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A
Today,
the
city
council
delivered
a
strong
message
that
the
city
of
Boston
needs
the
tools
to
address
our
housing
crisis.
We
hear
from
residents
across
every
single
neighborhood
just
how
dire
it
is
and,
and
we
see,
families
who
are
getting
pushed
out
of
the
communities
that
they
grew
up
in
and
helped
to
build.
This
is
affecting
everything
from
how
our
businesses
and
economy
can
recover
to
our
school
enrollment
and
the
stability
of
every
part
of
our
our
neighborhoods
and
so
I
am
so
thankful
to
the
city
councilors
for
their
partnership
for
their
leadership.
B
A
With
every
proposal
that
we
put
forward,
the
goal
is
to
ensure
that
it
fits
with
every
other
action
that
the
city's
taking
there's
no
Silver
Bullet
for
solving
our
housing
crisis
or
making
sure
that
we
are
bringing
our
our
economy
fully
back
up
to
strength.
But
everything
does
have
to
fit
together,
and
so
here
we
were
trying
to
ensure
that
the
policy
would
protect
against
extreme
and
unaffordable
rent
increases.
A
Our
cabinet
Chiefs
worked
incredibly
hard,
also
to
help
present
present
information
and
ensure
that
all
of
the
the
pieces
on
how
this
fits
together
with
our
housing
plan
in
general
and
our
our
goals
for
every
other
part
of
the
city,
it
that
that
they
were
interconnected
and
so
especially
want
to
highlight
and
I'm
so
grateful
for
the
leadership
of
our
chief
of
housing,
Sheila
Dillon,
our
chief
of
planning,
Arthur
jemisin,
and
so
many
others
across
the
cabinet
who
really
have
been
putting
forward
the
changes.
Big
and
small.
Some
of
them
aren't
legislative
proposals.
A
Some
of
them
are
programs
that
are
happening
in
community
right
now,
but
we
are
doing
everything
that
we
can
to
make
sure
that
housing
prices
can
be
affordable
for
residents
that
we're
creating
more
of
it,
that
we
are
boosting
home
ownership,
so
people
can
stay
and
have
full
control
of
of
their
living
situations,
and
we
need
to
keep
it
up
until
Boston
is
a
place
where
people
from
every
income
level
know
that
they
can
not
just
survive
here.
But
Thrive.
Here.
B
A
Post
Tuesday,
sorry,
the
the
goal,
as
always,
is
to
be
in
a
conversation
with
our
city
government
with
our
residents
with
our
state
government.
We
all
represent
the
same
constituents.
We
all
hear
from
the
same
families
who
are
struggling
to
hang
on
in
the
city
as
prices
at
the
grocery
store,
go
up
as
prices
at
the
pump
go
up
as
prices
in
in
housing
and
rent
go
up
and
so
I
think
we
all
share
an
urgency
in
knowing
that
this
can't
stand
for
Boston.
A
We
cannot
be
a
place
where
people
get
pushed
out
from
the
communities
that
they
want
to
continue
contributing
to
so
we'll
we'll
make
that
case
up
at
the
state
house,
and
we
are
going
to
go
up
strong
with
a
big
voice
from
city
government
in
doing
so.
But
most
of
all,
we
are
just
a
platform
and
reflection
of
the
many
many
voices
of
organizers
on
the
ground,
community
members
and
residents
who
have
been
pushing
for
this
for
a
very
long
time.
C
A
A
Our
proposal
of
ensuring
that
rents
would
not
go
up
faster
than
most
landlords
in
the
city
are
already
keeping
that
that
we
would
protect
residents
against
the
cases
that
we
hear
far
too
often
of
extreme
price
gouging,
where
the
increases
are
far
greater
than
inflation
plus
six
percent,
and
where
families
have
no
chance
to
even
try
to
absorb
that.
Our
proposal
takes
into
account
the
ability
for
new
construction
to
have
a
period
of
time
to
be
able
to
have
that
financially
work
out
and
for
those
projects
to
pencil.
A
We
include
exemptions
for
owner
occupied
smaller
buildings,
and
the
reality
is
that
the
vast
majority
of
good
landlords
in
Boston
are
not
increasing
their
rents
by
more
than
10
percent
a
year,
because
they
know
that's
a
bad
strategy
for
them
to
make
money.
They
know
that
when
you
increase
your
rents,
a
lot
you're
actually
bringing
more
costs
onto
yourself
in
the
long
run,
by
changing
out
tenants
and
making
everything
unstable,
most
landlords
that
I
know
and
have
talked
to
have
said
they
do
their
best
to
keep
good
tenants
in
their
buildings.
A
They
do
their
best
to
ensure
that
their
buildings
are
filled
and
our
place,
our
homes
for
families
and
kids
and
and
they're
not
trying
to
disrupt
this
we're
not
going
after
those
landlords.
With
this
proposal,
this
is
about
providing
the
protections
against
those
who
are
taking
advantage
of
the
situation,
those
who
are
pushing
families
out
with
extreme
and
unaffordable
rent
increases.
This
would
provide
that
protection.
While
we
continue
to
boost
housing
and
increase
production
so
that
there
are
more
units
available
for
everyone
to
rent.
D
A
There's
a
lot
that's
happening
on
the
Planning
Development
zoning
front
and
so
I'll
try
to
not
get
all
the
way
into
the
weeds,
but
just
explain
what
this
particular
piece
does:
relative
to
a
bunch
of
other
parts
that
Chief
Jameson
and
the
bpda
team
and
the
planning
team
are
are
leading.
So
broadly
speaking,
our
goal
is
for
growth
in
the
city
of
Boston
to
be
predictable,
to
be
sustainable
and
to
benefit
everyone
across
the
city
rather
than
having
individual
projects
go
through
an
excruciating,
long
and
unpredictable
process
that
frustrates
residents
and
project
proponents.
A
We
want
there
to
be
clear
rules
that
do
have
a
higher
Baseline
of,
what's
expected
for
affordability
and
climate
resiliency
and
and
contributions
to
the
community,
but
that
predictability
will
then
allow
us
to
streamline
the
processes
so
that
everyone
knows
where
you'll
end
up
and
they
can
and
can
then
build
that
into
their
project
proposals.
To
begin
with,
there
are
a
couple
things
that
are
holding
us
back
from
from
that
right
now.
A
That
is
already
happening
with
the
creation
of
a
planning,
advisory,
Council
and
shifting
of
planning
onto
the
city
Side
from
the
bpda
books
over
to
the
city
Side,
so
that
it
will
be
fully
integrated
with
planning,
that's
already
happening
in
the
school
department
in
the
transportation
department
in
the
climate
and
environment
and
open
space
Department
as
well.
That
does
not
need
any
other
approvals
to
to
have
happen.
We've
signed
an
executive
order
and
that
personnel
and
organizational
structure
piece
is
happening.
A
This
is
about
saying
that
we're
going
to
use
a
full
force
of
city
government
to
address
the
needs
that
we
have
today
that
are
very
urgent,
still
resiliency
affordability
and
equity,
and
so,
as
we
Sunset
the
old
way
of
doing
things
urban
renewal
and
that
Urban
blight
focused
mindset.
This
is
about
ensuring
that
we
have
the
the
approach
in
the
interim
that
will
match
what
we
need
to
address
in
community.
A
E
A
A
C
A
We
had
what
was
just
like
any
of
the
routine
visits
that
come
here.
Someone
wanted
to
go,
have
a
conversation
with
the
assessing
department
and
experience
a
heart
attack
right
in
the
lobby,
our
municipal
Safety
Services
and
Boston
Police
Department
officers
who
are
on
site
and-
and
usually
you
know-
maybe
even
not
even
noticed
by
many
of
our
visitors
coming
in
who
kind
of
look
around
as
to
what
floor
they're
going
and
get
on
the
elevator.
A
So
EMTs
came,
he
was
transported
to
the
hospital
and
where
we
sent
him
all
of
our
well
wishes
for
a
continued
speedy
recovery,
but
heard
that
he
is
recovering
well
now
and-
and
it
is
truly
thanks
to
the
heroism
and
quick
action
of
many
of
our
staff
here
today
yesterday
they
were
rotating
in
and
out
to
keep
the
chest
compressions
going
and
it's
just
a
day's
work
for
them.
Really.
A
You
know
I'm
I
I
won't
comment
on
ongoing
litigation
that
the
city
is
involved
in,
but
I
will
say
that
we
stand
fully
behind
decisions
that
are
to
ensure
residents
can
live
in
their
neighborhoods,
with
the
full
range
of
ease
of
access
and
safety
and
opportunity.
Our
small
businesses,
our
restaurant
Community,
is
a
key
part
of
what
makes
Boston
so
special
and
what
makes
people
want
to
come
visit
our
neighborhoods.
A
We
need
to
make
sure,
first
and
foremost
that
Boston
and
every
neighborhood
is
a
place
for
the
people
who
live
there
and
some
of
the
conditions
that
we
anticipate
this
summer
from
what
we
have
seen
over
the
last
few
Summers
make
it
so
that
we
can't
stand
behind
a
proposal
to
take
up
the
entire
Street.
This
year
we
are
working
with
a
committee
of
all
different
stakeholders
and
and
neighborhood
residents
and
those
who
are
invested
in
in
various
in
the
neighborhood
to
think
about
what
could
be
a
solution
for
the
years
ahead.
A
But
we
will
continue
to
try
to
open
up
the
streets
wherever
we
can,
with
activity
and
open
streets
events
and
and
think
about
Street
redesign.
That
can
make
sure
we
continue
drawing
people
to
every
neighborhood,
but
I
won't
back
down
from
standing
up
for
the
people
who
live
in
our
neighborhoods
and
putting
our
City's
resources
into
ensuring
the
opportunity
extends
to
everyone
of
every
background.
Every
Community,
every
generation
I
heard
there
were
some
criticism
included
in
that
lawsuit
about
our
efforts
to
support
mwbes
minority
and
women
business
enterprises.
A
This
is
the
wealth
of
the
city
that
should
go
to
every
single
one
of
our
community
communities
represented
in
our
in
our
population,
and
it
serves
everyone
when
the
dollars
that
we
spend
as
a
city
directly
create
wealth
in
our
communities
and
in
our
neighborhoods.
So
we're
going
to
keep
right
at
them.