you
come
to
a
counselor,
Louisiana,
translating
of
course
I
am
all
right,
then
perfect!
So
then
we
will
do
it
that
way,
and
just
again
a
reminder
for
folks.
Only
the
time
you
are
speaking
counts
against
your
time.
I
will
not
count
the
interpretation
time
against
your
time.
Okay,
yeah!
Is
it
easier
for
you
to
go
over
there?
Thank
you,
counselor
Louisiana.
This
is
why
diversity
and
and
having
different
languages
is
important.
S
Okay,
good
afternoon
everybody,
my
name
is
rondel
I
am
a
father
and
a
husband
and
I'm
here
to
speak
on
behalf
of
the
Jesus.
So
sorry,
folks,
I'm
sorry
job
no
problem
s.
T
S
T
S
T
Parts
of
a
bill
and
then
and
then
we'll
have
to
we'll
save
money
for
the
for
the
next
one.
S
S
S
S
T
The
problem
is
they're
greedy,
they
want
more
than
what
people
can
pay
and
they
want
to
continue
to
take
take
take
with,
regardless
of
whether
people
can
pay.
S
S
S
T
T
B
Thank
you
councilor
for
helping
facilitate
that
we
are
about
to
transition
to
our
Zoom
testimony
if
you
are
watching
this
live
and
you
are
unable
to
make
it
to
City
Hall
to
sign
up
here
in
person
for
in-person
Testimony,
we
will
be
going
for
a
little
while
here,
we've
got
a
good
amount
of
names.
B
So
if
you
are
on
the
way
you're
fine,
but
if
you're
unable
to
make-
and
you
still
like
to
testify-
please
email,
ccc.go
boston.gov
at
any
time
as
this,
this
hearing
is
proceeding
and
we
will
make
sure
to
add
you
to
the
list.
I
want
to.
Thank
you.
I
want
to
make
sure
that
we
give
the
colleagues
who
have
joined
us.
We
have
given
colleagues
a
chance
to
speak
I'm,
not
putting
a
timer
on
any
of
you.
B
T
You
and
thank
you
to
everyone
for
being
here.
You
just
heard
from
me
and
translating
but
I'm
a
counselor
at
larger
to
Luigi
and
I
agree
with
my
brother
I.
Don't
know
that
we
need
to
lift
the
ban
on
rent
control
and
that
our
communities
are
really
are
really
really
hurting.
We
know
that
a
majority
of
Boston
residents
support
rent
control,
and
so
we
are
here
today
to
listen
to
you
and
to
hear
your
testimonies.
T
I
have
heard
a
number
of
people
here
today
say
that
I
thought
I'd
never
lived
to
see
this
I
thought
we
wouldn't
get
here,
and
so
I
want
to
thank
the
advocates
for
pushing
this
and
I
want
to
thank
the
administration
for
the
political
will
to
really
bring
this
forward.
It's
not
an
easy
conversation,
but
it
is
one
that
will
really
save
our
communities
as
an
attorney
who
worked
in
housing
court
and
who
continues
to
work
in
housing
court
to
help
our
families.
T
I
know
that
there
are
a
lot
of
the
provisions
in
this
bill
like
it
just
cause
eviction
that
will
really
help
a
lot
of
our
families.
There's
so
much
I'm.
We
got
to
do
there's
not
one
Magic
Bullet,
but
this
is
definitely
a
part
of
it
and
so
I
look
forward
to
the
work
and
moving
this
forward
with
all
of
you.
T
You
know
we
know
that
this
proposal
isn't
perfect
and
that
there
are
more
tenant
protections
that
we'd
like
to
see.
We
need
to
do
whatever
we
can
to
stabilize
families
to
continue
to
build
more
affordable
housing
and
to
make
sure
that
we
are.
We
are
listening
to
the
needs
of
residents,
so
thank
you.
U
U
During
the
hearing
I
mentioned
that
I'm,
the
youngest
person
on
the
council
I,
was
born
in
1992,
so
I've
only
ever
known
a
world
without
rent
control,
and
what
I
said
is
that
this
world
is
is
currently
hurting
people,
the
way
in
which
we
are
doing
business,
and
so
something
needs
to
change,
particularly
in
my
community
of
East
Boston.
We
are
seeing
displacement
at
records
at
record
level,
and
so
we
need
we
need
protections.
We
needed
them
yesterday,
hearing
from
Juliana
the
physician
in
East
Boston.
U
Just
thank
you
so
much
for
for
being
here.
Hearing
that
housing
and
stability
stability
is
health,
and
so
housing
is
Health.
The
stress
that
I'm
hearing
from
my
neighbors
is
enough
to
break
your
heart
and
I,
hear
it
almost
every
single
day,
and
so
you
have
my
word
that
we
will
get
something
through
through
that
will
protect
you
and
what
I
won't
stand
for.
Is
this
fear-mongering
that
is
happening
from
the
other
side?
U
V
There
we
go
thank
you
chair
and
thank
you
to
all
of
you
for
being
here
today.
This
is,
in
fact
a
historic
moment.
I
oftentimes
tell
the
story
of
attending
my
first
protest
here
at
City,
Hall
I
was
in
the
sixth
grade,
and
I
was
right
outside
of
the
ayanella
chamber,
and
I
was
with
City
Life,
and
we
were
shouting
to
a
bunch
of
landlords
outside
asking
for
the
return
of
rent
control,
and
now
here,
I
am
many
years
later,
as
an
elected
official.
V
Seeing
that
there's
a
possibility
of
us
being
able
to
send
something
out
of
the
city
council
to
the
state
house,
and
so
it
is
not
lost
on
me.
What
this
means
not
only
to
all
of
you
but
to
me
as
a
young
housing
organizer
here
in
the
city
of
Boston.
V
Now
this
historic
moment
also
requires
us
to
meet
the
housing
crisis,
with
the
urgency
that
it
deserves,
and
in
all
of
my
conversations,
not
only
with
my
Council
colleagues
but
with
the
administration.
I
have
maintained
that
the
CPI
plus
six
percent
cap
is
not
only
dangerous,
but
that
a
10
rent
increase
is
beyond
what
should
be
allowable
for
any
landlord
to
raise
rents
in
a
city
where
the
average
two-bedroom
apartment
costs
more
than
three
thousand
dollars
a
month.
V
V
But
the
actual
numbers
from
2007
to
2020
show
that
CPI
plus
two
percent,
a
total
of
3.9
percent,
was
actually
the
average
rent
increase
that
we
saw
in
the
city
of
Boston,
what's
being
suggested
in
this
home
rule
petition,
CPI
plus
six
percent
would
put
us
at
7.9
percent
increase
per
year
minimum.
V
V
V
The
average
income
for
a
non-student
renter
in
Boston
is
49
995
dollars,
and
this
is
average
for
black
renters.
The
median
income
is
actually
forty,
three
thousand
dollars
for
Asian
renters,
the
average
income
is
thirty
six
thousand
dollars
and
for
latinx
renters
the
number
is
the
lowest
at
thirty
two
thousand
dollars.
V
That's
not
even
adding
if
you
were
to
add
an
entire
other
adult
an
extra
income
at
the
median
at
the
median
income
for
the
city
of
Boston.
It
would
still
not
put
this
family
in
the
black
now
I
represent
West
Roxbury.
That
is
a
neighborhood
that
has
the
highest
concentration
of
seniors
of
any
neighborhood
in
the
city
of
Boston.
The
average
cost
for
a
one-bedroom
apartment
for
a
senior
who
is
living
independently
is
nineteen
hundred
dollars
seniors,
who
are
living
off
of
Social
Security
are
slated
to
make
about
eighteen
thousand
dollars.
V
V
So
my
invitation
to
my
colleagues
into
the
administration
is
to
consider
who
we
are
standing
up
for.
Yes,
we
can
send
a
home
repetition
up
to
the
state
house,
with
CPI
plus
six
percent
that
we
think
passes
and
then
what
what
happens
to
the
single
parent
with
the
single
child
that
is
now
sixty
three
thousand
dollars
in
the
red.
This
is
how
expensive
it
is
to
live
here
without
the
rent
increase.
V
B
Thank
you,
councilor
Council,
Worrell
and
Council
Braden
joined
us
again,
so
I
know
you're
next,
but
technically
Council
Braden
you
were.
You
were
first
in
order,
so.
J
Thank
you
Mr
chair
and
thank
you
to
everyone,
who's
came
and
given
testimony
and
thank
you
for
all
the
folks
who've
written
in
with
this
incredible
testimony
and
your
voices
are
very
important
in
this
conversation.
J
We
need
to
understand
just
the
impact
of
a
runaway
rents
in
the
city
of
Boston
and
try
and
figure
out
a
way
that
we
can
bring
things
into
a
more
stable,
a
straight,
a
stable
situation
that
will
prevent
displacement
and
enable
people
who
love
and
care
about
this
city
to
be
able
to
stay
and
have
lived
here
for
a
long
time.
J
One
question
you
know
just
wondering
about
how
we
ended
up
with
the
at
the
CPI
plus
six
percent
and
figuring
out
how
how
all
of
that
was
calculated
and
I.
Don't
know
it's
just
the
the
CPI
fluctuates
from
year
to
year,
and
you
know
the
highest
ever
in
the
Years
between
2008
and
2022
was
3.6
and
then
the
and
then
wondering
about
on
top
of
that,
the
growth
of
this
in
the
city.
J
Well,
the
estimated
growth
was
3.16
and
the
the
the
inflation
the
highest
level
of
inflation
wasn't
in
in
September
of
2022.
Just
coming
out
of
covert,
it
was
in
the
range
of
8.1
percent,
so
just
trying
to
figure
out
is
this?
J
How
we
got
to
this
number
and
is
it?
Is
it?
Is
it
fair?
Is
it
a?
Is
it
a
reflection
of
of
the
real
numbers
and
is
there
any
wiggle
room
that
would
give
us
some
more
relief
in
this
space?
It's
just
a
question.
I
have
and
I
know,
there's
no
one
really
from
the
administration
this
afternoon,
but
I
think
it's
worth
exploring
how
we
got
to
this
number-
and
you
know
I've
just
spent
some
time
in
the
hallway,
with
a
young
woman
on
her
she's.
J
One
of
her
speakers
just
spoke
about
her
situation,
a
young
woman
with
a
family
of
two
two
children
and
has
had
a
rent
increased
to
four
thousand
dollars
a
month
as
a
single
parent,
and
she
has
a
voucher
which
is
enabling
her
to
stay
in
her
situation,
but
there's
so
many
other
folks
who
don't
have
that
opportunity
and
that
that
support-
and
you
know,
I
I-
really
applaud
mayor
Wu
for
her
stepping
up
and
and
bringing
this
homo
petition
before
us.
J
It's
a
very
important
step
to
take,
but
I
feel
that
we
need
to
really
just
scrutinize
the
numbers
a
little
more
to
see
if
we
can
improve
the
situation.
Thank
you.
W
So
I
also
do
believe
that
just
additional
need
for
policy
to
create
incentives
for
for
small
landlords
to
help
with
that
cost
burden
again.
I
just
want
to
say
thank
you
for
all
coming
out.
Thank
you
to
the
mayor
for
this
moment
and
thank
you
for
starting
the
conversation
on
stabilizing
rent
and
stabilizing
families
here
in
the
city
of
Boston.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
Councilman.
B
And
so
I
put
off
my
opening,
so
I'll
use
that
now.
I
just
want
to
note
before
I
begin
that
we
are
joined
by
igr
here
today.
Intergovernmental
for
the
mayor
and
I've
been
told
that
members
of
the
administration
are
listening
in
attentively.
We'll
also
have
a
working
session
with
the
administration
present
Monday
for
Council
colleagues
to
address
those
questions,
Council
Braden
and
others,
and
so
I
just
want
to
first
begin
by
thanking
the
advocates
for
making
this
possible
and
for
holding
our
mayor
accountable
to
putting
something
like
this
on
the
table.
B
This
wouldn't
have
happened
without
your
advocacy
over
these
last
several
decades.
Believe
me,
it
would
not
have
so
I'm
very
grateful
to
all
of
you
for
that
work.
I
also
want
to
thank
the
administration
for
putting
this
on
the
table.
I
think
I
took
a
lot
of
Courage
from
our
Administration
to
essentially
do
what
is
the
right
thing
here,
which
is
put
rent
stabilization
before
this
body
and
send
it
up
with
the
backing
of
this
Administration
and
so
I
think
that
is
something
to
be
commended.
B
I
am
my
Father's
son
and
so
I
remember
somewhere
around
20
years
ago,
where
rent
stabilization
was
presented
by
that
councilor
Arroyo
at
that
time
and
did
not
have
the
votes
to
get
through
and
I
I
assure
those
in
this
chamber
that
this
is
a
very
different
Council
and
that
this
has
quite
a
bit
of
energy
behind
rent
stabilization
and
making
sure
that
we're
doing
right
by
our
residents
here
in
the
city
of
Boston
I
will
just
say
for
me
personally,
I
I
too
wish.
B
For
rent
stabilization
and
I
recognize
that
for
people
who
have
already
been
displaced,
this
comes
too
late,
and
so
my
message
really
today
is
for
the
legislature
where
we
know
this
will
have
to
go
next.
Who
have
a
responsibility
to
the
people
of
our
city
to
ensure
that
they
are
noting
the
rising
tide
of
unaffordability
that
we
are
dealing
with
and
the
solutions
that
we
are
sending
have
the
full-throated
support
of
this
Administration.
B
We
are
going
to
hear
from
more
folks
today,
but
I
am
literally
taking
my
notes
on
a
stack
of
200
letters
in
support
of
this,
and
we've
received
countless
emails
to
that
effect,
and
so
I
want
to
make
it
clear
that
as
we
move
this
forward,
we
know
that
even
its
passage
here
is
not
the
final
step
and
that
we
are
hoping
that
our
legislature
and
that
the
folks
who
are
here
advocating
and
pushing
for
it,
continue
to
do
so
at
the
house
as
they
have
always
done.
B
But
with
the
added
support
of
the
city
of
Boston's
proposal,
and
so
I'm
grateful
to
all
of
you
for
for
coming
in
I'm,
going
to
continue
to
go
through
our
our
session,
I
want
to
give
councilor
back,
who
just
joins
us
a
chance
to
speak
before
I
transition
to
zoom
and
again,
if
you
are
watching
this-
and
you
would
like
to
give
testimony,
I
will
stay
here
until
midnight.
If
that's,
what
we
have
to
do,
I
can't
speak
for
everyone
else,
but
I
will
be
here
until
midnight.
B
N
Sure,
thank
you
so
much
Council,
Raya,
I'm,
very
sorry
to
be
late,
but
I
wanted
to
make
sure
I
made
at
least
part
of
this
hearing,
because
I
think
hearing
about
how
this
issue
affects
people's
actual
lives
in
our
communities
is
a
really
important
piece
of
it.
And
sometimes
when
we
talk
about
it,
we
talk
about
it
like
this
abstract
thing,
when
the
the
real
core
real
question
is:
are
people
able
to
plan
their
lives
and
stay
in
our
communities?
N
And
for
me
you
know,
I've,
said
a
few
times:
I
think
that
I
think
that
it's
actually
an
underrated
aspect
of
having
a
mortgage
that
it's
not
just
about
building
Equity,
but
that
people
have
a
predictable
monthly
payment
for
often
30
years,
and
it
means
that
even
though
you
know
ups
and
downs
may
come
in
their
lives
and
they
have
to
solve
for
that.
At
least
they
know
the
number
they're
solving
for
and
the
situation
with
our
renters.
N
Think
it's
really
important
for
there
to
be
legitimate
expectations
and
predictability
for
folks
who
own
housing
as
well
and
for
folks
who
are
going
to
create
housing.
And
so
for
me,
what
I
find
compelling
about
the
about
the
proposal
on
the
table
is
the
fact
that
it
really
is
I.
N
Think
balancing
those
interests
in
an
important
way
and
and
I
would
also
say
that
I
don't
think
that
there
is
any
any
landlord
or
housing
Constructor
in
the
city
of
Boston,
who
has
been
building
more
than
a
10
increase
year
on
year
into
their
pro
forma.
So
I
don't
think
that
we're
undercutting
anybody's
economic
stability
I
think
we
are
undercutting
opportunities
for
a
certain
kind
of
price
gouging
but,
like
I,
said,
really
undercuts
our
community.
So
that's
where
I
come
from
on
this
issue
and
really
looking
forward
to
hearing
all
the
public
testimony.
B
You
and
so
we're
going
to
now
pivot
over
to
our
Zoom.
We're
going
to
start
with
Eloise
Lawrence,
who
it
turns
out,
is
on
the
zoom
and
so
we'll
go
to
Eloise,
Lawrence
and
then
Alba
Oliver.
If
you
can
prepare
yourself
as
well,
yeah
you'll
you'll
be
following
Eloise
Lawrence.
Y
Oh
sorry,
yes,
I
was
in
the
wrong
place.
I
was
in
land
when
I
was
first
in
the
city
hall.
I
apologize
for
that
my
name
is
Eloise
Lawrence
and
I
am
an
assistant
clinical
professor
at
Harvard,
Law
School,
and
the
Gap
Beauty
director
of
the
Harvard
legal
aid.
Bureau
and
I've
had
the
great
Fortune
of
serving
tenants
in
Boston.
For
many
years,
often
in
Boston
have
worked
when
they're
facing
eviction
and
trauma,
and
the
hardship
that
doctor
and
others
have
talked
about
that
now
Redmond
has
talked
about,
cannot
be
over
emphasis.
Y
Y
We
will
not
be
able
to
Ever
Enough
government
subsidy
to
make
up
for
a
system
where
people
have
unlimited
the
bill,
price
gouge
charge,
Max
price,
so
to
play
a
role
in
the
regular
friends.
Is
it
central
rule
of
government
and
you
are
doing
exactly
what
you
should
be
doing,
which
is
ensuring
that
that
the
city
will
pay
many
costs
of
people
being
us,
and
otherwise
not
foreign.
Y
And
rent
control
is
a
symbol
and
to
ensure
that
everybody
shares
in
this
system
in
providing
this
necessity.
So
I
just
want
to
thank
you
to
all
of
you
continue
to
push.
They
also
think
we
need
to
thank
the
tenants
they
are
not
just.
They
are
students
who
lift,
who
have
full-time
jobs,
pushing
for
this
and
I
think
so.
Thank
you
very
much.
I
appreciate
having
the
time.
Z
Hey
thanks
good
afternoon.
Thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
testify.
Today.
My
name
is
Alba
and
I
am
a
president
of
Austin
I
work
for
a
non-profit
organization
that
serves
low-income
book
and
immigrants
I
serve
as
a
community
Ambassador
and
Mobility
Advocate,
and
awesome
Brighton
I
support
rain
control
in
Boston
and
I
appreciate
mayor
will
introducing
this
proposal,
but
it
really
needs
to
be
stronger.
I
am
happy
that
we're
finally
taking
talking
about
rent
control
because
we
really
really
need
it.
Z
The
major
boost
proposal
would
be
one
of
the
weakest
friend
control
policy
in
the
country.
I'd
like
to
talk
I
like
to
take
this
this
opportunity
to
specifically
speak
on
the
impact
on
communities
of
color
immigrants
and
low-income
people
like
like
myself.
If
the
if
the
Boston
city
council,
a
major,
would
don't
make
this
proposal
Stronger
by
time
rank
increases
to
the
inflation
rate,
City
Life,
Video,
Urbana
fights
for
collective
bargaining
contracts,
with
a
Max
of
three
percent
max
on
rent
increases.
This
is
a
rain
increase
realistically
to
realistic
to
my
household.
Z
The
10
percent
is
way
too
high.
I
could
never
afford
such
high
brain
increase.
I.
Also
I'm
in
support
of
the
homes
for
all
months,
you
know
at
the
state
house
which
dies
when
increases
to
inflation,
so
increases
typically
only
be
allowed
to
took
two
or
three
percent,
with
a
maximum
of
five
percent
assets,
I'm
already
spending
1300
of
my
income
on
rent
for
a
one
bedroom
apartment.
This
is
more
than
a
half
of
my
in
my
monthly
income.
Z
Rent
control
is
supposed
to
have
three
key
benefits:
number
one:
it
preventive
placement
by
the
outreducing
process,
number
two:
it
brings
our
own
housing
costs
over
time
and
three
exceptional.
It
stops
no
for
eviction.
So
for
it
to
be
rent
control.
You
must
accomplish
all
of
those
three
things.
Most
women
in
Boston
are
single
mothers,
who
must
receive
government
assistance
to
survive
and
do
not
make
nearly
40
000
a
year.
Z
Z
That
has
all
of
those
three
elements
which
I
mentioned
so
that
we
stabilize
women
who
look
like
me:
low
income,
thoughts,
immigrants
and
women
of
color
and,
most
importantly,
prevent
homelessness
and
gentrification
from
spreading
like
a
bag,
which
already
is
a
huge
issue
in
Boston,
although
I'm
speaking
I
am
speaking
today,
I
know
for
a
fact
that
I'm
speaking
on
behalf
of
so
many
women
who
look
like
me,
who
are
not
aware
of
this
public
hearing
due
to
language
access
or
don't
understand
the
process
or
the
impact
they
could
have
on
them.
Z
AA
My
story
starts
a
long
time
ago
back
in
the
mid
80s
I
graduated
from
Emerson
College
and
I
moved
into
a
studio
apartment
acrossed
only
500
per
month
and
I
was
working
part-time
in
finding
hard
jobs.
You
know
to
keep
up
with
the
rent.
It
was
really
tough
being
back
then,
and
now
today,
I
had
I
have
to
pay
rent,
that's
more
than
what
I
make
per
month
and
I've
been
at
this
job.
AA
I'm
autistic
I
have
titanico
I,
have
non-verbal
learning
disorder,
sleep,
apnea,
depression,
it's
difficult,
I,
I,
moved
into
this
apartment
four
years
ago,
because
I
couldn't
afford
the
mortgage
and
the
condo
fees
or
the
condo
I
lived
in
on
heed
Street
in
Jamaica
Plain,
when
I
was
in
Jamaica
playing
at
this
condo
for
22
years,
but
I
had
to
follow
the
bankruptcy
just
to
stop
the
bank
Bank
of
America
from
auction
and
off
and
I
had
to
take
whatever
money
got
from
the
sale
of
the
condo
and
pay
for
the
ranch
here
and
I
moved
here
in
December
of
2018
and
the
lease
was
like
from
from
December
2018
to
May
of
2020.
AA
But
at
the
time
when
2012
May
2020
rolled
around
the
pandemic,
that's
in
full
course
and
I
was
afraid
to
move
several
months
later.
I
started
looking
for
apartments
and
I
know.
A
lot
of
the
apartments
were
more
than
what
I
was
paying
in
1900
at
the
time
for
the
rent
here
and
and
I
couldn't
find
a
new
place
and
the
money
I
need
from
the
sand
is
all
went
away
through
praying
for
not
just
the
rent
but
also
the
gas
bill.
AA
The
bad
skill
is
I,
wouldn't
believe
it
and
I'm
living
here
with
my
two
emotional
support
cats.
You
know,
you
know
just
living
expenses
like
crazy
and
no
matter
how
much
money
I'd
make
I
mean
I
got
them
raises,
but
it's
still
not
enough.
You
know
I'm
really
frustrated
about
that
in
this
apartment.
I
live
it's
not
even
a
luxury
apartment,
but
he
wants
me
to
pay
2500.
AA
and
I.
Don't
even
have
a
garbage
disposal
and
the
apartment
above
is
leaking.
You
know
water,
sometimes
into
my
apartment.
I
mean
he's
fixed
it,
but
no
I
find
it
very
frustrating
I
mean
sure
we
need
rental
control,
of
course,
but
you
know
right
now:
I
mean
I
applied
for
a
voucher
a
long
time
ago,
more
than
10
years
ago,
and
they
thought
I'm
still
at
the
waiting
list.
I
mean
sounds
crazy
to
me
and
I.
Just
wanna
have
not
just
me,
but
other
people
are
in
the
same
boat.
AA
AB
Hi
there,
my
name
is
Matthew
Rock
I'm,
a
student
Attorney
At
The
Harvard
legal
aid,
Bureau
speaking
on
behalf
of
the
bureau
as
a
mall
overseas
hi,
Eloise
Lawrence,
to
spoke
a
couple
things
a
couple
slots
ago.
AB
We
in
general
often
offer
eviction
defense
legal
services
to
Indigent
tenants
in
the
Greater
Boston
area.
Evictions
in
Boston
have
led
to
a
crisis.
Legal
aid
is
so
over
that
our
housing
intake
is
closed
for
over
80
percent
of
the
year.
The
vast
majority
of
tenants
facing
evictions
don't
have
an
attorney
representative.
AB
Even
if
tenants
are
fortunate
enough
to
have
legal
representation,
a
lack
of
rent
control
puts
them
in
an
opposite
position.
Landlords
can
raise,
however,
much
they
like
without
facing
any
legal
consequences.
We
often
see
landlords
raise
rent
by
over
50
percent
and
in
some
cases,
by
over
a
hundred
percent,
even
relatively
small
annual
increases
in
rent
well
below
10
can
have
a
devastating
impact
on
tenants
in
those
situations.
Without
rent
control,
strong
rent
control
attorneys
have
very
limited
power.
AB
Establishment
I've
personally
been
working
very
closely
with
one
tenant
who
has
lived
in
the
same
home
in
2021.
She
was
paying
about
sixteen
hundred
dollars
for
a
three-bedroom
Union
with
her
two
other
family
members.
Now
Berlin
has
raised
her
rent
to
over
twenty
eight
hundred
dollars
on
her
SSI
income.
She
simply
can't
pay
out
he's
lived
in
the
home,
her
whole
life
and
she
has
nowhere
else
to
go.
It
takes
years
to
get
a
spot
with
a
very
limited
supply
of
affordable
housing
in
the
city.
AB
My
client's
only
option
is
to
go
to
a
shelter
or
to
leave
the
Greater
Boston
area
in
search
of
Cheaper
rents.
Relocating
is
incredibly
disruptive
to
one's
life,
is
itself
prohibitively
expensive
and
does
not
even
guarantee
finding
cheaper.
Rent.
Tragically,
is
probably
testimony.
Looks
very
clear
in
my
client
situation
is
a
common
one.
The
instability
caused
by
eviction
extends
Beyond
housing
into,
as
we've
heard,
health
school
performance,
job
security,
so
many
other
aspects
of
people's
lives.
Furthermore,
housing
stability
isn't
just
disrupted
individually,
but
is
just
devastating
communities
and
families.
AB
We
regularly
seek
landlords
purchase
whole
building
in
black
brown
and
general
working
class,
neighborhoods
double
the
rent
and
then
Force
whole
Community
out
of
their
homes.
Neighborhoods.
All
of
this
is
in
the
name:
maximum
profitable,
without
rent
control
in
the
city
of
Boston
horse
displacement
in
service
of
landlord
profit
is
the
norm.
Maximum
people
have
to
go
without
basic
necessities
like
food,
Medical,
Care
and
clothing.
In
order
to
even
have
a
place
to
live,
rent
control
will
and
then
stay
in
the
homes,
fight
the
eviction
campus
and
keep
communities
together.
AB
The
stronger
the
better,
the
Harvard
legal
aid
Bureau
strongly
support.
For
that
reason,
thank
you
so
much
thank.
B
AC
Okay,
thank
you
very
much.
I
appreciate
this
opportunity
to
provide
testimony
today.
I
just
want
to
basically
start
off
by
saying
that
rent
control
is
urgently
needed,
protection
for
renters
and
is
needed
to
stabilize
rental
housing
prices
that
have
been
soaring
for
the
past
several
decades
due
to
price
gouging
and
price
manipulation.
AC
People
are
being
displaced,
and
the
city
council
and
the
House
of
Representatives
and
legislators
should
worry
about
this,
because
this
can
lead
to
mass
homelessness
and
displacement
that
could
really
result
in
many
social
problems.
Also,
as
stated
by
previous,
as
testified
by
previous
members,
the
city
of
Boston
and
Massachusetts
is
losing
population,
which
it
also
should
be
of
great
concern.
AC
I
would
also
like
to
state
that
the
well
I
support
the
proposal
by
the
mayor.
The
rent,
the
amount
of
raises
should
be
tied
to
the
CPI
inflation.
Not
anymore.
10
is
very
high.
For
example,
10
percent
of
two
thousand
dollars
a
month
is
a
200
a
month,
rent
increase
which
can
be
very
burdensome
to
many
working
persons
who
are
struggling
already.
We
also
need
to
ensure
that
rent
control
is
implemented.
Do
not
believe
anything
that
the
real
estate
industry
States
about
how
it's
going
to
harm
development,
how
it's
going
to
harm
housing.
AC
The
other
thing
I
would
like
to
add
is
I'd
like
to
follow
up
with
what
Michael
Haynes
did
for
Mass
Alliance
of
high
tenants
is
to
add
in
a
home
rule
petition
that
will
protect
and
preserve
expiring,
affordable
housing
properties,
which
is
also
a
contributor
to
the
housing
crisis
that
we
are
having
so
again
in
in
summation,
revise
the
the
amount
to
CPI
and
also
consider
adding
the
home
rule
petition
that
protects
or
mandates
the
renewal
of
expiring
new
subsidized
housing
properties.
B
AD
Thank
you
so
much
thanks
so
much
to
the
chair
to
the
city
council
for
hearing
this
important
proposal,
and
my
name
is
Lara
germanos
I'm,
a
family
medicine,
doctor
I
work
at
Cambridge,
Health
Alliance
in
Lear
and
as
the
clinician
lead
of
social
determinants
of
health
screening
at
Cambridge,
Health,
Alliance
and
I'm.
Also
a
clinical
instructor
in
medicine
at
Harvard,
Medical,
School
and
I
also
work
with
a
number
of
organizations,
including
the
Massachusetts
Coalition
for
Health
Equity
I
represent
only
myself
and
my
comments
today.
AD
I
will
say:
I'm
also
a
homeowner
of
two
two
family
home
of
which
I
rent
one
unit
I'm
speaking
in
support
of
the
refusal
and
I
join
Community
Voices
to
urges
the
council
to
strengthen
their
proposal
by
tying
it
to
the
inflation
rate
at
two
to
three
percent.
Each
year
with
an
absolute
cap
of
five
percent
in
I
have
seen
exorbitant
housing
costs,
negative
impact
patients,
communities
and
now
even
the
health
system,
I've
seen
evicted.
AD
Patients
in
the
emergency
room
scrambling
for
a
place
to
stay
evictions
caused
over
10
000
deaths
during
the
community
pandemic.
Family
is
in
need
of
Housing
and
new
immigrant
families.
Looking
for
housing
placements
can
occupy
necessary
beds
and
emergency
departments
homeless
patients
have
difficulty
sticking
to
their
medication,
regimens,
keeping
insulin
and
other
temperature
sensitive
medicines
that
control
temperatures.
Among
other
issues,
Medicaid
and
Mass
health
increasingly
focused
on
social
needs
that
impact
People's
Health,
which
they
just
they
call
the
Social
drivers
or
social
determinants
of
Health
at
Cha.
AD
The
number
two
need
that
we
see
our
patients
growing
positive
for
is
housing
number
one
is
food,
but
our
patient
resource
coordinators
find
themselves
unable
to
help
patients
with
housing
insecurity,
because
there
are
not
clear
remedies
for
this
problem,
and
that
is
simply
because
our
housing
market
is
vastly
outpaced.
Our
patients
ability
to
the
truth
is
that
the
real
problem
is
Runaway.
Rent
increases
the
real
estate
industry,
much
more
interested
in
accumulating
properties
than
public
health.
AD
We
as
a
public
and
the
Boston
city
council,
must
take
our
city
and
state
back
from
this
vicious
cycle
of
greed.
Boston
sets
an
important
precedent
for
the
rest
of
the
state.
Many
of
us
and
surrounding
areas
have
been
pushed
to
the
periphery
by
these
high
costs
and
the
trade
Trend
bleeds
outward
pushing.
All
of
us
out
I
personally,
see
my
clinic
actually
the
clinic
staff
and
Physicians
and
Physicians
assistants
that
provide
care
for
the
patients
at
our
health
center
in
Revere.
AD
AD
AD
People
do
best
within
their
trusted
and
Beloved
Community,
and
it
is
the
way
that
that
people
are
able
to
support
each
other
even
in
informal
ways
when
formal
resources
are
not
as
enough
as
people
are
pushed
away
from
their
trusted
organizations
and
on
critical
resources
that
are
available
to
them
in
in
different
languages
and
and
into
towns
and
cities
where
those
resources
are
not
available.
AD
The
social
needs
become
greater,
people
are
unable
to
support
each
other
and
the
way
that
they
had
social
isolation
begets
depression
and
all
of
those
factor
into
making
chronic
illnesses
worse
and
so
I
urge
the
city
council
once
again
to
strengthen
this
proposal
and
to
pass
it
because
it
is
absolutely
a
core
part
of
what
is
needed
in
order
to
keep
our
city
and
our
state
healthier
for
now
and
the
future.
Thank
you.
AE
AE
My
name
is
Amy
takanami
and
I'm
speaking
today
on
behalf
of
Boston
Liberation
health,
a
group
of
health
and
mental
health
care
providers
and
service
users
advocating
for
social
justice
and
Liberation
here
in
Boston
and
around
the
world.
Boston
Liberation
Health
was
started
nearly
20
years
ago
by
a
group
of
clinical
social
workers
here
in
Boston,
and
now
has
over
2
700
members
worldwide
at
Boston
Liberation
Health.
We
understand
that
housing
Justice
is
inextricably
linked
with
the
many
issues
the
people
we
work
with
and
that
we
ourselves
face.
AE
We
know
that
housing,
Justice
Means
racial
Justice,
that
housing,
Justice
Means
Justice
for
our
queer
and
trans
community,
that
housing,
Justice,
Means,
disability,
Justice.
We
know
that
evictions,
no
fault
evictions,
the
fear
of
addiction
and
housing.
Instability
have
significant
and
Lasting
negative
health
and
mental
health
impacts
that
disproportionately
impact
people
of
color
and
working-class
communities.
AE
We
know
that
our
material
conditions
affect
each
and
every
aspect
of
our
lives
and
that
there
can
be
no
mental
or
physical
health
without
safe
and
stable
housing,
and
we
also
know
that
we,
as
social
workers,
are
affected
by
this
crisis
in
housing.
Instability
too,
not
just
because
of
the
people
we
work
with,
but
as
tenants,
homeowners,
individuals
and
members
of
the
same
Community
we're
here
today,
because
we
know
solidarity
doesn't
just
mean
fighting
for
others,
but
knowing
that
their
struggle
is
our
struggle
too.
AE
So
we're
here
today
in
solidarity
with
our
friends,
family,
comrades
and
neighbors,
to
make
sure
that
the
Boston
city,
council
and
mayor
Wu
pass
the
strongest
version
of
rent
control
policy
that
our
community
deserves,
including
a
maximum
five
percent
annual
rent
increase
to
reflect
the
inflation
rate
and
by
doing
so
serve
as
a
leader
and
model
for
other
cities
and
towns
across
Massachusetts.
Thank
you.
B
Thank
you,
Pinkus.
B
AF
All
right,
thank
you.
Thank
you,
I
would
like
so
far
today
and
last
week,
we've
heard
us
mostly
the
same
cliches
from
single
interest
proponents
and
I'd
like
to
speak,
because
this
is
a.
This
is
a
different
issue
and
I'd
like
to
speak
on
on
something
from
a
different
perspective.
AF
Unfortunately,
what
I'm,
seeing
today
and
last
week
is
people
are
walking
into
the
Target
store,
watching
irate
customers
at
the
complaint
department.
Turning
around
and
leaving
the
store
and
thinking
that's
what
happens
in
the
Target
store.
But
that
is
not
what
happens
in
a
Target
store.
They
are
only
a
tiny
minority.
99
of
the
store
and
99
of
the
people
in
the
store
are
smiling
they're
clerks.
They
are
Shoppers,
they
are,
they
are
finding
shelves
that
are
filled
with
goods
and
they
are
happy
customers.
AF
The
proof
of
the
pudding
is
that
Boston
has
so
many
tenants
who
renew
their
leases
regularly
and
if
they
can
find
a
better
deal
in
the
neighborhood
they
just
move
to
to
another
one
when
they
renew
their
leases,
you
have
many
people
continuing
their
in
their
Apartments
five
years,
10
years,
20
years
and
and
and
so
far
in
in
in
your
public
sessions,
all
you've
shown
are
The
Irate
customers
who
are
upset
with
the
system
I'd
like
to
discuss
a
few
that
that
is
one
simple
thing
on
a
couple
details.
AF
The
reason
the
CPI
alone
cannot
be
used.
Is
it
specifically
excludes
fuel
any
apartment?
Building
generally
includes
heat
or
possibly,
air
conditioning
and
those
fuel
costs
especially
increases
get
translated
because
they
are
major
components
of
the
rent.
They're
they're,
translated
into
price
increases
or
rent
increases.
Last
fall.
The
the
price
of
heating
fuel
was
five
dollars,
a
gallon,
which
was
60
percent
higher
than
what
it
was
the
year
before.
If
you
think
that
you
can
only
do
CPI
and
not
consider
fuel,
which
is
a
major
component
of
the
rent
you're
making
an
enormous
mistake.
AF
Also,
last
week
you
had
the
a
housing
officer,
spokeswoman
I,
think
her
name
is
Sheila
Dillon
and
she
spoke,
and
at
no
time
did
she
mentioned
how
many
affordable
units
already
exist
in
the
city
of
Boston.
The
the
standard
cliche
is,
we
need
more
affordable
housing,
but
the
reality
is
that
Charlestown
is
one
quarter
affordable
already,
and
the
reality
is
that
Roxbury
is
48
affordable.
AF
Already
at
what
point
do
we
say
that's
enough,
because
everyone
would
like
to
have
the
same
deal
that
their
next
door
neighbor
received
about
an
hour
ago,
someone
presented
the
the
council
with
200
petitions
and
200
petitioners.
AF
I
think
you
will
need
those
people
as
potential
bureaucrats,
because
if
you
build
a
rent
control
Department,
you
will
need
hundreds
of
Administrators,
especially
if
you
want
to
want
to
regulate
a
hundred
thousand
Apartments,
you
will
need
a
hundred
or
200
or
more
a
bureaucrats.
These
are
jobs
that
will
all
be
civil
service.
AF
B
You
Natalie
Natalie
Bell.
If
we
can,
if
we
not
do
that,
I
just
want
to
make
sure
that
this
is
a
safe
space
to
testify.
In
general,
this
is
a
public
space
and
so
I.
We
hear
all
kinds
of
opinions,
both
opinions
that
I
personally
agree
with
or
personally
disagree
with
and
I
want
to
make
sure
that
nobody
feels
intimidated
when
they
speak
here.
Even
if
they're,
sharing
unpopular
opinions
or
lesser
lesser
supported
opinions,
if
we
can
go
to
Natalie,
Bell
and
markisha
Moore
is
next
so
Natalie
Bell,
then
markisha
Moore.
AG
Thank
you.
My
name
is
Natalie
Bell
I'm,
a
woman
and
a
parent
in
my
late
30s
and
I'm
privileged
to
be
a
homeowner
in
Dorchester
home
ownership
is
new
to
me,
but
I
want
to
acknowledge
this
privilege,
and
I
also
want
to
acknowledge
that
the
ability
to
to
buy
a
home
to
afford
one
and
to
have
a
down
payment
for
it,
was
only
made
possible
through
my
partner's
access
to
generational
wealth
and
I.
AG
Think
we
all
know
how
wealth
and
privilege
perpetuates
wealth
and
privilege
and
how
this
is
both
the
result
of
historic
racial
inequities
and
too
often
an
engine
that
furthers
them.
I
also
want
to
mention
this,
because
at
the
moment,
my
home
ownership
is
such
a
privilege
that
if
it
were
not
the
case,
I'm
not
sure
that
my
family
would
be
able
to
afford
to
rent
in
the
city
of
Boston
and
I
know
that
we
have
many
advantages
that
others
do
not.
AG
But
I
do
want
to
offer
some
kind
of
shocking
comparisons,
which
is
that
our
housing
costs
as
homeowners,
meaning
our
mortgage
and
what
we
pay
for.
Maintenance
costs
to
our
condo
association
as
well
as
property
tax.
All
of
that
is
about
one
half
of
what
the
market
rate
I
see
for
comparable
rental
units.
AG
During
that
time,
we
had
many
years
of
zero
percent
increases,
so
a
total
rent
freeze
and
never
in
that
time
was
it
more
than
two
percent
New
York,
we
all
know
is
one
of
the
most
expensive
cities
in
the
country.
Boston
is
obviously
very
close
behind
and
I
believe
that
this
legislation
needs
to
align
more
closely
with
those
numbers
in
all
those
years.
AG
AG
AG
I
know
we
just
heard
from
a
person
about
fuel
costs,
but
I
also
am
aware
that
many
landlords
pass
those
costs
on
to
tenants
anyway,
and
basically,
everyone
I
know
who
rents
pays
for
their
own
energy
costs
and
lastly,
I
would
also
argue
that
landlords
and
developers
are
in
a
class
position
to
bear
the
consequences
of
inflation.
Far
more
than
most
tenants
are
and
I
want
to
just
close
by
asking.
AG
If
you
can
imagine
legislating
that
the
wage
of
every
renter
in
the
city
would
also
go
up
six
percent
plus
inflation,
because
if
we
can't
picture
that
happening,
then
we
should
grapple
with
what
is
going
on
here,
which
is
that
we're
privileging
an
investor
class
at
the
expense
of
everyone
else.
Thank
you.
B
Thank
you,
markisha
Moore
is
next
I
know
she
was
seeking
the
link.
So
if
we
can
resend
that,
if
she's
not
on
it's
just
a
reminder
again,
if
you
are
watching
this
ccc.go
at
boston.gov,
and
you
can
sign
up
as
well
to
testify
virtually
or
you
can
make
your
way
to
City
Hall.
If
you
are
on
the
way
to
City
Hall
people
are
getting
out
of
work,
we
will
certainly
still
be
going
and
you
can
sign
up
in
person
to
testify.
AH
AH
Okay
hi,
thank
you
for
allowing
me
to
testify
and
I
appreciate
this.
This
hearing
and
I
just
wanted
to
say
that
we
need
rent
control,
partly
because
people
need
to
be
able
to
have
the
opportunity
to
change
their
circumstances
right
now.
AH
We
live
in
a
city
where
we
have
investors
and
corporations
owning
multiple
buildings
and
properties
where
people
have
to
rent
and
they
are
in
control
of
everything
and
if
all
of
your
finances
are
going
towards
rent
you're,
not
able
to
save
and
do
anything
to
have
to
be
able
to
have
your
own
property
or
or
get
out
of
you
know,
make
your
own
circumstances.
AH
One
is
who's
about
to
graduate
high
school
I
want
to
make
sure
that
my
kids
have
opportunities
to
stay
in
Boston
and
I
want
to
I,
want
them
to
be
stable
in
their
home
and
not
have
to
worry
about
where
they
have
to
live,
while
they
study
and
and
as
we've
I've
heard
before
said
and
I'm
going
to
reiterate
that
a
lot
of
you
know,
families
of
color
in
Boston
have
been
are
not
here
anymore,
because
they
cannot
afford
it,
and
that
is
not
affirmatively
further.
AH
In
Fair
Housing
I
heard
from
there
was
a
person
before
I'm,
not
going
to
name
names
that
were
saying
you
know
about
the
rent
increases
being
tied
to
fuel.
AH
I
can
tell
you
right
now
that,
as
a
single
mother,
like
I've
always
had
to
pay
for
my
own
heat
in
hot
water,
that's
never
been
included
in
my
rent
and
right
now,
I
know
someone
who
moved
in
one
of
the
newer
developments
that
they
also
not
only
are
they
paying
for
their
heated
hot
water
but
they're,
paying
for
or
an
electric,
because
I'm
paying
electric
too
they're
paying
for
a
water
bill
and
trash
collection.
So
those
things
are
added
into
their
rent.
AH
These
are
not
things
that
the
investors
or
developers
or
landlords
are
taking
on
on
themselves.
Those
are
being
passed
on
to
rent
it,
so
I
just
wanted
to
say
there
are
there's
this
this
thing
that
we
need
more
Supply,
more
Supply.
We
have,
in
addition
to
how
many
the
the
amount
of
affordable
housing
that
has
been
built
in
this
city
since
IDP
started,
is
far
fewer
than
the
amount
of
supply
of
luxury
in
in
Market,
rent
apartments
that
have
been
that
have
been
built,
and
we
have
so
much
Supply.
AH
But
people
cannot
access
them
because
things
it's
not
affordable
and
right.
Now,
the
most
red
burden
are
the
people
who
make
the
least
amount
of
money
and
have
the
least
amount
of
income.
But
that
is
the
student
about
to
change,
because
landlords
are
able
to
raise
rent.
However,
they
want
to,
and
people
who
are
able
to
try
to
afford
drinks
now
will
no
longer
be
able
to
afford
rent
in
a
few
years,
and
this
city
is
going
to
change
and
it's
not
going
to
look
like
it
looks
so
I
just
want
to.
AH
Thank
you
for
I
I
wanted
to
just
say
reiterate
again
that
somebody
else
said
that
the
rent
increase
the
rent
increases
should
not
be
more
than
what
the
the
what's
happening
in
the
market
right
now
like
that,
if
I'm
paying
two
thousand
dollars
in
rent
10
of
that
is
going
to
take
10
of
that
more
a
month
in
a
year,
my
people's
jobs
are
not
accounted
for,
what
landlords
are
asking
for,
so
where
are
we
going
to
figure
out
where
to
get
that
money
from?
AH
So
thank
you
guys
for
having
this
conversation
I.
Thank
you
guys
for
paying
attention
and
advocating
for
this
and
I'm.
Not
only
I
am
an
advocate,
but
I'm.
Also
a
resident
and
I
am
being
affected
by
these
things
too.
So.
Thank
you
very
much.
Thank.
B
You
Dorothy
cotton
is
next
and
then
we're
going
to
transition
back
to
in
person
and
then
we'll
go
back
to
zoom
after
we
do
10
in
person.
So
Dorothy
cotton
is
our
our
last
on
Zoom
for
right
now
we
will
go
back
to
do
the
remaining
Zoom
folks
after
we
get
10
more
in
person,
so
Dorothy
cotton,
whenever
you're
ready.
B
B
Got
it
please
accept
if
you
are
on
Zoom,
we
will
have
to
invite
you
to
be
a
panelist,
so
please
accept
or
hit
accept
when
the
screen
says
join
as
a
panelist,
so
that
you
can
give
your
testimony.
B
Okay,
I
think
we're
gonna
go
to
in
person
while
we
set
that
up
and
once
she
comes
up
on
Zoom,
we'll
we'll
pivot
back,
so
that
we're
not
holding
everybody
up.
While
we
wait
for
her
to
come
online,
these
next
few
all
require
Spanish
interpretation
and
so
I'm
gonna
call
we're
setting
up
for
Spanish
interpretation,
so
I'm
going
to
start
with
Katie
McCann
and
then
we'll
do
a
bunch
of
folks
who
need
Spanish
interpretation
in
a
row.
But
Katie
McCann
is
first
followed
by
Gabriella
Cartagena.
AI
Austin
city
council
committee
on
government
operations,
especially
the
chair,
counselor
Arroyo,
and
vice
chair
councilor
Louisiana,
for
the
opportunity
to
share
testimony.
My
name
is
Katie
McCann
and
I
am
a
community
organizer
at
City
Life,
theater
Urbana,
as
well
as
a
renter
in
Jamaica,
Plain
I
also
have
a
master's
in
public
health
and
health
policy
and
law,
and
a
master's
in
social
work.
I
strongly
support,
rent
control
in
Boston
and
appreciate
mayor
Wu,
introducing
this
proposal
the
first
time
in
21
years
that
a
mayor
has
put
forward
rent
control
before
the
council.
AI
I
particularly
applaud
the
provision
that
stops
using
no-fault
evictions
to
clear
out
buildings,
which
is
a
key
engine
of
displacement.
However,
this
proposal
needs
to
be
much
stronger
in
order
to
actually
stop
the
mass
displacement
of
working-class
communities
of
color.
That
is
happening
now.
We
need
a
rent
control
policy
that
is
in
line
with
the
State
House
Bill,
and
act
enabling
cities
and
towns
to
stabilize
rents
and
protect
tenants
with
rent
increases
capped
at
CPI,
with
a
maximum
of
five
percent,
a
ban
on
all
no-fault
evictions
and
a
five-year
exemption
on
new
construction.
AI
City
Life
theater
Urbana
fights
for
collective
bargaining
agreements
for
tenant
associations,
usually
with
a
maximum
of
three
percent
rent
increases
per
year,
which
is
Affordable
for
working-class
families.
It
makes
it
possible
for
them
to
stay
in
their
homes.
Recently
I
was
the
lead
organizer
working
with
the
tenant
association
in
Malden,
which,
after
two
years
of
organizing
and
six
months
of
negotiations,
won
a
strong
collective
bargaining
agreement
with
a
maximum
of
three
percent
rent
increases
over
five
years
and
three
buildings
owned
by
a
large
corporate
landlord.
AI
This
was
a
major
victory
that
created
housing,
stability
for
many
families,
but
less
than
a
year
later,
we
had
to
begin
organizing
against
nine
hundred
dollar
rent
increases
by
the
same
owner
in
other
buildings,
the
company
owns
we
are
seeing
and
organizing
against
this
exact
same
pattern
across
Boston
as
well.
This
example
shows
so
clearly
why
strong
rent
control
policies
are
urgently
needed.
AI
In
order
to
stop
Mass
displacement,
we
will
continue
to
fight
for
affordable
and
fair
contracts
at
a
building
level,
but
we
urgently
need
public
officials
at
both
city
and
state
levels
to
take
action
to
stop
this
worsening
level
of
displacement.
At
the
larger
scale
that
is
needed,
especially
as
evictions
in
court
are
reaching
pre-pandemic
levels
and
no
fault.
Evictions
have
more
than
doubled
public
health
research
shows
that
evictions
and
the
threat
of
eviction
have
a
serious
negative
impact
on
physical
and
mental
health.
AI
I
see
this
every
day
in
my
work
as
an
organizer
with
families
facing
eviction
as
well,
the
covid-19
pandemic
has
exacerbated
both
the
number
of
people
at
risk
of
eviction
and
worsened.
The
health
impacts
of
eviction,
including
increasing
the
spread
of
covid-19
and
increasing
morbidity
and
mortality
from
covet
19.
evictions
have
lasting
negative
health
impact
outcomes,
both
in
the
short
term
the
year
after
eviction
and
the
long
term,
seven
to
eight
years
after
eviction.
AI
The
physical
and
mental
health
impacts
of
displacement
disproportionately
affects
communities
of
color
evictions
and
their
health
impacts,
widen
racial
and
socio
socioeconomic
Health
disparities.
Displacement
is
a
racial
justice
issue
and
a
public
health
issue,
which
is
why
we
urgently
need
strong
rent
control
in
Boston,
with
a
maximum
cap
of
5
rent
increases
and
a
ban
on
no-fault
evictions.
Thank
you
so
much
thank.
AJ
AJ
AJ
AJ
AJ
AJ
AJ
AK
My
name
is
Maribel
Castro
and
I'm.
A
resident
of
East
Boston
I've
been
living
in
East
Boston
for
27
years
and
I've
been
living
15
years
and
110
Bennington
Street
and
now
there's
a
new
landlord
and
the
landlord
wants
to
evict
me.
I'm,
a
single
mom
I
have
two
kids
and
both
of
my
kids
are
living
in
East
Boston.
Then
they
go
to
East
Boston.
AK
What
I'm
facing
right
now
is
terrible
because
the
new
landlord
I'm
facing
harassment
from
him
and
also
now
he
is
he
want
me
to
pay
three
thousand
dollars
for
a
two-bedroom
apartment
and
that's
not
fair.
AK
We
have
to
do
something
about
it
and
we're
asking
Michelle
Wu
the
mayor
to
do
something
about
it.
Also
I'm
asking
all
of
you
to
help
us,
because
what
we're
going
through
right
now,
it's
terrible
and
I
also
want
to
appreciate
City
Life,
Vida
Urbana,
because
they've
been
helping
me
a
lot.
We
want
five
percent
of
a
cap
of
five
percent
and
we
need
to
get
together
United,
because
what
we're
going
through
right
now
is
bad.
AJ
AJ
AK
B
Yes,
just
a
reminder
to
let
so
that
we
don't
have
to
so
that
you
can
let
your
interpreter
interpret
for
you,
so
you
can
take
pauses
I'm
only
going
to
count
the
time
that
you
are
speaking,
not
the
time
that
The
Interpreter
is
speaking
towards
your
time.
AL
AL
AL
AK
It
is
not
fair.
We
have
to
do
something
to
stop
this.
The
rent
increase
needs
to
stop.
It's
displacing
a
lot
of
people,
it's
unjust.
We
all
have
the
right
to
have
a
home,
and
for
me
this
is
very
desperate.
You
know:
I've
been
working
for
24
years
in
a
medical
in
a
clinic
and
I'm
working
with
elder
people
and
every
day
we
see
about
20
or
30
people
coming
in,
and
you
know
what's
what's
the
first
thing
they
complain
about.
Rent
increase,
these
people
are
Elders,
they're,
80,
90
years
old,
and
it's
very
sad.
AL
AL
AL
AL
AL
AK
AL
AK
How
is
it
possible
that
for
one
bedroom
apartment
now,
they're
charging
three
thousand
dollars
or
four
thousand
dollars?
You
know
the
story
that
I'm
sharing
right
now,
it's
similar
to
I
I
hear
every
time
I
visit
the
patients,
the
old
people,
what
they
do.
They
start
crying
they're
desperate.
They
don't
know
what
to
do
they.
They
think
that
they
might
end
up
homeless
and
that's
not
healthy.
We
need
to
do
something
with
the
to
control
this
rent
I
want
to.
Thank
you
for
listening
to
me.
AK
I
also
want
to
thank
the
mayor,
and
actually
the
cap
should
be
three
percent,
because
our
earnings
is
not
similar
to
the
lawyers
or
doctors
and
also
just
like
the
one
of
the
doctors
spoke
earlier,
that
she
also
is
having
the
same
issues
with
her
patients.
Listening
about
the
concerns
how
they're
so
worried
about
the
rent
increase
and
I
myself
had
issues
with
my
health
because
of
the
sugar
level
in
my
system
went
up
when
I
heard
the
landlord
telling
me
that
I
only
had
30
days
to
stay
in
my
home.
AL
B
B
W
B
So
we
lose
our
Cantonese
interpreter
at
five,
unfortunately,
because
there's
another
city
event
that
they
have
to
do
so
if
anyone
has
to
use
the
Cantonese
interpreter,
please
raise
your
hand
in
chamber
one
okay,
so
we
will
set
that
up
and
we
will
make
sure
to
get
to
you
before
five
so
that
we
get
you
taken
care
of.
Thank
you.
B
I
believe
Anna
Ramirez
is
next.
AM
AM
AM
AM
AM
AM
AK
What's
happened
right
now,
there's
a
lot
of
people
getting
evictions
and
I've
been
leaving
in
East
Boston
for
a
long
time
now,
and
I
also
share
the
same
sentiment
that
the
other
single
mom
share
earlier,
because
I
also
went
through
the
same
situation
and
I
know
it's
really
hard.
It's
difficult,
but
thanks
to
God
thanks
to
City
Life
Vida
Urbana,
they
helped
me.
They
lent
me
a
hand.
AK
The
hospital
I
feel
safe
and
in
the
streets
and
I
just
realized,
or
someone
told
me
that
there's
a
portfolio
that
they
bought
several
buildings
and
and
it
turns
out
I
live
in
one
of
those
buildings
and
I'm
going
to
benefit
from
that,
and
with
that
it
will
give
me
some
sort
of
stability
in
in
my
home
and
not
I.
Don't
have
to
think
about
the
landlord
coming
to
harass
me
and
trying
to
displace
me.
AM
AM
AM
AM
AM
AM
AK
AK
AK
AK
They
have
had
to
move
not
only
to
other
cities,
but
they
left
the
state
to
buy
an
affordable
home
or
where
they
can
pay
an
affordable
rent
that
these
people
have.
They
had
to
no
choice
but
to
leave
so
I'm
asking
the
mayor
I'm
asking
all
of
you
who
are
here
who
are
representing
the
people
and
who
should
be
the
voice
inside
the
administration.
Thank
you
for
having
me
here
and
bless
you.
B
And
it's
I'm
gonna,
probably
mispronounce
this
last
name
and
I
apologize
Billy.
Is
it
Billy
and
if
there's
anyone
who
needs
Cantonese,
if
you
can
also
line
up
so
that
we
can
get
to.
AN
AO
AO
AO
AO
AO
AO
AK
I'm
75
years
old
I
am
here
because
it's
because
I'm
going
through
a
very
desperate
situation,
I
live
in
JP
and
Roxbury
I've
been
living
there
for
45
years.
AK
AK
AO
AO
AO
AO
AO
AO
AK
So
the
reason
why
I'm
here
is
because,
thanks
to
City
Life
with
helping
me
or
else
I
would
be
I
would
be
going
crazy
and
you
would
find
me
in
a
rehab
because
I've
been
having
a
lot
of
depression
and
I've,
been
there
I've
been
seeing
my
doctors
I've
been
there
for
16
years
and
I've
been
paying
eight
hundred
dollars
for
rent
in
about
a
year
and
a
half
ago
the
mid
in
the
midst
of
covet
and
mind.
You
I
never
stopped
paying.
AK
My
rent
I
paid
my
rent
on
time,
but
what
happened
with
this
company
that
owned
the
property
is
that
in
the
midst
of
kobit
they
split
and
now
there's
a
new
owner
and
the
new
owner
send
me
a
constable
telling
me
that
I
needed
to
leave
my
house.
This
was
in
December
31st
2021,
telling
me
that
in
February
of
2022
I
needed
to
pay
2
800
dollars.
AK
that
cost
me
a
lot
of
stress
and
sleep
disorder?
I
wasn't
I
haven't
been
able
to
sleep,
I've
been
having
a
lot
of
mental
health
issues.
I've
been
seeing
my
psychologist.
Even
last
night
I
wasn't
able
to
sleep
last
night,
because
I
was
talking
to
the
lawyer
who's,
helping
me
and
said
that
I
might
have
six
months
to
remain
in
my
home
or
maybe
a
year.
AO
AO
AO
B
AK
With
this
situation
that
I'm
facing
right
now,
I
might
end
up
in
the
hospital,
because
I
have
a
hearing.
I
have
to
go
to
housing
court
in
April,
24th
and
I
have
to
talk
to
them
on
the
12th
to
see
if
we
can
get
into
an
agreement
and
right
now,
I'm,
not
just
speaking
and
on
on
my
behalf
but
I'm
speaking
in
the
name
of
a
lot
of
people
that
are
going
through
this.
AK
AK
I
already
filled
out
a
thousand
applications
for
affordable
housing,
and
you
know
what
they
tell
me
that
I'll
be
in
a
waiting
list
for
five
or
ten
years
and
where
will
I
go
so
please,
I'm,
asking
for
three
percent
and
I
know
you're
good
people.
The
mayor
is
a
good
people
and
I
know
you
Mr,
chair,
I've,
seen
you
in
your
campaign,
I
know
you're
good
people
and
your
father
as
well.
AK
H
B
Thank
you,
and
just
a
quick
thank
you
to
our
interpreters,
who
make
it
possible.
B
Thank
you
for
the
service.
You
provide
our
communities
if
we
can
go
to
Gabriella.
X
Good
afternoon,
everyone,
my
name,
is
Gabriela
Cartagena.
Thank
you,
Council
for
having
us
today
and
having
this
public
testimony
session
dedicated
just
to
public
testimony
so
just
to
quickly
introduce
myself.
I
grew
up
and
still
live
in
East
Boston
I'm,
the
daughter
of
homeowners,
who
believe
that
a
strong
rent
control
policy
needs
to
reach
the
state
house
and,
as
the
daughter
of
non-english
speaking
we're
refugees.
X
I
want
to
congratulate
the
council
for
probably
for
me,
being
in
the
first
and
strongest
language
access
hearing
that
I've
seen
so
far,
so
keep
it
up
and
I
just
want
to
remind
everyone
in
groundness
in
the
fact
that
Boston
never
voted
to
ban
rent
control,
they
actually
voted
to
keep
it
in
94
and
in
2022.
Boston
voted
for
strong
Ground
Control
of
voting
in
meru.
X
Unfortunately,
Massachusetts
fell
into
a
national
real
estate
trap
to
deregulate
deregulate
the
housing
market
in
the
90s
and
in
the
elections
in
94,
a
swooping
voter
turnout
of
2
351
votes
according
to
Census
Data
made
it
possible
for
the
one
percent
difference
to
ban
rent
control
across
the
state
news.
Flash
now
we're
at
a
place
where
2
million
people
vote
Statewide,
and
we
need
the
council
to
remember
that.
X
We
voted
you
in
to
serve
the
will
of
the
people,
not
the
will
of
Mayor
Wu,
and
we,
the
people,
tenants
and
small
Property
Owners,
like
my
family,
want
the
strongest
rent
control
quality
to
make
want
the
strongest
rent
control
policy
to
make
it
to
the
state
house
right
now.
Rent
control
is
one
of
the
most
widespread
red
and
cheapest
tools,
The
Government,
Can
Implement
to
stabilize
housing
for
current
and
future
working
class.
Bostonians.
A
strong
rent
control
policy
must
ban
no-fault
evictions,
as
no-fault
evictions
are
spiking
at
a
50
percent
rate
by
year.
X
Recently,
a
strong
rent
control
policy
must
ensure
that
tenant
representation
is
at
the
center
of
Designing
and
implementing
any
strong
rent
control
policy,
whether
it's
making
sure
you're
deliberate
and
using
this
tenant's
testimony
as
a
tenant
testimonies
as
sources
of
credible
data,
along
with
making
sure
that
they
have
the
space
to
hold
any
governing
positions.
That
comes
out
of
this
rent
control
policy.
X
We
also
need
sensible,
rent
control
caps,
for
example,
the
10
rent
increase
Max
is
ridiculous
because
the
rents
are
already
too
damn
high
and
as
a
city,
life
organizer
I
just
want
to
exemplify
the
fact
that
at
City,
Life,
Field,
Urbana
different
tenant
associations.
They
push
for
collective
bargaining
negotiations
that
have
had
an
average
of
a
Max
of
three
percent
rent
increase
caps.
We've
had
victories
recently
in
East,
Boston
and
JP
in
in
Mattapan
right.
We
could
show
you
those
examples,
because
Corp
bills,
corporate
landlords
were
willing
to
work
with
us,
so
I'm
sure.
X
If
the
government
forces
them
to
work
with
us,
they
will
continue
to
do
so
at
a
widespread
manner
and
I
just
want
to
say.
If
Portland
Maine
can
get
a
five
percent
rent
increase
cap
so
can
Boston
I
also
want
to
remind
the
room
that
a
strong
run,
control
policy
will
stabilize
and
benefits
and
protect
small
owner
occupant
landlords
and
homeowners
by
stabilizing
real
estate,
taxes
that
are
jacked
up
by
luxury
development
and
the
different
public
improvements.
X
That
Community
has
fought
for,
like
the
renovation
of
train
stations,
improved
parks
and
harbor
access
that
honestly
have
that
has
been
historically
hoarded
by
speculation
and
recently
opened
by
unwelcoming
luxury
development
right
now.
Public
neighborhood
improvements
are
pricing
out
working
class,
tenants
and
small
property
owners,
and
that
needs
to
stop
and
it
could
be
stopped
and
controlled
with
a
strong
rent
control
policy.
Right
now
we
need
Boston
to
tighten
these
exemptions,
for
example
the
15-year
new,
the
15
new,
the
15-year
for
I'm.
B
AP
My
name
is
Jonathan
Gomez
Pereira
I'm,
a
organizer
with
City
light
blue
Urbana
I,
organize
tenants
in
East,
Boston
and
Chelsea
and
I'm
here
to
just
sort
of
share
a
little
bit
of
the
experiences
of
tenants
in
East
Boston,
who
would
greatly
benefit
from
a
stronger
rent
control
policy.
So
right
now,
I'm
working
with
tenants
in
Chelsea
and
East
Boston,
but
I'll
highlight
the
folks
in
East
Boston,
who
are
experiencing
rent
increases
of
up
to
50
percent,
which
is
ridiculous.
AP
Yes,
the
current
proposal
as
it
stands
would
prevent
this
sort
of
anti-gouging,
but
even
10
is
too
much.
As
my
colleague
and
friend
Gabby
mentioned
earlier.
Our
tenants,
tenants
or
community
members
deserve
safe
and
life-affirming
homes.
Currently,
that's
not
always
the
case
with
some
of
the
immigrants
that
live
in
East
Boston.
Some
folks
live
with
roaches
rats,
mice
molds,
like
just
some
of
the
worst
conditions
that
you
could
possibly
think
of,
and
they're
forced
to
live
with
that,
because
they're
scared
to
sort
of
advocate
for
themselves,
landlords
incorporate
landlords
have
been
using
intimidation.
AP
Tactics
like
rent
increases
in
order
to
price
them
out
I
do
want
to
highlight
that
the
just
cause
eviction
is
a
step
in
the
right
direction.
Right.
If
that
is
sort
of
enshrined
in
this
legislation,
we
can
make
sure
that
tenants
feel
protected
and
enabled
empowered
to
sort
of
stand
up
for
the
conditions
that
they
that
they
deserve.
AP
I
also
want
to
talk
about
how
a
stronger
rent
control
policy
would
help
close.
The
racial
wealth,
Gap
I
lived
in
East
Boston
once
once.
Upon
a
time
my
parents
moved
to
Chelsea
because
that
was
affordable.
Currently,
people
are
working,
you
know
working
class
jobs
and
can't
always
my
parents
couldn't
afford
it
back
then,
20
years
ago
and
they're
still
working
the
same
jobs
now.
The
folks
that
are
working,
those
exact
same
jobs
are
not
going
to
be
able
to
afford
the
real
estate
market
in
East,
Boston
or
Chelsea.
AP
So
we
were
talking
a
couple
of
Physicians
were
talking.
People
are
moving
further
and
further
out
of
the
city,
and
we
don't
want
that.
We
we
know
that
displacement
is
a
violent
process.
It
disrupts
it
disrupts
people
of
all
ages,
right,
elderly
folks
who
are
in
the
process
of
just
trying
to
enjoy
their
retirement
and
be
in
community
younger
folks
who
are
just
starting
off
in
our
educational
system
in
Boston,
Public,
Schools
they're,
now
fearing
being
displaced
losing
their
friends
losing
their
Community.
People
are
losing
Access
to
Health
Care.
AP
So
to
round
this
all
out,
I
would
like
to
sort
of
just
uplift
the
homes
for
all
legislation
that
would
cap
rent
control
at
five
percent
and
yes,
five
percent.
That's
what
we're
advocating
for
and
I
think
that's
that
gives
people
the
flexibility
to
catch
up
and
actually
afford
to
live
in
their
homes
and
build
some
wealth
for
themselves.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
AQ
AK
Hello:
everyone,
my
name,
is
safiro
Patino
and
I've
been
living
in
Jamaica
Plain
since
1983
and
I'm
also
one
of
the
organizers
with
City
Life,
Video
Urbana.
AQ
AK
The
displacing
displacement
that
we're
facing
today
is
because
of
the
rent
increase
and
these
go.
These
increases
go
beyond
the
economic
efforts
of
the
people
that
are
facing
there.
The
tenants
are
facing
all
types
of
abuses
from
the
owners
or
landlords,
and
the
consequences
are
forced
displacement,
and
these
are
countless
of
cases.
AQ
AK
From
the
moment,
tenants
received
a
letter
of
displacement,
they
start
the
process
of
displacement
or
they
start
thinking
they
have
to
to
get
desperate.
This
is
a
critical
state
for
them,
because
it
doesn't
matter
how
much
effort
they
put
into
it.
How
much?
How
many
jobs
they
have
to
have
to
be
able
to
pay
the
rent,
so
the
displacement
implies
a
gap
of
empty
insecurity
and
the
consequences
that
these
people
are
facing
are
physical
issues,
mental
health
issues,
emotional
health
issues
and
those
are
very
clear.
We
can
see
them.
AQ
AQ
AQ
AK
AQ
AK
AQ
AQ
AQ
AK
AK
AR
Good
afternoon,
I
live
in
Codman
Square
in
District,
Four
I'm,
a
fan
of
the
idea
of
rent
control,
but
I'm
not
really
a
fan
of
this.
This
policy,
as
it
exists
and
I'll,
explain
why
in
Dorchester
Roxbury
Mattapan,
which
we
understand
where
much
of
black
people
live,
I
looked
at
the
MLS
data
from
2021
to
22,
Dorchester
average
rent
went
up,
11.6
percent
Roxbury
12.9
percent
Mattapan
only
around
two
percent.
AR
However,
if
Mattapan
residents
go
looking
for
an
apartment
today,
you'll
find
that
over
the
past
six
months
your
rent
went
up
over
12.5
percent
and
this
doesn't
count
existing
tenants
who
are
just
being
gouged
50
100
percent
rent
increases
year
over
year,
so
10
is
kind
of
a
joke.
For
me,
it
only
slows
displacement
and
as
far
as
black
Boston
is
concerned
by
the
Numbers,
it
stabilizes
nothing.
AR
So
I'm,
not
really.
A
supporter
of
rent
control.
I
am
in
support
of
a
rent,
freeze,
just
freeze
the
rent
for
at
least
five
years.
It
sounds
drastic,
but
the
the
conditions
that
African
Americans
have
had
to
live
under
is
even
more
drastic.
According
to
Census
Data
American
Community
survey,
median
household
income
for
black
bostonians
is
around
56
000
according
to
HUD
30
of
your
income
above
that
leaves
you
rent
burden.
AR
So
that
means
that
African
Americans
can
only
afford
1400
a
month
and
we're
looking
at
three
thousand
if
Trends
continue
in
terms
of
the
rent
increase.
So
pretty
much,
all
the
black
Boston
is
severely
rent
burden.
Those
that
haven't
been
pushed
out
already
and
I'm
disappointed
to
hear
from
the
administration
centering
the
psychology
of
developers.
Oh,
what
about
the
psychology
of
black
residents
whose
rent
is
double
what
they
can
afford?
What
about
their
psychology,
so
I
I
say
that
the
city
council
and
the
state
legislature
should
not
engage
in
bad
faith.
AR
Negotiations
with
so-called
neighbors
I'm
sure
that
some
of
them
are
but
the
ones
that
are
playing
in
the
market
that
are
kind
of
making
things
spiral
out
of
control.
We
just
have
to
be
honest,
that
we're
dealing
with
entitled
suburbanites,
who
want
to
continue
to
hoard
wealth,
and
so
this
corporate
vampires
that
want
to
expand
their
profits
and
so
the
next
time
that
these
guys
call
you,
because
they're
holding
Boston
renters
hostage.
AR
Send
this
rule
up
as
it
exists.
The
message
is
clear:
I
understand
the
sentiment
that
you're
expressing
that
the
mayor
is
expressing,
but
by
the
Numbers.
If
you
send
this
up
as
it
exists,
all
you're
saying
is
to
developers
is:
don't
stop
plundering
black
Boston,
don't
stop
displacing
black
Boston,
just
slow
it
down.
So
my
Administration
looks
good
that
that's
literally
all
that
this
policy
will
do
and
the
message
to
Black
bostonians
is
also
clear.
AR
The
FHA
left
you
hanging
in
the
1930s
and
in
2023
so
will
I
that
that's
what
the
numbers
say
so
freeze
the
rent,
if
you
have
to
increase
it,
maybe
tie
it
to
CPI.
If
you
look
at
the
data,
it
barely
gets
to
two
percent,
never
mind
three
percent.
So
if
you
have
to
increase
it,
stop
it
at
three:
it's
barely
one,
two
percent.
If
you
look
year
year
over
year,.
AR
Four
minutes:
sorry,
but
yeah
yeah
black
Boston
needs
to
rent
freeze.
That's
the
only
way
that
this
works.
B
Consetta
or
Concetta
pool,
please
correct
me
when
you
get
to
the
mic:
I
wanna,
I
wanna
get
your
day
right.
AS
AS
AS
So,
regardless
of
what
Madison
Avenue
might
say,
a
man's
life
does
not
consist
in
the
abundance
of
the
things
that
he
possesses
the
top
10
of
Americans
they
own
about
70
percent
of
this
country's
wealth,
the
Egyptian
pharaohs
they
pat
their
tomes
with
fortunes
for
the
afterlife,
but
these
Treasures
are
still
here
on
Earth.
It
is
an
exercise
in
the
futility
of
man's
Trust
enriches
people
who
are
present
at
Death
Beds.
They
say
no
one
regrets
not
making
enough
money
when
they're
dying
everybody
look
back
to
relationships,
maybe
if
more
of
us
thought
about
death.
AS
AS
We
just
got
two
seconds
closer
to
our
deaths,
so
what
then,
does
it
profit
us
to
focus
on
amassing
money
and
lack
empathy
or
not
care
for
Injustice
money?
May
hire
someone
to
work
for
us,
but
it
can't
make
that
person
treat
us
kindly
if
we
make
a
million
dollars
in
profit,
half
a
million
in
profit
or
a
quarter
million
in
profit.
Is
this
not
enough?
AS
AS
Someone
earning
minimum
wage
fifteen
dollars
an
hour
earns
a
hundred
and
twenty
dollars
a
day.
That's
six
hundred
dollars
a
week!
That's
twenty
four
hundred
dollars
a
month
minimum
wage,
but
the
average
rent
in
Massachusetts
is
about
thirty
two
hundred
dollars
for
a
two
bedroom.
That's
according
to
Zillow
who
updated
their
figures
this
week.
That
is
eight
hundred
dollars
more
than
this
full-time
minimum
wage
earners
wages.
AS
This
person
has
to
work
a
second
job
just
to
rent
an
apartment,
and
we
haven't
even
factored
in
living.
Expenses
like
food
utilities
and
travel
understand
that
the
full-time
worker
at
minimum
wage,
the
entire
monthly
salary,
cannot
pay
for
an
apartment
at
the
average
cost
of
rent
in
Boston.
So
surely,
if
money
is
the
key
to
happiness,
then
we
in
America
would
be
ecstatic.
AS
The
word
tells
us
to
Aspire
to
more,
but
more
has
not
been
able
to
satisfy
us
right
now.
We
in
America,
when
we
take
a
measure
we
are
miserable
unhappy
depressed.
We
are
cracking
on
the
mental
stress.
People
are
snapping,
killing
their
kids
and
spouses.
We've
had
about
70
mass
shootings.
This
year
alone,
we
have
teams
committing
suicide
in
record
numbers.
We
have
whole
communities
decimated
by
opioid
use.
We
are
wrapped
with
racial
tension.
Civil
unrest,
widening
political
Rifts
credit
card
debt
is
ballooning
student
that
is
crippling.
AS
AS
Please
go
ahead,
grab
more
for
those
who
are
in
it
to
grab
as
much
as
I
can,
while
I
can
turn
every
double
decker
in
Boston
into
a
condo
and
charge
five
thousand
dollars
for
a
studio
and
watch
as
more
and
more
of
the
population
become
increasingly
more
jaded
and
disenfranchised
watch.
Our
social
Strife
builds
and
imagine
how
happy
and
secure
more
money
will
make
us
minimum
wage
workers
who
don't
have
the
equity
to
invest
in
real
estate,
Working
Poor,
who
cannot
afford
afford
to
rent
at
market
rate?
AS
Those
of
us
who
apparently
are
to
blame
because
Banks
redliners,
why
are
we
working
minimum
wage
anyway?
Let's
all
go
back
to
school,
all
of
us
become
doctors
or
CEOs,
because
that's
the
only
way
we
can
afford
to
rent
apartments
that
cost
them
more
than
our
wages.
So
the
solution
is
simple
here:
I
am
declaring
that
a
everyone
should
be
a
CEO,
a
business
owner,
a
hedge
fund
manager
and
a
tech
Guru.
AS
Therefore,
everyone
will
be
able
to
rent
at
unregulated
Market
rates.
Everyone
will
also
have
to
pick
their
own
lettuce
plug
their
own
chickens,
start
their
own
Supermarket
shelves
with
the
items
they
like
drive
to
the
factory
to
collect
those
pallets,
and
everyone
must
clean
the
supermarket
after
themselves,
or
we
can
have
option
b.
Everyone
should
earn
at
least
thirty
dollars
an
hour,
so
we
can
all
afford
the
market
rate
Department
in
Boston.
The
problem
is
solved.
There's
no
need
for
rent
stabilization.
Everyone
can
afford
to
rent.
AS
AS
Let
me
add
a
really
just
been
to
you
if
we
die
and
find
out,
there's
no
God,
well,
okay,
but
if
we
die
and
find
out
there
is
a
God
bringing
a
large
donation
for
the
benevolent
fund
to
repent
the
Pearly
Gates
that
one
cut
it.
Nor
will
the
excuse,
I
didn't
know.
I
was
supposed
to
care
about
my
brother
or
the
less
fortunate.
AS
The
stock
market
in
heaven,
trades
in
kindness,
compassion,
humility
and
charity
in
closing
America
builds
itself
as
a
Christian
Nation
and
some
even
want
to
codify
it
in
law,
but
our
christianness
should
not
spring
from
the
righteousness
of
the
Pharisees.
It
should
spring
from
love
for
others
and
do
unto
others
as
you
have
them
do,
unto
you
mentality.
Thank
you
for
listening.
Thank.
B
You
we're
gonna,
do
our
next
set.
O
B
In
person,
I
think
are
as
far
as
the
list
goes
right
now
is
the
end
of
public
testimony.
So
if
you
are
in
here-
and
you
have
not
signed
up
yet
for
public
testimony,
please
do,
and
if
you
are
looking
to
sign
up
for
Zoom,
again
send
an
email
to
ccc.go
at
boston.gov,
and
we
will
get
you
a
link
to
testify.
So
before
we
head
over
to
zoom
I've,
given
every
counselor
a
chance
to
just
give
an
opening
statement
or
or
say
whatever
it
is,
that
is
on
their
mind.
B
AT
I
have
been
listening
for
my
office
I
apologize
for
the
delay.
I
did
hear
the
comments.
I
have
the
letters
and
have
been
receiving
public
testimony
testimonies,
written
testimonies
in
my
emails
and
have
been
saving
them
all
I.
Thank
you
for
your
time
in
coming
here
and
expressing
your
position
on
rent
stabilization
or
rent
control.
Look
forward
to
continue
doing
this
work
within
the
confines
of
these
hearings
and
working
sessions,
and
hopefully
we
get
the
best
solution
for
our
citizens
and
all
of
Boston.
AT
AT
It
is
a
very
difficult
situation
for
the
mayor
of
Boston
to
be
in.
She
is
the
first
mayor
for
for
a
very
long
time
who
is
bringing
this
to
the
front.
I
think
that
it's
actually
pretty
courageous
of
her,
even
if
to
have
to
bring
it
stabilization,
not
control
or
not
a
freeze
or
not
all
the
way
in
to
a
point
that
we
wanted
to
go.
AT
I
think
that
the
difficulty
in
dealing
with
or
struggling
with
something
like
this,
knowing
that
so
many
people
are
suffering
so
many
people
are
being
displaced.
So
many
people
I've
heard
your
comments
about
Perpetual
harm
in
our
social
determinants
of
health
and
how
all
of
this
there's
an
ecosystem
that
is
perpetuated
from
being
displaced
right.
AT
There
is
a
lack
of
quality
of
life
and
that
we
have
a
right
to
be
here,
like
everyone
else,
and
for
Miss
consetta's
comments
beautiful
as
beautiful
and
eloquently
put
today,
Miss
Paul,
who
is
stating
we're
not
all
going
to
be
doctors
and
lawyers
or
Executives,
and
so
everyone
has
a
place,
but
black
and
brown
people
deserve
to
be
able
to
live
here,
and
the
poor
and
walking
working
class
deserve
to
live
here
with
dignity
when
full
quality
of
life.
AT
What
I
think
is
unfair
is
that
is
a
woman
and
a
woman
of
color
and
a
mother,
and
that
the
expectations
that
is
set
on
women
of
color
on
women
period
is
that
we
are
held
to
standards
that
white
men
have
not
been
held
historically
to
so.
With
that
being
said,
I
would
say
that
yes,
I
command
her
courage.
I,
don't
agree
that
it's
fully.
AT
Where
needs
to
be,
but
yet
it
is
a
difficult
situation
and
I
even
question
my
own
qualifications
on
answering
whether
or
not
I
would
do
the
same
as
she
is
doing
so
with
that
I
would
like
to
personally.
I
can
only
say
that
I
have
to
be
patient
with
the
process
that
I
thank
her
for
her
courage
and
I
will
continue
to
encourage
and
push
her
to
do
more,
and
that's
my
job
here.
Thank
you
so
much
for
your
time
and
expressing
your
position.
B
Thank
you
counselor
Anderson,
so
we
have,
it
seems
like
just
one
zoom
and
then
we'll
have
what's
left
of
folks
here
who
have
still
not
testified
if
we
can
have
Vicky
dilorenzo
or
two
on
Zoom,
rather
Vicki,
dilorenzo
and
I,
think
it's
Leonard
Olsen
and
then,
if
you
are
on
Zoom,
because
we
have
I
think
two
people
on
Zoom
who
have
not
yet
testified.
If
you
can
raise
your
hand
if
you
want
to
testify.
B
AU
Thank
you
so
I'll
be
quick.
Thank
you
so
much
for
having
this
hearing
this
really
inspiring
and
can
never
have
imagined
it
a
few
years
ago.
So
my
name
is
Vicki.
I
live
in
East
Boston
I'm
here,
because
I
spent
much
of
the
last
year
I'm
doing
policy
research
on
Harvard,
University,
stabilization
and
I'm
here
to
speak
on
behalf
of
myself.
AU
So
I
just
wanted
to
speak
to
some
of
the
back
and
forth.
That
has
happened
throughout
this
conversation
around
what
historical
rents
increases
have
been
in
Boston,
and
also
what
the
literature
says
about
the
negative
effects
of
unrestricted
market
resets
and
I'm,
of
course,
happy
to
share
more
on
this
I'm
reading,
with
citations
so
on
the
rent
caps.
First,
obviously
part
of
complete
here
is
that
rent
increases
occur
from
my
state
distribution
and
that
rent
stabilization
is
in
large
might
be
extremities.
AU
So
I
fully
acknowledge
that,
but
I
think
that
this
information
allows
us
to
better
situate
the
current
proposal
in
terms
of
historical
Trends
and
to
illustrate
why
so
many
people
feel
that
a
five
percent
cap
would
be
much
more
appropriate
so
on
the
couch.
This
was
already
mentioned.
If
you
look
at
the
median,
the
average
annual
increase
for
a
median
apartment
in
Boston
from
27
to
2020
was
about
four
percent
a
year.
AU
So
if
you
convert
that
to
CPI
terms,
it's
about
CPI,
post
too
Again
The
Source
on
that
is
14
years
of
central
theater.
Obviously
some
neighborhoods
are
experiencing
faster
rent
increases.
They
are
still
lower
on
average,
though
than
the
proposed
cap
here.
AU
So
in
East
Boston,
which
is
in
many
ways,
you
know
Ground
Zero
for
all
this
they
were
closer
to
five
percent
on
average
or
just
to
log
with
CPI
plus
three,
and
that's
where
the
time
period
from
2010
2021
that
doesn't
include
2007
to
2009,
because
neighborhood
level,
Census
Data,
was
not
being
produced
at
that
time.
On
this,
there
was
also
some
discussion
about
advertised
rents
from
last
year,
so
keeping
in
mind
that
vacant
listings
are
only.
N
AU
Part
of
the
rental
market.
We
need
to
share
some
of
that
as
well.
When
you
look
back
further
than
just
last
year,
so
from
December
20
into
December,
2022
zillow's
proprietary
data
data
set
showed
an
average
increase
of
approximately
4.1
percent
per
year
and
zumpers
proprietary
data
set
shows
similar
numbers.
So
that's
the
situation
with
those,
and
it
is
absolutely
true
that
recent
rent
increases
have
been
larger
on.
AU
You
know
been
extremely,
but
that's
following
where
there
was
a
nine
percent
decrease
in
advertised
rents,
so
this
was
just
a
nationally
volatile
period
And,
while
any
one
year
of
data
from
any
Source
would
not
be
a
sound
basis
for
making
policy.
There
are
actually
really
clear
reasons
why
the
last
couple
of
years
are
just
not
representative
at
all
I'm
Laura.
It's
the
proposal
on
to
be
in
a
provision
on
banked
increases,
which
is
when
a
landlord
might
decline
to
take
the
max
cap
year,
and
then
they
get
to
hold
it
for
the
future.
AU
Things
can
allow
landlords
to
hold
the
potential
of
still
an
extreme
over
the
heads
of
their
tenants
and
potentially
use
them
in
a
retaliatory
fashion.
This
is
a
very
common
provision
of
rent
stabilization
policies,
so
I'll
just
urge
folks
to
pay
attention
to
the
relationship
between
those
two
things,
and
it's
also
common
for
there
to
be
restrictions
on
how
much
you
can
bank.
So
that's
kind
of
a
mental
option
that
many
cities
have
taken
on
the
unrestricted
Market
reset.
AU
There's
been
some
back
and
forth
over
whether
it
actually
creates
incentives
to
other
tenants
in
order
to
access
higher
ends
or
induced
an
entrepreneover.
There
are
definitely
ways
to
mitigate
that
incentive,
but
whether
the
incentives
exists,
you've
actually
been
pretty
well
documented
in
the
literature
and
he's
really
not
controversial.
AU
The
urban
Institute
found
vacancies
in
control
Provisions,
which
again
can
exist
in
many
forms,
create
incentives
to
Independent
turnover
and
to
discriminate
in
favor
of
tenants
who
are
likely
to
stay
for
shorter
periods
of
time,
such
as
students,
and
they
also
found
that
eviction
protections
can
absolutely
help
with
camps
But.
AU
Ultimately,
it's
very
difficult
to
employee,
maybe
that
affects
and
academic
research
has
also
noted
that
in
restricted
Market
it's
been
undue
most
or
even
all,
of
the
affordability
benefits
of
rent
control,
even
when
many
of
the
stability
benefits
remain
so
stability
being
defined
as
like
a
tenant
at
least
being
able
to
predict
what
direction
so
I
think
I'm,
probably
at
time
there,
but
I
have
heard
a
lot
of
back
and
forth
these
things
and
I
wanted
to
ground
it
and
what
some
of
the
literature
data
say
I'm
happy
to
share
more
in
writing
and
finish
here,
every
single
citation
again.
AU
B
You
and
if
you
can
submit
yours
if
you
would
like
to
submit
more,
please
email,
your
your
statement,
and
this
goes
to
anybody
who
is
watching.
If
you
have
an
opinion
you
would
like
to
not
testify,
but
just
submit
a
written
statement
or
email.
Please
email,
ccc.go,
boston.gov.
B
We
now
have
I,
don't
think
we
have
anybody
else
on
Zoom,
so
it
is
now
the
folks
in
this
room
we
have
nine
more
folks
to
go,
and
so,
if
you
are
at
the
end
of
that
list-
and
we
haven't
called
your
name-
and
you
would
like
to
testify-
just
come
right
up
to
the
mic
and
we
will
let
you
do
it
there,
so
so
yaguelin
lasso
followed
by
and
they
didn't
put
a
first
name.
They
just
put
D
Rubio,
so
that
is
whoever's
next
yep,
so
you
would
be
after
10
minutes.
B
Thank
you.
If,
if
I
call
your
name
and
you
thought
it
was
a
sign-in
just
thank
you
for
being
here,
the
floor
is
yours.
Do
we
have
the
Spanish
interpreter.
AV
AV
AV
AV
AW
I'm,
so
happy
being
here
and
for
with
the
support
that
you're
giving
us
with
the
rent
control,
my
name
is
Jackie.
Lasso
I
live
in
East
Boston
since
20
years
ago,
I'm
a
mother
of
three
children
and
recently
I,
was
a
victim
of
a
crime
in
East
Boston,
and
for
that
reason,
I
didn't
feel
secure
anymore,
safe
and
I
had
to
quit
my
job
and
that's
the
reason
why
my
husband
is
right.
AW
Now
the
only
person
supporting
our
family
but
I'm
not
talking
only
in
my
in
my
name
but
I'm
talking
also
on
behalf
of
a
lot
of
other
families
who
have
been
displaced
for
the
gentrification
and
it's
something
that
is
not
surprising.
What
is
surprising
is
the
lack
of
housing
Justice
for
the
families
with
low
incomes
and
very
high
rent
costs,
and
the
rent
increases
go
for
500
or
more,
and
that
happens
every
year
in
just
a
few
of
us
are
able
to
pay
due
to
different
circumstances
and
adding
to
that
the
inflation.
AW
The
six
percent
that
are
mayor
is
proposing
is
too
high
for
us,
and
that
is
going
to
allow
the
developers
The
Cooperative
developers
to
continue
with
the
exorbitant
rent
increases
in
the
displacement
and
the
segregation
of
communities.
We
are
here
to
ask
a
lower
percentage
of
increase
to
be
able
to
continue
in
our
communities
into
because
having
a
roof
over
our
heads
is
a
right
is
a
human
right.
B
Gemma
Reyes
I,
don't
know:
okay
Peggy
one.
AX
Hi,
yes,
my
name
is
Peggy.
I
am
part
of
the
independent
socialist
group
I
work
in
at
Mass
heart
around
the
Fenway
Mission
Hill
area,
I'm
here
to
talk
about
I.
Think
a
lot
of
us
have
made
the
point
about
like
this.
This
is
that
we
were
in
a
housing
crisis
and
what's
been
happening
in
the
Years
leading
up
to
this
has
been
increasing
rents.
So
you
know
ten
percent
five
percent
at
a
certain
point.
AX
It's
still
increasing,
rent
and
like,
if
the
average
in
the
past
what
10
years
was,
was
told
to
us
that
it
was
what
four
percent
it's
going
to
get
worse
and
what
working
people
actually
need
is
a
rent
free.
Is
we
needed
time
to
be
able
to
our
wages
to
be
able
to
catch
up,
to
be
lifted,
to
be
able
to
pay
for
yeah
these
absorbitant
rents
that
exist
right
now,
minimum
wage
is
that
is
at
15
an
hour.
AX
Finally,
now
that
that's
happened
in
January,
but
that's
what
31
000,
maybe
a
year
like
I,
don't
know
how
many
people
are
able
to
survive
off
that
it's
absurd.
We
need
living
wages
like
I.
Think
the
MIT,
a
living
wage
calculator
says
that
an
actual
living
wage
for
a
person
with
no
kids
would
be
22
an
hour.
That's
without
kids,
the
second.
AX
You
have
a
kid:
it's
like
it's
it's
45
an
hour
how
many
people
are
making
80k,
how
many
single
people
are
making
80k
in
Boston
I
I
can't
imagine
that
many
people
single
people
with
a
kid
yeah
I
I,
wanted
to
talk
about
just
yeah
working
people's
right
to
live
in
this
city
versus
what
investors
think
is
their
right
to
be
able
to
earn
profits
that
that
that
a
proposal
that
comes
forth
you
know
has
to
fall
into
the
logic
of
investors
and
developers
making
more
money
than
ever
before
is
just
insane.
AX
What
we
need
is
actual
people
to
be
able
to
survive,
to
be
able
to
put
food
on
their
table
to
those
of
us
who
are
working
really
really
hard
to
live
in
Boston
right
now.
You
have
to
have
three
minimum
wage
jobs
to
afford
a
one
bedroom
unit.
AX
It's
it's
a
lot
and
that's
who's
who's,
working,
three
minimum
wage
jobs.
We
can't
keep
putting
this
crisis
on
the
backs
of
working
people.
Working
people
can't
be
made
to
have
to
shoulder
this
cost.
More
and
more.
You
know.
In
the
past,
I
read
a
stat
that
said
between
the
start
of
the
pandemic,
till
June
2022
we've.
The
billionaires
in
this
state
have
actually
increased
their
wealth
by
46
that
that's
25
billion
dollars.
AX
Can
do
that
there
there
are
resources
to
be
able
to
do
that.
You
know
we
pass
the
fair
share
Amendment
this
past.
AX
You
know
November
so
be
able
to
bring
what
we're
estimating
to
be
two
billion
dollars
to
put
toward
public,
Ed
and
infrastructure,
and
things
like
that,
we
could
be
doing
a
lot
more
actually
yeah.
This
is
a
Statewide
issue.
I
know
when
we
talk
about
Boston,
there's
Boston
Proper,
but
you
know
we
know
that
so
many
people
who
live
in
Boston
are
have
been
pushed
out
to
Quincy
and
Malden,
and
you
know
even
friends
of
mine
who
have
gone
out
to
Worcester.
AX
It's
really
far
away,
and
even
there
they're,
like
I,
can't
pay
for
things,
and
our
public
transit
system
is
in
a
state
of
Crisis
as
well,
and
so
as
people
are
moving
farther
they're
having
to
take
more
time
to
get
to
work
and
like
sacrifice
more
hours
of
their
day,
we
we
can't
keep
doing
this
so
yeah.
We
need
a
rent
freeze
for
the
next
three
years.
At
least,
rents
should
be
capped
and
30
of
minimum
wage
people.
AX
Making
minimum
wage
here
should
be
able
to
live
where
they're
working
we,
we
can
form
elected
Committees
of
workers
and
renters
to
to
oversee
and
enforce
those
kinds
of
things
yeah
living.
We
should
have
the
minimum
wage
of
at
least
25
dollars
an
hour,
and
that
should
be
adjusted
with
inflation
and
yeah
people
who
are
looking
to
buy
homes
for
the
first
time
to
actually
live
in,
not
vacationers,
not
investment
and
investors
developers.
AX
They
should
be
given
a
priority
to
be
able
to
get
a
loan
from
the
bank
and
prioritize
to
be
able
to
own
a
home
instead
of
being
forced
to
rent,
so
yeah
I
mean
capitalism
is
working
as
it
should
be,
and
this
is
why
we're
in
the
place
we're
in
so
I
think
really.
AX
You
need
to
bring
this
fight,
I
think,
as
someone
else
had
said,
maybe
Michael
needing
to
bring
this
fight
into
our
neighborhoods
and
connect
with
our
neighbors
and
those
of
us
who
aren't
here
who
care
deeply
about
this
issue.
We
need
to
get
organized
about
this.
Maura
Healy
has
expressed
like
Baker
before
her
that
she's
vehemently
against
lifting
the
the
Statewide
rent
control
and
that's
something
we
all
should
be
fighting
for
them
right
right.
The
rent
control
ban
should
be
lifted.
It
impacts
all
of
us
across
Massachusetts.
B
You
Pam
Coker
is
next,
but
just
a
quick
question
is:
is
anyone
here
have
the
last
name
Reyes
who
would
like
to
testify
or
might
have
got
that
first
name
wrong,
nope,
okay
and
then
one
more
who
may
be
here
in
person
is
Leonard
is
Leonard
Olsen
here,
yeah
I
know
we
have
the
list.
I
see
your
name.
I
got.
You
is
Leonard
Olsen
here.
B
AY
Good
afternoon,
our
almost
good
evening,
thank
you
for
taking
the
time
this
evening.
My
name
is
Pam
Coker
I'm,
the
president
of
the
Boston
Municipal
research,
Bureau
and
I'm.
Also
a
city
resident
I,
just
have
a
couple
of
brief
comments.
It
was
definitely
very
interesting
to
see
the
mayor's
proposal
come
out.
We
certainly
look
forward
to
digging
into
the
details
much
more
as
we
learn
more
about
the
specifics
of
her
proposed
plans
for
the
city
around
housing.
AY
I
do
want
to
call
out
that
I
appreciate
the
provision
that
in
speeds
up
the
permitting
process,
so
we
can
get
more
housing
creation
done
more
quickly
because
clearly,
that
is
a
key
part
of
the
challenge
that
our
city
is
facing.
Right
now
is
not
only
the
rents
for
many
folks
are
very
challenging,
but
also
the
availability
of
enough
housing
to
address
the
housing
needs
across
the
city.
AY
I
wanted
to
note
that
the
mayor's
office
of
housing
has
been
working
pretty
hard
to
turn
out
as
much
new
housing
projects
as
as
they
can,
but
the
truth
is,
and
the
city
has
Administration
prayer.
Previous
administrations
have
recognized
this
that
we
can't,
as
a
city,
probably
build
our
way
out
of
our
affordable
housing
challenge.
AY
We
need
the
communities
around
Boston
to
meet
the
responsibility
that
they
committed
to
gosh,
maybe
in
2017
to
be
partners
in
sort
of
the
region
with
Boston,
where
other
communities,
besides
Boston,
would
be
building
more
housing
and
therefore
making
the
housing
responsibility
for
the
region
expanded
to
those
other
communities
that
are
close
by
and
then
benefit
from
being
near
Boston,
but
not
in
Boston.
So
one
of
the
things
I
do
hope
for
with
new
governor
Healy.
Someone
else
had
mentioned
some
hopes
for
her
as
well.
AY
We
do
hope
to
see
some
proposals
from
the
governor
around
how
we
address
the
housing
challenges
in
this
part
of
the
state
and,
of
course,
overall,
so
look
forward
to
hopefully
seeing
some
promising
proposals
around
that
and
some
collaboration
with
the
communities
just
outside
of
Boston.
That
should
be
our
partners,
and
then
the
last
thing
I
just
wanted
to
emphasize
is
that
yes,
it
is
a
very
challenging
time
for
for
the
city,
we
have
a
lot
of
needs
that
need
to
be
addressed,
and
that's
not
easy
and
again.
AY
I
hope
that
some
of
these
things,
like
the
governor's
engagement
and
commitment
to
housing,
meeting
housing
challenges
across
the
state,
will
come
to
our
community
as
well,
and
so
we
look
forward
to
again
seeing
more
of
the
details
and
continuing
to
follow
the
process
as
this
initiative
moves
forward.
Thank
you
for
your
time.
Thank.
B
You
next
we
have
Sam
Pierce
and
Glenna
Wyman.
AZ
Good
evening,
everyone
thank
you,
Council
Arroyo,
chair
of
this
committee
and
counselor
Lucian
Vice
chair.
Thank
you.
Kenzie
Bach
and
councilor
Anderson
for
also
staying
I.
Think
that,
while
this
is
a
very
important
topic
that
we
also
don't
want
to
get
distracted,
there
are
obviously
people
who
are
interested
in
the
mayor's
proposal
and
I've
been
supporting
Michelle
Wu
for
the
last
10
years.
AZ
But
I
think
that
we
need
to
focus
on
the
purview
that
the
city
controls
and
what
do
I
mean
by
that
from
the
1980s
to
the
1990s
colleges,
promised
free
tuition
to
black
and
brown
residents
from
Harvard
Mission,
Hill
Northeastern
and
then
proceeded
to
phase
them
out
through
off
campus
housing
and
the
lack
of
really
regulatory
teeth
from
the
city
to
force.
These
colleges
to
actually
house
their
college
students
on
their
campuses
and
not
raise
the
rents.
AZ
That
would
be
directly
connected
to
the
college
and
also
be
transitional
housing,
since
community
college
students
transition
every
two
to
three
years
that
we
need
to
raise
taxes
on
investment
properties
without
a
landlord
present,
including
stopping
the
growth
of
off-campus
housing
stranding
the
market,
as
well
as
the
selling
of
BHA
properties
to
developers
who
then
create
luxury
housing.
These
are
within
the
purview
of
the
city
council.
AZ
The
state
rent,
stabilization
on
HUD
properties,
Section
8
and
subsidies
amount
to
over
300
million
dollars
that
the
city
of
Boston
gets
every
year
as
a
landlord
and,
quite
frankly,
the
residents
are
not
seeing
our
return
on
our
investment.
Where
is
that
300
million
dollars
going
and
why
isn't
it
being
reinvested
in
housing?
And
so
that's
something
you
all
can
consider
since
we
have
a
surplus
of
money
in
our
budget?
AZ
As
far
as
testimonies,
we
all
have
enough
money
for
technological
upgrades
that
would
include
an
RMV
type
of
system
where
residents
could
get
a
number,
maybe
even
find
out
what
time
they
will
be
able
to
speak
because
I,
for
example,
have
been
here
for
over
three
hours
and
am
now.
Finally
speaking
and
while
I
appreciate
you
all
wanting
to
stay
here,
till
midnight
I
do
not
get
paid
to
be
here.
That
long
and
so
I
think
that
some
type
of
a
an
optimization
of
how
people
are
able
to
speak
is
very
important.
AZ
If
that
means
that
people
have
to
upload
their
testimony
virtually
to
YouTube.
So
we
can
streamline
the
process
and
so
be
it
because
we
do
have
Massachusetts
open
meeting
laws
and
I
think
that
they
should
include
people
who
are
not
able
to
physically
come
in
person.
But
I.
Don't
think
that
it
should
preclude
the
people
who
have
come.
You
know
taking
time
off
of
work
to
come
in
person
and
now
don't
get
to
speak
for
hours
and
hours,
while
people
ramble
on
online
I
think
that
you
push.
AZ
Up
I
appreciate
it
I
think
that
we
need
to
start
looking
at
corporate
sponsorships
as
far
as
ways
that
we
can
mitigate
some
of
the
prices
and
I
think
of
the
city
year.
Americorps
example
where
they
would
help
house
different
members
together,
and
they
would
make
deals
with
with
various
landlords
to
make
sure
that
the
prices
were
affordable.
AZ
I
think
that,
looking
at
ways
that
we
can
reduce
rent
stabilization,
looking
at
public,
owned
properties
and
public
funded
programs
are
very
much
the
key
because,
a
hundred
years
ago,
the
largest
landlord
in
Boston
was
the
city
itself.
Now
that
has
changed
and
I
think
that
when
we
talk
about
Council.
AZ
As
we
have
now
passed,
the
reparations
task
force
and
you
have
a
lot
of
people
in
those
neighborhoods
who
are
looking
to
stay
there,
who
have
grown
up
there,
and
so
in
closing,
while
I
commend
you
all
for
considering
this
home
rule
petition.
I
also
urge
you
all
to
also
think
within
the
purview
of
your
own
power.
Thank
you
very
much.
B
Thank
you,
Sam
Glenda,
Wyman
and
I
actually
left
off
Ed
pazanese.
If
you
are
here,
you
are
after
her
and
just
so
folks
are
clear
on
how
we
do
the
list
it's
in
order
of
arrival,
so
you
sign
up
and
you
go
so
that
is
how
that
works.
Glenna,
Wyman
hi.
BA
I
I
also
want
to
thank
the
city
councilors,
who
have
hung
out
for
all
of
us.
You're
great.
There
were
two
points
I
wanted
to
make.
One
is
at
one
point:
I
was
a
paralegal
at
Greater,
Boston,
Legal
Services
during
the
rent
control
of
the
80s
and
the
vacancy
decontrolled
component
of
that
fairly
weak
form
of
rent
control
was
really
problematic.
It
was
fraught
with
fraud
by
landlords.
BA
The
city
of
Boston
didn't
seem
to
really
inform
tenants
that
they
were
even
subject
to
rent
control,
so
tenants
would
move
out,
they'd
be
forced
out
not
knowing
that
they
had
eviction
protections
and
rent
control
protection.
So
there
needs
to
be
a
commitment
for
whatever
we
get
and
I
hope.
It's
stronger
than
mayor
Will's,
first
proposal
that
it
be
a
monitored
process.
I
did
a
number
of
hearings
back
then,
which
were
exposing
landlords
who
had
displaced
tenants
and
now
we're
trying
to
evict
the
subsequent
tenant.
BA
So
you
know
there
were
records
in
City
Hall
that
you
had
to
be
in
the
know
to
know
that
there
were
records
about
what
properties
were
on
rent
control,
but
there
were
a
lot
of
properties
that
were
never
registered
if
they
weren't
registered,
they
were
subject
to
rent
control,
and
so
the
devil
is
in
the
details
in
terms
of
How
It's
regulated.
Secondly,
I
wanted
to
say
you
know
apropos
what
the
woman
said.
A
few
before
me
about
has
to
be
a
regional
solution.
BA
You
hear
that
all
the
time
and
that's
sort
of
feels
like
it's
code
for
developers
to
you,
know
to
do
the
same
thing
in
the
out
in
you
know,
beyond
Boston
and
greater
Boston,
we
we
can't
as
a
state.
We
can't
build
our
way
out
of
this.
We
can't
sectionate
our
way
out
of
it,
because
that
just
gives
landlords
an
opportunity
to
you
know
they
ask
for
rents
that
are
too
high
for
anyone,
but
section
people
lucky
enough
to
have
a
section.
BA
Eight,
we
have
to
have
run
control,
it
needs
to
be
stronger,
it
needs
to
be
I
would
say
no
more
than
five
percent
and
maybe
three
percent
each
year,
and
there
was
one
last
Point
wait.
A
second
I
I
actually
endorsed
the
the
very
brilliant
thought
that
a
gentleman
stated
in
his
testimony
that
we
need
a
rent,
freeze,
I
would
say
we
need
a
rent
freeze,
even
if
we're
going
to
implement
rent
control
because
it
has
as
it
is
for
the
last
umpteen
years
the
rents
have.
BA
You
know.
We
heard
one
woman
testify
that
a
rent
went
from
800
to
1800.,
so
the
rents
have
gone
out
of
control.
We
need
a
rent
freeze
so
that
they
don't
keep
jacking
up
the
rent
while
we're
trying
to
get
rent
control
and-
and
maybe
that'll
get
the
attention
of
the
real
estate
industry
that
they
have
to
start
behaving.
No,
we
are
out
for
them
if
they
can't
behave
themselves.
Thank
you.
B
B
No
well,
then
I,
thank
you
for
being
here
and
for
sharing
your
thoughts
and
for
listening
to
the
folks
in
the
city.
If
we
can
just
pull
up
who
we
have
on
zoom
and
I
think
that'll
bring
that
there
we
go
and
anyone
who
would
like
to
send
a
testimony,
even
it
doesn't
have
to
be
right
this.
Second,
if
you
want
to
send
a
testimony
before
our
Monday
working
session,
you
can
send
that
email
to
ccc.go
boston.gov.
Can
we
see
who
we
have
on
the
zoom.
B
Q
AN
AV
AN
AK
I
was
displaced
before
and
the
displacement
was
was
not
my
fault,
it
was
a
no-fault
displacement
because
the
landlord
increased
my
rent
by
900
dollars
and
I
was
not
able
to
pay.
All
of
that.
AN
AK
Using
my
voice
on
behalf
of
those
who
cannot
speak
up
for
those
who
need
to
remain
silent,
please
tenants
are
asking
for
rent
control
and
the
maximum
cap
that
it
needs
to
go
is
three
percent
or
five
percent.
AN
AK
AN
AN
AK
AK
BB
Hi
everybody.
Can
you
hear
me?
Yes,
I'm
sorry,
this
is
Leonard.
Olson
I
was
on
the
list
and
in
person
you're
getting
the
zoom
count
that
I'm
currently
logged
into,
but
in
any
case
quick
plug
for
Point
losing
Fronteras,
so
I'll
be
quick.
I
know
in
the
last
one
I'm
sorry
I
couldn't
stick
around,
but
my
name
is
Leo.
Like
I
said:
I
live
in
East
Boston
I'm,
a
tenant
on
Lexington,
Street
and
I'm.
BB
Also
one
of
the
co-facilitators
of
the
beach
lady
network
in
East,
Boston,
not
neutral
at
East,
so
really
we're
here
in
support
of
City
Life
in
the
homes
for
all
Coalition.
There
was
so
much
power
in
the
room
was
like
I.
Think
all
of
you
felt
as
well.
I
hope
you
did
and
shout
out
to
all
those
who
are
still
there,
much
love
and
and
yeah
in
particular,
to
support
the
legislation
about
the
home.
BB
Strong
Coalition
is,
is
supporting
at
the
state
level
and
asking
that,
while
of
course
applauding
the
mayor
and
for
for
introducing
this
topic
and
that
we're
talking
about
it
and
likewise
too,
if
rent
control
is
going
to
work
for
us
in
East
Boston,
it
needs
to
be
stronger
like
it's
not
even
a
question
of.
We
hope
this
is
a
stronger
policy.
It
needs
to
be
stronger.
BB
It
needs
to
have
a
five
percent
cap
on
ideally
lower,
as
you
I
think
heard
a
few
times
City,
like
always
fights
for
two
or
three
percent,
which
is
actually
I,
think
a
more
dignified
level
of
rent
increase
for
for
working
class
families
and
immigrant
folks
in
our
community
and
in
particular
too,
on
the
no-fault
evictions.
BB
That
is
such
an
important
and
vital
part
of
a
lot
of
rent
control
policy
needs
to
look
like
and
I'll
just
share
an
hour
and
I
say
Al
for
the
mutually
Network
I'll
share
our
brief
kind
of
experience
with
this
you
heard
from
Maribel
earlier
who's,
incredibly
powerful
and
awesome
and
kind
of
just
want
to
use
her
story
as
a
microcosm
of
the
many
folks
who
walk
through
our
doors
and
thereby
we
start
to
work
in
unison
with
City
life
around
and
who
are
experiencing
a
rent,
hike
and
experience.
BB
This
issue
of
psychological
trauma
and
emotional
attacks
from
landlords
or
from
real
estate
companies
or
real
estate
managers
or
or
developers
I
think
maribel's
story,
like
I
said
is,
is
a
frequent
one.
You
know
traditional
two
family,
three
Decker
in
East
Boston
folks,
are
paying
a
naturally
affordable,
rent
event.
The
the
small
landlord
sells
the
unit
or
sells
the
sells.
BB
The
building
and
the
new
developer
comes
in
the
new
owner
comes
in
with
a
massive
rent,
hike
right
and
you
know,
there's
there's
only
so
much,
sometimes
when
folks
feel
and
on
The
Daily
I
mean
this
is
frequent.
We've
seen
this
many
times
where
folks
are
getting
daily,
harassed
text
messages
knocks
on
the
door.
Hey
are
you
going
to
leave
yet
hey?
Have
you
found
a
place
to
pay?
BB
If
not
you
better
pay
me
that
3
000
right
and
unfortunately,
a
lot
of
our
neighbors
have
ended
up
in
Chelsea,
Revere
or
even
further
away.
You
know
like
this:
is
we've
seen
this
result
in
direct
displacement,
so
you
know
where
policy
comes
in.
The
organizing
is
strong.
You've
heard
from
a
lot
of
really
awesome
organizers
policy
comes
in
here
is
that
you
know
a
policy
of
rent
control
would
be
a
limit
and
a
direct
barrier
to
this
kind
of
emotional
harassment
which
right
now
tenants
feel
impotent.
BB
I
know
this
right
has
attended
to
and
feel
like.
We
don't
have
any
like
to
stand.
None
against
rent
control,
I
went
into
rent
increases.
Excuse
me,
but
a
simple
five
percent
max
rent
control
policy
would
be
just
such
a
big
barrier
to
this
kind
of
emotional
harassment.
So
I
just
wanted
to
highlight
that.
Thank
you
for
liking,
you,
the
last
one
and
for
just
hosting
this
today,
and
for
the
lack
of
justice
as
well.
We
appreciate
you
all.
AT
BA
AK
BC
BC
BC
BC
AK
So,
even
before
Kobe
there
was
a
lot
of
Demands
for
food.
So
today,
when
we
organize
food
distribution,
we
don't
have
enough
food
to
give
out
to
these
families.
There's
so
many
families
asking
for
food
and
facing
so
many
issues,
and
it
makes
me
sad
to
hear
that
these
families
are
not
able
to
afford
an
apartment,
because
what
they're
making
is
not
enough.
BC
BC
AK
I
have
two
children
and
most
of
these
people
who
come
to
receive
their
food
they're
single
moms
with
their
children-
and
these
are
single
moms-
cannot
afford
to
pay
the
high
increase
of
rent.
They
have
to
rent
one
room
and
have
to
live
with
several
other
families
and
just
for
one
room
with
their
children.
BC
AK
BC
AN
AK
So
I
remember
saying
that
my
grandmother
used
to
say
and
back
then
I
thought
it
was
just
a
saying,
but
she
said
it
that
it's
easier
for
a
camel
to
go
through
the
eye
of
an
idol
than
for
a
rich
man
to
enter
the
kingdom
of
God
back
then
I
thought.
Oh,
it's
just
my
grandma
saying
those
things,
but
what
I'm?
What
what
I
see
right?
Now
it's
what
she
said.
You
know
how
the
rich
they're
only
thinking
about
profits,
it's
all
greed
and
they
don't
care
about
the
poor
people.
B
Interpreters
as
well
with
that,
unless
there's
anybody
who
has
not
spoken
I
do
not
see
anyone
who
has
not
spoken,
and
so
with
that
we
are
going
to
adjourn
today's
Community
listening
session.
Thank
you,
everybody
for
participating,
thank
you
for
everyone
who
has
stayed
to
listen.
I
want
to
thank
my
colleagues
for
being
here
and
for
Council
Louis
and
for
standing
up
and
actually
helping
assist
somebody
speaking
their
native
language.
So,
thank
you
very
much
to
my
colleagues.
We
are
a
journal.