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From YouTube: Transfer Fee Home Rule Petition Signing - 3/4/22
Description
Mayor Michelle Wu hosts a press conference where she will sign the Transfer Fee Home Rule Petition. The Mayor will be joined by State Representative Brandy Fluker Oakley, State Senator and City Councilor Lydia Edwards, City Councilor Kendra Lara, and Patrick Lee Principal, Founder and Owner of Trinity Financial, Inc.
A
A
What
an
important
example
of
community
and
how
important
it
is
to
provide
the
housing
that
people
can
build
a
thriving
foundation
and
life
on
and
the
many
ways
that
the
the
seniors
and
and
residents
here
are
constantly
building
and
creating
and
adding
to
our
vibrant
community
we
are,
we
are
thankful.
I
also
want
to
recognize
many
many
colleagues
who
we
will
hear
from
shortly,
I'm
going
to
invite
everyone
to
come
up
and
say
a
few
words
briefly,
but
I'll
go
down
the
line
here.
A
Miranda
councillor
and
senator
edwards
rep
fluker
oakley
rep
elgardo
councillor
lara
councillor
arroyo
rob
consalvo.
I
also
want
to
thank
our
chief
sheila
dillon
chief
of
housing.
Thank
you
so
much
for
your
leadership.
On
this
many
years.
I
see
director
of
the
boston,
housing
authority,
kate,
bennett
in
the
house,
many
many
staff
and
teams,
and
I'm
looking
around
for
other
city
chiefs
and
others
are
oh
nick
arnello,
our
assessor
okay,
other
other
staff,
all
around
from
the
office
of
housing
and
neighborhood
services
and
and
our
comp
shop
as
well.
A
A
A
A
A
A
So
now
is
not
the
moment
for
us
to
say
we
have
a
brief
bit
of
hope,
and
so
let's
kick
the
can
down
the
road,
but
more
than
ever,
to
lean
in
and
say,
look
what's
possible
with
what
we've
already
seen.
We
can
do
with
these
amazing
federal
funds
that
will
last
potentially
a
year,
maybe
a
little
more,
but
not
much
longer
than
that.
A
We
cannot
wait
in
this
moment
to
take
the
opportunity
to
really
add
a
very,
very
small
transaction
fee
at
the
point
of
sale
for
housing
in
a
an
amount
that
represents
a
very
doable
purchase,
price
and
sale.
To
then
immediately
generate
the
opportunity
to
reinvest
that
that
impact
will
flow
far
beyond
boston.
A
Every
single
day
our
office
of
housing
speaks
with
tenants,
who've
been
asked
to
leave
their
homes
because
their
buildings
are
being
sold.
Children
seniors
single
parents,
families
who
have
contributed
so
much
to
our
city.
This
fee
would
generate
tens
of
millions
of
dollars
each
year,
creating
housing,
safety
and
stability,
allowing
people
to
stay
in
their
neighborhoods
to
put
down
roots
and
watch
them
grow.
A
Last
year,
if
we
had
had
this
legislation
in
place
already,
we
would
have
more
than
doubled,
boston's,
affordable
housing
funding
and
ability
to
help
families
the
new
provisions
in
this
legislation.
Thank
you,
city
council
will
nearly
double
the
number
of
senior
homeowners
eligible
for
our
exemptions
to
property
taxes
and
therefore
ease
that
burden
to
stay
after
you
have
built
so
much
in
this
city
already.
A
So
we
are
hopeful
and
determined
that
working
with
state
partners,
we
will
seize
on
recognizing
the
urgency
and
the
need
to
act
on
solutions
to
keep
our
families
housed.
So
thank
you
so
much
to
our
advocates,
organizers
and
colleagues,
and
I
look
forward
to
and
thank
representative
fluker
oakley
who
will
be
bringing
this
up
and
quarterbacking
this
for
us
up
at
the
house,
and
we
will
do
whatever
it
takes
in
the
weeks
ahead
to
make
this
happen.
C
Good
morning,
everyone,
thank
you
so
much.
Madam
mayor,
thank
you
to
the
city
councilors
for
their
leadership.
On
this
particular
issue
in
the
city
of
boston,
I
represent
dorchester
hyde
park
and
mattapan,
where
we
are
today,
my
hometown.
This
is
actually
where
my
civic
association
used
to
meet
prior
to
the
the
pandemic,
so
it
was
good
to
be
back
in
the
building
and
see
so
many
wonderful
faces.
C
I
am
grateful
that
the
city
council
and
the
mayor
has
taken
this
step
to
ensure
not
only
affordable
housing
throughout
the
city
of
boston,
but
to
make
sure
that
we
are
taking
care
of
our
seniors.
I
also
want
to
particularly
thank
my
sister-in-service
lydia
edwards
for
all
her
years,
championing
this
issue
in
the
city
council
and
for
being
the
advocate.
I
know
she
will
be
in
the
senate.
C
C
C
I
think
about
my
own
mother,
who
bought
her
home
in
1985
and
just
turned
70
yesterday
and
how
she's
on
a
fixed
income
and
how,
having
this
support,
to
make
sure
that
she
can
stay
in
the
house
that
she
built
for
us
and
provided
home
and
that
so
many
other
seniors
across
our
great
city
have
done
the
exact
same
thing.
This
is
the
time
for
this
to
happen.
As
the
mayor
said,
we
cannot
just
kick
the
can
down
the
line.
We
cannot
sit
idly
by
and
just
squeeze
and
penalize
our
long
time.
C
When
we
do
get
this
done,
it
is
going
to
be
good
for
every
single
member
of
our
age,
strong
community,
all
the
way,
as
far
north
as
east
boston
down
to
the
north
and
hitting
roxbury
dorchester
high
park
roslindale
and
coming
all
the
way
south
to
mattapan
as
well.
Everyone
wins
in
this
situation,
which
is
why
I
know
the
time
is
now
our
seniors
have
long
taken
care
of
us
and
it's
our
turn
to
take
care
of
them.
C
It
truly
is
a
pity
and
a
shame
when
you
are
a
young
person,
who's
grown
up
in
the
city
of
boston,
you
can't
even
afford
to
live
in
the
city
that
cultivated
you.
We
need
these
dollars,
we
need
this
investment.
This
is
a
strategy
that
will
impact
our
community
in
the
best
way
possible
for
generations
to
come,
and
I
remain
grateful
for
the
mayor's
leadership
for
city
council,
I'm
honored
to
lead
this
at
the
state
house
and
I
look
forward
to
everyone's
support
to
make
sure
we
get
this
done
for
our
community.
Thank
you.
C
A
Okay,
I'm
just
checking
my
watch.
I
know
some
folks
have
time
constraints
in
the
speaking
program,
so
just
to
give
a
quick
highlight,
given
those
time
constraints,
we're
going
to
pass
it
over
to
someone
who
has
been
a
lead
sponsor
of
this
a
proponent
and
who
is
going
to
also
who
has
shepherded
this
through
in
previous
sessions
and
will
do
so
from
the
senate.
Now
councillor
edwards
is
going
to
go
next
then
we'll
go
to
the
chair
of
the
government
operations
committee
and
counselor
roy,
I
know
has
a
time
commitment.
D
Thank
you
very
much.
It
is
it's
an
honor
to
be
here.
I
mean
this
is
our
second
time
to
the
advocates.
I
think
the
last
time
we
gathered
together
when
we
introduced
the
first
version
of
the
transfer
fee
was
in
2019.
We
were
in
chinatown,
and
many
of
the
folks
from
cpa
are
here
today.
Thank
you
again
for
your
stalwart
support
and
we
were
there
together.
We
had
a
different
mayor.
We
were
sitting
there
and
we
were
so
hopeful
about
how
what
we,
how
we
could
finally
get
this
done.
D
We
knew
that
it
made
the
most
fiscal
sense
it
is.
It
cost
the
state,
nothing,
here's
the
thing:
it's
it
costs
the
state,
nothing,
but
it's
going
to
give
us
everything
in
terms
of
our
return
on
our
investment,
not
just
for
our
seniors,
who
have
done
so
much
for
our
community,
but
also
in
terms
of
the
neighborhood
housing,
trust
and
the
ideas
of
our
seniors
and
our
our
elders,
who
are
in
this
in
the
city
council
who
have
to
set
that
up.
You
know
we
have
to
think
about
bruce
bowling.
D
D
I
want
to
thank
representative
fluker
oakley
for
her
leadership
and
for
her
being
part
of
this
conversation
and
and
getting
it
done
in
this
in
the
house,
because
I'm
going
to
I'm
going
to
speak
that
into
truth
as
well,
because
this,
at
the
end
of
the
day,
it's
going
to
take
every
single
one
of
us
to
do
this,
to
get
it
done.
So
what
are
we
going
to
get
done?
And
I
really
want
to
also
make
sure
that
we're
very
clear
about
how
we
frame
this.
This
is
not
a
tax.
This
is
housing
stability.
D
This
is
an
anti-displacement
home
rule
petition
that
allows
the
city
of
boston
to
have
the
tools
that
it
needs
to
raise
the
money
that
it
that
it
needs
to
do,
but
also
protect
the
seniors.
That
is
what
this
ultimately
is.
This
is
about
housing,
stability
and
I'm
so
incredibly
excited
about
that
innovative
approach
to
this,
because
when
we
took
and
when
we
add
in
the
seniors-
and
we
add
in
a
tax
break,
if
you
will
for
our
seniors,
we've
made
sure
that
the
conversation
was
broader
and
brought
more
people
to
the
table.
D
I
want
people
to
also
understand
that
this
is
something
developers
want
as
well.
I
know
you
saw
on
the
globe
and
you'll
see
in
other
places
that
there's
people
who
represent
certain
special
interest
groups,
trust
and
believe
they're,
the
first
ones
in
line
at
the
neighborhood
housing-
trust
that
I
sit
on
they're
they're,
the
first
ones
there
we
have
some
here
today
who
want
access
to
these
funds
because
they
want
to
build
affordable
housing
and
they
need
the
money
in
the
housing
trust
that
this
this
will
raise
in
order
to
build
it.
D
It
is
cyclical
this
is
about
the
housing
economy
for
the
future.
This
is
about
making
sure
that
we
have
the
funds
that
we
need,
regardless
of
whether
the
federal
government
invests
in
us
or
not.
This
is,
and
it
is
sad
because
if
we
had
that
money,
100
million
dollars
during
a
pandemic,
you
could
think
of
the
people.
We
could
have
saved
the
housing
that
we
could
have
saved.
D
That's
what
we're
doing
right
now
go
fund
me
when
we
could
just
go
ahead
and
do
this
transfer
fee,
so
I'm
ready
to
get
to
work.
I'm
excited
to
get
this
done
and
I'm
so
excited
to
work
with
my
colleagues
in
the
house
and
the
city
council
and
the
senate.
I
got
three
right.
I
got.
I
got
three
right
now
because
I
got
two
jobs,
but
for
now
I'll
be
doing
everything
I
can
to
get
this
done
and
thank
you
so
much.
E
Good
morning,
everybody
I
just
want
to
thank
everybody
for
their
work
on
this.
The
advocates
who
have
been
on
this
councillor
edwards
and
state
senator
edwards
for
her
leadership
and
proposing
this
several
years
ago
and
mayor
wu
for
her
leadership
in
making
sure
that
this
was
the
first.
I
believe
the
first
home
rule
petition
that
she
sent
to
us
to
take
care
of
and
the
rest
of,
my
colleagues
who
are
helping
to
push
this
forward.
We
know
in
the
city
of
boston
that
housing
is
the
issue.
E
It's
been
the
issue
for
over
a
decade
now
and
we're
seeing
the
impacts
of
that
in
displacement,
which
rep
fluke
oakley
made
very
clear
due
to
equity
due
to
built-in
systemic
problems,
has
impacted
communities
of
color
in
a
way
that
it
hasn't
impacted
all
communities.
But
it's
also
impacted
folks
who
don't
have
enough.
We
know
that
housing
is
a
human
right.
E
It
is
not
a
privilege,
it
should
not
be
a
privilege,
but
for
too
many
in
this
city,
it's
something
out
of
reach,
and
we
know
that
the
work
that
we've
done
even
in
situations
like
mass
and
cast
where
we've
been
giving
people
housing
and
a
place
to
stay,
has
been
transformative
already
in
those
lives.
This
is
transformative.
This
is
the
kind
of
thing
that
creates
transformative,
permanent,
long-term
change.
E
This
is
the
difference
between
somebody
having
a
place
to
live
and
raise
a
family
and
attend
our
schools
and
go
to
our
parks
and
be
a
part
of
our
community
and
the
difference
between
being
stripped
away
from
all
of
the
things
and
places
and
people
that
they've
been
raised
around
and
things
that
they've
learned
to
appreciate
about
being
in
the
city
of
boston.
This
is
impactful.
I
look
forward
to
seeing
this
through
the
urgency
with
which
we
move.
E
This
hopefully
serves
for
the
house
and
the
governor,
who
has
had
his
reservations,
an
indication
of
what
the
importance
of
this
is
and
what
this
means
to
the
city
of
boston
and
the
people
in
the
city
of
boston
who
have
been
elected
to
lead
on
these
issues.
What
this
reflects
for
the
priorities
of
the
city,
what
this
reflects
for
the
need
and
what
this
reflects
for
a
solution,
because
we
are
often
talking
about
this
issue
like
there
are
no
solutions.
E
We
know
there
is
no
one
silver
bullet
solution,
but
we
do
know
that
this
is
a
major
aspect
of
getting
our
housing
in
a
place
where
people
can
now
live
and
stay
in
the
city.
And
so
I
am
grateful
for
everyone
for
their
work
on
this.
I
look
forward
to
continuing
to
work
on
this.
I
know
our
work
is
not
done
and
I
look
forward
to
supporting
the
legislature
as
they
move
this
forward.
F
This
is
a
celebratory
moment
for
me
for
all
of
those
reasons,
and
I
think
that
implementing
this
transfer
fee
and
expanding
the
senior
property
tax
exemption
is
going
to
make
sure
that
we
have
the
financial
resources
to
build
and
maintain
affordable
housing.
It's
going
to
protect
our
seniors,
who
have
dedicated
their
lives
to
our
city
and
to
our
neighborhoods
by
ensuring
that
the
rising
cost
of
living
doesn't
overburden
them.
But
this
isn't
just
about
securing
financial
resources.
F
F
I
want
to
say
thank
you
to
mayor
wu
for
offering
these
petitions
and
to
my
colleagues
on
the
council
for
ensuring
that
we,
this
made
it
to
the
state
house.
I
look
forward
to
working
with
representative
fluker
oakley
and
everybody
else
in
beacon
hill
to
make
sure
that
we
can
get
this
done.
Thank
you.
A
G
G
Every
day
I
hear
from
people
that
can't
afford
to
stay
in
boston,
they're,
buying
or
trying
to
rent
in
brockton
in
new
bedford.
As
far
as
taunton-
and
I
I
keep
asking
myself
how
far
will
people
have
to
go
before,
we
make
sure
that
they
have
the
ability
to
afford
a
home
in
boston
or
be
afforded
to
stay
in
their
home?
G
G
It
was
incredibly
important
for
me
to
buy
that
home
to
show
other
people
in
my
neighborhood
that
we
can
remain
and
we
are
worthy
and
enough
and
we
belong
to
this
city-
is
not
just
a
city
for
people
who
are
entering
these
amazing
industries.
They're,
a
city
for
the
people
who
also
have
have
deep
roots
and
have
made
this
city
home.
So
I
am
looking
forward
to
being
a
running
back
along
with
my
colleagues
with
this
quarterback
here
when,
when
people
are
united.
G
G
There's
the
money,
there's
a
people
building
in
our
city
and
our
seniors
and
all
of
our
residents
of
our
city
deserve
to
use
that
money
wisely
and
appropriately
to
continue
to
build
the
type
of
housing
that
keeps
people
in
their
in
their
homes,
but
also
keeps
people
in
the
city
that
we
love
so
much.
So
thank
you.
All.
It's
been
great
to
be
with
you
this
morning.
H
H
Can't
do
don't
know
how
to
do
impossible,
and
it's
because
the
people
in
those
leadership
positions
are
not
experiencing
the
urgency.
Like
my
sisters
in
service
have
described.
I
myself,
too,
experienced
multiple
evictions
as
a
child.
Multiple
moves
as
a
result
of
housing
insecurity
as
an
adult
and
as
we
grow
older
and
we
step
into
these
positions
of
power
or
some
of
us
while
younger,
like
counselor
wu
now
mayor,
I
we're
we're
able
to
demonstrate
that
the
power
of
urgency
goes
beyond
just
knowing
that
the
need
is
now.
H
It
goes
into
the
creativity
of
solutions
that
work,
and
so
I'm
super
grateful
for
the
ways
that
you
and
your
team
have
incorporated
protections
for
our
elders.
Protections
for
our
families
that
have
transactions
with
each
other
and
now
senator
eldridge,
said
it's
smart.
It
brings
more
people
to
the
table.
It's
also
what
works?
H
It's
also
the
systemic
solution
to
a
systemic
inequity,
because
not
only
are
you
taking
the
opportunity
to
get
the
money
in
you're,
making
sure
that
the
people
who
have
already
made
those
investments
that
the
return
on
their
investment
is
protected
in
protecting
our
elders
and
protecting
our
families
that
seek
to
pass
on
generational
wealth,
so
I'm
very
excited
I'll
play.
Whatever
position
is
left,
my
preference
is,
you
know
I
want
to
throw
up
some
blocks
for
our
quarterback.
H
That's
what
I
like
to
do
and
then
she
can
make
that
pass
and
we'll
get
it
over
the
finish
line,
or
I
guess
we
have
to
say
the
goal
line
end
zone.
That's
the
word
I'm
looking
for
see.
I
always
need
help.
It
takes
a
village,
and
so
you
know
everybody
said
what
needs
to
be
said,
but
I
want
to
offer
again
my
heartfelt
thanks,
but
also
our
encouragement
to
keep
going,
because
this
is
not
the
beginning
of
something.
This
is
the
middle
of
something.
We've
been
working
on
it
for
decades.
H
You
know
in
boston
now
that
we
have
such
strong
leadership
that
has
emerged
over
these
last
few
years
and
is
at
its
pinnacle.
I
think
with
the
mayor
wu
administration.
We
can
support
not
only
our
needs
in
boston,
but
we
can
support
the
needs
across
the
state
and
be
a
role
model
for
that.
So
thank
you
thank
all
of
you
and
thank
ourselves
because
we
got
work
to
do,
but
we've
done
good
work
up
tonight.
I
So
I
love
going
last
because
that
means
I
can
talk
the
longest
and
I've
got
a
lot
to
say
today
so
get
ready.
No
I'm
just
kidding,
I'm
just
so
glad
to
be
here.
I
want
to
thank
the
mayor
and
the
city
council
for
taking
this
on.
As
a
former
city
councilor,
I
so
respect
the
work
that
the
boston
city
council
does
and
and
this
issue
today,
I'm
excited
to
be
here
to
support
this.
I
think
the
time
is
now.
I
This
is
something
we
need
to
do
to
give
the
city
of
boston
the
tools
that
they
need
to
continue
to
be
able
to
raise
the
revenue
to
address
this
issue.
I
think
they're,
two
of
the
greatest
issues
facing
our
city
and
our
commonwealth,
it's
housing
and
it's
helping
our
seniors,
and
I
think
we
need
to
do
more
to
help
our
seniors
every
single
day,
and
so
I'm
proud
to
be
a
member
of
the
housing
committee.
I
So
we
want
to
give
our
city
and
our
mayor
and
our
great
housing
chief,
the
best
in
the
country,
sheila
dillon,
the
tools
they
need
and
the
resources
they
need
to
get
the
job
done.
So
look
forward
to,
I
guess:
I'm
the
fullback
right
cause.
We've
got
a
wide
receiver,
a
quarterback,
a
running
back
the
fullback,
and
I
think
I
was
called
old
right.
Someone
said:
didn't
you
say
we're
the
oldest
the
oldest
people
here.
So
all
right,
so
we
got
a
great
team
here.
That's
going
to
get
this
done.
Thank
you.
Everybody.
A
Okay,
two
more
voices,
okay,
I'm
gonna,
make
sure
covered
all
our
elected
officials.
I
want
to
bring
up
miss
hardaway,
miss
catherine
hardaway
is
president
of
the
neighborhood
housing
trust,
which
is
the
entity
that
helps
the
city,
really
distribute
and
allocate
these
much
desperately
needed
dollars.
So
just
to
say
a
few
words.
J
J
My
last
job
was
being
ceo
of
central
boston,
elder
services,
but
no
job,
and
to
me
this
is
not
a
job.
This
is
something
that
gives
me.
Joy
is
being
the
president
of
the
neighborhood
housing
trust,
because
I
always
thought
I'm.
I
grew
up
on
a
farm
in
south
carolina
and
worked
on
that
farm
and
had
that
experience
and
then
came
here
when
I
was
sorry
about
my
phone
just
ignore
it.
J
Feel
blessed
to
be
a
part
of
being
able
to
make
a
difference
in
someone's
life.
When
I
go
home
at
night,
I
have
a
bed.
My
kids
have
beds
to
sleep
in,
that's
not
the
case
for
everybody,
and
I
think
we
all
you
know
struggle
in
life
different
ways,
but
there's
something
about
reaching
back
and
making
sure
that,
as
you
were
blessed
that
you
reach
back
to
help
and
bless
someone
else,
because
you
never
know
what
someone
is
going
through.
J
You
know
people
have
issues,
some
people
have
no
homes,
but
you
would
never
know
it.
There
was
one
of
the
things
one
of
my
colleagues
told
me
from
one
of
the
agencies
like
mine.
She
said
that
you
know
she
had
a
staff
person
that
would
come
to
work.
They
found
out
that
she
was
coming
to
work
early
every
day,
because
so
that
she
could
wash
up
in
the
bathroom,
put
her
clothes
on
and
then
come
into
the
job.
J
It's
a
pleasure
to
now
be
able
to
work
on
the
housing
with
you.
We're
gonna
do
some
good
stuff,
but
it's.
This
is
an
issue,
that's
very
close
to
my
heart,
and
so
I
thank
sheila
and
her
staff
for
all
the
support.
They
give
the
trust
and
we're
going
to
try
to
make
things
speed
up
and
do
as
much
as
we
can
to
help
resolve
that
problem.
But
the
hole
is
so
big.