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From YouTube: Housing Announcement - 12/21/21
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Mayor Wu hosts a press conference to discuss updates relating to Housing in the City of Boston.
B
Okay,
welcome
to
the
people's
building,
still
I'm
very,
very
excited
to
be
standing
here
with
chief
sheila
dillon,
with
colleagues
from
the
city
council,
councilor,
lydia,
edwards,
councilor,
kenzie
bach,
with
our
bha
director
and
administrator
kate,
bennett,
and
so
many
advocates
and
leaders
in
our
communities
whom
you
will
hear
from
shortly
standing
up
here,
but
also
in
the
audience
who
have
been
fighting
the
fight
for
housing,
affordability
and
the
stabilization
of
our
communities.
For
a
long
time.
B
Nimi
ramos,
from
new
england,
united
for
justice,
cortina
van
of
the
massachusetts,
affordable
housing
alliance-
and
I
don't
see
dwayne
here-
actually,
okay
and
and
others
who
are
here
with
us-
I
see
andres
in
the
audience.
I
see
rich
giordano
and
many
friends
who
are
are
watching
on
on
our
live
stream
as
well.
All
the
leaders
here
have
played
a
key
role
in
helping
to
create
set
the
agenda
that
we
are
following
and
to
preserve,
affordable
housing
in
the
city
of
boston
and
they'll
continue
to
be
critical
partners
in
the
work
ahead.
B
The
goal
is
to
ensure
that
the
wealth
and
opportunity
in
the
city
is
shared
by
all
and
that
our
growth
sustains
and
stabilizes
our
communities,
our
city,
our
city
teams,
have
also
begun
a
comprehensive
audit
of
city-owned
properties
to
identify
opportunities
to
develop
supportive
housing
and
affordable
housing
throughout
boston
leveraging
all
of
what
we
own
and
can
put
on
the
table
for
affordable
housing.
This
will
be
completed
within
the
first
hundred
days
of
our
administration.
B
Finally,
in
the
new
year,
we
will
be
forming
a
rent,
stabilization
advisory
group
to
study
local
housing
conditions
and
rent
stabilization
policies
in
other
cities
and
then
make
recommendations
to
our
office
in
the
mayor's
office
of
housing,
in
particular
in
preparation
for
a
potential
home
rule
petition
in
the
new
legislative
session
on
beacon
hill
together.
These
actions
will
help
us
move
with
urgency
towards
creating
a
more
affordable
city
where
our
working
families
can
stay
in
their
neighborhoods.
D
Thank
you
mayor.
Thank
you
for
your
leadership
on
this
issue.
I'm
I'm
really
excited.
I'm
excited
about
the
name
change,
but
I'm
more
excited
about
the
agenda
and
it's
it's
wonderful
and
the
mayor's
mentioned
it,
but
we're
joined
here
by
a
lot
of
housing.
Colleagues
that
have
worked
for
years,
if
not
decades,
to
make
boston
a
more
affordable,
more
welcoming,
more
equitable
city.
So
I'm
glad
that
you're
here
you
know
I
was
thinking
about
it
this
morning,
as
as
many
of
us
celebrate
holidays
in
the
next
several
weeks,
we
are
comfortably
housed
right.
D
The
results
of
the
study-
and
this
is
important-
will
be
made
public
and
will
be
the
foundation
of
productive
conversations
and
decisions.
I
know
at
the
the
research
behind
these
decisions
and
how
the
studies
conducted
is
important
to
all
of
you.
So
I
really
want
to
tell
you
now
that
the
mayor's
made
it
very
clear
she
wants
these
results
to
be
transparent
linkage.
D
As
was
mentioned
in
january,
we
will
announce
a
rent,
stabilization
committee.
I
think
it's
going
to
be
the
most
sought
after
committee
that
that
we've
ever
had
in
the
city
and
we're
going
to
examine
very
very
closely
the
the
issue
best
practice
is
and
what
would
work
in
boston
and
make
our
best
thinking
and
recommendations
known
to
the
mayor.
We
look
forward
to
beginning
this
important
work
and
that
also
in
january,
a
draft
of
the
new
transfer
fee
that
the
mayor
mentioned.
D
D
There's
you've
done
all
so
much
good
work
and
because
of
your
work,
there
are
so
many
in
the
city
that
are
safely
housed
this
holiday,
and
so
I
just
want
to
take
a
minute
not
to
say
that
your
work
is
so
valued
and
with
these
tools
that
we're
discussing
today,
we
could
collectively
do
so
much
more.
So
I
am
so
excited
to
get
going
rest
up.
It's
going
to
be
a
busy
january
and
I'm
just
thrilled
to
work
with
all
of
you
on
these
initiatives.
Thank
you.
E
As
the
mayor
said,
it's
the
thing
that
is
on
everyone's
lips.
When
you
talk
to
members
the
public,
but
the
will
isn't
enough
without
resources,
and
so
I
think
you
know
the
through
line
that
runs
through
the
mayor's
announcements.
Today
is
the
need
to
marshal
more
resources
for
housing
and
also
to
recommend
to
recognize,
with
the
survey
of
city
public
land
that
one
of
the
resources
we
need
for
housing
is
places
to
put
the
housing
that
can
house
our
whole
community
at
every
level,
with
all
the
services
required.
E
And
so
the
city
really
has
a
dual
role,
both
in
marshalling
financial
resources,
but
also
in
in
finding
the
places
and
having
inclusive
communities
across
the
city.
And
so
I'm
so
honored
to
stand
here
with
the
mayor
and
with
administrator
bennett
and
chief
dylan.
It's
great
to
have
a
mayor's
office
of
housing.
E
F
This
is,
this
is
a
very
emotional
and
incredible
day
for
a
lot
of
us
and
the
work,
and
I
just
look
at
the
incredible
people
in
this
moment
representing
city
government
and
advocacy,
and
I'm
not
going
to
lie.
I
do
smile
a
little
specially
because,
ladies,
we
got
it
done,
no
offense,
no
offense
to
the
guys
anyway.
The
fact
of
the
matter
is
this
is
a
moment
in
a
movement
that
have
finally
come
together,
and
we
know
that
we
still
have
to
get
over
the
finish
line.
F
What
the
mayor
has
announced
is
finally,
the
direction
and
the
moral
certitude
coming
together
saying
that
we
are
putting
housing
first,
it
is
not
about
developing.
The
city
is
about
housing,
people
in
the
city
and
the
two
are
not
mutually
exclusive,
but
they
have,
for
some
reason
not
been
meeting
each
other.
Despite
the
amount
of
new
units
that
we
have
put
on
into
tens
of
thousands,
we
have
not
been
able
to
house
a
majority
of
people
working
people
in
boston,
and
what
I
see
in
these
initiatives
in
these
studies
is
not
more
conversation.
F
F
Thank
you
again
for
your
leadership
chief
dylan
on
that,
because
we've
increased
our
protections
already.
What
we've
seen
is:
we've
been
chomping
at
the
bit
in
the
city
of
boston
and
we
need
to
take
it
all
the
way
to
the
state
house
to
make
sure
this
city
is
housing.
The
people
of
boston.
I
have
to
say
thank
you
to
these
incredible
advocates
who
I've
known
since
I
was
a
legal
services
attorney
and
organizer.
I
have
to
say
thank
you
to
my
friend
and
neighbor
andreas
castillo
and
city
life,
vita
urbana.
F
I
have
to
say
thank
you
to
right
to
the
city
vote.
I
have
to
say
thank
you
to
so
many
incredible
people,
bipac
people
working
people
all
who
have
been
part
of
these
conversations
for
decades,
but,
most
importantly,
my
thanks
and
my
heart
is
filled
with
so
much
joy
at
this
bold
leadership
from
this
mayor.
My
mayor,
our
mayor
mayor
wu,
thank
you.
C
G
Good
morning,
buenos
dias,
my
name
is
vanessa
calderon
rosado.
I
am
chief
executive
officer
of
iba
in
kilinos,
a
community
development
corporation
in
boston's
south
end,
and
I'm
here
this
morning
excited
and
thrilled
for
the
mayor's
announcement,
promising
that
2022
and
beyond
is
going
to
be
an
important
year
for
housing.
G
Now,
let's
be
clear-
and
you
heard
it
before,
housing
is
in
crisis,
it's
a
crisis
in
our
city
and
our
region.
We
all
recognize
that
and
beyond
these
doors
you
talk
to
people
and
they
talk
about
the
same
thing.
Housing
is
an
issue.
This
is
an
opportunity
to
solve
this
problem.
I
also
believe
that
we
all
can
agree
that
we
can
solve
the
housing
crisis
in
the
city
of
boston
and
the
announcements
that
our
mayor
is
making
today
is
precisely
the
kind
of
moves
that
we
need
to
solve
the
problem.
G
The
boston
committee
of
the
massachusetts
association
of
community
development
corporations
have
been
meeting
for
decades,
just
struggling
and
tackling
the
housing
issues
across
our
city
recently
and
right
after
the
election.
The
boston
committee
of
macdc
wrote
a
letter
to
our
mayor
precisely
talking
about
these
particular
issues
that
she's
announcing
today
to
tackle
and
to
solve.
So
we
are
very
excited
to
hear
all
the
measures
throughout
linkage
around
idp
the
studies,
because
we
need
to
make
sure
that
these
figures
and
statistics
cannot
be
refuted.
G
We
need
the
studies
and
the
research
so
they're,
backed
and
there's
evidence
that
we
can
develop
in
our
city
and
also
solve
the
affordable
rights
housing
crisis
so
as
a
public
private
partnership
cdc's
across
the
city
stand
behind
our
mayor
behind
the
new
office
for
housing,
behind
boston
housing
authority,
our
city
council
and
all
of
our
colleagues,
and
advocates
to
solve
the
problem
of
housing
in
our
city
for
one
and
for
all.
Thank
you
so
much.
Thank
you,
mayor
wu
for
your
leadership.
Thank
you
and
have
a
good
day
and
happy
holidays.
H
You
know
I
didn't
prepare
a
speech.
I
was
very
excited
about
what
I
heard
in
terms
of
the
direction
that
our
new
mayor
wants
to
take
our
housing
agenda.
I'm
very
excited
and
honored
to
stand
here
with
this
group
of
very
powerful
women,
and
what
I
would
just
acknowledge
is
that
we
have
an
invitation
at
the
table.
H
It's
an
invitation
for
ideas,
it's
an
invitation
for
advocacy
and
a
vision
around
housing
that
we
can
bring
to
life
and
it's
an
invitation
to
center
the
voices
of
residents
most
impacted
by
this
housing
crisis,
as
well
as
housing
advocates
and
land
experts
and
development
experts
to
talk
about
what
the
future
of
our
city
can
bring.
So
I
am
excited
to
be
at
this
table
to
invite
us
all
to
continue
to
support
the
mayor
and
her
vision
around
housing
and
a
vision
that
I
know
we've
been
waiting
for
for
a
very
long
time.
H
So
yes
january
is
going
to
be
busy,
but
we
are
excited
to
be
here
in
partnership
and
yes
to
get
the
job
done,
because
many
of
us
know
that
housing
is
a
human
right,
that
our
communities
deserve
the
right
to
remain
in
their
neighborhoods
and
we
are
here
to
get
down
to
business.
Thank
you.
Everyone
happy
holidays.
I
Thank
you
so
much
mayor
wu
and
chief
housing
of
housing,
sheila
dillon.
I
thank
you
all
for
the
opportunity
to
be
here
with
you
today.
My
name
is
cortina
van
from
maha
massachusetts,
affordable
housing
alliance,
and
I
am
I'm
elated.
We
are
related
at
maha
and
through
the
neighborhoods
as
a
resident
here
in
boston
for
mayor
wu's,
announcement
of
the
study
and
and
and
the
announcement
for
all
that
has
been
shared
with
you
today.
I
Linkage
is
a
shorthand
definition
of
development
impact
fee
that
affects
I'm
so
sorry
that
affects
that.
I'm
so
sorry,
development
impact
fee
that
imposes
concerns
for
an
increase
and
I'm
so
sorry
I
gotta
take
this
off.
I
apologize,
I'm
feeling
strangled
by
it
so
as
a
I'm,
so
sorry,
development
impact
fee
that
is
concerned
about
displacement
and
and
the
pressure
of
housing
that
affects
low
tomorrow,
income
residents
and
it's
supposed
to
mitigate
that,
and
so
it's
exciting
to
have
this
the
proposal
of
this
study
because
it
needs
to
be
increased.
I
We
know
that
folks
are
infected
in
a
great
way.
Part
of
what
we've
been
working
on
for
for
some
time
is
to
increase
that,
and
it's
exciting
that
with
linkage
it
can
bring.
In
you
know
an
increase
of
jobs
and
having
more
jobs
is
wonderful,
but
we
have
to
with
this
linkage,
simultaneously
increase
the
affordable
housing
and
the
linkage
is
a
tool
to
do
that.
I
It's
exciting
to
see
this
going
to
happen.
We
know
that
this
can
be
essential
to
helping
helping
to
meet
the
needs.
I
know
that
we
are
excited
about
the
initiative
and
part
of
the
work.
There
was
a
study
that
was
commissioned
by
the
city
and
it
demonstrated
that
the
fee
is
too
low
and
so
there's
an
opportunity
to
increase
that
that
can
help
so
many
families.
I
A
B
Yep,
sorry,
I
missed
the
last
part
sean.
What
would
we
looking
to
drop
it
to
so
we're
looking
at
that,
alongside
in
parallel
with
efforts
to
officially
launch
the
study
separate
from
that?
There
are
actions
that
could
be
taken
by
executive
order
to
drop
that
from
triggering
at
ten
units
to
something
much
lower,
whether
it's
five
six,
something
that
we
see
proliferating
throughout
our
neighborhoods.
B
Yeah,
it's
been
a
great
day.
I've
had
the
chance
to
hear
from
so
many
boston
residents
and
businesses
and
leaders
in
our
community
overwhelmingly.
It's
been
relief
that
I've
heard
that
there
are
now
clear
rules
and
parameters
that
can
help
level
the
playing
field
and
make
sure
everybody's.
On
the
same
page,
I
wish
we
were
taking
these
actions
faster.