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From YouTube: Jim Brooks Stabilization Act Signing
Description
Mayor Walsh, joined by the Boston City Council, gathers in the Eagle Room at Boston City Hall to sign the Jim Brooks Stabilization Act. The new law will help protect residential tenants and former homeowners living in their homes post-foreclosure by ensuring that tenants and homeowners are aware of their rights under state law.
A
Thank
you
as
we
as
we
load
in
the
room
here.
I
just
want
to
I
want
to
just
stop
by
thanking
anybody.
Everybody
who
helped
us
get
to
this
day.
In
this
point
you
know,
I
was
thinking
the
other
day
when
that,
when
the,
when
my
colleagues
behind
me
and
I'll
choose
from
all
in
a
second
took
this
vote,
what
we've
done
in
the
last
three
and
a
half
years
in
Boston
with
housing,
we've
done
a
lot
and
when
people
say
well,
it's
not
enough.
A
We've
done
a
lot,
creating
the
officer
housing
stability,
putting
money
into
into
a
low-income
housing
building.
You
know
nine
thousand
units
of
low-income
workforce
housing,
it's
the
CDC's
data,
key
I'm,
looking
at
you,
creating
veterans,
housing
and
inputting
housing
and
helping
us
with
homeless
housing
and
so
much
other
pieces
that
we've
done
so
I
just
want
to
thank
everyone
in
this
room
who
had
something
to
do
with
or
everything
to
do
with.
Will
we
act
today,
the
housing
for
the
people
with
disabilities,
making
sure
that
we
did
the
veterans
housing
over
there?
That's
incredible!
So!
A
Thank
you
all
so.
I
want
to
sound
by
thanking
City
Council,
Michael
Flaherty,
who
helped
guide
this
process.
This
robust
process,
thank
you,
Michael,
reaching
out
to
tenant
group
landlords
activists
and
so
much
more.
So
thank
you
for
that.
I
want
to
thank
City,
Council,
Ayanna
Presley
for
her
advocacy
and
working
on
this
issue
and
these
issues
around
housing
for
for
a
long
time.
These
councils
aren't
new
to
this.
In
this
conversation,
and
it's
been
out
there
pushing
for
a
long
time,
Thank
You,
councillor,
counselor
and
Easter
zombie
George,
who
is
also
pushing
on
housing.
A
You
know
worked
to
get
money
into
the
budget
to
deal
with
homelessness
in
our
school
systems
and
working
on
housing,
so
Thank
You
councillor
for
your
great
support
city,
councilman
O'malley,
who
obviously
in
his
district
of
West
Roxbury
rosanell,
Jamaica
Plain,
has
been
an
advocate
and
a
leader
and
a
champion
in
so
many
different
ways.
So
thank
you
as
well.
Councillor,
O'malley
and
I
think
that's
the
council.
You
got
all
the
council
and
we
have
state
representative
Tyler
who
is
going
to
be
our
champion
now
as
soon
as
I
sign
that
document.
Oh,
the
handoff.
B
A
Still
do
so,
thank
you
represent
event
and
again.
I
just
want
to
thank
so
many
people
and
and
Michael
again
for
his
thoughtful
leadership.
I
know
that
a
lot
of
people
say
she
had
this
thing
done
to
and
as
soon
as
soon
as
sooner,
but
Michael
really
did
give
an
opportunity
for
people
to
have
their
voices
heard
and
I
think
that
the
one
thing
that
they
can
criticize
right
here
in
Boston
is
that
we
don't
allow
people
to
have
their
voices
heard.
A
A
Al
our
department
see
me
for
helping
draft
this
legislation
and
and
and
when
working
it
and
in
representative
Tyler,
as
I
mentioned
earlier,
is
gonna
work
with
our
partners
at
the
Statehouse
in
the
next
phase.
This
lit
this
legislation
is
named
in
honor
of
a
Boston
legend
and
advocate
Jim
Brooks
Jim
devoted.
A
In
the
last
three
and
a
half
years,
we've
added
30,000
new
people
living
in
our
city
of
Boston
and
weird
about
six
hundred.
Eighty
thousand
people
and
we're
gonna
have
probably
I.
Don't
know
it's
gonna
happen.
It
doesn't
seem
like
it's
stopping
the
girl.
It's
going
to
stop.
We,
we
had
a
housing
shortage
before
the
thirty
thousand
people
moved
into
our
city
and
they're
composites,
compounding
that
that
happening
it's
putting
pressure
on
housing
prices.
A
As
you
know-
and
we
all
know
here-
city's
growth
has
to
be
for
everyone
and
something
that
we're
very
proud
of
and
I've
been
going
around
telling.
The
fact
that
our
city
is
a
city
for
everyone
and
we
have
to
continue
to
keep
it
a
city
for
everyone.
We
must
make
sure
that
no
one
is
left
behind
and
we
must
protect
our
existing
communities
and
something
that
you
know
my
mother
I
grew
up
on
tap
Street
in
Dorchester
I
talk
about
all
the
time.
My
mother
still
lives
there.
A
It's
all
three
Decker's
and
it's
it's
changing
its
changing.
It's
slowly.
What's
really
condoling
and
when
I
go
over
there
I
see
young
people
which
is
exciting
to
see,
but
it's
not
the
same
young
people
as
when
we
were
growing
up
and
I
think
that
something
that
enables
changing,
and
we
have
a
mix
on
that
trait
of
older
residents
that
have
lived
a
little
honestly
own
houses
necessary
for
50
plus
years
and
they're
not
going
anywhere
but
as
well
as
those
houses
change
one
at
a
time.
A
We're
sad
to
see
more
and
more
different
people
coming
in,
not
I,
don't
want
them
in,
but
you
know:
I'm
talking
about
three
Decker's
were
built
for
families
to
be
able
to
bring
lots
of
people
into
a
home
I
think
anyway,
but
we're
gonna
use
to
make
we're
gonna
use
every
tool
in
our
toolbox
to
make
sure
the
tenants
are
protected
from
unfair
evictions.
We're
gonna
make
sure
that
we
are
creating
new
tools
to
help
them
as
well,
and
that's
what
we're
doing
in
some
cases
today.
A
And
some,
and
thank
you
for
being
frustrated
with
me
and
thank
you
for
pushing
us
and
thank
you
for
holding
Pat
in
this
room
here
on
a
couple
things
we
talked
about
saying:
no,
there's
no
retreat
on
it.
One.
Thank
you
for
that,
because,
at
the
end,
the
day
we
think
we
got
to
we're
in
a
good
place.
As
far
as
the
bill
we're
sending
to
the
State
House.
This
legislation
will
join
three
other
proposals
that
we
have
at
the
State
House
dealing
with
with
very
complex
issues.
A
The
Jim
Brooks
community
stabilization
act
will
help
us
gather
real-time
data
on
how
many
evictions
are
occurring
and
where
so,
that's
something
that
we
don't
have,
and
we
talk
about
data
and
the
importance
of
data.
The
importance
of
having
this
data
to
keep
an
eye
on
what's
happening
in
neighborhoods
and
we'll
have
the
data
in
front
of
us
real-time
data.
A
It's
also
gonna
allow
us
to
move
quickly,
to
reach
out,
to
help
and
supports
and
with
residents
to
help
them
get
legal
representation,
so
they
understand
their
rights
and
they
know
their
rights,
and
it
will
help
us
create
new
program
and
protections
for
both
tenants
and
landlords.
So
there's
bad
this
actually
this
this
piece.
This
is
a
landmark
piece
of
legislation
in
housing
legislation.
This
isn't
about
beating
up
landlords.
This
is
about
making
sure
that
we
get
the
rights
for
people
out
there
and
we
work
collectively
together.
A
I
think
it
strikes
a
thoughtful
balance
between
protecting
tenants
rights
and
and
recognizing
the
important
role
property
owners
play
in
in
our
city
of
Boston
in
the
growth
of
our
city,
and
it
also
knows
it
also
will
hopefully
give
confidence
with
our
tenants
as
well
again.
I
was
wondering
I
want
to
end
by
thanking
everyone
for
your
great
work
on
their
stuff.
A
We
can
be
excited
today,
but,
as
you
know,
once
that
document
signs,
that's
the
excitement
of
today
is
over
and-
and
we
need
to
go
to
the
next
level
and
support
support
our
colleague
representative
Tyler,
to
make
sure
that
she
has
a
support.
She
needs
in
F
of
the
Statehouse
and,
as
you
know,
this
is
a
home
roll
petition
from
the
city
of
Boston.
So
it
benefits
only
Boston,
but
we
still
need
to
convince
other
people
around
the
Commonwealth
of
Massachusetts.
A
C
Thank
You,
mayor
and
good
afternoon,
everybody
I'm
gonna,
be
excited
to
be
finally
be
able
to
go
to
the
first
City
event
and
not
have
the
mayor
balk
at
me
about
this
legislation.
It
started
last
Christmas
everywhere
we
went,
we
got
to
get
this
town,
we
got
to
get
this
done.
We
got
to
get
that
past
and,
and
so
he's
been
sort
of
dogged
on
it.
C
A
government
works
best
when
people
in
government
are
working
collaboratively
with
one
another,
and
this
was
really
a
test
case
of
how
well
it's
working
under
Mayor
Walsh's
administration
working
with
colleagues
and
government,
to
really
make
a
difference
along
with
folks
that
know
this,
probably
better
than
anyone
which
is
all
the
housing
activists
here
in
the
city
of
Boston.
So
a
big
round
of
applause
for
for
all.
C
C
C
I'd
also
like
to
acknowledge
the
concerns
of
small
property
owners
in
the
Greater
Boston
real
estate
board,
along
with
individual
landlords,
most
of
whom,
most
of
whom
do
a
great
job
and
are
sensitive
to
the
displacement
crisis
in
our
city
and
also
real
estate
attorneys,
which
made
the
hearings
in
the
working
sessions
very
interesting
in
lengthy.
You
can
always
blame
it
on
the
mayor.
We
could
blame
it
on
the
lawyers.
C
You
already
got
a
plan
unalloyed,
but
but
they
were
all
very
engaged
in
the
process
and
also
voiced
their
thoughts
and
as
well
as
getting
input
from
my
13
colleague,
my
12
other
colleagues.
So,
while
this
home
will
petition
continues
to
go
through
the
legislative
process
with
a
great
lead
sponsor
and
our
newly
elected
state
representative,
we
know
that
we
need
to
keep
in
mind
and
continue
to
recognize
that
the
work
is
not
over
and
that
the
conversation
is
ongoing.
C
With
respect
to
our
collective
goal,
to
reduce
evictions
in
displacement
throughout
our
city
and
sort
of
a
good
news,
bad
news,
the
good
news
is
Boston
is
on
fire
in
terms
of
we
have
the
best
colleges,
universities,
hospitals,
health,
centers.
Everybody
wants
to
be
here
under
the
mayor's
leadership.
It's
just
exciting
to
hear
from
people
from
all
over
the
country
all
wanting
to
come
to
Boston.
That's
the
great
news.
C
The
bad
news
is,
we
all
need
to
be
able
to
fit
here
and
folks
are
dealing
with
displacement,
and
so
that's
going
to
be
the
ongoing
dialogue
moving
forward.
So,
there's
no
doubt
that
we
as
a
city
have
to
continue
to
take
a
stand
fighting
against
displacement,
but
we
have
more
work
to
do.
This
is
just
the
first
step
in
the
right
direction
to
protect
tenants
in
their
families,
and
so
our
congratulations
to
all
of
you.
Today's
a
great
day.
C
C
So
I
have
the
pleasure
of
introducing
our
next
week
and
that's
down
al
Johnson.
He
represents
the
right
to
the
city
coalition,
which
is
made
up
of
advocates
and
landlords.
Everybody
here
knows
Donald
I
know
very
well.
He
is
building
on
years
of
community
organizing
his
work,
particularly
coordinating
the
right
to
city
leadership,
development,
political
education,
Asian
and
community
building
strategies.
Darnell
and
his
team
showed
up
at
City
Hall.
They
were
in
the
council
chambers.
B
We
envision
a
Boston
where
there
is
equal
access
to
a
quality,
education,
affordable
housing,
economic
opportunities,
accessible
transportation,
a
healthy
environment
and
public
resources
for
all.
We
envision
a
Boston
where
we
preserve
the
best
aspects
of
the
characters
of
our
neighborhoods.
We
envision
a
Boston
where
we
celebrate
the
diverse
backgrounds,
languages
and
cultures
of
our
residents.
We
envision
a
Boston
where
young
people
have
the
resources
to
thrive
where
working-class
families
are
stable,
where
community
needs
come
before
profit.
We
envision
a
city,
state
and
nation
that
invests
in
the
public
good
and
not
private
greed.
B
The
gym
broke
stabilization
Act
is
one
very
important
step
in
helping
us
reach
this
vision.
The
Act
creates
a
mechanism
for
tenants
facing
eviction
to
be
informed
of
their
rights
under
the
current
existing
state
law.
It
helps
the
city
track
the
rate
of
evictions,
so
that
together
we
can
create
targeted
solutions
that
address
the
displacement
crisis
and
it
provides
new
protections
for
former
homeowners
after
foreclosure.
B
We
applaud
the
many
hundreds
of
residents
in
Boston
who
stood
up
to
fight
back
against
displacement
rallied
with
us
for
their
right
to
remain
and
used
their
voices
to
testify
about
the
displacement
that
corporate
greed,
landlords
and
wealthy
speculators
are
causing
in
our
city.
We
thank
the
53
organizations
of
the
right
to
remain
coalition,
who
worked
tirelessly.
B
Who
worked
tirelessly
educating
their
members,
the
community
and
our
elected
officials
about
the
importance
of
this
act,
and
we
also
thank
all
of
the
city
councillors
who
support
our
efforts
along
the
way
we
move
today
forward
determined
to
continue
working
for
our
vision
for
the
city.
We
are
ready
to
work
with
all
of
our
elected
officials
and
our
public
officials,
who
pledged
to
ensure
that
all
Bostonians
have
the
right
to
what
remain
we
claim
we
build.
Thank
you.