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From YouTube: Metropolitan Mayors Coalition Regional Housing Plan
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Massachusetts is in need of more housing and Boston is helping to lead the way. At City Hall, Mayor Walsh and Mayor Joseph Curtatone of Somerville, along with the rest of the Metropolitan Mayor's Coalition, announce a plan to create affordable and equitable housing opportunities for all state residents.
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I
want
to
thank
housing
and
mass
housing,
Massachusetts
Department
of
Housing
community
and
your
financial
commitment
to
this
work.
Montane
chief
shield
Dillon,
if
housing
in
the
city
of
Boston
I,
want
to
thank
Billy
McGonagall,
who
runs
the
Boston
Housing
Authority
as
well.
Here
I
want
to
thank
all
the
partners
that
are
here
today.
I
welcome,
City
Council,
nice
rossabi,
George
who's
with
us
here
as
well.
Today,
I
want
to
thank
all
the
partners
and
there's
a
lot
of
cities
and
towns
behind
me.
But
I
want
to
thank
when
you
think
about
this
collaboration.
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What
we're
doing
here,
the
man
to
my
right
is
going
to
speak
in
a
few
minutes
and
Joe
Joe
called
me
probably
about
six
months
ago,
pretty
excited
about
about
doing
something
here,
and
he
understands
in
Somerville,
what's
happening
in
his
town
and
Joe.
Sullivan
called
me
in
Braintree
and
said
you
know
we
want
to
be
part
of
the
comments
we
want
to
be
part
of
the
solution,
and
how
do
we
do
that?
We
talked
a
lot
with
Joe
and
made
Dolan
call
me
from
all
others
and
set
out.
You
know
we're
in.
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We
want
to
buy
the
solution
and
mayor
Christensen
and
in
Malden
and
and
Mary
on,
Revere
and
so
on
and
so
forth,
or
one
trip
and
everyone
behind
me.
They
all
want.
They
were
all
here
today,
because
we
want
to
be
part
of
a
solution
and
that's
important.
This
is
an
incredible
time
in
Greater,
Boston
history.
Our
economy
is
thriving.
We
had
a
chat
a
conversation
a
minute
ago
on
Commerce
say
the
economy
is
thriving.
A
2/3
of
all
the
jobs
were
in
the
metro,
boston
area,
our
colleges,
universities
and
businesses
are
providing
more
opportunities
for
our
residents,
they're,
generating
prosperity
for
the
entire
region.
Since
2010,
the
Massachusetts
alone
has
added
350
thousand
new
jobs.
Our
straight
state
has
grown
by
a
quarter
of
a
million
residents
to
an
all-time
high
that
that
growth
right
now
is
concentrated
right
here
in
the
Greater
Boston
area,
more
people
are
putting
down
their
roots
and
raising
their
families.
More
people
are
choosing
to
grow
old.
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Here
in
Boston,
we've
reached
the
population
levels
that
we
haven't
seen
since
the
1950s
with
the
success
and
growth
come
new
challenges.
One
of
our
biggest
challenges
facing
our
communities
is
housing
in
Boston.
Keeping
up
with
this
demand
in
a
smart,
sustainable
way
has
been
our
top
priority.
Three
years
ago,
we
released
our
first
housing
plan
to
create
an
ambitious
plan
to
create
53,000
units
new
housing
by
the
year
twenty.
Third,
twenty
thirty
excuse
me
that
includes
specific
targets
at
all
income
levels
for
all
ages,
all
abilities
in
all
types
of
housing.
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We've
come
a
long
way
already
in
this
conversation
in
the
dialogue.
We've
gotten
more
than
22,000
units,
either
built
on
into
construction
right
now,
and
that's
just
in
Boston
we're
on
a
schedule
to
hit
our
target
in
the
year,
2030
we're
starting
to
see
a
little
bit
of
rent
stabilization,
but
we've
cut
the
time
down
it
takes
to
issue
permits
today
the
average
apartment
building
needs
four
months
to
get
through
the
process.
Three
years
ago
it
took
three
times
that
long.
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This
is
one
of
the
biggest
best
permitting
years
ever
so
we're
working
to
make
sure
we
continue
to
create
more
and
more
housing
here
in
the
city
of
Boston,
we'll
build
in
these
new
homes
in
the
areas
with
the
greatest
needs
or
underutilized
lands.
One
of
the
conversations
we
had
a
little
earlier
today
was:
where
do
we
build
them?
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Mayor
Maria
brought
it
up
when
our
land
is
becoming
becoming
built,
everything's
being
built
on
we're
looking
in
Boston
for
underutilized
land,
we're
also
looking
for
public
transportation,
where
we
can
build
housing
on
public
transportation
hubs
so
that
we
can
do
trans
oriented
development
I'm.
Incredibly
proud
of
the
work.
That's
been
done.
All
of
this
work
helps
families
stay
in
our
community
and
particularly
the
communities
they
love.
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It
creates
the
stability
for
people
to
get
back
on
their
feet
and
also
makes
our
communities
more
stable,
but
even
getting
less
than
tens
of
thousands
of
new
units
into
construction
does
not
immediately
take
away
the
burden
that
people
feel
in
order
to
be
as
effective
as
possible.
We
need
to
work
even
harder
and
we
need
to
certain
and
we
need
certainty
to
make
sure
that
we
work
with
our
teams.
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Many
of
our
neighboring
cities
and
towns
have
also
done
a
lot
to
build
and
preserve
housing,
that's
affordable,
but
now
we
collectively
need
to
start
thinking
bigger
when
we
really
saw
housing
plans.
Three
years
ago,
we
identified
the
needs
for
a
regional
effort.
We
spoke
about
that
a
little
bit,
but
in
my
conversation
with
Joe
Joe
talked
about
the
same
thing.
In
his
town
last
month,
the
Boston
foundation
released
an
annual
report
card.
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It
reaffirms
what
we
know
to
be
true
in
order
to
succeed,
reading
more
housing
of
all
kinds
in
all
of
our
cities
and
towns.
This
commitment,
we're
making
today
will
help
help
us
get
there.
It
will
support
all
of
our
efforts
in
Boston
and
in
other
communities
as
well
as
mayor
Tom
will
explain.
We
will
establish
a
measure
with
measurable
goals
and
timelines
to
reach
them.
This
commitment
will
create
more
affordable
options
for
everyone
in
our
communities,
those
who
commute
to
Boston
and
those
who
work
locally.