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From YouTube: Newcastle Saranac Apartments Preservation
Description
Building on his commitment to create and preserve affordable housing in Boston, Mayor Walsh joins the Fenway CDC and their partner Schochet Companies, along with Roxbury residents to celebrate the acquisition and preservation of 97 affordable units at the Newcastle-Saranac Apartments in lower Roxbury.
A
Hi
everybody
I'm
Lea,
kam,
hi
I'm,
the
executive
director
of
Fenway,
CDC
and
I,
cannot
tell
you
how
incredibly
excited
we
are
to
be
here
today.
This
is
just
such
a
long
time
dream
come
true
for
really
everybody
that's
involved,
and
we
are
just
one
piece
of
the
whole
puzzle
that
has
really
helped
to
make
this
happen.
You
know.
A
We
started
writing
an
article
a
number
of
months
ago
about
what
it
took
for
this
purchase
of
Newcastle
saranac
to
happen,
and
the
article
kept
getting
longer
and
longer
and
longer
and
I'm
thrilled
that
all
of
you
are
here
today.
Literally
every
single
organization
entity,
public-private
partnership
is
represented
here
today
and
we
couldn't
we
couldn't
be
more
thrilled.
But
as
we
as
we've
sort
of
writing
this
article,
we
said
we
really
need
an
appropriate
heading.
A
We
need
to
come
up
with
a
title
that
that
sort
of
encapsulates
everybody
being
involved
in
helping
to
make
this
happen
so
that
we
can
continue
the
affordability
for
future
generations
for
residents
of
Newcastle
saranac,
and
we
were
thinking
about
well,
you
know
she
we
just
call
it.
It
takes
a
village.
You
know
that's
kind
of
an
overused
moniker.
We
like
it,
but
it's
you
know
everyone
uses
it.
So
we
called
our
friend
our
friend
Bill
browner
at
sea-tac
and
Bill
said
well.
What
about
everyone
to
the
rescue
and
I
thought?
You
know.
A
A
And
that's
only
the
start
of
it
and
then
the
the
other
piece
that
really
had
to
happen
was
closing
this
property
and
closing
it
on
time
and
to
do
that
there
were
a
whole
crazy
series
of
e
males
and
phone
calls
and
conversations
and
hastily.
You
know
sort
of
drafted
documents
and
had
to
be
double-checked
and
triple-checked,
and
it
was.
It
was
really
nothing
short
of
phenomenal
that
this
acquisition
got
closed
in
early
January
and
really
a
testament
to
the
the
not
only
the
will,
but
the
capability
and
the
passion
of
everybody
that's
here
today.
A
But
what
I
also
want
to
say,
which
I
think
is
even
more
important,
is
that
we
had
our
partners
at
chocolate
and
the
CDC
had
our
first
meeting
with
the
rezident's
a
number
of
months
ago.
We've
met
a
couple
of
times
now,
but
we
had
our
first
meeting
and
I
sort
of
forgot
about
all
that
I
mean
I,
think
in
the
hurry
to
get
everything
closed
and
to
make
sure
that
the
paperwork
was
done
and
and
all
the
eyes
were
dotted
and
the
you
know
the
t's
were
crossed.
A
It's
like
we're
sitting
across
from
3040
residents
that
were
there
in
the
room
who
had
lived
here
for
generations,
and
it
hit
me
that
this
is
what
it's
all
about
and
that
we
are
really
nothing
more
than
stewards
for
the
next
generation
and
the
generation
that
will
come
after
that
to
be
able
to
live
here,
raise
their
families
here,
grow
old
here
and
just
continue
to
live
in
this
really
marvelous
community
that
just
keeps
getting
better
and
better.
So
thank
you.
Thank
you
very
much
for
being
here.
We
would
not
have
at
all.
A
B
It's
all
of
our
engineers.
All
of
our
consultants,
it's
Scott,
I,
told
him.
I'd,
give
him
a
shout-out,
because
I
missed
him
last
time
who
did
such
amazing
environmental
work
so
again,
I
echo
Leah's
words
and
and
thank
her
for
the
opportunity
to
work
with
Fenway
to
preserve
these
these
these
units
as
affordable
into
perpetuity,
which
is
an
amazing
thing
because
they
were
legitimately
at
risk
and
but
for
the
willingness
of
a.
B
That's
allowed
us
to
keep
everyone
in
place
and
make
sure
that
these
apartments
are
available
for
people
who
come
along.
Next.
We
are
just
stewards
which
leads
me
to
thank
my
good
friend,
Michael
Caine
and
the
mass
tenants
Alliance
who
worked
alongside
the
group
of
tenants
who
live
here.
Who
I've
now
known
for
two
years
and
and
I,
got
to
tell
you.
B
They
are
some
of
the
nicest
folks
that
I've
ever
had
the
opportunity
to
work
with,
and
it
is
such
a
privilege
such
a
privilege
in
such
an
honor
to
be
able
to
keep
them
in
their
homes
and
and
we're
so
thankful
and
we're.
So
grateful
and
I've
warned
them
that
during
the
construction
period,
it's
going
to
be
really
ugly
around
here
and
and
not
a
peep,
because
they're
willing
to
do
their
part
to
help
preserve
these
apartments
into
perpetuity.
B
So
with
that
I'd
like
to
introduce
mayor,
Walsh
and
I'd
like
to
just
say
that
no
mayor
in
my
lifetime
has
been
a
greater,
more
effective
advocate
for
affordable
housing
than
mayor
Walsh,
his
leadership
and
so
importantly,
his
empowerment
of
a
creative
action,
oriented
team
led
by
chief
Dillon
and
Tim,
who
has
just
been
amazing
for
the
BPD
a
because
of
his
leadership
and
his
willingness
to
empower
his
folks.
They
were
able
to
come
in
and
provide
the
final
critical
piece
of
the
really
really
complex
Newcastle
puzzle.
B
So
really,
thank
you
so
much
to
the
folks
in
the
city
and
mr.
mayor.
Thank
you.
So
much
for
all
that
you
do.
For
affordable
housing.
C
Thank
you
Rick,
and
thank
you
for
your
comments.
There
and
and
I
want
to
talk
a
little
bit
about
that
in
a
minute,
but
I
appreciate
it
today.
We're
excited
about
celebrating
the
preservation
and
restoration
97
units
of
housing
in
the
City
of
Austin,
97
individuals
and
families
have
an
opportunity
to
stay
in
their
homes
and
and
more
importantly,
stay
in
the
community
that
they
love
and
that
they
build
so
I
want
to
congratulate
all
of
you.
C
I
generally
make
a
mistake
of
introducing
people
and
announcing
people,
so
I'm
gonna
get
in
a
little
trouble
here
and
anyone
who
I
don't
announce,
I
love
you
more
than
the
people
I
know.
So
just
so
you
know
that
all
right
just
so,
you
have
that
down
I
one
thing:
Lea
in
film
ACDC
for
the
incredible
work
that
CDC
does.
Thank
you
very
much.
I.
C
Want
to
thank
Rick
I
want
to
thank
Sheila
Dillon.
Don't
thank
Beverly
Jenelle
Chen
crystal
corny
me
Roger,
Tim
elected
officials,
John
Santiago,
Sonya,
Cheng,
DSN,
Chinese,
India's,
see
counselor
Kim,
Janey,
former
city
council,
rosario
salerno
field
work
over
the
years
in
the
different
aspects
of
all
of
our
lives,
whether
it's
an
advocacy
role
or
it's
an
elected
official
role
or
it's
an
advocacy,
elected
official.
In
fact,
the
advocacy
role.
Thank
you
all
Michael
Caine,
you
know
Michael
and
myself
go
back
a
long
way.
C
When
I
was
a
state
representative,
it
was
a
lot
easier.
When
I
was
they
represented,
my
kekkai
min
with
a
proposal.
I
said:
I
supported
it
and
that
was
it.
I
became
the
mayor
might
comes
in
the
polls
like
to
look
at
it.
It's
a
whole
different
conversation,
but
but
I
want
to
thank
Michael
in
the
mass
alliance
of
HUD
tenants.
All
of
the
advocates
and
people
that
are
here
today
for
the
PPD,
a
the
City
Council
Josh,
say
come
with
us
as
well
Thank
You
councils.
They
come.
C
Thank
you
all
for
the
great
work
you
do.
I
had
a
say
represented
by
Owen
Rushing's.
Here,
thank
you,
represented
rushing
I
had
a
breakfast
this
morning
with
somebody,
and
we
were
talking
about
housing
in
the
City
of
Austin
and
we're
talking
about
economic
development
and
in
2014,
when
I
became
the
mayor.
Boston
was
on
a
bubble
of
this
incredible
economic
burst.
C
We
have.
We
had
companies
and
people
wanting
to
live
in
the
city
of
Boston
and
the
baby
boomers,
who
moved
out
one
to
come
back.
People
who
moved
out
years
ago,
left
Boston
and
left
Dorchester
where
I
grew
up
because
of
whatever
reason
they
left
now
they
wanted
me
back
in
the
city
and
all
these
young
people
coming
to
school.
Here
they
want
to
live
here.
They
don't
that
it
did.
They
weren't
getting
educated
here
and
going
New,
York
or
Silicon
Valley.
They
want
to
stay
in
Boston
as
well.
C
The
kids
that
grew
up
in
Boston
want
to
stay
in
bus
and
they
don't
want
to
get
out
either,
and
we
had
all
these
companies
moving
to
our
city,
and
we
have
this
incredible
perfect
storm.
If
you
will,
when
it
comes
to
housing,
we
in
the
last
five
years
we've
had
about
a
hundred
and
twenty
thousand
new
jobs
in
the
city
of
Boston
and
about
50,000
new
people
living
in
the
city
of
Boston
in
the
last
five
years
alone.
C
So
when
you
think
about
the
strain
on
a
housing
market
with
with
not
really
having
a
full
full-scale
plan,
if
you
will
to
talk
about
that
and
I
sat
with
Sheila
and
I
said
we
have
to
do.
We
have
to
do
something
differently
here
and
Sheila
started
to
put
together
a
housing
plan,
and
we
did
we
put
together
a
housing
plan
that
created
53,000
units
to
new
housing
by
the
year
2030
and
as
we're
in
the
midst
of
the
housing
plan.
C
Literally,
we
thought
by
2030
would
have
a
population
of
700,000
people
and
would
build
these
53,000
units
new
housing.
We
realized
two
years
into
the
housing
plan
that
it's
not
enough
and
we're
already
at
the
fifty
thousand
goal,
and
we
have
to
up
the
number
and
we
started
to
put
together
a
new
goal
of
69
thousand
units
by
the
year
2030.
Now,
when
you
put
the
plan
together,
we
don't
really
have
to
be
creative
on
how
to
build
a
high
end
housing.
We
don't
have
to
do
anything.
It
just
happens.
C
The
creativity
has
to
come
in
in
how
do
we
preserve
housing?
How
do
we
build
more
low-income
housing
and
how
do
we
build
more
market
rate
margherita,
light
saver
market
rate,
housing,
middle
class
housing
for
people
in
the
city?
How
do
you
do
that
and
16,000
of
the
units
that
of
the
69
thousand
are
low-income
and
that
that
is
one
we
lead
the
nation
in
subsidized
units.
Let
me
say
that
again:
Boston
Massachusetts
leads
the
nation
in
subsidized
units,
one
out
of
every
five
units,
and
it's
not
I.
C
Don't
need
a
clamp
for
that,
but
when
you
think
about
that,
no
other
no
other
city
leads
leads
this
way.
But
yet,
if
you
look
in
the
mirror,
you
realize
we're
not
doing
enough,
no
matter
what
we've
done.
I
mean
think
about
that,
and
then
you
take
that
around
the
country.
There's
not
enough
around
the
country
I'm
not
going
to
get
into
a
big
national
conversation
about
Congress
and
Senate
and
in
this
administration
not
fully
doing
their
job.
This
has
been
going
on
for
a
decade.
C
C
Newcastle
saranac
ten
Association
oversees
the
quality
of
life
here
I
want
to
thank
the
residents
for
your
advocacy
and
your
continued
engagement.
I
want
to
thank
you
for
showing
up
at
a
meeting
I
want
to
thank
you
for
letting
your
voice
be
heard.
I
want
you
to
thank
you
for
a
little
passion.
If
you
had
to
do
a
passion
every
now
and
then
because
it
was
important,
but
it
pays
off
the
result
of
what
you
did
is
here
today.
The
result
is
a
happy
occasion.
C
We
have
the
city,
the
state
and
all
of
us
together
in
nonprofits
and
for-profits,
and
all
the
people
together
talking
about
how
do
we
preserve
housing?
This
kind
of
this
kind
of
project
that
we're
talking
about
today
is
very
important
to
the
city
of
Boston.
As
I
mentioned,
Boston
is
a
city
of
opportunity
where
everyone
can
build
strong
lives
for
themselves
and
their
families.
My
parents
are
immigrants.
They
came
from
Ireland
to
Boston
Massachusetts,
they
came
from
Ireland,
they
didn't
have
anything
they
met
here.
They
got
married.
C
They
were
able
to
buy
a
three
family
house
in
1967
for
six
$17,500.
They
bought
that
house
at
that
time
because
they
needed
the
rent
from
the
second
and
third
floor
to
be
able
to
pay
for
the
mortgage.
Now
that
mortgage
seems
like
a
joke
today,
but
at
that
time
was
a
big
mortgage.
They
raised
two
boys.
One
of
them
became
mayor
of
the
city
of
Boston.
That's
the
American
dream,
I!
C
Guess,
if
you
will
it
doesn't
matter
what
the
children
do
there's
so
many
stories,
half
of
us
more
than
half
of
us
here
are
sons
and
daughters
of
immigrants
according
to
numbers.
50%
of
us
in
this
we
are
today
are
direct
sons
and
daughters
of
immigrants.
28%
of
the
people
in
the
city
are
from
another
country
that
are
invested
in
our
city,
so
it's
important
that
we
continue
to
be
a
city
of
opportunity
for
everybody,
and
what
does
that
mean?
That
means
affordability
and
housing.
C
That
means
keeping
families
rooted
in
their
communities
and
their
neighborhoods
and
have
a
sense
of
pride
of
what
neighborhood
they
come
from.
Just
like
the
people,
the
immigrants
that
are
here
today
you
talk
very
I,
know
many
of
you
talk
very
fondly
of
the
village.
You
came
from
an
Ireland
or
all
the
countries
you
came
from
my
mother
talks
about
the
village.
She
came
from
my
father
used
to
talk
about
the
village
he
came
from
while
village
is
the
Fenway
area.
That's
your
village
that
live
see
it.
C
My
village
happens
to
be
door
to
some
different
people.
Villages
have
different
places.
Those
are
the
places
you
are
helping
preserve
the
unique
character
of
this
neighborhood.
As
you
see
buildings
going
up
around
the
neighborhood
as
we
see
Boston
literally
transforming
and
changing
some
people
says
that's
awful.
Some
people
says
that's
good
I,
don't
know
if
it's
good
or
awful
I
all
I
know
is
that
there
are
pockets
in
our
neighborhoods.
C
That
will
stay
the
same
because
the
people
in
those
communities
fight
to
make
sure
that
there
is
a
resemblance
of
what
the
neighborhood
looks
like
and
what
it
looked
like
for
the
20
30
40
50
years,
and
that's
what
this
is
all
about.
It's
about
preserving
your
little
piece
of
heaven
and
that's
what
you
did
here
today.
Preserving
your
little
piece
of
heaven
in
the
city.
We're
gonna
use
every
tool
we
possibly
can
imagine
to
increase,
affordable
housing.
Those
tools
are
inclusionary
development
funds.
Those
tools
are
linkage
funds.
C
Those
tools
are
talking
the
developers
about
creating
more
opportunities
for
low-income
housing.
Those
tools
that
myself
and
councilor
Janie
usually
send
LED
bills
to
the
legislature,
to
work
with
them
and
they'd
send
bills
to
the
legislature.
They
push
the
administration
to
do
a
housing
model.
The
lodges
in
the
history
of
the
Commonwealth
of
Massachusetts,
the
last
housing
blind
bill.
The
legislature
passed
that
money
directly
flows
down
to
cities
and
towns
across
Massachusetts,
and
we
advocate
for
that
in
the
city
of
Boston,
and
those
are
the
tools
that
we
have
to
do.
C
Our
tools
are
also
the
advocates.
Our
tools
are
also
your
voices.
Our
tools
are
our
constituents.
Our
tools
are
all
of
the
people
that
need
to
continue
to
talk
about
how
we
move
forward,
we're
leveraging
in
Boston
our
citywide
growth
to
make
sure
people
aren't
getting
price
on
price
out
of
the
neighborhood.
We've
lost
people
that
have
been
priced
out
in
able.
We
know
that
I
know
that
I
see
my
own
neighbor.
C
The
street
I
grew
up
on
all
three
Decker's:
no
parking,
no,
no
backyard,
no
front
yeah,
no
driveway,
nothing
I
just
watched
people
on
that
street
have
to
leave
I'll
move
out
and
the
people
are
coming
and
a
young
new
and
they're
out
there
and
they
mean
well,
but
that
that
old
way
of
we
have
houses
on
my
street
I
grew
up
on
their
name.
The
houses
the
Casey
house
was
across
the
street
from
us.
C
The
long
houses
across
street
from
us,
the
Bradley
house,
was
to
my
right
and
in
the
Lynch
house,
was
to
my
left.
Those
houses
still
had
those
names
today
that
when
I
grew
up
but
they're
no
longer
the
other
people
no
longer
there,
so
we
have
to
continue
to
fight
to
make
sure
that
we
don't
lose
more
people,
we're
also
proposing
rule
changes
to
protect
tenants,
rights
and
unfair
evictions.
We
have
a
bill
right
now
at
the
legislature
that
I
know
we
all
support
that
tenants
who
are
being
evicted.
C
They
don't
have
representation
in
the
courtroom.
I'm,
not
a
lawyer
when
I
was
a
state
representative.
I
quote:
I
had
this
young
woman
that
dad
asked
me
to
go
to
court
with
her
to
Boston
housing
court
I
coached
her
in
softball
many
years
before
that
I
went
up
as
a
state
representative
I'm,
not
a
lawyer.
I
was
in
housing,
court
showed
about
1,600
bucks
back
and
back
rent
at
the
Boston
Housing
Authority
I
was
not
the
mayor
at
the
time,
she's
being
evicted,
I
walk
in
there
I'm
representing
her
and
I'm.
C
Not
a
lawyer
and
I
happened
to
see
a
lawyer
who's,
a
friend
of
mine,
who's,
now
a
judge,
and
he
took
on
the
case
and
because
he
was
in
the
courtroom
that
particular
day
she
was
not
evicted
with
her
kids
that
particular
day.
But
that
doesn't
happen
every
day.
We
need
to
make
sure
that
people
have
have
representation.
The
course
something
that
that
is.
That
should
be
a
constitutional
right
and
we're
working
towards
changing
that.
So
we're
going
to
use
all
the
tools
we
have.
C
We
need
to
make
sure
that
we
continue
to
not
get
down
again
I'm
not
going
to
go
too
much
into
the
national
politics,
but
we
don't
have
federal
investment
in
housing.
We
know
that
so
there's
a
couple
things
we
can
do
one
is:
we
can
bury
a
head
in
the
sand
and
pray
that
someday
we'll
get
housing
back
money
back
in
the
federal
government.
C
Oh
we
can
advocate
continue
to
advocate
right
now,
lay
down
the
foundation
just
like
in
the
beginning,
when
a
lot
of
activists
here
lay
down
the
foundation
20
30
years
ago
at
the
Statehouse
and
started
to
see
the
state
get
more
invested.
We
have
to
reinvent
that
at
the
federal
level,
and
we
should
stop
that.
We
should
continue
that
right
now
and
don't
take
that
for
granted.
C
Newcastle
Sarah
Nick
represents
high
quality,
affordable
housing
that
all
of
our
working
families
deserve
for
residents.
Many
residents
in
this
in
this
in
this
development
have
been
here
for
decades.
They're
gonna
continue
to
call
this
home.
We
just
here
to
say
thank
you.
Yesterday
we
were
in
East
Boston
we
broke.
We
cut
ribbon
on
a
East
Boston,
CDC
property
units
of
housing,
low
income
housing.
It
was
great
as
a
nice
day
of
celebration
today
we're
here
tomorrow,
we're
gonna
be
at
father
Yod.
C
We
are
talking
about
the
work
that
we're
collectively
doing
might
be
slow
and
it
might
be
frustrating,
but
the
work
we're
collectively
doing
is
working
and
we're
gonna
continue
to
fight
every
single
day.
So
the
people
in
the
city,
particularly
people
who
don't
earn
good
wages
right
now,
have
an
opportunity
to
stay
in
our
city.
So
thank
you
very
much.
B
Thank
you
so
much
mr.
mayor,
so
the
celebration
yesterday
in
celebration
today,
we
love
coming
to
these
celebrations
and
one
of
the
common
denominators
for
any
of
these
preservation
projects
is
the
Massachusetts
Department
of
Housing
and
Community
Development,
led
by
Janelle
Chan,
who
will
now
say
a
few
words.
D
D
Remember,
I
used
to
go,
I'd
still
go
to
Wally's
enjoy
you
know
the
the
jazz
over
there
and
there's
a
lot
of
folks
who
want
to
be
in
this
neighborhood
right.
It's
a
great
place
to
be
to
to
have
your
family,
raise
your
family
here
and
that's
probably
why
a
two-bedroom
unit
goes
for
easily
over
$4,000
swai.
When
you
buy
a
place
out
here,
a
square
foot
is
probably
$1,100
a
square
foot
right.
D
These
are
the
prices
we're
faced
with
in
the
south
end
and
that's
why
this
project
is
so
special
and
so
important
for
us
to
preserve.
We
often
talk
about
capital
in
our
business
right
capital
in
terms
of
how
much
we
invest
in
our
project,
how
much
light
x
in
our
project
how
much
SIPP?
If
funds
we
have
in
this
project,
what
we
don't
talk
enough
about
is
the
social
capital.
The
social
capital
were
preserving.
What
I
mean
is
the
bonds
that
have
been
built
through
generations
of
families
who
have
lived
here.
D
So
I
want
to
thank
mayor
Walsh
and
his
team
at
D
and
E
Sheila
Dolan
for
her
commitment,
Fenway
CDC
and
the
Shawkat
companies
for
their
partnership
and
the
folks
at
c-dac
I
serve
on
their
board.
So
I've
come
across
this
project
in
many
different
facets
and
again
we
are
all
here
together
to
celebrate
one
important
milestone
as
we
go
forth
and
preserving
this
project
in
perpetuity.
We
have
a
major
housing
shortage
here
in
Massachusetts
and
the
current
stock
of
affordable
housing
isn't
enough.
D
D
This
has
always
been
a
gateway
to
immigrants
to
folks
from
like
California,
you
know,
and
we
want
to
make
sure
that
Massachusetts
as
a
state
stays
a
welcoming
place
to
be,
and
the
good
thing
that
I
want
to
note
is
that
we
have
a
host
of
assets
to
make
that
happen.
These
are
our
tools
in
which
we
can
meet
this
production
challenge.
We
have
a
robust
network
of
partners,
quasi
government
agencies
like
mass
housing,
c-dac
our
nonprofit
friends
such
as
Fenway
CDC,
who
are
working
with
us
to
increase
the
supply
of
affordable
housing.
D
D
And,
finally,
we
have
an
incredible
diverse
coalition
of
folks
to
try
to
get
Housing
Choice
passed.
This
is
an
initiative
to
increase
housing
production,
while
Housing
Choice
legislation
will
not
change
the
zoning
in
Boston.
We
think
it's
going
to
help
because
housing
is
a
regional
issue.
It's
a
Commonwealth
issue.
We
all
have
to
do
our
parts,
and
this
legislation
allows
the
local
folks
in
their
communities
who
want
to
produce
more
housing
to
produce
it,
we're
removing
that
roadblock
right.
D
So
that's
why
it's
important,
and
with
governor
Baker's
leadership
on
housing,
I
believe
we
are
in
a
strong
position
to
tackle
the
challenge.
That's
ahead.
So
thank
you.
Thank
you.
Everyone
for
allowing
us
to
participate
for
helping
us
preserve
the
the
neighborhood,
the
capital
and
this
really
this
this
product
I.
Thank
you
so
much.
B
Thank
thank
you
so
much,
and
and
thank
you
too
DHCD
and
c-deck,
and
all
the
folks
who
are
here
and
I'm
sure
Roger
I'll
get
to
them
when
he
gives
his
remarks.
I'd
next
like
to
invite
up
to
say
a
few
words
one
of
our
residents,
Kim
Wilson,
so
that
we
can
hear
from
someone
who's
actually
a
direct
beneficiary
of
all
of
this
all
of
our
efforts,
what
it
means
to
her.
Thank
you.
E
Good
morning,
I'm
Kimberly,
Wilson
and
I'm
a
resident
of
the
New
Castle's
naren's
apartments
for
the
last
six
years,
I've
lived
here
and
called
this
home
I'm.
Also
a
member
of
it.
Member
of
the
tenant
Association
I'd
like
to
tell
you
I,
will
always
remember
the
late
day.
I
got
the
letter
that
I
came
to
the
top
of
the
waiting
list
for
the
apartments
here
and
came
in
for
my
interview.
Actually
on
my
50th
birthday,
my
friends
took
me
out
to
lunch
and
I'm
like
no
I
gotta
go
cuz.
E
I
really
want
to
see
what
this
happens
from
the
beginning.
The
meaning
of
living
here
I
felt
a
sense
of
community
and
had
lovely
neighbors
who
I
could
depend
on
I
might
say
it
does
not
help
that
the
lady
that
lived
next
door
to
me
sat
in
front
of
me
in
the
church
that
I
went
to
across
the
street
the
last
20
years.
E
That
actually
was
one
of
the
biggest
surprises
hearing
from
her
how
her
how
she
raised
her
children
here,
her
grandchildren
came
to
visit
her
here
that
she
had
lived
here
since
the
beginning
of
the
building
and
opened
and
coming
to
visit
her
and
sing
her
little
apartment.
I
said
to
her
one
day.
I
said
you
live
in
a
fabless
area
and
I'd
love
to
live
here
before
I
moved
in
I
always
said
that
this
place
was
great
because
a
it
was
across.
E
The
street
from
my
church
was
really
easy
to
get
to
I
love
the
park
that
you
have
here.
I
used
to
come
on,
Friday
nights
before
choir
practice
and
sit
out
in
the
park
and
just
look
at
the
people
and
say
hi
to
them.
The
people
came
in
the
building
the
walk
pathways,
the
stores
and
services
around
and
is
how
everybody
used
to
come,
and
that's
it
here
in
the
parks.
E
He
said
that
the
parks
across
down
here
at
Northeastern
area
and
just
see
the
kids
play
that
really
impressed
me
after
living
here
for
a
short
period
of
time.
I
heard
the
news
from
one
of
my
fellow
tune:
attendants
a
rumor
that
was
going
around
the
building
that
the
building
was
going
to
be
sold,
know
in
this
area,
Boston
I
figured
out
the
building
would
be
turned
into
college
dorms
from
Northeastern
or
luxury
apartments.
This
made
me
mad
because
everywhere
you
look
around
the
city
of
Boston.
E
Luxury
buildings
are
going
up,
management
had
a
meeting
with
the
tenants
and
I
was
impressed
with
the
owner.
Mr.
Abrams
came
all
the
way
from
Florida
to
speak
to
us.
He
had
he
was
there.
He
had
private
comments
agencies
there
and
he
also
had
the
city
of
Boston
there
to
speak
to
us
to
ease
our
minds
and
tell
us
that
they
were
gonna.
Keep
this
area
affordable
for
us,
normos
I
felt
like
some
of
the
other
tennis.
Did
that
done
this
meeting
we
had
a
voice.
E
We
expressed
how
we
felt
that
we
were
going
to
be
at
the
table.
Do
this
whole
entire
process
to
keep
what
we
lived,
affordable,
I
will
say
to
this
whole
entire
process.
We
as
a
tenant
organization,
have
learned
through
outside
agencies
that
have
come
in
to
help
us
to
the
mass
Alliance
for
HUD
tenants,
they've
all
rallied
around
us
to
help
us
keep
what
we
live,
affordable.
To
my
amazement,
I
will
say
it's
a
tenant
organization.
We
created
surveys
and
a
good
number
of
people
fill
them
out
on
these
surveys.
E
We
ask:
how
do
we
like
to
develop
the
area
we
live
in?
How
is
your
apartment?
How
is
your
building
we
also
rallied
by
going
and
participating
and
speaking
out
at
the
State
House
locally
for
funding
for
affordable
housing,
because
we
all
know
that
if
we
don't
do
it,
it's
not
gonna
get
done.
Our
voices
have
to
be
heard.
E
We
also
went
and
helped
and
advocated
to
get
twenty
million
dollars
in
funding
from
the
city
of
Boston
for
our
housing,
and
we
can
continue
to
go
and
fight
to
get
affordable
subsidies
first
live
in
here.
We
all
know
that
we
all
work
very
hard,
I.
Think
there's,
probably
a
few
developments.
I
lived
at
that
I.
Think
almost
everybody
works
and
we're
just
working
people
trying
to
make
a
living
for
ourselves
and
they
keep
a
roof
over
our
heads.
E
All
the
members
of
the
tonight
Association
are
people
that
care
about
what
happens
to
our
lives
and
what
kidding
and
what
happens
here
in
this
area
in
our
apartments
and
we're
all
here
to
improve
the
capacity
and
the
quality
of
life.
For
us,
we
are
all
thankful
for
that.
The
building
has
been
preserved
as
affordable
and
no
one
has
to
move
out.
E
We
would
like
to
think
all
parties
involved
from
making
this
happen
from
Fenway
CDs
fee
to
Chuck
it
management
and
the
City
of
Boston
and
all
the
other
agencies
that
help
make
this
available,
that
we
can
live
in
the
area
that
we
live
in,
but
this
is
just
the
beginning.
As
a
group
of
tenants,
we
continue
to
have
an
interest
in
our
community
and
what
happens
in
our
lives
in
this
building,
because
we
all
want
to
for
years
to
come
call
this
home.
Thank
you.
B
So
like
DHCD
to
get
to
any
of
these
celebrations,
usually
seed
acts.
Fingerprints
are
all
over
these
deals
and
we're
so
grateful
for
the
help
and
support
that
we
got
from
c-dac
and
one
thing
you
know
that
I
learned
over
this
process
was
do
not
get
in
bill
Bronner's
way
when
he's
going
for
a
preservation
transaction
because
he
will
get
it
done
and
we're
so
grateful
and
so
grateful
to
Roger
and
to
the
whole
team,
Roger
Hertzog
executive
director
of
c-dac.
Thank
you.
F
Thank
you
Rick
and
good
morning.
Everyone
thank
you
especially
to
Kim,
for
those
beautiful
words
about
the
importance
of
this
preservation.
You
said
it
in
a
way
that
none
of
us
can
articulate
as
well
I
want
to
start
by
offering
congratulations
to
our
developer
partners,
who
formed
a
dynamic,
joint
venture.
The
Fenway
CDC
in
the
Shawkat
company's
c-dac
has
a
long-established
and
productive
relationship
with
Fenway
and
has
provided
financing
for
many
of
the
CDC's
housing
development
projects,
including
the
recent
preservation
of
Burbank
Gardens
among
others.
F
F
Of
course,
do
HCD
mass
housing
and
SeaTac
mayor
Walsh,
the
city
of
Boston,
has
been
the
driving
force
to
preserve
these
97
homes
and
without
your
leadership
and
the
strong
commitment
by
your
team
led
by
Sheila
Dillon,
the
residents
of
New
Castle
Saranac
might
be
working
on
a
permanent
relocation
strategy.
Rather
than
celebrating
the
long
term.
Affordability
of
their
homes,
c-dac
and
DND
have
built
a
very
effective
partnership
on
housing
preservation
for
nearly
30
years,
resulting
in
the
preservation
of
literally
thousands
of
existing
affordable
units.
F
City
support
has
allowed
c-dac
to
deliver
technical
assistance
to
tenants
and
nonprofit
buyers
such
as
the
Fenway
CDC,
and
we
manage
a
revolving
loan
fund
for
preservation
and
we
managed
the
Boston
tenant
organizing
program
which
helped
to
fund
the
mass
alliance
in
this
project.
So
I.
Thank
you
for
this
partnership
to
our
state
partners.
Dhcd
and
mass
housing
Janelle.
F
The
DHCD
team
has
executed
brilliantly
on
its
administration
of
the
state's
housing,
affordable
housing
preservation,
law,
chapter
4
TT
and
its
allocation
of
key
funding
resources
to
support
this
project
crystal
mass
housing
faces
one
of
the
most
serious
preservation
challenges
in
decades
with
the
13.
A
portfolio
with
zero
HUD
support
through
the
preservation,
voucher
program
residents
and
over
4,000
units
only
had
three
years
of
rent
protection
under
Chapter
40
t.
Your
team
has
managed
the
resources
that
are
essential
to
this
and
other
preservation
transactions,
and
then
there
is
C
tax
role.
F
Our
key
role
is
that
we
assembled
issued
commitments
and
closed
efficiently
on
the
twenty
nine
million
dollar
acquisition
loan
to
Fenway
and
socket
that
allowed
this
sale
to
proceed
last
January.
This
is
by
far
the
just
loan
in
see
tax.
40-Year
history.
We
worked
with
a
stellar
group
of
lenders
who
participated
in
this
loan
and
I
would
like
to
recognize
them:
Eastern
bank,
Pam
Feingold
and
young
Mei,
Chen
Boston,
private
bank
Peter
Hollens
and
Andrew
flink,
the
life
initiative,
Kristin
Harrell
and
Molly
Lockwood,
and
the
Massachusetts
housing
Investment,
Corporation,
Bruce,
Erlich
and
Spencer
Thornley.
F
And
finally,
I
want
to
acknowledge
the
great
work
of
the
c-dac
team.
Here.
You've
already
heard
a
lot
about
Bill
Bronner's
role
of
the
many
hats
that
bill
wears
I
had
no
idea
that
he
also
handled
public
relations
and
coming
up
with
catchy
tag
lines
like
everybody
to
the
rescue,
but
it
doesn't
surprise
me
there's
no
task
that
bill
will
not
take
on
to
help
these
projects
succeed.
He
truly
spearheaded
a
multi-headed
effort
from
so
many
stakeholders
to
make
this
happen
bill.
Congratulations.
F
F
B
B
You
know,
and
maybe
I
shouldn't
say
this
on
the
record,
but
I
will
you
know
it's
so
great
working
with
crystal
and
her
folks,
because
they've
been
able
to
find
creative
ways
to
not
let
rules
get
in
the
way
of
results
they
they
have
just
been
so
incredibly
creative
and
and
worked
through
and
around
whatever
obstacles
come
in
our
way
to
make
sure
that
that
that
the
mission
is
served
which
is
taking
care
of
and
preserving,
affordable
housing
and
taking
care
of
our
residents.
So
I'd
like
to
introduce
my
good
friend
crystal.
G
Hey
I
think
rules
are
meant
to
to
create
the
environment
by
which
we
all
intend
to
do
good
things
right
and
the
desire
to
create
that
rubric
of
rules
often
gets
over
layed
and
and
can
hinder
people
from
getting
the
actual
outcome
that
they
want,
and
so
I
kind
of
feel.
Like
it's
my
job
to
say.
Well,
it's
not
the
rule.
What
is
the
intent
of
the
rule,
and
how
can
we
get
at
that
anyway?
One
of
the
things
I
was
thinking
about
in
terms
of
this
deal.
G
If
I
have
you
know,
I
became
a
public
official
about
three
or
four
years
ago.
I'd
never
worked
for
the
government
before
and
when
my
time
is
up
in
doing
this
work,
I
want
to
have
like
a
handful
of
deals
in
which
I'm,
just
like
yeah
I
love
that
deal.
This
is
one
of
those
deals
actually
for
a
variety
of
reasons.
When
I
be
when
I
went
to
work
for
the
Baker
administration.
G
This
was
one
of
the
things
that
we
that
came
up
as
Roger
described
there
are
about.
There
are
over
4,000
units
in
the
13a
portfolio,
which
were
ending
their
compliance
period
in
terms
of
affordability,
the
orig
original
units
that
were
able
to
access
HUD
subsidies,
and
so
we
were
able
to
keep
that
together.
But,
as
the
mayor
describes,
like
the
federal
government
continues
to
roll
back
its
commitment
around
affordable
housing
and
so
in
communities
like
Massachusetts
and
Boston.
It
becomes
a
local
thing
because
it
matters
to
us.
G
We
think
about
affordable
housing,
not
just
as
low-income
folks
who
deserve
a
place
to
live.
But
as
working
folks
like
we
understand
that
in
cities
like
Boston,
when
you're
working
and
you're
a
teacher,
you're
health
assistant,
the
dental
assistant
in
in
the
dentist's
office,
like
you
need
affordable
housing
and
it's
incredible
to
have
leadership
in
the
state
government
and
in
local
government
who
understands
that
and
gives
us
the
resources
and
the
wherewithal
to
put
these
kinds
of
deals
together.
G
It's
an
incredible
thing
for
those
of
us
who
are
committed
to
this
and
working
in
every
everyday
and
so
I
love
the
the
everyone
to
the
rescue,
because
it
became
that
kind
of
thing
when,
as
I
described,
when
I
became
a
public
official,
this
portfolio
came
on
track.
Mass
housing
put
up
50
million
dollars
of
its
own
resources,
which
were
matched
by
the
state
administration.
Dhcd
put
up
fifty
million
dollars
of
their
resources,
so
we
had
100
million
dollars.
We
prioritize
tax-exempt
financing.
G
G
One
of
the
things
as
Roger
alluded
to
like
we
get
to
stand
at
the
podium
and
we
get
to
go
to
the
meetings,
but
we
kind
of
don't
really
do
the
nitty
gritty
work,
and
so
the
folks
at
mass
housing
who
had
to
execute
on
the
idea
that
we
had
are
here.
I
just
want
to
thank
them
and
doing
the
work
that
they
do.
Ideas
are
great
but
like
if
no
one
gets
to
implement
them,
and
you
know
that's
not
that
cool,
and
so
thank
you
very
much.
G
But
if
you
go
to
these
events
and
you're,
looking
at
people's
faces
and
you're
hearing
from
cam
and
you're
understanding
like
like
this
is
not,
we
feel
good
about
the
work
we
do.
Everyone
wants
to
feel
good
about
the
work
we
do,
but
the
reason
that
we
feel
best
is
because
we
come
here
and
we
see
the
people
and
we
talk
to
the
people,
and
we
know
that
these
are
things
that
we
do
and
at
the
end
of
the
day,
it's
not
about
us
feeling
good
about
the
work.
G
A
Thank
You
crystal
so
this
is,
as
it
was
alluded
to
earlier.
This
is
a
second
preservation
deal
that
Fenway
CDC
has
been
involved
in
in
the
last
three
years
and
I.
Don't
know
that
we,
you
know
that
we
thought
that
we
would
be
that
we
would
be
here
today
doing
this,
but
we're
really
thrilled
really
really
thrilled
to
be
a
part
of
it.
I
just
want
to
recognize
counselors.
A
They
come
in
the
back
he's
a
carpetbagger
like
we
are
stepped
over
to
to
the
other
side,
to
the
great
side
to
this
neighborhood
that
were
just
beginning
to
know.
There's
some
representatives
from
TDC
here
and
we
went
to
their
wonderful
block
party
the
other
day
several
of
our
staff.
Actually,
those
of
you
that
are
CDC
staff
and
Shawkat
staff.
Could
you
just
raise
your
hand?
Please?
Let's
get
them
a
round
of
applause.
They've
done
a
really
remarkable
job
and
helping
us
to
get
where
we
are,
and
we're
extremely
appreciative
about.
A
All
of
that,
like
crystal
says,
sometimes
we're
self
congratulatory,
but
it's
really
the
residents
that
make
it
all
worthwhile
we're
looking
forward
to
bringing
programs
and
services
here
getting
to
know
the
neighborhood
and
really
expanding
our
worldview
as
it
is
beyond
the
Fenway.
So
I
want
to
thank
you
all
for
coming.
It's
just
such
a
magnificent
day.
Appreciate
you
taking
time
out
of
your
busy
schedule.
All
of
our
speakers
and
and
wonderful
politicians
will
be
here
for
a
few
minutes.
We're
gonna
take
some
photos
and
for
the
rest
of
you
please
please
enjoy.