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Ways & Means Hearing - Dockets #0760-0768 FY24 Budget: MOH, Fair Housing, BPDA, and Grow Boston
A
A
For
the
record,
my
name
is
Tanya
Fernandez
Anderson,
the
district
7
City
councilor
I
am
the
chair
of
the
Boston
city
council
committee
on
Ways
and
Means.
Today's
hearing
is
being
recorded.
It
is
being
live
streamed
at
boston.gov
forward,
slash
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Dash,
console
Dash,
TV
and
broadcast
on
Xfinity
channel
8,
RCN,
channel
82
and
FiOS
channel
964.
The
council's
budget
review
process
will
Encompass
a
series
of
public
hearings
that
began
in
April
and
run
through
June.
We
strongly
encourage
residents
to
take
a
moment
to
engage
in
this
process
by
giving
testimony
for
the
record.
A
You
can
do
this
in
several
ways:
attend
one
of
the
hearings
and
give
public
testimony.
We
will
take
public
testimony
at
the
end
of
each
departmental
hearing
and
actually,
in
this
case
we
will
take
public
testimony
after
round
one
of
questions
from
counselors
and
also
a
hearing
dedicated
to
public
testimony
which
already
occurred.
A
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full
hearing
schedule
is
on
our
website
at
boston.gov
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Council,
Dash
budget.
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can
give
testimony
in
person
here
in
the
chamber
or
virtually
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Zoom
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in-person
Testimony.
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come
to
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and
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near
the
entrance
for
a
virtual
testimony.
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can
sign
up
using
our
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form
on
our
Council
budget
review
website
or
by
emailing
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committee
at
ccc.wmboston.gov,
when
you
are
called
to
testify.
A
Please
state
your
name
and
affiliation
residence
and
limit
your
comments
to
just
two
to
three
minutes,
depending
on
my
discretion,
if
need
more,
if
it
allows
everyone
else
to
comments
to
ensure
that
all
comments
and
concerns
can
be
heard.
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on
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budget
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and
how
to
testify.
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council's
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Dash
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A
Should
anyone
need
a
Cantonese
or
Mandarin
interpreter
they
are
located
in
the
back
to
in
in
the
right
of
the
to
the
right
of
the
room,
dockets
zero.
This
today's
hearing
is
on
dockets
zero,
seven,
six,
zero,
zero,
seven,
six,
two
orders
for
the
fy24
operating
budget,
including
annual
Appropriations,
for
departmental
operations
for
the
school
department
and
for
post-employment
benefits.
Opeb.
A
Docket0763-20765-20766
orders
for
the
capital
fund
transfer
appropriation,
socket
zero,
seven,
six,
four,
zero,
seven,
six,
seven:
two:
zero:
seven,
six,
eight
orders
for
the
capital
budget,
including
loan
orders
and
lease
purchase
agreements.
Our
Focus
area
for
this
hearing
will
be
an
overview
of
the
FY
budget
for
the
mayor's
office
of
housing,
fair
housing,
Inc
to
include
planning,
Boston,
Planning
and
Development
agency,
or
at
least
a
representative
here
to
answer
any
questions
that
go
hand
in
hand
with
mayor's
office
housing
or
any
housing
planning
and
grow
Boston.
A
You
will
have
20
unless
you
need
more
minutes
to
present,
then
we'll
go
to
directly
to
my
Council
colleagues
for
first
round
of
line
of
questioning
and
then
to
public
testimony
once
we're
com,
we're
done
with
the
public
testimony
round
two
for
questioning
if
time
allows
I'll
be
calculating
in
terms
of
like
how
much
time
is
left
to
allow
each
counselor
to
have
their
time
and
if
time
allows
in
a
third
round,
if
not
closing
statements
or
wrap
up
without
further
Ado
Council
Murphy.
You
have
30
seconds
to
give
you
an
opening
statement.
B
Thank
you
and
thank
you
for
the
panelists
for
being
here.
I'm
looking
forward
to
the
conversation,
I
also
just
want
to
make
sure.
Last
year
we
had
a
lot
of
Opera
funds
and
they're
going
to
run
out
if
they
haven't
already
so
making
sure
that
we
have
the
resources
in
the
budget.
We
know
cost
of
living
interest
rates,
High
rents.
All
of
that,
so
you
all
have
very
stressful
jobs.
Housing
people
is
so
important.
So
thank
you
for
that
and
I
do
just
want
to
give
a
plug.
I
love
that
grow.
B
Boston
is
part
of
it.
There
is
a
community
garden
on
the
street.
I
live
in
in
District
3,
even
though
I
do
love
Austin
Brighton,
but
in
Dorchester
the
gardens
are
so
important.
I
think
it
ties
into
you
know
the
quality
of
life
and
housing
and
food
is
so
important.
So
thank
you
for
this
and
share
I
do
have
a
veteran
military
spouse
flag,
raising
at
11
I'll
be
stepping
out,
but
I
will
be
back
in.
So
thank
you.
B
C
Here
before,
thank
you,
madam
chair.
In
the
interest
of
time,
it's
really
good
to
see
you
folks
again,
housing,
probably
the
number
one
issue
in
the
city
of
Boston
and
then
in
the
Commonwealth
of
Massachusetts.
So
I
look
forward
to
the
conversation
and
thank
you
for
all
your
work.
I
know
you're
working
incredibly
hard
to
make
more
affordable,
more
housing
available,
that's
affordable
for
our
residents
in
Boston
and
in
our
neighborhoods.
Thank
you.
D
D
The
mayor's
office
on
housing
takes
on
the
critical
task
of
ensuring
residents
can
live
in
our
city.
We
also
need
to
we're
close
with
the
office
of
fair
housing,
ensuring
that
residents
have
equal
access,
Equitable
housing
and
that
housing
laws
are
followed
for
the
bpda.
It's
also
critical
that
we
Center
decision
making
during
this
development
process,
in
that
it
is
fair,
equitable
and
just
finally
give
us
give
a
shout
out
to
grow.
Boston.
A
lot
of
residents
depend
on
this
food,
environmental
friend
friendly
food,
especially
our
seniors
in
persons
with
disabilities.
E
E
E
First
I'd
like
to
talk
about
housing,
development,
we've
had
tremendous
success
over
the
past
year.
Creating
affordable
housing
and
I
do
want
to
thank
all
of
you
that
are
here
and
and
the
city
councils
that
are
not
for
really
supporting
this
work.
We
have
permitted
over
1100
income
restricted
units,
which
is
a
very
a
very
high,
solid
number
for
us.
We
also
awarded
over
67
million
in
our
annual
funding
round,
which
will
create
or
preserve
an
additional
800
units
of
deeply
affordable
housing.
E
Finally,
we
are
advancing
the
green
New
Deal
by
issuing
an
RFP
to
fund
deep
energy
retrofits
in
large,
affordable
housing
projects,
and
this
was
announced
in
in
Brighton
with
just
several
months
ago.
Looking
forward
to
fiscal
year
24,
we
intend
to
permit
at
least
another
thousand
units
of
income
restricted
housing
and
to
leverage
arpa
funding
to
create
hundreds
of
affordable
units
on
large
city-owned
lots
and
to
continue
to
fund
acquisitions.
E
This
slide
shows
our
affordable
housing
production
and
preservation
spending
over
the
last
four
years.
As
you
can
see,
we
are
supporting
projects
across
every
neighborhood
in
the
city
and
we
can
certainly
give
you
this
information
in
any
way
that
you
would
like
it.
We
do
look
over
multiple
years
just
to
give
a
better
snapshot,
because
it
just
tells
a
a
more
detailed
and
more
a
fuller
story
than
just
looking
at
one
particular
year.
E
Looking
on
to
homelessness
and
Supportive
Housing
and
fiscal
year
23,
we
continue
to
house
hundreds
of
homeless
adults,
veteran
Youth
and
families.
We
have
over
400
excuse
me
and
470
new
units
of
homeless
house,
homeless,
house,
470,
new
units
of
homeless,
household
housing,
homeless
units
in
construction,
including
330
units
with
specialized
services.
E
I'm
very
proud
that
we've
been
awarded
our
largest
ever
HUD
Continuum
of
Care
Grant,
to
support
our
work
on
homelessness
as
well
as
very,
very
exciting.
A
few
weeks
ago,
last
week,
two
weeks
ago,
we
were
also
awarded
16.5
million
dollar
Grant
from
HUD
to
address
our
unsheltered
population
here
in
Boston.
That
was
a
very,
very
competitive,
Grant
and
I
really
want
to
thank
the
staff
who
worked
hard
on
that
and
made
that
happen
in
fiscal
year.
E
Looking
at
our
home
ownership
efforts,
which
I
know
many
of
you
are
interested
in
so
far
this
year
we
have
provided
homeownership
education
to
over
a
thousand
residents
and
while
it's
great
to
educate
folks
that
want
to
become
homeowners,
it's
as
important
to
help
them
actually
realize
home
ownership.
To
that
end,
we've
helped
over
300,
first-time
homebuyers,
with
down
payment
assistance.
E
The
one
plus
Boston
mortgage
program
and
the
first
generation
home
by
home
buyer
match
Savings
Program
we're
also
creating
new
homeownership
opportunities
with
100
units
permitted
or
completed
this
year
and
once
folks
become
homeowners,
we
are
there
to
support
them.
We
will.
We
have
funded
home
repair
and
heating
system
projects
throughout
the
city,
especially
for
our
seniors
and
provided
foreclosure
prevention
services
to
hundreds
of
households.
E
Looking
at
the
photos
here,
the
one
on
the
left
is
one
of
our
new
homeownership
projects
on
Norwell
Street
in
Dorchester
and
the
one
on
the
right.
It's
important
is
an
emergency
porch
repair
that
we
funded
for
a
senior
homeowner
and
I.
You
know:
I
I
laugh
when
I
look
at
the
home
ownership
of
the
sorry,
the
porch
repair,
but
it
is
so
important
if
seniors
are
going
to
be
able
to
age
in
their
properties,
they
really
do
need
to
have
safe,
safe
grab
bars,
safe,
porches,
safe
stairs.
E
So
we
spend
a
lot
of
time
making
sure
that
the
improvements
that
they
need
are
done
properly
and
of
high
quality
this
year.
We're
going
to
push
as
many
home
ownership
projects
into
construction
as
possible,
and
we
have
a
very
healthy
pipeline,
one
that
I've
never
seen
before
of
580
home
ownership
units
in
pre-development
that
we
need
to
get
to
the
finish
line
again.
Counselors
this
slide
shows
home
buying
financial
assistance
spending
by
neighborhood
and
race
and
ethnicity.
As
you
can
see,
this
assistance
is
really
benefiting
communities
of
color.
E
With
64
percent
of
these
resources
going
to
buy
Park
households,
foreign,
we
did
the
same
analysis
for
Homeowner
rehab
spending
by
neighborhood
and
race,
and
this
slide
shows
the
same
for
our
home
repair
programs
with
68
of
our
assistants
going
to
buy
POC
households
and
69
percent
of
our
funding
going
to
matapan
Dorchester
in
Roxbury,
where
many
of
the
homeowners
don't
have
as
high
incomes
and
really
do
need.
The
assistance.
E
E
E
I
am
wrapping
up
soon.
It's
been
a
busy
year,
as
you
know,
counselors.
In
addition
to
providing
funding,
Surplus
land
is
a
critical
asset
that
we
use
to
develop
housing
community
benefits.
Over
the
past
four
years
we
have
sold
or
transferred
over
one
million
square
feet
of
surplus
property,
which
will
create
650
units
of
housing
in
over
430
000
square
feet
of
open
space,
Community,
Gardens
or
Urban
agriculture.
E
The
chart
on
the
right
shows
a
snapshot
of
our
land
inventory,
which
is
always
of
great
interest.
As
you
can
see,
nearly
half
of
our
1100
Parcels
are
unavailable
or
undevelopable
of
the
remainder
over
200
Parcels
are
in
an
active
disposition
process,
so
our
goal
really
is
not
to
own
Surplus
property,
but
to
have
it
used
by
the
community
and
back
on
the
tax
rolls
and
and
to
create
to
create
development
in
open
space
that
really
benefits
our
communities.
E
E
So
we're
very,
very
excited
about
that
outcome
and
I
really
want
to
thank
the
staff
from
Rems
for
the
Outreach
efforts
that
they
that
they
took
we're
excited
that
the
EPA
is
helping
to
clean
up
our
Lewis
chemical
site
in
Hyde
Park.
Our
staff
have
been
really
very
aggressive,
working
with
the
federal
government
and
state
government
and
have
just
secured
a
3.9
million
dollar
cleanup
award
in
fiscal
year
24.
E
As
has
been
mentioned,
a
few
times
grow
Boston.
The
grow
Boston
program
which
is
at
in
the
moh
family,
has
already
had
a
huge
impact,
helping
to
create
three
new
Community
Gardens
and
two
new
Urban
Farms
last
year,
and
they
put
out
funding
for
capacity
building
and
Innovation
food
production
partnering
with
the
BHA
and
BPS
to
build,
raised
beds
and
developing
new
programs
to
support
Urban
farmers.
E
Pictured
here
are
two
of
our
recent
projects:
Charlestown
Sprouts
community
garden
and
the
Edgewood
Food
Forest
in
Mattapan,
which
some
of
us
were
at
its
opening
just
last
weekend
or
the
weekend
before
in
fiscal
year.
24.
Our
goal
is
to
create
300
additional
raised
beds,
as
we
know
that
there's
wait
lists
at
many
of
our
Gardens
for
new
Community
Gardens,
three
Urban
farms
and
one
rooftop
Farm,
and
we're
going
to
continue
to
expand
our
programming
with
a
particular
focus
on
increasing
food
production
in
Dorchester,
Mattapan,
Roxbury
and
East
Boston.
E
Finally,
I
do
want
to
talk
some
about
moh's
efforts
to
advance
diversity,
equity
and
inclusion
in
our
department
and
then
I
promise
to
hand
it
over
to
Rick
to
discuss
the
recommended
budget
in
fiscal
year
23.
We
engaged
our
staff
in
preparing
a
racial
Equity
action
plan
to
advance
Dei
goals
in
our
organization
policy
and
programs,
and
we
will
be
implementing
this
plan
over
the
next
year.
E
As
I've
discussed
through
the
presentation.
We
continue
to
work
hard
to
increase
the
participation
of
mwbes
and
our
Contracting
and
development
opportunities
I'm
proud
to
report
that
43
percent
of
our
active
contracts
are
with
M
are
with
mwbes,
but
we
know
that
there
is
much
work
to
do.
Some
can
we're
conducting
even
more
Outreach
and
working
with
oeoi
to
provide
technical
assistance
to
help
businesses
get
certified
and
respond
to
our
rfps.
E
F
Our
fy24
recommended
operating
budget,
including
the
special
appropriation,
is
49.2
million
dollars.
That's
a
4.6
percent
increase
just
over
10
percent
increase
from
our
FY
23
adopted
budget.
That's
primarily
due
to
a
handful
of
really
impactful
investments
in
our
programs.
The
biggest
one
of
those
is
1.8
million
dollars
for
the
city
of
Boston
voucher
program.
That
brings
the
total
funding
for
that
program
to
11.6
million
dollars.
One
million
dollars
for
rental
assistance
for
tenants
facing
eviction
and
housing
instability,
a
million
dollars
for
the
additional
dwelling
unit
program.
F
Here's
a
breakdown
of
our
budget
by
program
area
thanks
to
some
investments.
In
recent
years,
our
our
home
buyer
and
homeowner
assistance
programs
and
homelessness.
Supportive
Housing
Programs
I
reach
approaching
10
million
dollars
in
funding.
We're
very
appreciative
of
that.
Affordable
housing
development
is
funded
at
eight
million
dollars.
F
This
is
a
just
a
quick
look
at
our
external
funds.
As
you
know,
counselors
most
of
our
funding
actually
comes
from
external
sources,
especially
HUD
grants.
The
largest
single
source
is
42.5
million
dollars
from
our
from
Continuum
of
Care
funding.
That's
the
largest
award
we've
ever
received
once
again
kudos
to
the
sport
of
housing
team
for
securing
that
funding.
We're
also
continuing
to
spend
down
our
one-time,
coveted
relief
funding
at
34
million
in
fo24.
F
The
remainder
of
these,
except
for
IDP,
are
our
annual
HUD
grants.
There's
no
major
changes
in
any
of
those
Unfortunately.
They
continue
to
be
flat,
as
costs
in
need
continues
to
grow.
That
funding
has
been
flat
for
many
years,
and
idps
continues
to
be
an
important
source
for
us
for
Housing,
Development
and
Acquisitions,
and
we
expect
to
spend
about
24
million
dollars
in
FY
24..
F
G
G
G
G
G
G
G
First
is
investigations
and
enforcement.
That
is
the
heart
of
what
we
do.
That
is
the
engine
that
drives
our
work
from
intake
and
review
of
fair
housing,
complaints,
conducting
fair
housing
investigations
assisting
in
the
negotiation
of
settlements,
issuing
determinations
of
no
probable
cause
or
probable
cause
conducting
appeal
hearings
and
when
probable
cause
is
determined,
holding
an
administrative
hearing
which
is
sort
of
like
our
version
of
court
and
then
making
recommendations
to
our
full
commission
and
issuing
a
commission
order
to
rectify
the
situation.
G
G
G
We
are
pursuing
this
with
Tufts
University
and
we
hope
to
have
that
study
in
the
next
few
months.
Commission
initiated
complaints.
We
don't
even
have
to
wait
for
a
complaint
from
an
individual.
We
can
initiate
a
complaint
ourselves
and
we
have
done
so
often
times
based
on
testing
and
a
word
about
testing.
G
G
G
Thank
you,
Chief
Dylan
again.
That
was
also
part
of
the
the
same
legal
framework
that
created
the
commission
in
the
early
80s.
By
way
of
the
Skinner
decision,
and
also
we
get
fap
funding,
we
are
substantially
equivalent
to
HUD,
which
means
we
can
provide
the
same
legal
protections
that
the
federal
government
does
and
because
they
can't
handle
the
immensity
of
the
number
of
cases.
That
would
come
their
way.
G
So
the
discussion
that
we're
having
now
with
the
budget
office
and
with
classification
and
compensation,
is
how
to
sort
of
mesh
all
of
these
resources
and
get
the
results
that
we
at
the
commission
think
will
be
necessary
for
us
to
carry
out
our
mandate,
but
we
can
get
into
more
details
as
we
go
forward.
Thank
you
very
much.
A
A
Union
are
hoping
that
the
we,
the
counselors,
can
support
them
in
this
and
the
questions
that
they
have
for
you
is.
They
would
like
for
you
to
provide
a
spreadsheet
of
sources
and
uses
for
the
fy24
budget
for
the
mayor's
office
of
housing,
including
the
city
general
fund,
Community,
preservation,
act,
Neighborhood,
Housing,
Trust,
inclusionary,
Development,
Fund
and
external
funds.
A
If
you
can
do
that
in
writing,
I
would
appreciate
it
in
terms
of
the
IDP
Chief
I,
wonder
if
you
I'm
not
sure,
if
you're
able
to
answer
this
today,
but
in
terms
of
IDP,
how
has
it
been?
How
has
it
contributed
and
have
you
looked
at
the
data
to
how
has
it
contributed
to
Affordable
contribution
to
income,
restricted
housing
or
deeply
affordable?
Have
you
looked
at
the
percentage
overall
in
terms
of
the
need
in
comparison
to
what
IDP
has
done
sure
so.
E
It's
a
great
question
and
we
have
been
working
with
the
Coalition
now
over
the
last
year
or
so
on
on
potential
changes
and
met
with
them
last
week.
So
and
I
I
will
get
this
information
to
you
in
detail
because
we
have
it.
I
didn't
bring
it
today,
because
I
didn't
know
that
we
were
going
to
discuss
it,
but
it's
IDP
has
been
an
invaluable
program.
Right
I
mean
it's
created
over
4
000
units
of
housing
without
using
taxpayer
resources.
E
Well,
the
way
that
we
approached
it
is:
how
can
we
lower
the
Amis?
How
can
we
lower
the
incomes
and
still
ensure
that
production
can
move
forward
in
the
city
of
Boston,
and
so
that's
what
we've
done?
We
really
have
tried
to
look
at
the
numbers
and
and
say:
how
much
can
we
ask
developers
to
do
before
market
rate
development
becomes
infeasible
but
focused
on
lowering
the
Amis
and
to
Bob's
point?
E
We
know
that
or
we
have
heard
that
and
I
think
Bob's
research
and
his
division
has
has
found
this
out,
that
it
has
been
hard
for
Section
8
mobile
holders
to
access
these
units.
So
by
setting
aside
some
of
the
aidp
units
for
mobile
hold
hold
holders
of
mobile
section
eights.
We
also
think
that's
good
for
them,
but
it's
also
good
for
the
development.
So
we
think
it's
a
good
proposal,
but
we
really
look
forward
to
the
debate
and
the
discussion.
A
E
Yeah,
so
the
linkage
we
so
the
linkage
rates
were
increased.
We
had
a
lot
of
public
conversations
hearings
on
that
it
went
to
the
bpda
board.
The
proposed
increases
and
the
zoning
commission
several
months
ago
did
did
vote
to
one
place
the
linkage
program
into
zoning,
but
also
to
increase
the
rates
and
I'm
doing
this
memory.
But
I'll
get
you
over
the
exact
numbers.
E
We've
increased
the
fees
that
the
labs
would
pay
by
by
a
hundred
percent
and
fees
that
commercial
buildings
would
be
required
to
pay
by
50
percent
and
lowered
the
projects
that
are
that
that
that
are
the
trigger
point
to
50
000
square
feet
down
from
a
hundred
thousand
square
feet.
So
once
again,
we
worked
with
consultants
and
developers
and
Advocates
and
came
up
with
numbers
that
we
thought
would
keep
commercial
development
feasible
but
at
the
same
time
increase
the
resources
for
affordable
housing.
But
we
can
get
you
the
exact
numbers.
Thank.
A
E
E
So
there's
there's
two
ways
that
we
spend
the
money,
so
we
collect
the
money
on
Commercial
developments
that
trigger
the
policy
and
then
the
funds
are
managed
by
The,
Neighborhood,
Housing,
Trust
and
the
city
council
has
a
representative.
It
used
to
be
count,
then
counselor
Bach,
so
I'm
sure
we'll
be
appointing
someone
new,
but
it
goes
to
the
Neighborhood
Housing
Trust
and
we
have
competitive
funding
rounds
where
people
apply
for
those
funds,
that's
one
way
or
developers
that
are
creating
the
or
generating
the
linkage
and
developers.
E
Sometimes
non-profits,
sometimes
for-profits
that
want
to
build
the
affordable
housing
come
in
together
and
say
we
have
an
obligation,
we'd
like
to
spend
it
here
and
they
come
in
together
once
again
to
the
Neighborhood
Housing
Trust.
To
say
we
have
this
idea.
We
have
this
proposal.
Sometimes
that's
a
way
to
keep
the
funding
in
a
particular
neighborhood
where
it
was
generated,
but.
A
A
H
F
Yeah
counselor,
so
the
30,
the
39
million,
is
what
we
used
to
refer
to
as
our
housing
2030
special
appropriation,
that's
the
it's.
It
has
grown
significantly
over
the
past
decade,
thanks
to
the
city
council's
approval
of
our
budget
Investments,
that's
most
of
if
you
think,
back
to
the
slide
that
I
presented,
which
showed
the
breakdown
of
our
of
our
budget
I
mean
that's
most
of
that
the
total
is
49
million.
F
F
A
You
Chief
in
looking
at
overall
and
I,
know
you've
probably
done
assessment
over
this
as
a
pragmatic
thinkers
you
are
I
can
imagine
that
you've
probably
mapped
this
out
when
you
think
about
a
housing,
affordable,
housing,
inclusionary
development,
and
you
look
at
your
stock
and
you
say
this
inventory
specifically
impacts
this
population
and
out
of
this
IDP
will
impact
this
population,
and
then
I
have
this
much
to
go.
You
look
at
the
average
income
or
the
Ami
for
certain
areas
of
populations
that
you're
trying
to
address.
E
E
When
we
look
at
our
rental
housing
stock
and
over
the
years
we've
been
a
lot
of,
it
has
been
focused
on
70,
Ami
and
IDP,
and
a
lot
of
our
Rental
New
production
and
Rental
housing
with
done
mostly
by
non-profits,
but
some
for-profits.
We
have
really
focused
on
a
tax
credit
of
a
60
Ami
right.
Just
that's
what
the
program
has
required
us
to
do.
We've
said
that
we're
not
building
enough
for
our
lower
income
renters.
E
We
know
that
so
through
our
funding
rounds,
we've
really
tried
to
give
extra
points
and
really
work
with
developers
to
get
the
Amis
down
to
30
40
50
percent.
We,
of
course
it's
some
60s
too.
We
do
that
by
income
averaging.
So
we
really
have
been
very
intentional.
Looking
at
looking
at
that
issue
and
I
think
the
changes
the
proposed
changes
to
inclusionary
development.
We
really
have
listened
to
The
Advocates,
who
have
wanted
lower
Amis,
and
if
we
look
at
the
50
and
60
of
Amis
that
are
being
proposed,
that
is
an
average.
E
So
we're
looking
at
a
range
so
with
IDP,
when,
if
one
the
one
door
a
allows
an
average
of
60
we're
looking
for
incomes
of
50,
60,
70
or
40
50
60,
70
80.,
so
we're
really
looking
for
a
range
of
incomes.
So
all
of
that
to
say
is
I
think.
Over
the
last
two
years
we
really
have
tried
to
think
about
how
to
serve
our
lower
income
populations
that
don't
have
a
voucher
or
that
aren't
living
in
about
a
unit
with
a
project-based,
a
project-based
resource
against
it.
E
So
it's
it's
very,
very
hard
and
welcome
people's
input
on
this
today.
You
know
we
need
to
build
for
our
middle
class.
We
need
to
help
people
buy
homes,
we
need
to
house
our
homeless,
but
we
do
really
need
to
be
much
more
intentional,
that
a
lot
of
our
renters
aren't
at
sixty
percent
Ami.
They
are
a
lower
income
population.
There
are
lower
income
population.
A
I
know
that
you've
heard
me
say
this
before
this
will
be.
My
final
question
to
my
colleagues:
I
know
that
you've
heard
me
say
this
before
the
average
income
in
Roxbury
is
thirty,
four
thousand
dollars,
and
so,
when
you
look
at
that,
the
Amis
obviously
is
also
low
40
and
under.
So,
if
we
look
at,
if
we
look
at
that-
and
we
say
you
do
the
one
third
one-
third
one
third
and
I
I
applaud
you
for
this
effort,
along
with
The
Advocates.
A
E
The
projects
had
been
done
in
Nubian,
have
really
taken
different,
different
shapes
and
forms
to,
depending
on
the
type
of
housing
that
it
is.
Some
of
the
third
has
been
home
ownership
to
60
to
80.
some
of
it's
been
rental,
40,
50
60..
Some
of
it's
been
our
homeless,
set
aside
so
project
by
project,
the
one
third
one.
Third,
one
third
has
been
defined.
E
Sometimes
right:
oh
yes,
every
project
has
at
least
10
percent
a
thirty
percent.
Unless
it
has,
we
know
we
we've
been
working
with
the
BHA
and
this
and
on
the
city,
voucher
program
and
the
federal
voucher
program
and
the
state
on
mrvps.
If
we
can
get
vouchers
when
we
develop
a
new
project
and
we
can
get
vouchers
to
be
attached
to
the
units,
then
we
can
serve
popular
much
lower
income
populations.
It's
just
very
hard
if
there's
not
any
income
Source
at
all,
coming
from
particular
units.
Thank.
C
E
B
E
If
I
could
add
to
that,
though,
it's
you
know
as
of
right
within
the
the
footprint
of
this,
the
existing
structure
and
we
are
in
conversations
with
fire
and
the
bpda
and
communities
about
structures
now
outside
of
the
garage
is
the
Carriage
Houses
small
properties,
but
there's
a
lot
of
issues
to
work
out.
Yeah.
C
They
want
a
downsize,
but
there's
nowhere
for
them
to
go.
So
if
they
can
create
a
little
additional
dwelling
unit,
then
then
they
can
rent
their
their
home,
their
two,
their
two
units
or
whatever
it's
a
great.
It's
a
great
way
and
I
think
that's
an
ongoing
theme
with
our
aging
population
that
we
have
a
lot
of
folks
who
are
over
housed.
C
Their
families
are
grown
and
left,
and
but
they
do
want
to
stay
in
the
neighborhood
and
but
if
they
sell
their
house,
they
get.
They
get
a
good,
a
tidy
sum
for
it,
but
when
they
go
to
buy
something
and
then
first
of
all,
there
isn't
supply
for
homes
that
are
suitable
for
elders
who
want
to
age
in
place
and
community
and
second
of
all,
that's
that
blow
a
lot
of
their
money.
The
Tidy
some
would
very
quickly
be
diminished
by
the
cost
of
housing.
C
E
So,
first,
and
for
let
me
just
say
that
I
love,
adus,
I,
love
them
and
we
really
do
need
to
work
through
some
of
our
outstanding
issues
and
and
let
them
flourish.
They
are
good
for
adult
children.
They're
good
for,
like
you've,
mentioned
seniors
that
may
want
to
let
their
adult
children
with
their
families
have
the
main
house,
but
they
want
to
be
close
by.
They
can
support
each
other
I
ad
uses,
and
they
don't
they
don't
they're,
gentle
and
I.
Think
Arthur
Jemison
says
they're
gentle
density
right
there.
E
They
don't
you
don't
feel
you
know,
feel
them
as
much.
So
we
really
do
want
to
really
want
to
advance
that
this
year.
The
program
that
to
life
I
think
you're.
Referencing
is
for
seniors
that
have
our
house
rich,
but
maybe
have
Lim
or
fixed
incomes,
that
they
can
sell
their
home.
That
they're
in
and
then
retire
the
existing
debt
on
a
on
a
when
they
move
into
a
senior
facility,
and
then
they've
got
a
very
a
small
carry
month
to
month,
and
they
do
want
to
do
a
project
in
Boston.
E
C
E
C
That
are
homeless,
did
you
say:
are
the
potential
to
become
homeless
as
their
maybe
they've
been
long-term,
long-term
tenants
for
maybe
30
years?
And
then
the
the
folks
said
they
rent
it
from
are
passing
the
home
on
to
another
generation,
and
then
the
younger
generation
want
to
sell
the
house
and
get
out
the
the
you
know,
cash
out.
E
The
office
of
housing
stability
is
receiving
so
many
of
those
calls
and
I
don't
I'll
see
if
they
have
to
get
dated.
If
they
do,
I
can
I
can
forward
it
to
you
and
now
we're
working
with
two
or
three
senior
agencies
just
to
work
on
this
particular
problem,
seniors
that
have
lived
in
the
same
apartment
for
25
30
years,
and
now
these
apartments
seem
to
be
changing
hands
at
a
more
rapid
clip
than
I've
ever
seen,
and
we're
getting
I
probably
have
three
or
four
or
five
cases
right
now
too.
E
Personally,
so
we
are
seeing
that
we
were
pleased
that
the
state
just
funded
three
of
our
senior
projects
that
neighborhood
housing
division
put
forth.
So
that
was
a
really
good
announcement
couple
of
a
couple
of
a
couple
of
months
ago.
So
we'll
start
construction
on
those
we
do
have
a
very
healthy
senior
pipeline,
but
it's
not
enough
for
For
Your
Right,
the
changing
demographic.
Thank
you
thank.
C
I
still
feel
that
one
of
the
biggest
challenges
is
actually
getting
developers
to
develop
like
a
family
size
units.
We
are,
we
have
some
success,
we
wanted,
but
it's
it's
really
not
enough
to
meet
the
demand,
especially
in
our
neighborhood,
where
we're
families
are
competing
with
students
for
bigger
units.
So
I
don't
know.
Are
there
any
particular
initiatives
in
the
department
to
think
about
family
housing.
E
Yeah,
so
we,
the
mayor's
office
of
housing
under
Jessica,
boatwright's
leadership,
we're
developing
a
lot
of
family.
That's
the
majority
of
what
we
do
is
we
develop.
We
we
fund
and
support
the
development
of
family,
affordable
units,
one
change
or
one
emphasis
on
the
revised
inclusionary
development
policy-
is
that
developers
would
be
required
to
give
us
15
or
17
plus
three
right
but
of
units
or
square
footage,
and
that
way
we
could
negotiate
with
the
developer
for
larger
units.
E
C
Linkage,
the
other
thing
that
we've
done
is
just
when
we
see
Labs
coming
in
asking
them
to
build
housing,
and
some
of
them
tell
us
to
go
away.
We
don't
build
housing,
and
so
I
I
also
feel
like
in
terms
of
repurposing
commercial
buildings.
Don't
like
the
office,
they
can
decree
increased,
decreased
occupancy
in
our
commercial
buildings
office
space.
Are
we
able
to
what's
the
feasibility
in
terms
of
economics
to
convert
some
of
that
into
housing,
or
are
we
working
on.
E
That
so
I
think
we've
had
the
best
success
when
we've
been
talking
to
lab
developers
and
that
successes
come
from
Community
input.
Quite
honestly,
you
know
I
can
think
of
several
instances
where
developers
have
come
in
and
because,
through
a
community
process,
I'm
thinking
of
your
neighborhood
like
on
Everett
Soldiers,
Field
Road,
they
have
said
yes
to
also
doing
putting
aside
some
land
for
housing
or
substantially
funding,
affordable
housing
elsewhere.
E
So
the
the
we
were
able
to
do
that
six
months
ago,
I
mean
the
market
I
think
isn't
exact
as
robust
as
it
was,
but
we
have
seen
throughout
the
city
lab
developers
willing
to
take
on
a
housing
component.
Another
good
example
is
Chinatown
where
they
were
proposing
a
lab,
but
they
were
also
proposing
providing
a
very,
very
important
building
on
Essex
Street
for
affordable
housing
as
part
of
the
the
community
mitigation.
E
C
E
Karen,
do
you
want
to
come
down
and
just
give
that
I
don't
know
off
top
of
my
head?
Sorry
Karen
ribaza,
our
new
deputy
director
for
Homeowner
services,
so
he
should
meet
her
anyways
and
have
her
on
speed
dial.
If
it's
okay,
Madam
chair,
we
just
have
her
quickly
answer
that
question.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
H
J
Yes,
so
good
morning
for
the
record,
my
name
is
Karen
rabaza
to
answer
your
question
with
the
incomes,
so
we
help
anybody
that
it's
really
80
percent
or
below.
For
for
home
repairs,
we
go
up
to
135
of
percent
of
Ami
as
well,
but
we
basically
help
any
senior
that
needs
assistance
with
home
repairs
and.
J
We
do
have
our
senior
Safe
program,
which
is
a
replacement
of
their
heating
system,
and
we
also
help
with
home
repairs
maintenance
anything
that
it
has
safety
related
roof,
Windows,
basically
anything
that
they
need.
We
might
go
in
into
a
property
for
a
heating
system
and
find
out
more
that
needs
to
be
done
in
a
property.
So
that's
when
we
go
in
and
really
assess
the
problem,
so
is
it
a
grant
or
is
it
a
loan?
So
we
have
for
the
heating
system.
C
E
C
A
C
K
Thank
you,
madam
chair,
and
thank
you
all
so
much
for
your
work.
Chief
Dylan,
what
an
incredible
year
for
you!
Congratulations
on
run
stabilization
transfer
fee
and
then
thank
you
again
for
your
work
and
partnership
on
the
blue
line.
Portfolio
I
also
want
to
give
a
shout
out
to
council
Kendra
Lara,
who
is
here
together.
We
were
able
to
give
10
million
dollars
to
preempt
displacement
by
protecting
affordability
and
therefore
stabilizing
an
entire
neighborhood.
So
East
Boston
is
deeply
appreciative
and
grateful
for
that.
K
So
when
it
comes
to
the
emergency
housing
program,
we
are
working
through
some
of
the
logistics
and
operational
challenges
that
have
emerged
in
working
with
NOAA
and
some
other
folks
to
try
to
House
people
on
on
a
timeline
that
worked
for
them
and
trying
to
find
new
units
that
they're
able
to
afford.
I
would
also
like
to
get
building
collapses.
Included
in
this.
K
This
was
something
that
we
brought
up
during
the
emergency
response
hearing
when
Chief
Benson
was
here,
and
so
I
would
just
like
to
flag
that
for
you
all
that
we've
seen
an
increase
in
building
collapses
in
my
district,
especially
in
the
North
End.
So
just
putting
that
out
there
when
it
comes
to
migrant
families
and
new
arrivals
again,
your
team
has
been
doing
an
awesome
job
in
you
know,
throughout
the
entirety
of
the
night
and
the
day
to
house
these
folks,
so
I'm
pleased
to
see
a
two-fold
increase.
K
E
K
E
I'm
going
to
give
you
the
exact
number,
but
but
Danielle
Johnson
has
been
leading
this
work
and
I
were
we're
talking
about
that
I
think
this
morning,
you're
texting
back
and
forth.
There's
been
roughly
eight
or
nine
hundred
individuals
in
the
last,
like
six
months
or
so
coming
from
Boston
Medical
Center
and
the
police
stations
and
airports
Etc
and
just
coming
through
3-1-1
I'll
get
you
that
number.
We
probably
can
even
get
it
like
before.
We
leave
today.
E
We
are
watching
this
daily
I
I
can
say
with
confidence
that
the
state
response
has
been
more
coordinated
and
I
know
that
this
I
think
the
governor
is
making
some
announcements
today
to
to
Really
beef
up
these
efforts
as
well
so
I
think
they're
bringing
on
some
some
folks
to
really
help
with
this,
because
the
state's
been
using
the
emergency,
shelter,
the
emergency
shelter
system
and
it's
it's
needed
it
and
they've
done
an
admirable
job.
It's
just.
It
has
needed
more
resources,
so
we
have
provided
when
we
get
the
call.
E
As
you
know,
we
provide
hotel
rooms
or
safe
spaces
until
these
families
can
access
the
EA,
the
emergency
assistance
through
the
state
and
get
into
the
shelter
system.
None
of
it
is
ideal,
but
I
am
I
am
happy
to
say
that
there
hasn't
been
any
families
that
have
on
the
street
for
longer
than
hours.
No
one
has
been
on
the
street
for
days,
yeah.
E
Year,
I
think
that
I
think
that's
right,
I
think
that's
right!
Now
the
NOAA
contract
has
been
less
expensive
for
us
because
we're
paying
for
hotel
rooms,
they're
they're,
doing
some
support
services.
Family
Aid
has
been
more
expensive
because
they're
providing
24,
7
services
and
food
and-
and
you
know,
links
to
Medical
institutions
Etc.
So
it's
a
better
service
of
family
Aid,
so
it's
slightly
more
expensive.
So.
K
E
I
think
you
know
we're
watching
this
weekly
we're
watching
this
monthly
and
I
know
that
all
of
us,
including
the
city
council
and
the
administration,
is
going
to
step
up
and
do
what
we
need
to
do
right.
We're
going
to
make
sure
that
we
have
the
resources
to
to
make
sure
that
no
family
ends
up
on
on
the
streets
or
stays
in
a
in
a
waiting
room
longer
than
than
they
should
so
we're
going
to
watch
it
carefully.
E
B
E
That
877
000
I
think
they
just
secured
a
grant
from
the
federal
government
for
this
particular
type
of
service.
So
the
feds
are
making
some
more
money
available.
The
state
is
stepping
up
I,
think
in
making
more
resources,
both
administrative
and
and
financial,
so
I
think
we're
going
to
be
okay,
but
it's
one
that
we
watched
truly
on
a
weekly
basis,
because
some
nights,
15
families
can
arrive
and
and
then
there'll
be
two
two
nights
where
no
families
will
arrive.
But
Danielle
and
her
shop
get
the
numbers
every
single
morning.
F
Was
just
going
to
add
on
the
on
the
on
the
FEMA
grants
we
got,
877
000
was
awarded
for
future
cost
and
then
we're
waiting
we
applied
for
one
point:
we
applied
for
1.5
million
and
we're
waiting
to
hear
about
the
that,
including
the
previous
costs
going
I
forget
one
that
goes
back
to,
but
we're
still
waiting
to
hear
on
those
prior
costs.
In
addition
to
the
a77.
K
K
E
I'm
gonna
ask
Danielle
to
come
down
Danielle
Johnson,
who
some
of
you
know
well
because
of
the
cases
that
have
been
coming
in
but,
as
I
said,
my
presentation.
We
we
use
staff
that
are
behind
us
and
oh
they're,
still
there,
oh,
no,
they
had
to
go
back
to
work
shoot.
They
were
going
to
come
just
for
a
while,
but
we're
also
using
contracts
through
non-profits,
but
maybe
interesting.
I
Good
morning
for
the
record
Danielle
Johnson
director
office
of
housing
stability,
we
have
our
office
makeup,
consists
of
three
housing
crisis
coordinators
that
work
primarily
on
Fielding
cases
for
constituents,
whether
that's
emergency
cases
or
day-to-day
housing,
emergency
cases
per
staff.
They
handle
about
40
cases,
and
that
includes
a
senior
staff
member
who
doubles
that
that
amount
of
caseload
and
we're
currently
in
the
process
of
hiring
a
new
housing
crisis
coordinator
as
well
to
take
on
that
additional
capacity.
So.
K
Okay,
great
and
so
there
there
was
an
additional
I
just
want
to
get
this
right:
4.7
million
going
towards
housing
stability,
so
you're
going
to
be
hiring
another
housing
housing
crisis
coordinator,
which
we
desperately
need.
You
all,
are
you
have
too
much
you
have
too
much,
and
so
we
want
to
expand
the
capacity.
K
I
Right
and
I
also
want
to
add
that
we're
also
adding
a
senior
housing
crisis
coordinator,
who
will
be
tasked
with
handling
our
emergency
response,
but
obviously
they'll
be
handling
day-to-day
cases
as
well,
but
they'll
primarily
be
handling
building
collapses.
Fire
response,
immigrant
crisis
work,
so
they'll
be
doing
a
lot
of
that
as
well,
but
in
terms
of
Staff
the
budget
and
what
that
correlates
to
the
staff.
I
think
I
can
defer
that
to
Rick.
Maybe
who
knows,
or
we
can
get
that
information
for
you.
E
L
Everything
is
an
emergency
for
you
all
like,
and
you
respond
in
the
ways
of
meeting
that
moment
and
I
just
want
to
say.
Thank
you
for
your
hard
work.
Sheila
I
mean
this
is
the
this
is
the
department
that
we
are
in
constant
communication
with
so
I
just
want
to
say
thank
you
because
I
copy
you
on
those
emails
and
you're,
also
as
just
as
equally
as
responsive
so
I
just
want
to
say.
L
L
My
colleagues
comments
in
regards
to
do
you
have
enough
in
that
budget,
because,
as
the
crisis
continues
to
build,
so
will
the
need
and
the
number
of
phone
calls
that
we
are
getting
so
I
just
want
to
make
sure
that
you're
setting
your
team
up
for
Success
and
to
that
point,
I
know
3-1-1
handles
a
lot
of
the
calls.
Sometimes
they
get
funneled
over
to
you
all.
L
L
So
that
all
said,
I
want
to
just
dive
in
a
little
bit
into
some
things.
I
want
to
Echo
my
colleagues
questions
around
the
Ami
and
pushing
for
40
want
to
go
on
the
record
on
that
and
just
curious
when
I
like.
We
always
talk
about
affordable
housing
and
I.
This
is
what
one
of
the
things
that
I've
been
asking
for
and
how
do
we
Define
affordability
and
affordable
to
who
and
the
middle
class
and
the
lower
income
brackets
and
all
that
good
stuff.
L
That
I
want
to
name
for
the
record
that
all
of
these
things
are
interconnected
and
also
how
our
kids
are
showing
up
in
school
and
I'm.
Curious
to
that,
what,
and
how
are
you,
interfacing
with
other
City
agencies,
to
look
at
housing
holistically
and
not
just
around
placing
people,
but
also
thinking
about
the
trauma
and
the
mental
health
and
wellness
needs
of
our
recent
arrivals?
In
particular,.
E
It's
a
great
question:
you're
right
housing
is
a
I
mean!
That's
why
we
that's
why
we're
in
this
field
that
it
is
at
the
root
of
everything,
right
health
and
mental
health
and
school
performance
and
even
increases
in
wages
right,
stable
housing
allows
you
to
to
focus
on.
You
know
what
you're
making
and
where
you're
working
so
I
will
say.
E
The
days
are
kind
of
a
blur
just
getting
people
housed,
but
there
I
think
there
are
a
couple
of
you
know,
certainly
bright
spots,
we're
working
very
closely
with
the
BPS
and
the
BHA
around
making
vouchers
available
and
housing
resources
available
for
for
families
that
are
housing,
insecure
or
that
are
currently
homeless
and
living
in
shelter.
So,
there's
a
lot
of
very
good
Converse
organized
conversations
there
we're
working
with
a
Public
Health
commission,
as
we
really
start
working
with
homeless
individuals
and
families
that
are
leaving
shelter
and
homeless.
E
Individuals
that
have
are
have
gone
through
an
awful
lot:
substance,
use
disorders
or
mental
health
or
loss
of
income
in
working
with
BPS.
To
make
sorry
a
Boston,
Public
Health
commission
to
make
sure
that
they're
also
getting
the
the
mental
health
and
the
behavioral
health
and
the
substance
use
disorder
services
that
they
need.
So
there's
a
lot
of
a
lot
of
good
work
going
on
I.
E
L
Yeah
well,
thank
you
for
that
Sheila.
Let's
talk
a
little
bit
about
the
Section
8
vouchers
for
BPS
in
particular,
because
we
last
week
we
were
at
the
Sumner
and
we
were
working
with
some
Latino
parents
on
some
other
stuff,
but
a
lot
of
issues
have
come
up
for
parents
who
are
on
who
are
living
in
shelter
and
we
also
have
been
communicating
with
Saint
Stevens.
L
It's
a
it's,
a
parent,
organizing
group
that
I've
brought
to
our
attention,
some
of
the
lack
of,
or
at
least
that,
having
a
hard
time
understanding
how
many
vouchers
do
we
have
set
aside
for
BPS
families
and
what
is
the
communication
channel
to
ensure
that
those
families
have
access
to
them?
Can
you
just
help
us
understand
what
that
little
hiccup
is
all
about.
N
Good
good
morning,
counselors
Joel
will
chief
of
staff
at
the
Boston
Housing
Authority
in
regards
to
the
BPS
vouchers,
so
we
do
provide
both
Section
8
and
city
of
Boston
vouchers.
Thank
you
for
that
support
to
BPS
families
that
is,
and
people
are
currently
being
housed
that
way.
I
am
not
unfamiliar
counselor
to
the
concern
and
to
the
complaint
that
you
are
raising
and
in
fact,
I
was
during
the
Lewis
D
bound
the
peace
walk,
Mother's
Day
walk
for
peace.
N
I
was
walking
right
next
to
one
of
my
dear
friends,
who's,
a
former
BTU
organizer,
who
was
reiterating
some
of
the
these
items.
What
I
wanted
to
say
so
just
to
give
you
a
sense
of
how
this
partnership
works,
it's
between
Boston,
Housing,
Authority,
Rd,
BPS,
and
a
couple
of
different
non-profits
the
there.
It's
really
it's
about
several
hundred
vouchers
in
this
pool
and
several.
N
Yeah
I
can
and
I
can
I
can
follow
up
with
exact
numbers
on
on
that.
The
the
general
process
here
is
that
people
do
need
to
go
through
their
school
liaison.
We
understand
that
that
may
be
different,
maybe
a
slightly
different
role
at
different
schools.
In
terms
of
do
they
have
a
family
liaison
or
a
homelessness
liaison,
but
the
initial
intake
would
be
on
the
school
side.
We're
then
working
with
family
Aid
other
than
a
non-profit
in
Boston,
and
that
information
passing
through
BPS
and
the
nonprofit
then
comes
to
to
BHA.
N
My
my
brief
response
here
is
I
think
we
need
to
talk
a
little
bit
more
with
VPS
in
terms
of
how
do
we
make
sure
that
information
is
disseminated?
It
is
disseminated
clearly,
but
also
that
we're
not
over
promising
what
we
can
commit
on,
because
it's
there
there
is
a
limit
of
vouchers,
but
on
the
one
hand,
and
on
the
other
hand
the
cue
there
is
much
it's
it's
a
much
shorter
wait
list
than
our
public
housing
wait
list
right.
N
One
thing
I
also
wanted
to
mention
is
that
we
do
have
a
separate
partnership
on
the
public
housing
side
with
Higher,
Ground
and
non-profit
here
that
works
with
homeless
families
in
seven
BPS
schools.
So
we
are
working
on
both
ends
of
that
to
make
sure
that
we
can
really
end
family
homelessness
and
to
ensure
students
aren't
living
in
overcrowded
conditions.
I
I
think
it
is
an
amazing
success
story.
Each
and
every
time
and
I
also
think
it's
a
work
in
progress
on
the
communication
channels.
L
Yeah,
thank
you
for
that.
Yeah
I
I
will
say
you
know:
I've
been
working
with
some
families
who
are
living
in
shelter
right
now.
There's
one
there's
two
particular
families
that
have
been
in
shelter
now
for
a
year
over
a
year
who
are
BPS,
parents
and
I.
Think
some
of
the
concerns
also
is
the
language
barrier
and
access
to
information.
L
So
I
think
that
there's
some
more
work
that
we
could
be
doing
there
in
terms
of
just
making
sure
that
information
is
reaching
people
in
multiple
languages,
because
there
is
something
that's
structurally
difficult
and
then
I
want
to
add
one
more.
There
is
a
family
that
we've
been
working
with
and
there
are
undocumented,
and
so
what,
through
our
advocacy,
what
we
have
learned
is
that
if
there's
at
least
one
person
in
the
household
that
is
a
resident,
you
know
a
legal
resident
that
they
can
apply
through
that
channel,
even
though
the
parent
may
be
undocumented.
L
So
there's
even
information
because
I
always
say
information
is
cash,
and
so,
if
you
have
it,
you're
going
to
be
okay,
and
if
you
don't
you're,
going
to
be
struggling
to
make
your
ends
meet.
So
this
was
a
an
additional
layer
of
information
that
is
not
out
out
in
the
community
that,
even
though
the
parents
are
undocumented
If,
the
child
was
born
here
they
are
eligible
to
do
that.
L
N
I
would
say:
is
that
so
for
both
of
our
city
funded
and
our
state-funded
resources
right,
so
that's
going
to
include
Municipal
vouchers,
State
vouchers
and
state
public
housing.
We
don't
discriminate
based
on
national
origin
or
residency,
nor
do
we
prorate
the
rent
right.
So
that
means
for
folks
who
have
mixed
status
or
or
or
may
not
have
legal
residency.
We
are
still
able
to
offer
them
housing
as
human
beings.
L
No,
but
that's
not
the
question.
The
question
that
I'm,
that
that
has
bubbled
up
to
the
top
is
because
BHA
is
a
federal
Pro.
You
know
like
it's
a
federal
program,
that
there
is
some
discrepancy,
or
at
least
that's
what
communities
who
are
undocumented
are
under
the
impression
that
they
don't
qualify
for.
N
N
And
how
to
have
made
that
decision,
but
and
again
that
that
extends
to,
if
someone
has
a
mixed
status
household
in
federal,
public
housing,
their
rent
is
prorated.
That's
not
the
case
in
state
State
programs,
or
in
this
case
Municipal.
We
don't
feel
the
need
to
screen
or
discriminate
against
people
based
on
that
and
with
the
Federal
Regulations.
We
don't
have
an
option.
Okay,.
L
I
hope,
the
folks
who
are
listening
and
know
that,
because
this
was
a
point
of
contention
for
a
lot
of
families
who
are
undocumented,
that
were
unclear
about
what
they
can
and
or
cannot
qualify
for,
and
so
there
was
somebody
who
was
a
housing
specialist
that
came
to
meet
with
some
of
these
families,
and
they
said
that
you
could
still
apply
if
it's
a
legal
resident.
So
that
was
the
loophole.
So
yeah.
N
Some
of
them
have,
you
know,
statuses
that
do
allow
you
to
access
Federal
resources,
so
it
is,
it
is
complicated
and
it
is
hard
to
give
out
blanket
information,
but
some
of
the
folks,
for
example,
if
they're
hearing
humanitarian
parole
would
be
eligible
to
apply
and
then
the
our
federal
PR,
the
other
complicating
factors.
Our
federal
programs
are
the
largest
and
on
the
public
housing
side.
You
know
it's
a
wait
list,
it's
open,
you
can
apply.
N
Some
of
the
other
programs
are
targeted
and
have
a
more
closed
entry
system
and
referral
based.
So
it's
it
is
important
that
information
is
distributed
and
I
think
people
need
to
know
how
to
go
to
the
right
channels.
So
going
back
to
the
BPS
program
and
I
want
to
actually
Bank
under
understanding
the
the
concerns
that
you
raised
and
that
I've
heard
recently
I
want
to
thank
Brian,
Marks
and
kidon
Harris
and
all
the
incredible
BPS
team
for
just
again,
because
every
family
that's
been
housed.
N
It's
like
a
life-changing
experience
for
some
of
the
programs
that
are
not
just
open
application
like
that,
because
you
do
need
to
go
through
some
sort
of
School
site.
Employee
I
think
that
we
need
to
think
about
a
way
to
distribute
information
that
is
fair
and
Equitable,
but
also
doesn't
doesn't
go
beyond
what,
where
who
is
eligible
to
to
it
or
create
confusion.
Yeah
thank.
L
I
L
H
So.
Thank
you
all
for
all
of
your
work,
I
mean
we
have
as
the
housing
chair
on
the
city,
council
I
have
come
into
contact
with
most
of
you
and
I
think
I
want
to
Echo
what
everybody
is
saying
in
terms
of
responsiveness
just
being
available.
I'm
I
couldn't
ask
for
better
Partners
when
it
comes
to
really
housing.
The
people
of
the
city
I
have
a
couple
of
questions.
I'm,
going
to
start
with
one
of
the
budget
requests
that
we
made
one
of
the
things
that
we've
seen.
H
We
had
a
hearing
here
on
the
Boston
city
council,
and
it
was
specifically
about
housing
for
members
of
the
lgbtq
community,
and
one
of
the
things
that
we
found
was
that
we
had
multiple
organizations
all
across
the
city
who
were
providing
housing
for
this
population
already
right.
Either
they
had
homes,
rooms
and
so
on
and
so
forth
and
My
Hope
was
that
we
would
be
able
to
in
the
budget,
maybe
create
some
kind
of
line
item
that
would
be
a
grant
right,
a
grant
line
item
or
an
RFP
that
would
go
out.
H
H
We
provide
housing
right,
we're
building
it
we're
funding
it
we're
giving
people
money,
but
these
organizations
just
need
support
for
the
housing
that
they're
already
providing
and
so
I
think
that
you
know
it's
going
to
take
all
of
us
right
like
it's
like
an
ecosystem
of
providing
housing
across
the
city
and
so
I'm
curious
about
where
you
see
an
opportunity
for
that
how
much
our
money
has
already
been
spent.
If
there's
any
that
is
left,
that
would
particularly
be
useful
for
that
kind
of
Grant
making
yeah.
E
So
I'm
I'm
gonna
just
to
to
It's
Complicated
right
so
I'm,
looking
at
two
staff
members,
one
who
is
actually
making
funding
available
for
lgbtq
youth
homeless,
youth
Lila.
Do
you
want
to
come
down
talk
a
little
bit
about
Biz
work
and
then
Jessica's
been
working
with
some
of
these
organizations
on
actually
owning
property?
So
I
don't
know
if
you
guys
would
mind
coming
down
and
just
giving
a
quick.
E
F
F
We
would
have
to
look
at
some
of
the
line,
items
and
I
think
with
with
the
mayor's
office
and
with
the
city
council
to
kind
of
carve
out
if
there
was
an
interest
in
setting
aside
funding
specifically
for
a
program
like
like
what
you're
describing
we
would
just
have
to
kind
of
I
think
do
that.
It's
not
it's
not
explicitly
called
out
in
the
in
the
appropriation
that
was
done
last
year,
but
but
it
could
be
certainly
done.
E
O
So
we're
funding
a
pilot
with
an
organization
called
Bagley
I
forget
what
Bagley
stands
for
Boston,
something
something
yes
Bagley
and
they're
great,
and
so
we're
we're
piloting
this
this
new
model,
but
they're
they're.
It's
not
the
only
intervention.
It's
not
the
only
way
to
address
safety
for
young
people
who
are
part
of
the
lgbtq
community
and
experiencing
homelessness.
H
We
about
what
the
process
would
be
for
making
the
decision,
and
so
when
I'm
looking
at
the
mayor's
office
of
housing,
this
is
a
priority
right.
We
had
a
hearing
about
it.
So
part
part
of
what
we
did
in
our
office
is
that
we
ran
this
entire
campaign.
Last
June,
where
we
heard
from
lgbtq
people
all
across
the
city
about
what
the
what
what
were
the
issues
that
were
most
Salient
for
their
Community.
There
were
six
issues
that
Rose
to
the
top
we
filed.
Six
hearing
orders
had
a
hearing
on
each
of
those
issues.
B
H
E
Would
in
I
wasn't
at
that
hearing
I,
don't
know
if
staff
were
but
was
it
I
know
we
are
doing.
You
know
the
pride,
certainly
in
Hyde
Park
and
you
know
certainly
going
to
test
that
as
as,
hopefully,
a
good
model
for
for
our
senior
populations,
but
we're
there
things
that
you
heard
counselor.
That
is
more
like
needing
rent
assistance,
or
was
it
more
like
bricks
and
mortar?
We
need
development
where
folks
can
live
together
or
so.
C
H
But
there
are
organizations
who
are
providing
housing
that
is
safe,
that
is
targeted
for
queer
folks.
That
is
safe
for
them.
They
already
have
they
own
multiple
homes,
where
they
House
people
or
there's
an
organization
like
break
time
right
that
they
have
like
very
specific.
This
is
how
much
it
cost
us
for
a
bed
for
a
young
person,
or
you
know
the
pride
they
came
to
testify
as
well.
H
The
trans
emergency
fund,
where
they
so
it's
it,
won't
necessarily
be
Capital
funding
to
purchase
housing,
but
funding
to
support
the
organization
that
is
already
providing
housing
that
is
targeted.
Specifically
for
lgbtq
people,
and
so
it
doesn't,
it
doesn't
have
to
be
a
level
of
capital
investment,
although
I'm
sure
right
that
if
these
organizations
become
sustainable
right
because
one
of
the
issues
and
I
come
I
come
from
philanthropy
before
I
became
an
elected
official.
H
Is
that
you
know
for
a
decade
we
have
been
beating
the
drum
to
philanthropic
organizations
that
organizations
need
General
operating
support
that
you
can't
just
give
people
programmatic
money.
They
can't
do
anything
with
that,
and
so
what
we
find
is
that
these
organizations
are
getting
a
lot
of
programmatic
support,
not
getting
any
general
operating
funds
and
then
they're
completely
unable
to
scale
or
to
grow,
and
so
what
I'm
looking
for
is?
We
have
non-profit
organizations
that
are
taking
it
upon
themselves
to
serve
a
population
where
that
that
we
are
not
active.
E
I
might
correct
what
I
said
earlier.
Then
some
of
the
arpa
buckets
are
more
around
development
or
rental
assistance
or
emergency
housing.
That
kind
of
those
kind
of
like
pretty
obvious.
You
know
categories
when
it
comes
to
housing
and
housing
crisis,
we
don't
and
I'm
gonna
I'm
gonna
look
at
Rick
for
a
minute.
I
I,
don't
think
that
we've
got
any
categories
that
are
General
operating
support
for
non-profits
or
that.
So
that
is
probably
something
that
we
would
have
to
find
a
new
resource
for.
Would
you
agree
with
that?
Yeah.
F
F
I
also,
don't
know
if
the
city
has
additional
Arbor
funding
that
hasn't
yet
been
allocated,
so
we
can
also
discuss
that
with
them
as
well,
but
yeah
I
think
all
of
the
funding
that
we
got
as
you're
describing
like
supporting
for
nonprofits
were
for
specific
non-profits
and
in
addition
to
that,
there
was,
you
know,
like
Sheila,
said
pretty
clear:
buckets
around
affordable
housing
development
or
permanent
Supportive,
Housing,
Development
or
acquisition.
So
but
I
think
we
I
think
we
can
have
the
conversation
and
then
and
report
back
and
work
with
your
office
on.
B
H
N
Yeah,
thank
you
counselor
sorry,
I
I
seem
to
be
stepping
out
to
get
information
on
the
queries
and
then
missing
the
next
one.
My
apologies
so
really
incredible:
project
and
community
at
producer
white
in
apartments
and
as
you
know,
and
as
you
mentioned,
our
projects
do
take
some
time,
I
believe
so
that
project
is
in
design
and
we're
actually
doing
some
updates
to
the
design
based
on
the
recent
direction
to
go.
N
C
C
E
That
I
can
and
I
will
say,
great
improvements
have
been
made
and
it's
certainly
still
an
ongoing
process.
And
but
the
mayor
is
very
interested
in
this.
This
topic
as
well
so
I
can
say
that
we
have
caught
up
on
all
of
our
marketing
plans
and
lotteries.
We
added
staff
to
the
mayor's
office
of
Housing
and
so
feel
very
good
about
that.
E
Right
now,
after
there's
a
lottery
been
people
that
are
buying
or
renting
a
home,
their
files
go
to
the
bpda
and
then
bpda
starts
doing
income
certifications.
So
it's
a
it
can
be
sort
of
a
process
with
lots
of
lots
of
pieces
and
lots
of
people
right
now.
The
bpda
mayor's
office
of
Housing
and
others
are
mapping
out
the
process
and
really
looking
at,
what's
really
necessary
to
ensure
that
we're
abiding
by
fair
housing
law
and
that
we're
doing
everything
we
should
about
making
these
opportunities
well
known
throughout
the
city.
E
At
the
same
time,
though,
having
expectations
around
how
long
things
should
take
so
we're
doing
a
lot
of
mapping
and
we're
mapping
we're
starting
working
with
Moya
yeah
modem-
sorry,
not
Moya
modem
modem
to
really
understand
the
user
experience
as
well,
because
you
know
folks
are
saying
that
if
you
need
a
rental
unit
and
then
you're
being
offered
one
four
months
later
and
you
had
to
go
through,
you
know
multiple
Hoops.
It
was
not
a
good
experience,
so
you
really
want
to
understand
the
user
experience.
E
So
all
of
that
work
is
being
done
and
we
have
to
report
back
to
the
mayor
very
soon
on
on
that
work,
so
more
to
come
on
that,
but
I
can
say
a
lot
of
the
projects
that
were
that
didn't
have
legal
issues
or
or
I
know.
We've
been
working
on
on
a
few
that
that
have
had
more
complicated
issues,
but
the
the
projects
that
have
not
had
great
issue
are
are
have
caught
been
caught
up
very.
C
C
E
Stay
and
we
we
have
seen
quite
a
number
of
people
buying,
affordable
units
in
Austin
and
Brighton
and
I.
Think
it's
because
the
community
and
you've
been
you've
participated
in
a
lot
of
those
conversations
and
working
with
developers
to
make
their
IDP
contribution,
be
home,
be
homes
if
people
can
buy
at
decent
prices.
E
C
Thank
you,
and
even
though
you
get
quite
a
small
amount
of
equity
in
your
IDP,
you
it
when
used,
but
it
is
something
and
and
the
difference
they've
allowed
them
so
they've
been
able
to
save
some
to
put
some
money
away
to
you
know.
So
it's
really.
It's
really
heartening
to
see
that
work
and
would
just
like
to
see
more
of
it.
Work.
L
L
E
Because
the
vast
majority
of
seniors
that
are
have
housing
issues
are
on
very
fixed
income,
usually
social,
SSI
or
SSDI,
so
but
seniors
that
have
especially
government
employees
yeah.
That
I
mean
that's.
That's
I
think
that
maybe
who
you're
referring
to
or
they
had
pensions,
the
pensions
are
not
fat
pensions
by
any
means,
but
has
put
them
over
the
income
guidelines.
E
I
think
it's
a
very,
very
good
point.
Most
of
the
senior
projects
that
we
that
we're
working
on
do
have
a
range
of
incomes,
the
majority
being
very
available
those
units
being
available
for
very
low
income
populations,
but
I
would
love
if
you
have
examples
not
right
now
but
later
so
we
can
start
really
thinking
as
we
design
new,
affordable,
homeowner
senior
complexes
that
we're
being
aware
that
we
have
to
sit
some
of
those
units
aside.
L
L
E
And
you're
right,
utility
bills
are
gone
up,
taxes
have
gone
up,
repairs
have
gone
up,
so
those
seniors
should
be
using
our
repair
program.
So
they
really.
They
really
should
because
they
probably
don't
have
a
large
large
nest.
Egg.
You
all.
We
all
have
filed
the
transfer
fee
home
rule
petition
within
that
it
provides
much
greater
tax
relief
for
our
senior
populations,
it
widens
who's
eligible
and
it
doubles
the
relief
that
they
that
they
can
receive.
So
we
need
to
get
that
passed
for
so
many
reasons.
E
Without
State
legislation
we
can't
we
can't
make
reduce
their
their
tax
burden
and
then
on
utilities
they
should
be
looking
to
winterize
and
get
more
efficiency.
You
know
heating
systems
Etc,
so
it
it
a
lot
of
these
seniors,
don't
have
mortgages,
but
they,
but
they
do
have
very,
very
high,
carry
costs
so
there's.
E
Yeah,
there's
not
one
easy
answer,
but
property
taxes
is
what
I
hear
the
most
is
seniors,
cannot
and
oftentimes.
They
sell
their
homes
and
they
don't
want
to
because
they
can't
they
can't
afford.
So
we
really
have
to
have
the
legislature
give
us
the
tools
that
we
that
we
need
to
reduce
their
housing,
their
their
tax
burden.
L
So,
let's
I'm
going
to
stay
on
for
seniors
for
a
little
bit
longer,
I'm,
also
curious.
You
know
there
are
a
lot
of
seniors
who
are
being
taken
advantage
of
there's
one
in
particular
case
right
now,
of
a
senior
who
had
a
some
contract
work
that
went
wrong
and
and
so
I'm
just
curious.
What
supports
are
I
mean
maybe
age,
strong
and
you're.
The
department
are
able
to
be
able
to
better
support
our
seniors,
who
are
being
targeted.
E
Right
seniors
that
need
home
repair
or
that
are
going
to
enter
into
any
kind
of
contract
should
call
the
our
homeowner
services
and
Karen
was
just
down
here.
The
the
programs
are
rich,
we've
got.
We
can
help,
arrange
good
contractors
to
do
the
work.
We
can
help
fund
the
work,
and
then
we
have
very
talented
housing
Specialists
that
can
really
oversee
the
construction
so
before
and
and
just
give
good
advice
right.
E
So
even
if
seniors
don't
want
to
partake
in
our
programs,
if
seniors
are
calling
and
saying
what
should
I
do
and
how
do
I
approach
this
we'll
be
glad
to
provide
very,
very
good
advice,
but
they
are
it's
a
it's.
A
good
sized
apartment
there's
resources
there
and
they
should
really
make
themselves
available.
E
There's
also,
we
work
with
a
stable
of
non-profits
good
non-profits.
To
do
small
repairs,
I
need
grab
bars,
I
need
a
new
banister
I
can't
get
my
air
conditioner
out
of
my
house.
I've
got
a
small
leak
that
my
tile
has
become
loose.
Those
small
repairs
that
people
can
be
taken
advantage
of.
We
also
have
like
programs
for
those
smaller
repairs
as
well.
L
Okay,
so
my
time
I
know
it's
going
to
be
limited,
I'm
going
to
ask
one
more
question,
and
this
is
really
I'm
going
to
be
focusing
on
returning
citizens
and
our
young
people
19
to
24
year
olds,
that
age
bracket
you're
not
living
with
your
parents,
but
maybe
you're
transitioning
out
of
dys
or
you're
transitioning
out
of
foster
care.
I'm
curious
in
terms
of
housing
supports
for
populations
that
are
non-traditional
right
and
this
is
where
I
feel
becomes.
E
O
All
right
counselor,
thank
you
for
your
question.
So
when
we
look
at
the
data
from
I
think
it
was
2019,
we
counted
the
number
of
Youth
and
Young
adults
experiencing
literal
homelessness,
so
living
in
shelters
or
on
the
street.
And
after
this
three-year
strategic
plan,
the
data
from
last
year
there
was
a
45
reduction,
so
we're
making
progresses.
O
So
the
reason
I
say
that
is
we're
making
progress,
but
it
doesn't
mean
that
we've
finished
the
job,
there's
still
Youth
and
Young
adults
in
our
city
who
are
experiencing
homelessness,
and
particularly
the
population
you're.
Mentioning
is
an
incredibly
vulnerable
population
who
not
only
are
experiencing
housing,
instability
or
homelessness,
but
also
have
other
barriers
to
stability
in
housing.
O
The
primary
intervention
that
we've
funded
for
Youth
and
Young
adults
is
on
the
housing
side,
is
rapid
rehousing.
So
it's
up
to
two
years
of
Rental
Assistance
Plus.
Some
stabilization
support,
but
I
think
what
we've
learned
through
this
work
is
that
it's
not
just
about
housing.
It's
about
housing
and
opportunity
and
I
think
there's
more
work.
O
We
need
to
do
to
partner
across
sectors
to
really
make
sure
that
when
we
are
intervening
with
housing,
we're
also
intervening
with
opportunity
so
that
young
people
have
the
future
that
they're
trying
to
build,
and
that
looks
like
a
lot
of
different
things,
depending
depending
on
the
young
people,
I'm,
not
sure
I'm.
Answering
your
question.
L
Yes,
you
are,
and
I'm
really
happy
to
see
the
the
Investments,
and
you
know
some
of
the
outcomes.
I
just
would
like
to
just
note,
for
the
record
is
that
when
I
think
about
19
to
24
year
olds,
we
have
to
think
about
them
holistically.
So
it's
about
Workforce
Development,
it's
about
housing,
it's
about
looking
at
the
entire
need
and
then
being
able
to
support
and
and
and
fund
services
on
both
ends,
because
I
think
that
that
is
really
what's
going
to
get
us
to
where
we
need
to
be
in
terms
of
stability.
L
H
Foreign,
thank
you,
madam
chair,
and
so
my
question.
My
next
question
is
about
particularly
the
fair
housing
commission.
A
goal
of
the
fair
housing
commission
is
to
increase
access
to
Housing
Opportunity
through
enforcement,
and
we
had
158
intakes
that
were
processed
in
fy23,
and
the
target
number
of
intakes
for
fy24
is
400..
So
is
there
any?
What
funding
can
be
contributed
to
the
increase
in
intakes
that
you're,
hoping
to
process.
G
G
I
wanted
to
switch
out
two
positions
and
the
result
of
all
the
moving
of
Staff
around
was
to
create
four
senior
staff
positions
and
to
take
our
administrative
assistant
position,
the
person
who
would
normally
work
at
our
front
desk,
but
because
we
don't
get
a
lot
of
walk-ins
most
of
the
communication
by
phone
and
by
email,
I,
said
well.
I
want
to
cross-train
that
person
to
also
do
intakes.
G
G
We
refer
them
to
office
of
stabilization
or
other
city
or
state
agencies,
or
sometimes
recommend
that
they
may
have
a
cause
of
action
in
housing
court
because
they're,
not
necessarily
fair
housing
issues,
but
when
they
are,
those
are
the
intakes
that
have
then
become
fair
housing.
Complaints
that
we
investigate.
H
So
the
amount
the
increased
amount
of
intake
is
based
on
the
restructure
of
the
Staffing
and
how
much
you're
expecting
to
be
able
to
do
now
that
you've
restructured
the
office.
Okay,
thank
you
so
much
and
the
what
is
the
budget
for
the
acquisition
opportunity,
program
and
FY
and
is
that
is
that
all
from
arpa
all
of
the
aop
aop.
F
The
budget
of
aop
yeah
for
fya,
so
we
have
48
million
dollars
in
arpa
funding
that
was
allocated
for
aop
I.
Think
we've
spent
I
just
had
that
up
here
for
a
second
where'd.
It
go
yeah
we've
already
spent
12
of
that.
So
we
have
28
million
dollars
and
that's
that's
as
of
right.
Now.
That's
the
source
that
we're
using
for
aop
for
FY
24.
H
E
E
No
I
well
I
mean
I.
Think
there
is,
you
know
it
just
got
filed
In
fairness,
there
hasn't
been
a
hearing
yet,
but
for
the
second
time
but
file
for
the
second
time,
but
there's
a
lot
of
good
conversations
going
on
I.
Think,
there's
I
think
there's
momentum
and
we're
just
you
know
we
all
need
to
work
together
to
get
it
passed.
Thank.
H
You
I
really
appreciate
that
answer.
So
when
we
talk
about
new
construction
for
fy24,
how
how
much
is
the
budget
for
new
construction
that
you
have
at
moh
and
how
much
is
how
much
from
the
city's
operating
budget
and
how
much
is
it
so
do
you
have
based
on
your
entire
construction
budget?
Do
you
have
a
breakdown
of
how
much
is
from
city
state
linkage,
fees
and
so
on,
and
so.
A
F
H
I
do
I
do
have
a
lot
of
the
questions
that
I
have
a
really
specific,
so
I
think
that
there
are
some
more
that
are
more
numbers
that
I
can
I
can
send
you
through
the
chair.
My
next
question
is
the
budget.
In
the
budget
we
have
a
goal
of
540,
low-income
housing
units
in
fy23
and,
as
you
know,
we've
been
doing
a
lot
of
work
with
the
housing
committee
to
really
change
the
inclusionary
development
policy.
H
E
So
if
I
had
to,
if
I
had
to
predict
most
of
the
IDP
units
that
will
pull
permits
next
year
will
be
units
will
be
a
developments
that
are
in
under
the
existing
policy.
Okay
right
because
it
takes
it
takes
a
while
right.
Probably
if
we
pass
IDP
that
new
changes
would
take
it
and
they
would
go
into
effect
on
January,
2024,
so
I
think,
probably
the
the
units
that
we'll
see
this
year
will
be.
E
E
E
A
You
you
really
presented
a
nice
and
clear
we're
going
to
go
to
public
testimony.
Did
we
have
any
questions
for
Jeff
with
bpda
in
terms
of
community
processes
in
terms
of
mitigation
funds?
If
we
have
no
questions,
we
didn't
want
to
keep
you
after
public
testimony
will
go,
but
you're
welcome
to
remain
and
a
question
might
pop
up
for
public
testimony.
Those
in
person
I
have
Huang.
A
M
M
P
M
P
In
20
2014,
the
homeowner
said
that
he
need
to
sell
the
house
and
ask
us
if
we
want
to
buy
the
house,
we
don't
have
that
much
money
to
buy
that
house
so
and
at
that
time
we
don't.
We
didn't
know
about
the
Community
Land
Trust
program
so
and
in
2014
December,
a
new
owner
purchased
that
property
and
they
have
so
many
ways
want
to
force
us
out,
including
intimidation
and
try
to
threaten
us.
M
P
So
so,
then
we
seek
help
from
Chinese
Progressive
Association
CPA
in
2017
after
the
court
we
move
out
the
whole
time
we'll
live
there.
We
feel,
like
they've,
been
forcing
Force
us
out
and
in
all
these
years
it's
a
lot
of
people
living
in
rural
houses
have
experiences
like
us
trying
to
try
they.
They
were
being
forced
to
move
out
and
think
about
this.
If
we
have
the
community
land
trust
and
more
people
in
the
city
can
get
help
and
then
it
would
be
more
funding
to
be
affordable.
M
P
P
It
is
our
culture
and
is
our
root,
so
we
hope
that
you
can
help
to
be
more
affordable
housing
and
more
funding
for
the
Community
Land
Trust
to
help
people
like
us
and
who
need
housing
and
people
who
are
experiencing
situations
like
in
the
Raw
houses
being
have
the
force
to
move
out
and
help
us
with
a
working-class
immigrant
families.
Thank.
A
Thank
you.
If
you
can
tell
her
that
we
appreciate
her
advocacy
and
for
being
here
and
waiting
through
lunchtime
misinterpreter.
Sorry
I
didn't
catch
your
name
Anna
Anna.
If
you
can
tell
Miss
meeting
that
we
appreciate
her
advocacy
and
for
remaining
here
during
lunch
time
in
being
able
to
sacrifice
a
lunch
to
make
such
important
points.
Q
Q
A
Q
Q
Hello,
hello,
okay,
all
right.
First
testimony
hi,
my
name
is
carlise:
I
live
in
District
Seven,
as
a
young
woman
living
in
Boston
I,
find
it
ridiculous
how
the
housing
crisis
is
right
now
and
how
it's
been
for
a
while
I
moved
here
six
years
ago,
when
I
was
nine
years
old
and
shortly
my
family
became
homeless,
my
situation
was
horrible.
Q
Q
Q
Second,
testimony
hi,
my
name
is
Khalil
I'm,
a
resident
of
Roxbury
and
a
lead
organizer
with
the
youth,
Justice
and
power.
Union
I
demand
that
meru
and
the
City
councilors
10
million
dollars
to
the
mayor's
proposed
housing
budget
for
building
new
senior
and
family
housing.
That's
truly
affordable,
truly,
affordable
housing
means
housing
that
is
Affordable
to
what
most
bypoc
renters
make,
which
is
30
Ami.
Q
Q
The
city
should
be
prioritizing
Community
Care
families
of
color
are
continuously
being
pushed
out
of
their
neighborhoods
I
know
firsthand
as
a
teenager.
My
family
was
unable
to
afford
our
home
and
had
to
jump
from
shelter
to
shelter,
split
apart
and
stay
at
different
family
members,
houses
or
sleep
in
our
car.
It
was
such
a
traumatic
experience
to
not
have
a
comfortable
place
to
rest,
my
head
at
night.
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
This
is
from
a
report
that
the
mayor's
office
of
housing
worked
with
us
on
when
looking
at
the
IDP.
This
is
median
household
income
by
race
and
ethnicity,
broken
down
by
renters
and
owners,
and
I
appreciate
Chief
Dylan,
pointing
out
before
the
understanding
that
even
the
60
Ami
units
that
a
lot
of
low
income
housing
tax
credit
financing
provides
is
too
expensive.
Sometimes
one
of
the
testimonies
was
from
someone
who's
in
one
of
those
units.
At
60
am
I
and
it's
still
too
expensive.
Q
So
if
you
look
on
the
right
side,
Asian
Pacific,
Islander,
black
and
latinx,
there's
two
bars
for
each
one
represents
renters
and
one
for
owners
and
the
folks
who
are
going
to
be
first-time
homeowners
or
need
affordable
rental
apartments
are
the
slower
bar.
So
the
median
income
for
Asian
Pacific
Islanders
is
36
551.
Q
Q
Most
of
them
are
making
less
than
thirty
percent
Ami,
so
you
can
see,
there's
actually
forty
three
thousand
477
households
at
that
income
level
and
the
numbers
go
down
as
you
go
higher
in
income,
because
that's
where
the
most
need
is
so
when
we're
talking
about
who
needs
the
most
housing
and
who
should
be
building
for.
We
need
a
lot
more
at
the
lower
Amis
and
I
Know.
Chief
Dylan
was
talking
before
about
trying
to
find
that
mix.
But
right
now
the
mix
is
skewed
too
high
I
think
there's.
Q
Q
So
most
of
the
cdcs
use,
what's
called
Federal
low-income
housing
tax
credits,
which
is
at
60
Ami
for
a
family
of
four.
That's
eighty
four
thousand
dollars
one
hundred
eighty
four
thousand
one
hundred
dollars
the
new
IDP
proposal
that
the
mayor
put
out
does
have
an
option
for
developers
to
do
an
average
of
50
Ami.
Q
Q
Joel
was
presenting
a
little
bit
of
information
on
the
city
of
Boston
voucher
program,
it's
being
underutilized,
but
if
we
could
encourage
non-profits
to
use
them
for
more
of
their
units
and
attach
money
to
encourage
them
to
apply
for
this
10
million,
but
also
use
those
vouchers
and
then
also
making
IDP
affordable
at
40
Ami
for
rentals,
not
just
the
50
and
60
Ami
and
50
to
100
Ami
for
ownership.
Thank
you.
So
those
are
the
proposed
Solutions
just
to
give
a
little
more
context.
Q
As
you
all
know,
there's
been
a
lot
of
us.
Who've
been
coming
into
hearings
advocating
also
for
Mental
Health
crisis
response,
40
million
dollars
for
participatory
budgeting,
six
million
for
youth
jobs,
40
mil
participatory
budgeting,
and
knowing
that
the
police
budget
is
going
up
by
10
million
dollars,
which,
coincidentally,
is
the
amount
of
money,
we're
asking
for
the
housing
increase
to
be
so
really
needing
to
prioritize
Community
needs
and
not
the
police
budget
increase
some
questions.
Q
I
have
for
the
mayor's
office
of
housing,
knowing
sometimes
we're
not
allowed
to
ask
directly,
but
just
passing
them
on
to
the
council.
If
you
feel
it's
appropriate
to
ask,
is,
would
the
mayor
consider
including
a
40
Ami
option
in
the
new
IDP
to
reach
those
lower
incomes
that
we
just
referenced
and
if
there's
concerns
around
how
to
do
that,
will
you
work
with
us
to
find
Creative
Solutions,
for
example?
Q
A
It
sounds
like
Chief
sounds,
like
George
has
answered
half
of
the
questions
we
sent
to
you.
So
thank
you
so
much
for
that
research
and
aggregating
that
data
and
making
it
visual
for
us
I
would
love
a
copy
of
whatever
you
have
in
digital
form
and
just
for
clarification
George.
What's
what
would
the
10
million
do
exactly
for
housing.
Q
Instead
of
these
60
Ami
units,
I
think
right
now
the
the
moh
policy
might
be
10.
I
think
was
saying
before
10
set
aside,
but
some
sometimes
developers
go
beyond
that,
but
with
this
10
million
making
sure
half
the
units
have
vouchers,
as
well
as
making
sure
it's
either
senior
housing
or
half
of
the
units
or
family
housing.
Two
units
two
bedrooms
are
up
and
part
of
it
is
because
residents
need
more
than
just
housing.
They
might
need
jobs
or
Services
child
care.
Q
Q
A
E
So
I
mean
a
lot
of
our
and
we
can
I
think
a
lot
of
our
development.
We
also,
you
know
we
make
sure
the
development
is
carrying
private
debt.
We
make
sure
that
we're
going
to
the
state
for
resources
we're
going
to
philanthropy
so
like
we
would
take.
You
know
any
amount
of
money
that
we
that
we
receive
through
the
construction
of
new,
affordable
housing
and
then
try
to
you
know,
leverage
leverage
it
two
three
four
five-fold,
so
it
would.
E
It
would
help
us
create
for
new
units
of
affordable
housing
and
we've
been
very,
very
fortunate
late
that
we're
getting
a
lot
of
State
resources
too,
for
our
projects.
They're,
they're
well
designed
they're
well
thought
through
the
communities
are
supportive,
as
you
know,
so
it
would
just
allow
us
to
to
create
more
affordable
housing.
E
A
H
R
Hi
everyone,
my
name
is
Minnie
McMahon
I'm,
a
resident
of
Dorchester
and
am
here
representing
the
Greater
Boston
Community
Land
Trust
Network.
Today
we
asked
the
councilor
for
continued
and
robust
investment
in
housing
and
neighborhood
stabilization
in
three
ways.
Please
provide
annual
budgetary
support
for
Community
Land
trusts.
Thank
you
for
providing
in
2021
through
the
budget
and
with
the
vision
of
the
council,
two
million
dollars
to
Community
Land
trusts
that
leadership
catalyzed
the
creation
of
a
CLT
fund.
R
Today
we
ask
that
you
make
this
an
annual
commitment
in
order
to
scale
the
impact
of
clts
and
support
emerging
clts
across
Boston's,
varied
neighborhoods,
Community,
Land,
trusts,
fight
displacement,
stabilize
families
and
are
working
to
make
their
neighborhoods
climate
resilient
and
economically
Equitable.
So
please
make
Boston
a
national
leader
in
in
CLT
and
neighborhood
stabilization
by
allocating
two
million
dollars
annually
to
Community
Land
trusts.
R
Secondly,
plea
thank
you
for
the
sustained
funding
and
in
the
mayor's
office
of
housing's
budget
for
the
acquisition
opportunity
program.
The
real
increase
in
support
for
that
program
during
covid
has
been
hugely
significant
and
we
support.
Thank
you
so
much
Chief
Dylan,
your
raising.
You
know
trying
to
maintain
that
rate
of
28
million
dollars
a
year
in
fiscal
year,
24
and
Beyond
to
reverse
our
housing
crisis.
We
must
protect
and
preserve
existing
housing
for
our
City's
residents
and
that's
what
aop
helps
accomplish.
R
In
addition
to
lobbying
the
state
for
the
real
estate
transfer
fee
which
which
Chief
Dylan
spoke
about,
we
asked
city
leaders
to
Lobby
two
for
the
small
properties
State
acquisition
fund.
This
was
passed
by
the
legislature
in
2021
and
it's
modeled
after
aop.
It's
a
new
state
program
that
is
essentially
trying
to
do
at
the
state
level
what
you
all
are
accomplishing
at
at
the
city
of
Boston.
R
So
I'll,
just
close
by
saying
wow
the
covid-19,
the
acute
the
the
height
of
the
crisis,
has
passed
for
many
of
us.
Let's
continue
to
commit
to
systems
changing
investments
in
our
city
and
not
return
to
business
as
usual.
We
do
want
to
acknowledge
the
support
for
clts,
certainly
from
members
of
the
council
and
from
Chief
Dylan
and
your
staff
at
mayor's
office
of
housing.
Many
thanks
for
your
leadership
and
let's
please
keep
this
type
of
investment
going.
Thank
you.
S
S
S
A
S
Okay
well
yeah:
when
did
I
wait
for
the
hearing,
but
I
got
kind
of
jealous
of
Mr
Lee
talking
about
other
lines
in
the
budget
and
I
have
put
in
a
question
and
maybe
for
tomorrow's
hearing?
Is
it
the
case
that
there's
17
million
dollars
in
the
budget
for
by
coins
and
I
I
can
wait
for
that
answer,
but
I
got
a
little
like
I
said
jealous
that
we
were
talking
about
other
lines
in
the
budget
as
well,
but
I
will
I
will
tell
after
the
bpda
presentation
and
I.
A
S
A
A
T
I
good
afternoon,
my
name
is
Meredith
Levy
and
I
am
with
the
Boston
Neighborhood
Community
Land
Trust,
where
I
serve
as
the
executive
director
and
first
I
want
to.
Thank
you
all
to
the
council
for
all
of
your
leadership
in
navigating
probably
the
most
significant
crisis
that
we
face
in
this
generation,
which
is
affordable,
housing
and
I.
T
T
We're
happy
to
see
the
parent
support.
We
would
always
love
increased
funding,
and
this
program
would
allow
moh
to
fund
more
Acquisitions
of
properties
at
risk
of
displacement
and
also,
we
hope,
to
increase
the
per
unit
allocation
for
Acquisitions
to
keep
up
with
the
growing
Market
pressures.
In
the
last
two
years.
Bnclt,
our
organization
has
been
able
to
keep
15
low-income
families
from
getting
displaced
in
Dorchester
through
the
purchase
of
four
buildings,
and
all
of
this
we
would
not
be
able
to
do.
T
We
wouldn't
have
been
able
to
purchase
it
without
the
aop
funding.
It
is
an
effect,
highly
effective
program
that
focuses
on
housing
preservation,
which
is
critical
to
the
stability
of
our
densely
built
out
neighborhoods
in
Boston.
The
second
one
I
also
want
to
support
I'm
glad
to
hear
support
for
the
city
project-based
voucher
program.
T
T
We
were
able
to
also
make
use
of
a
number
of
vouchers
this
past
year
and
what
that
does
for
the
community
for
us,
but
for
our
partners
throughout
the
community
is
to
to
Really
reach
low
and
help
very
low,
extremely
low
renters
be
able
to
stay
placed
in
these
buildings.
So
it's
been
a
really
effective
tool
for
us
and
we
hope
that
it
continues
to
grow
and
that
more
people
do
subscribe
to
it.
T
T
We
are
part
of
the
Greater
Boston
CLT
Network,
and
this
fund,
the
two
million
dollars
we
were
able
to
to
get
to
Pilot.
The
fund
has
also
provided
a
very
important
resource,
and
part
of
it
is
to
help
clts
acquire
properties
through
acquisition
and
a
part
of
it
is
also.
We
are
piloting
a
program
to
do
land
transfers
and
so
we're
really
getting
into
the
mechanics
of
how
to
do
land
transfers.
T
So
people
can
age
in
place
and
potentially
donate
their
properties
or
sell
it
at
the
discounted
rate
to
land
trusts
or
other
entities,
but
this
fund
will
help
move
that
project
forward
and
it
would
be
great
to
to
receive
an
additional
two
million
dollars,
ideally
just
to
receive
that
every
year
as
we
grow
the
fund,
so
yep,
that's
it
for
me.
Thank
you
very
much.
We
appreciate
your
support
and
we
really
hope
to
be
able
to
lift
lift
these
strategies
and
continue
to
increase
and
fund
these
programs.
Thank
you
very
much.
A
U
So
we
set
up
during
part
of
that
process.
We
set
up
impact
advisory
groups
using
using
nominations
from
me.
Your
body
nominations
that
are
self-nominated,
and
that
is
nominations
that
are
put
forward
by
community
members
and
those
are
up
to
about
15
individuals.
They
will
make
recommendations
through
different
settings
with
the
developer
to
provide
us
feedback
on.
You
know
how
a
development
can
be
mitigated.
Those
Agreements
are
codified
in
community
benefits
agreements
or
Co-op
agreements,
depending
on
whether
it's
a
large
or
small
project.
We
have
a.
U
Oftentimes
different
city
departments
will
put
in
requests
for
mitigation
as
part
of
the
article
80
process,
so
funds
to
Transportation,
Improvement
or
housing
other.
You
know
things
of
that
nature.
The
we
will
not
give
a
construction
permit
until
the
we
won't.
We
will
not
give
out
the
permit
until
the
proponent
proves
that
they
are
going
to
follow
through
on
these
mitigation
agreements,
and
that
is
tracked
by
our
community
benefits
manager.
So
that's
sort
of
the
enforcement
of
those.
A
Okay,
thank
you
in
terms
of
the
Departments
we
do
Crossing
for
Community
communication
funds,
so
the
agreements
may
say,
for
example,
Street
repair,
sidewalk
lights,
plants,
housing,
I,
don't
know
and
or
non-profits
whatever
it
is,
and
how
do
you
track,
for
example,
if
a
development
is
in
Roxbury,
then
how
do
you
track
that
it's
going
to
Roxbury?
If
that
was
the
agreement?
A
A
Obviously
it's
not
law,
it's
not
something
that
they
have
to
do,
but
it's
some
sort
of
Goodwill
like
you
know,
if
you're
going
to
develop
here,
you
should
you
you
should
contribute
to
a
community
or
you
should
be
responsible
about
how
you're
developing
here
and
how
the
community
is
impacted,
and
so
the
developers
sometimes
may
push
back
and
say.
Oh
bpda
said
we
don't
have
to
like.
A
We
don't
even
have
to
agree
to
give
to
nonprofits
in
in
this
area
and
then
we'll
go
to
bpda
and
BPA
will
say,
of
course,
not
like
we're,
not
saying
that
like
no
and
then
so
this
all
this
push
and
pull
and
then
I'm
as
a
counselor
as
we
get
calls
about
these
things
and
I'm
I
think
think
that
bpda
is
working
in
good
faith
to
make
sure
that
these
things
are
transparent.
I've
looked
at
the
documents.
I've
read
through
these
mitigation
contracts,
but
I
also
I
also
feel
like.
A
Employees,
big
PDA,
has
like
one
of
the
highest
like
it's
like
Boston
fire
department
like
80
percent,
not
minority
groups,
white
people
and
so
where
it's
it's
difficult
for
you
to
come
in
and
you're
just
a
person
you're
just
doing
your
job
and
you're
doing
a
great
job,
but
then
for
you
to
come
in
and
have
these
conversations
about
inclusionary
inclusion,
diversity!
What's
going
on
IDP?
A
How
are
you
guys
creating
the
transparent
process
that
communicates
what's
going
on
in
bpda
and
Community
mitigation
funds?
How
can
we
communicate
that?
How
can
we
engage
the
community
and
understanding
it
better,
and
how
are
you
working
on
diversity
and
inclusion
to
be
able
to
say
yeah,
okay,
I'm,
a
white
guy
I
care
I
do
I.
Do
my
job
I
do
it
well?
U
Yeah
I
mean
you've
identified
a
lot
of
the
challenges
that
we're
trying
to
work
through
every
day.
I
think
the
nature
of
the
development
review
process
is
sort
of
it.
You
know
it's
a
negotiation
and
in
negotiations
typically,
you
know
voices.
There
are
louder
voices
than
others,
sometimes
I
think
that's
what
we're
trying
to
do
when
we
go
through
article
80
reform
is
to
try
to
make
you
know
demystify
those
processes
make
them
more
transparent.
U
It's
complicated,
there's
tons
of
meetings,
there's
a
lot
of
time
involved,
and
we
know
that
the
more
we
know
that
the
more
time
we
spend
doing
you
know
meetings
and
Community
process
that
drives
out
folks
that
might
not
be
able
to
commit
as
much
time
so
we
we,
you
know
if
we
get
the
same
faces
and
names
kind
of
over
and
over
again.
So
these
are
all
things
that
we
were
working
on.
We've
released
we're
currently
working
to
hire
a
consultant
to
help
us.
U
You
know,
review
the
article
80
process
and
we
want
to
engage
with
the
community
later
this
summer
and
fall
about
these
things
so
we're
very
committed.
We
we
understand
that
iegs
can
be
difficult.
I
think
you
know,
Council
has
come
to
us
multiple
times
with
that
feedback.
So
I
appreciate
your
feedback.
I
think
we're
just
looking
forward
to
working
with
you.
As
best
we
can
moving
forward
on
on
making
these
processes
more
transparent,
reliable.
A
Thank
you
so
much
for
that
thoughtful
answer.
I
really
appreciate
how
you
guys
handle
our
handling
Boston,
Water
and
Sewer.
It
started
with
oh,
my
God,
we're
not
being
heard
and
what's
happening
right
like
there
is
this
culture
of
disenfranchising
communities
of
color
right
like
in
in
historically
and
then
today,
it's
like
okay,
how
do
we
grow
as
we
maintain
and
sustain
what
we
have
currently
so
we
go
into
this
community
process
and
we're
like
okay,
this
land?
What
do
we
do
with
it?
A
And
the
community
is
like
you
know:
I
want
parking
lots
like
no,
no
you're,
not
gonna,
for
those
watching
no
to
the
parking
lot
and
so,
and
so
then
you
have
like,
like
we
need
housing
and
we
need
affordable
commercial
spaces.
We
need
affordable
home
ownership,
we
need
some
parking
for
those
commercial
spaces
and
we
need
some
parking
for
families
for
bigger
families
right
and
then
people
with
disability
there's
all
these
other
right
nuances.
We
also
need
Safe
Transportation
for
them
and
we
need
thriving
business
corridors.
A
We
need
all
of
these
things
in
comes
in
Jonathan.
Rebecca
listened
and
came
back
with
a
very
responsive,
very
comprehensive
process.
I
was
blown
away,
I
was
impressed
and
I
I
am
not
like
the
judge
or
the
person
is
with
a
sale,
but
I
was
very
think.
I
was
very
grateful
and
I
look
forward
to
more
of
that.
So
appreciate
you
appreciate
Chief
Dylan,
quite
sure
you
were
some
way
of
pulling
strings
so
I
I.
Thank
you
for
that
process
and
we
look
forward
to
more
of
that.
A
I
look
forward
to
more
conversations
on
housing
and
looking
at
those
Parcels
how
we're
going
to
continue
to
develop
as
a
city.
We
have
to
continue
to
develop
it's
it's,
not
a
thriving
City.
If
we
can
develop,
how
do
we
do
it
so
that
it's
Equitable?
How
do
we
look
at
the
inventory
everybody's
like
I,
want
a
piece.
I
want
a
piece.
I
want
a
piece
with
such
a
deprived,
Community
right,
especially
in
communities
of
color.
It
has
been
so
much
historic
harm.
A
How
do
we
do
that
thoughtfully
and
intentionally
in
a
way
that
we're
actually
impact
making
true
impact
for
those
who
need
us
most
right?
It's
especially
for
those
who
were
historically
taken
from
or
disenfranchised
so
that's
those
are
my
thoughts
so
far,
I
think
as
I
refine
my
work
and
my
delivery
as
a
politician,
but
also
a
policy
maker
I,
am
hoping
to
continue
to
build
with
you
and
do
this
work
in
a
way.
A
L
You
so
I
wanted
to
just
Echo
some
of
my
gratitude
to
you
all
for
your
hard
work.
This
is
what
partnership
looks
like
right
and
so
I
think
it's
important
for
us
to
continue
these
dialogues
beyond
the
budget
season.
I
really
do
think
that
we
need
to
start
doing
business
differently,
really
leaning
in
and
having
ongoing
kind
of
like.
Where
would
we
go
from
here?
I
do
want
to
Echo
some
of
the
concerns
around
the
bpda.
L
So
I've
been
hearing
from
some
folks,
particularly
Shirley
Jones,
who
is
in
Ward
15..
There's
been
a
lot
of
issues
of
development
happening
in
that
area
and
it
seems
like
the
bpda,
is
not
responding
to
community
voice
and
input.
It
seems
very
transactional,
like
checking
off
the
box
where
you
come
in
and
you
have
these
alleged
structures
in
place,
but
yet
projects
are
being
approved.
Community
members
are
not
feeling
heard
so.
L
I
still
think
that
that
there
is
some
opportunity
there
for
our
growth
and
to
fix
those
issues
when
it
comes
to
how
we
approve
the
process,
so
I
just
want
to
name
that
as
something
that
I
will
continue
to
fight
for
and
then
I
just
think.
Overall,
like
you
know,
counselor
Lada
always
says
that
the
personal
is
political
and,
and
all
of
these
things
are
interconnected
and
I
hope
that
you
know
that
when
we
come
here
and
advocating
on
behalf
of
our
constituents,
many
of
us
have
experienced
housing
instability.
L
So
for
us,
it's
not
what
we've
learned
about
in
the
textbooks
you
know
or
or
Theory,
or
something
that
you
know.
We
it's
profound
and
I,
think
that
oftentimes
when
we
Advocate,
we
Advocate
from
a
place
of
being
there
and
being
been
there
and
done
that
type
of
scenario,
and
that
there's
urgency
and
I
think
that
as
a
city,
you
know
we
have
a
a
bold
mayor
right.
L
L
It
is
really
intentional
that
black
and
brown
people
and
poor
people
in
particular
can
no
longer
afford
to
live
in
the
city
and,
while
I
do
appreciate
the
intent
around
building
I
think
we
need
to
start
building
with
more
intentionality
around
keeping
people
here.
The
people
who
can't
afford
to
live
here,
the
ones
that
are
making
Thirty
one
thousand
dollars
a
year.
L
A
You
thank
you
councilman
here
just
wanted
to
consider
wanted
to
read
to
record.
She
wrote
me
an
entire
book,
but
I
will
only
read
the
first
sentence.
Council
illusion
extends
her
apologies
for
not
being
here
and
supports
just
about
everything
that
you
are
doing
Chief
and
looking
forward
to
working
with
you
we'll
review
the
video
left,
your
contact
information,
all
right
so
for
those
of
you
watching
contact
con
solution
for
any
inquiries
on
housing
and
she's.
A
Looking
forward
to
hearing
from
you
as
well
and
I
just
wanted
to
thank
your
team.
I
know
that
I
didn't
get
to
bring
you
on
and
for
grow.
Boston.
Don't
don't
don't
don't
shoot
me
I
I!
Forget
your
names,
every
single
one
of
you
so
I'm!
So
sorry
but
Miss,
Shawnee,
Fletcher,
Shawnee,
Fletcher,
you're,
amazing
love
your
work
with
grow,
Boston
and
attorney
sorry
Miss,
Miss
Johnson!
A
You
are
phenomenal
and
my
office
absolutely
loves
you.
Thank
you
for
all
of
your
hard
work
and
team
with
all
the
parcel
work
that
you
do
in
the
community
appreciate
you
all
look
forward
to
working
with
you
and
this
meeting
is
adjourned.
But
if
you,
if
you
have
any
comments
any
do
you
want
to
talk
some
more
for
30
minutes,
no.
E
A
G
A
G
But
okay,
but
all
those
folks
stayed
and
kept
the
commission
intact
and
did
incredible
legendary
work
to
keep
the
commission
going
until
we
can
get
fully
staffed
up
again.
I
just
wanted
to
call
attention
to
Connor,
lock,
Maggie
Callahan,
Nicholas,
Fuller
and
Ty
Bayless
for
their
their
hard
work
over
the
last
fiscal
year
was
a
tough
year
for
them.