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From YouTube: Housing and Community Preservation Act Announcement
Description
Mayor Walsh joins the Neighborhood Housing Trust Fund, and the Community Preservation Committee at the Knights of Columbus Hall in the North End to announce new funding to preserve and create hundreds of affordable housing units across the City.
A
I
don't
know
me,
my
name
is
Sheila
Dillon
I'm,
chief
of
housing
for
the
city
of
Boston,
and
thank
you
it's
it's
great
to
be
with
Mayor
Walsh
representative
Aaron,
Michael
Watson
councillor
Edwards
today
to
celebrate
funding
for
new,
affordable
housing
in
the
city
of
Boston,
but
before
we
get
to
the
funding,
Awards
I
do
want
to
take
a
couple
of
minutes
and
recognize
the
hard
work
of
many
in
this
room.
These
affordable
housing
developments
are
receiving
funding
from
cpa
linkage
and
the
city
of
boston.
A
The
CPA
Committee,
the
Neighborhood
Housing
Trust
in
the
city
of
Boston
have
worked
hard
to
make
sure
that
each
project
has
been
carefully
underwritten.
Ensuring
that
the
resource
is
being
provided
will
create
high-quality,
well-managed
beautiful,
affordable
housing
for
decades
to
come.
So
thank
you
for
your
hard
work.
A
It's
also
fitting
that
we
thank
the
ten
development
teams
represented
here
today.
They
worked
hard
to
put
together
these
great
housing
proposals.
Developers,
architects,
engineers
and
contractors
have
all
taken
great
care
to
advance
these
housing
projects.
In
addition,
these
projects
have
gotten
early
financial
support
and
loan
commitments
from
our
financial
partners.
I
see
some
of
them
here,
I'm,
probably
missing
some
of
you
but
c-dac
MHP
fund,
M,
heck
Bank
of
America
mass
development,
etc.
So
they
have
provided
early
money
to
get
these
things
off
the
ground.
A
And
the
vast
majority
of
these
projects
will
now
head
to
the
state's
Department
of
Housing
and
Community
Development
and
mass
housing
to
be
considered
for
critical
funding.
I,
don't
know
if
anyone
is
here
from
DHCD
I
thought
you
Nell
was
coming,
maybe
she's
coming
later,
but
without
them
these
projects,
as
you
all
know,
would
not
be
possible.
So
I
really
want
to
thank
our
very
long,
strong
partnership
with
our
state
funding
agencies,
so
every
affordable
housing
development
has
its
own
story.
Some
of
them
are
good.
A
Some
of
them
are
not
so
good,
but
some
of
them
and
some
of
them
are
more
complicated
than
others,
but
they
all
have
early
supporters
and
that's
what
makes
them
successful.
No
project
gets
going
if
it
doesn't
have
early
guts,
guts
and
vigor
and
support,
and
a
good
example
of
this
is
right
here
at
41
North
margin
last
year,
maybe
was
a
little
over
that
he
ordered
that
he
get
longer
than
a
year.
The
Knights
of
Columbus
who
own
this
building,
came
to
me
and
came
to
the
city
to
discuss
the
future
of
the
building.
A
What
should
what
should
happen
to
this
building?
They
wanted
their
real
estate,
which
is
very
valuable,
very,
very
valuable,
given
where
its
location
and
now
beautiful
it
is
to
to
support
the
city.
They
didn't
want
to
sell
it
to
the
highest
bidder.
So,
after
careful
deliberation,
they
have
decided
to
sell
their
building
to
the
East
Boston
CDC
to
allow
for
the
creation
of
24
new
units
of
elderly,
affordable
housing.
A
A
Also
want
to
recognize
so
I
know,
there's
a
few
in
the
room
that
care
about
preservation-
and
this
is
a
great
reuse
of
a
beautiful
building
and
the
North
End
is
a
beautiful
neighborhood
and
this
is
going
to
just
add
life
and
vigor
to
this
of
one,
this
very
beautiful
building
and
put
it
back
into
productive
use.
So
thank
you
for
your
preservation
efforts.
A
I
want
to
reduce
mayor
Walsh
now
and
and
stop
talking,
but
I.
There's
a
lot
of
people
to
thank
but
I.
For
many
of
you
know,
maybe
some
of
you
don't
that
the
mayor
has
a
very
aggressive
housing
plan
that
requires
us
to
build
housing
at
every
income
level,
with
special
emphasis
on
creating
housing
for
low
and
moderate
income
households.
He
recognizes
that
Boston's
population
is
growing
and
that
we
need
to
accommodate
this
growth.
But
what's
more
important
to
him?
A
When
we
reach
this
goal,
Boston
will
have
70,000
units
of
below-market
deed,
restricted
housing.
That's
an
impressive
number
and
I
want
to
thank
all
of
you,
because
you
have
worked
very
very
hard
on
this
number
to
make
sure
that
we
meet
our
fordable
housing
goals.
The
mayor
has
worked
hard
to
increase
resources
that
we
have
available
for
affordable
housing.
He
has
revised
the
IDP
formula
requiring
developers
to
pay
in
more.
He
supported
hard
to
pass
CPA.
He
increased
the
amount
the
city
is
actually
putting
in
to
affordable
housing.
I
also
want
to
thank
Emmy.
A
A
We're
creating
more
commercial
development
which
is
in
turn
paying
in
work
for
more
linkage,
they're
paying
more
linkage.
That's
giving
us
more
linkage,
money
to
use-
and
the
mayor
has
instructed
me
and
the
VP
da
to
make
housing
land
available
for
affordable
housing.
So
recognizing
all
of
this
hard
work
and
his
heartfelt
commitment,
mayor
Walsh.
B
Thank
You,
Sheila
and
I'm
not
gonna,
go
through
thing
and
everyone
again,
but
thank
you.
Everybody
I'm,
not
gonna
mention
anyone's
name
but
I
want
to.
Thank
you.
This
is
an
exciting
day.
Obviously,
and
Sheila
talked
about
the
numbers
of
housing
that
would
creating
in
the
city
of
Boston
I
want
to
thank
shell
and
our
team,
who
have
done
an
amazing
job.
B
I
also
want
to
thank,
we
launched
a
program
last
year
with
mass
metro
mayor's
the
mayor's
in
Greater
Boston,
to
create
one
hundred
eighty-five
thousand
units
of
new
housing
by
the
2030
in
the
Greater
Boston
area,
because
it
just
everything
can't
fall
on
Boston
for
affordable
housing.
We
need
help
from
other
places,
so
I
want
to
thank
all
the
mayors.
B
B
These
are
all
challenges
that
we
have
every
single
day,
and
in
this
this
this
is
an
exciting
announcement.
Today.
As
you
know,
Boston
is
a
city,
that's
growing
and
it's
driving
and
the
growth
brings
challenges
in
2014.
When
I
got
elected
mayor
of
Boston,
you
know
we
housing
crisis
was
going
on.
We
had
so
many
people
that
want
to
live
in
our
city.
It
wasn't
like
in
the
decades
before
that.
What
people
were
looking
to
get
out
of
the
city?
People
try
to
get
into
the
city.
B
B
Not
every
idea
that
we
have
is
gonna
be
perfect,
but
ideas
are
gonna
be
thrown
at
us
and
we
need
to
take
every
idea
seriously
vet
it
through
to
see
what
works.
What
doesn't
work,
because
we
have
to
continue
this
growth
and
continue
creating
opportunities
for
people
to
stay
in
the
city
of
Boston,
particularly
low
income,
low
income
families
and
middle-class
families?
Those
those
are
the
families
that
we
have
no
problem.
Building
high
end
housing
in
Boston.
That's
pretty
easy!
We
see
it
every
day.
B
Wpd
gets
proposals,
it's
creating
those
opportunities
for
the
moderate,
low-income
housing.
How
can
how
can
we
make
sure
that
we
can
have
it
affordable
and
built
in
our
city
and
allow
me
targeted
correctly?
So
that's
that's
what
we're
doing
we're
using
all
the
tools
our
work
is
paying
off.
I
think
Sheila
talked
about
this,
but
we've
created
a
record
number.
The
record
number
of
a
record
number
of
affordable
housing.
Nearly
one
in
five
homes
in
Boston
is
income
restricted,
and
that
makes
us
number
one
amongst
large
cities
in
America.
B
So
when
you
think
about
that,
other
cities
are
asking
us
how
we're
doing
this
success
doesn't
happen
alone.
We
truly
need
to
continue
these
partnerships,
and
today
the
Knights
of
Columbus
is
a
partner
with
us.
The
Knights
of
Columbus,
who
could
have
as
Sheila
mentioned,
could
have
taken
this
project
and
probably
sold
it
for
bigger
money,
said
wait
a
second.
We
want
to
make
sure
that
we
want
to
give
back
to
a
community.
B
That's
given
back
to
us
for
so
many
years,
and
so
many
memories
here
in
this
building
and
I
want
to
thank
them
for
that.
We're
also
announcing
today
we're
celebrating
great
partnerships,
but
we're
announcing
more
than
26
million
dollars,
new
funding
to
preserve
and
create
515
units
of
housing
in
our
city.
That's
ten
developments
across
seven
neighborhoods.
So
that's
again
additional
to
what
we're
talking
about
today,
making
sure
that
we
continue
to
that
building.
These
funding
streams
have
been
made
possible
by
the
Department
Neighborhood,
Development
and
I.
B
B
To
create
these
units
were
using
linkage
feed,
so
our
neighborhood
housing
trust
the
community
preserve
Community,
Preservation
Act
that
we
passed,
that
you
passed
the
voters
and
combined
funding
with
a
wide
range
of
housing
needs
and
income
to
neighborhoods
we're
gonna,
build
new,
affordable
senior
housing
throughout
the
city
of
Boston,
like
we're
talking
about
here
today,
and
we're
gonna,
build
housing
for
formerly
former
former
homeless
elders
and
individuals
and
working
families,
and
that's
another
piece
that
we
think
about
of
creating
units
of
housing
for
homeless.
Folks
in
Boston.
B
In
the
last
five
years,
we've
housed
1,600
chronically
homeless
people
that
in
2014
were
living
on
the
streets
of
Austin
and
today,
1,600
of
them
live
people
living
live
in
a
home.
They
have
a
kitchen
and
a
bathroom
and
a
bedroom
and
all
the
things
that
are
important,
that
all
of
us
have
in
our
homes
that
many
people
take
for
granted.
B
So
again,
a
housing
plan
is
based
on
a
whole
bunch
of
different
areas,
work
with
the
state
on
families
and
family,
homelessness
and
individuals,
because
we
all
know
that
a
lot
of
families
are
one
or
two
or
three
paychecks
away
from
being
homeless
himself.
So
not
only
do
we
have
to
work
on
the
situation
of
building
more
homes,
we
have
to
make
sure
that
we
support
those
families
that
are
in
those
situations.
B
Building
housing
unless
we
have
partnerships,
the
people
in
this
room,
you're
our
partners,
whether
you're
a
resident
of
the
North
End,
whether
you
are
a
non-profit
leader,
whether
you're
a
housing
advocate
group,
whether
you're
a
city
of
state
agency,
whether
you're,
an
elected
official,
whether
you're
a
CDC
all
of
the
pieces.
It
takes
us
all.
It
takes
the
entire
village
to
create
this
type
of
housing
and
we're
not
gonna.
B
Stop
we're
gonna
continue
to
move
forward
in
the
city
of
Boston,
so
that
we
can
continue
to
make
sure
that
people
have
the
opportunity
to
enjoy
the
city
that
they
love
and
grow
up
in
and
live
in
and
raise
their
family
in
and
get
old
in,
and
that's
what
that's?
What
our
plan
is?
That's
what
our
goals
are
we're
going
to
continue
those
goals
so
again,
so
all
the
folks
that
made
this
possible
here
today.
Thank
you
very
much
and
I
look
forward
to
working
with
you
as
we
move
forward.
A
Our
next
speaker
is
alcohol
deli
director
the
East
Boston
Community
Development
Corporation,
who
is
a
no
stranger
to
the
North
End,
having
developed
the
Michelangelo
home
to
71
seniors
some.
Some
of
you
are
here
today,
so
they
this
he's,
going
to
develop
this
and
another
elderly
project
in
East
Boston.
So.
C
C
Let
me
say
that
as
we
get
go
forward
and
as
we
talk
about
what's
happening,
we
kind
of
talk
a
lot
about
the
wonderful
buildings
were
doing
here
and
everything
else,
but
a
year
ago,
when
we
first
started
looking
into
the
two
projects
that
we're
doing
now,
this
one
which
we're
doing
in
partnership
with
affirmative
investments
our
partner
on
this
particular
project.
When,
as
we
go
forward-
and
we
talked
about
it-
and
we
talked
to
some
of
the
seniors
that
we
were
talking
to
who
are
coming
to
us
for
help.
C
Well,
we
saw
in
their
faces
what
a
little
bit
of
this
bear
a
little
bit
of
hopelessness,
a
little
bit
of
because
we're
in
the
country
today,
where
people
wonder,
does
anyone
care
about
me?
Does
anyone
care
how
we
feel
what
we're
doing
the
problems
were
facing
then,
as
we
got
into
this,
and
we
started
working
with
Sheila
her
Groupon
DND,
the
particular
problem
we
had
in
East
Watson
on
this
grace
apartments,
we
ran
into
a
roadblock.
C
A
A
So
moving
us
along
next
I
want
to
recognize
Viktor
Brana
and
ask
him
to
say
a
few
words
he's
a
life
time.
North
End
resident
and
head
of
the
zoning
and
planning
committee
for
the
north
and
waterfront
residents.
Association
and
I
got
to
say
about
big
supporter
for
additional,
affordable
housing
in
the
North
End,
and
so
we're
gonna.
After
he's
done
here,
we're
gonna
ship
him
out
of
the
suburb,
so
they'll
build
more
housing.
D
A
E
Good
morning,
it's
really
exciting
to
be
here
celebrating
the
work
of
the
mayor,
the
Department
of
Neighborhood
Development
and
our
CPA
committee
to
bring
more
affordable
housing
in
Boston.
We
all
know
how
much
it's
needed,
and
just
to
echo
to
everyone
who
has
already
spoken,
how
apt
that
we
are
gathering
in
the
Knights
of
Columbus
building
that
will
soon
become
much-needed,
affordable
housing
for
seniors
in
this
real
estate,
strapped
North
End
would
that
every
owner
of
an
underused
building
in
the
north
end
in
the
city
of
Boston
offer
to
help
us.
E
This
fall,
the
Community
Preservation
Committee
receives
almost
19
applications
for
funding
to
build
and
support,
affordable
housing,
to
preserve
historic
buildings
and
to
renovate
and
create
parks
and
playgrounds.
Our
committee
takes
its
task
very
seriously
to
recommend
the
best
and
most
needed
projects
to
the
mayor
and
to
the
City
Council
for
funding.
We
read
every
application
amounting
to
hundreds
of
pages
and
seek
assistance
from
the
mayor's
housing
team
who
work
tirelessly
to
address
the
needs
for
more
affordable
homes
in
our
neighborhoods.
E
There
are
rental
buildings
for
seniors,
not
just
in
this
building
in
the
north
end,
but
also
in
Roxbury
and
East
Boston.
There
are
condos
for
artists
apartments
for
those
who
have
who
are
or
have
recently
been
homeless
and,
more
importantly,
for
the
backbone
of
our
city
working
families.
Half
of
the
recommended
awards
are
for
first-time
income
eligible
homebuyers
to
help
stabilize
our
neighborhoods
and
enable
people
to
stay
in
Boston
I.
E
When
it
particularly
thank
mayor,
Walsh
and
she
and
chief
Sheila
Dillon
for
your
support,
you
have
embraced
our
committee's
work,
encourage
transparency
and,
given
us
your
confidence
mayor
Walsh
from
the
beginning
of
the
campaign
to
pass
CPA,
your
leadership
helped
Boston
voters
who
recognized
the
importance
of
this
new
fund,
especially
for
affordable
housing.
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Encouraged
a
process
that
truly
engages
residents
in
neighborhoods
and
through
the
committee
gives
them
a
to
seat
at
the
table
and,
lastly,
a
huge
thank
you
to
all
of
you
who
voted
for
the
Community
Preservation
Act,
who
may
be
contributing
to
it,
have
identified,
needs
in
your
neighborhoods
and
are
helping
to
make
Boston
a
better
place
for
everyone.
Thank
you.
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This
that's
really
important
project
for
Austin
Brighton,
because
home
ownership
in
Austin
Brighton
is
is
one
of
their
top
top
top
priorities
aller
on
apartments.
This
is
the
home
ownership,
affordable,
home
ownership
piece.
That's
a
companion
to
new
artists,
housing
in
East,
Boston
Noah
is
no
in
doubt.