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From YouTube: Housing and Community Preservation Act Announcement
Description
The Boston community gathered at Urban Edge in Roxbury where Mayor Walsh announced the addition of $69.4 million in new funding for the creation and preservation of affordable housing in the city. This was made possible by the Department of Neighborhood Development, the Neighborhood Housing Trust, and the Community Preservation Fund.
A
B
B
A
Name
is
emilio,
doris
Lee,
I'm,
the
chief
executive
officer
here
at
urban
edge
and
welcome
to
our
offices
and
I
know.
Many
of
you
know
that
you
are
where
Boston's
Latin
Quarter
meets
the
historical,
the
historic
african-american
neighborhood
at
the
crossroads
of
Jamaica
Plain
and
Roxbury
in
Jackson
Square.
This
is
an
important
aspect
of
the
work
that
urban
edge
does.
A
We
know
that
our
consistency
group
is
our
african-american
and
Latino
communities
that
are
going
through
issues
of
gentrification
and
displacement
and
we
work
hard
through
our
affordable
housing
and
our
community
work
to
make
sure
that
everyone
can
continue
to
enjoy
in
the
prosperity
that
Boston
is
experiencing,
but
equally
important.
We
are
honored
to
host
mayor
Marty
Walsh
in
the
city
for
the
very
important
funding
announcements
that
we're
all
here
today
for.
A
One
of
the
things
that
I
am
especially
proud
of
when
I
welcome
the
mayor
and
the
Department
of
Neighborhood
Development
and
the
other
organizations
who
are
here
from
the
funding
announcements
is
that
the
mayor
has
made
developing
affordable
housing
a
priority
in
his
administration,
especially
for
communities
like
Roxbury
and
Jamaica
Plain.
That
really
need
it
again.
Thank
you,
mayor
Walsh,
and
thank
you
to
the
hard-working
folks
in
your
administration,
who
have
partnered
with
organizations
like
urban
edge
to
help
us
build
and
maintain
high
quality,
affordable
housing.
A
You
can
see
the
fruits
of
these
labors
just
a
few
blocks
from
here
in
Jackson
Square
after
decades,
with
little
investment.
We
are
now
in
the
process
with
a
number
of
partners
of
building
over
1,600
units
within
the
next
couple
years
and
we
believe
that's
going
to
really
have
a
deep
impact
in
this
neighborhood
and
to
the
community
at
home.
A
Almost
recent
project,
1599
Columbus,
which
is
right
down
the
block
where
we're
gonna,
take
a
once
bacon
and
underutilized
site
and
turn
it
into
65
units
of
affordable
housing.
This
opportunity
to
acquire
this
vacant
site
came
through
the
city's
vacant
land
acquisition
fund,
and
we
want
to
thank
the
city
of
Boston,
especially
Sheila
Dillon
and
her
staff
and
and
their
partners
at
lists.
Boston
see
that
as
well
too
home
funders
for
making
this
project
possible.
So
again,
thank
you
again
for
coming.
A
C
This
is
fabulous
great
crowd,
Thank,
You,
Amelia
and
we're
so
glad
that
you've
joined
the
urban
edge
team.
You
know,
I
was
thinking
about.
Excuse
me,
I
was
thinking
about
urban
edge
this
morning,
and
urban
edge
is
really
good
about
with
doing
developments.
They're
really
really
talent
to
give
a
good
development
staff,
but
you're
even
better
at
caring
about
the
families
that
live
in.
You
different
your
developments,
you
have
a
response
team
on
evictions,
you're
making
sure
families
get
what
they
need
to
succeed,
so
great
great
great
work.
So.
C
State
colleagues,
Jennifer
mattock
and
crystal
Carnegie
was
here
a
few
minutes
ago
and
people
from
c-dac
and
MHP
fund
and
many
many
state
agencies,
because
now
we've
got
to
all
move
these
projects
forward,
but
I'm
emceeing,
and
so
we
got
a
lot
of
projects
and
we're
gonna
give
out
a
lot
of
money
today.
So
I
gotta
move
this
along,
so
their
first
person
I'm
introducing,
is
our
mayor
and
for
the
vast
majority
of
you
in
this
room,
your
housing
is
your
passion.
It's
what
you
do
when
you
wake
up
in
the
morning.
C
You
think
about
your
families,
or
maybe
you
think,
about
housing
first
and
then
your
families,
but
for
folks
that
are
following
this
closely.
This
administration
is
working
really
hard
on
trying
to
solve
our
housing
issues
and
just
just
lately,
in
addition
to
making
sure
that
we're
on
track
with
our
housing
plans
and
getting
the
results
that
we
said
we
would.
The
mayor
in
his
State
of
the
City
speech,
pledged
to
double
at
least
double
our
funding
for
affordable
housing.
C
Launched
the
first
cities
voucher
program
and,
and
certainly
working
really
hard
with
our
City
Council
on
moving
pieces
of
legislation
forward,
including
the
transfer
tax
and
a
lot
of
tenant
protections.
That
work
is
ongoing
right
now,
so
we
need
your
help,
so
we've
been
very,
very
busy
and
with
that
I
want
to
bring
up
mayor
Walsh.
D
Thank
You
Sheila
today
is
an
exciting
day
and
I
want
to
thank
everyone
in
this
room
because
it
goes
back
up
on
Shia's
if
you
didn't
advocate-
and
we
did
an
advocate
collectively
together
for
CPA
and
to
change
the
law
and
have
a
press
conference
not
too
far
from
this
building.
Where
we
talked
about,
we
brought
prisons
leaders
out
if
we
didn't
win
that
fight
we're
not
celebrating
today
the
amount
of
money
that
we
that's
being
given
out
for
all
your
hard
work
and
from
the
taxpayers
awesome.
D
I
want
to
thank
urban
edge
and
Emilio,
and
the
board
members
as
well
you're,
an
incredible
partner
in
the
city
of
Boston
and
I've,
known
urban
edge
now
personally,
working
with
them
for
since
2011,
when
I
took
over
the
building
trades
and
we
built
the
building
across
the
street,
and
that
was
one
of
the
products.
I
was
responsible
for
working
on
and
and
had
a
chance
to
see
firsthand
the
work
that
they've
done.
D
I
wasn't
a
state
rep
in
this
neighborhood
I
was
a
stray
rope
on
the
other
side
in
Dorchester,
so
I
didn't
we
didn't
work
a
lot
there,
but
I
work
with
the
CDC's
carbon
square
and
in
Phil's
corner
in
Dorchester,
Bay
and
via
Dade
and
all
those
organizations.
So
I
want
to
thank
you
for
your
work
to
the
elected
officials.
D
Counselor
metal
Malley,
who
has
been
doing
it
for
a
housing
for
a
long
time,
represents
the
neighborhood
and
has
done
so
much
on
housing
in
his
own
right
in
including
making
sure
that
the
new
the
new
housing
were
building
is
clean
and
green,
and
and
that
I
own
people
grow
up
in
an
environment
that
that's
really
really
safe
for
them.
And
I
want
to
thank
councilman
Ali
for
his
great
work.
D
D
There's
a
state
Rep
here
that
in
1990
1999
I
actually
think
before
she
was
a
state.
Rep
I
was
in
my
office
and
as
a
state,
rep
and
Kevin
Fitzgerald
was
in
my
office
with
me
and
and
Liz
was
involved
in
housing
with
John
McDonough,
and
then
she
got
elected
was
involved
in
housing
and
a
group
of
advocates
came
into
my
office.
D
Think
filed
the
third
raft
bill
and
she
got
a
pass
so
I'm
like
what's
up
with
that,
but
but
Liz
Mallya
has
spent
her
entire
career,
whether
it's
been
working
as
assistant
and
an
administrative
assistant
at
the
same
house
and
now
as
a
state
representative
I,
know
the
fight
she
does.
I
stood
with
her
and
fought
we're
side
by
side
for
housing
every
single
time.
There's
a
session
and
Liz
Liz
is
the
person
that,
when,
when
the
answer's
no
she
goes
around
the
circle
around
the
block
and
comes
back
goes
back
down
to
the
wall.
D
Want
to
thank
the
community
Preservation
Committee
I
want
to
thank
Christine,
and
our
team
and
Magdalene
is
gonna
talk
in
a
few
minutes.
I
want
to
thank
you,
the
Neighborhood
Housing
Trust.
Thank
you.
Jerome
Williams
gonna
speak
a
little
bit.
Thank
you
this
this.
Is
god
bless
you.
Let
me
just
say
this.
D
D
And
an
activist
is
that
little
baby
sleeping
in
the
front
row
somebody
who's
here
today,
who's
impacting
and
activist,
is
somebody
who,
who
does
activism
for
a
living.
You
work
for
work
for
so
it's
a
good
word.
So
I
wanted
to
say
that
activism
is
a
good
word.
An
activist
is
a
good
word,
so
thank
you
for
that
today.
D
D
D
And
all
of
this
is
even
before
the
500
million
dollar
investment
that
we
plan
on
making
in
housing
over
the
over
the
over
the
over
the
coming
years.
He
had
over
the
next
five
years
and
in
the
sources
that
were
looking
at
continue
to
grow.
The
sources
come
from
three
major
areas
that
we're
talking
about
money:
neighborhood,
Department,
neighborhood
development,
linkage,
fees
to
the
Neighborhood
Housing
Trust,
the
Community
Preservation
Act,
with
Community
Preservation
Committee.
We're
recommending
that
the
City
Council
24
million
dollars
of
projects,
sixty-five
percent
go
into
affordable
housing.
D
The
other
day
we
had
announcement
in
East
Boston
with
the
governor
and
some
of
the
funds
that
the
state
has.
So
it
truly
is
about
getting
these
funds
into
our
communities
into
our
neighborhoods.
What's
happening
here
today.
Is
the
growth
of
the
city
and
there's
a
lot
of
this
and
became
visible
I'm,
getting
a
lot
of
criticism
of
some
of
the
growth
which
is
fine,
but
the
growth
of
our
city
is
also
the
economic
strength
of
our
city,
which
allows
us
to
invest
in
projects
and
create
this.
D
This
number
today,
if
we
didn't,
have
what
was
going
on
in
the
city
of
Boston
with
growth,
we
don't
have
the
celebration
of
the
1,100
units.
Whether
growth
is
happening
or
not,
the
need
is
going
to
be
there
still.
So
when
you
think
about
how
do
you
capitalize
in
that
growth?
This
is
how
we're
capitalizing
on
this
on
that
growth
and
we're
gonna
continue
to
make
sure
we
continue
to
build
a
strong
middle
class.
D
The
funding
is
going
to
go
to
affordable
housing
projects
all
across
the
city
from
high
park,
east
D
to
Charlestown
or
Brighton
right
here
in
JP,
it's
gonna
bring
home
ownership
and
rental
opportunities.
It's
gonna.
Obviously
we
know
this
gonna
help
working
families.
It's
gonna
help
young
people
aging
out
of
foster
care.
It's
gonna
help
for
most
former,
formerly
homeless,
individuals
seniors
who
want
to
stay
in
their
community
and
people
who
want
to
call
Boston
their
home
housing.
There's
no
question
about.
It
is
the
biggest
economic
challenge
that
residents
face
10-15
years
ago.
D
Housing
was
on.
The
list
might
not
have
been
the
biggest
challenge,
fast-forward
10
years
in
a
very
short
period
of
time.
It's
the
biggest
challenge
people
face,
as
our
city
continues
to
grow.
The
demand
grows
in
that
something
for
housing.
People
want
to
move
here
that
wasn't
necessarily
always
the
case
in
the
80s.
Anyone
who's
been
fighting
this
fight
for
a
long
time
and
the
eighties
people
going
out.
They
will,
even
so
the
people
left
in
the
80s.
D
The
baby
boomers
want
to
move
back
to
the
city
of
Boston
this
price,
some
of
you
in
this
room,
the
young
people
that
live
in
the
city
and
grown
up
in
the
city.
They
want
to
stay
in
the
city
and
the
folks
that
come
to
college
to
the
city,
all
of
a
sudden
say.
Well,
we
want
to
stay
in
Boston
where
before
they
were
going,
New,
York
and
California
or
other
places,
they
want
to
live
here,
and
we
also
have
immigrants
coming
from
other
countries.
D
D
D
D
We
didn't
really
have
a
plan
to
figure
out
all
the
people
coming
to
our
city,
where
they're
gonna
live
and
unable,
as
I
seen
that
squeeze
and-
and
you
know,
we
talked
a
lot
about
the
squeeze
in
in
Roxbury
Dorchester
Matapan,
but
facts
go
back
20
years
that
squeezes
in
Southie
that
squeeze
was
in
child's
town.
That
squeeze
was
in
neighborhoods
that
those
folks
that
live
there
out
there
anymore
the
families
they
sold
them
and
that
squeeze
is
going
all
over
the
city.
D
So
it's
not
just
one
area
the
city,
it
was
all
over
the
place,
so
we
came
up
with
a
housing
plan
to
create
its
out
of
53,000
but
went
now
69
thousand
units
of
new
housing,
all
across
all
income
levels
by
the
2030,
including
16,000,
affordable
units.
Since
the
plan
launched
33,000
new
units
have
been
permitted
over
6,300,
affordable.
D
D
And
we're
seeing
some
stabilized
stabilization
in
in
rents
been
saying
that,
but
prices
still
too
high
for
too
many
people
that
can't
afford
that
what
I
just
said
60
this
69
million
is
going
to
help
house
thousands
of
people
and
we're
just
gonna
continue
to
move
forward.
As
I
said,
ice
in
the
state
of
the
city,
I
talked
about
a
five-year
investment
of
500
million
dollars
across
different,
affordable
ranges,
we're
gonna,
keep
growing,
affordable
housing
tools
that
we
use.
D
D
If
we,
the
housing,
the
five
million
dollars
just
so
you'll,
know
and
I'm
doing
a
little
lobbying
here,
100
million
is
coming
from
city
budget,
so
we're
putting
that
money
in
that's,
400
million
left
we're
gonna,
be
selling
a
garage,
that's
gonna,
probably
Nana.
Something
I
want
to
say
what's
gotten
at
us,
because
we
don't
to
bring
the
value
of
that
too
low
or
too
high,
but
a
good
chunk
of
money
over
100
million
dollars
that
lives
300
million
dollars.
The
next
is
a
transfer
tax.
D
If
the
transfer
tax
doesn't
happen,
we
have
two
hundred
million
dollars.
We
need
five
hundred
million
dollars,
so
we
need
that
transfer
tax,
the
pass.
That
is
a
tax
that
the
only
person
is
going
to
be
responsible
for
raising
taxes
in
the
City
of
Austin
who's
going
to
who
can
be.
Who
can
be
asked
about
it
or
or
saying
who
did
it?
It's
the
City
Council
in
the
mayor.
This
is
not
being
raised
by
the
legislature.
It's
giving
us
the
tools,
it's
giving
Boston
the
tools
to
be
able
to
do
this.
D
It's
that
simple
and
that's
what
we
want
to
do.
We
want
the
tools
doesn't
say
we're
gonna
go
to
two
percent.
All
it's
gonna
say
is
well
we're.
Gonna
go
we're
gonna,
do
something
because
a
lot
of
the
folks
and
the
criticism
of
this
tax
by
some
people
in
the
communities,
the
Development
Committee
saying
it's
too
much.
Well,
the
cost.
D
You
we've
been
good
and
people
have
done
well
in
the
last
six
years
and
we're
asking
for
a
little
bit
back
just
a
little
bit,
we're
not
asking
for
98%
back
we're
asking
for
up
to
2%
back
and
what
we're
gonna
do
with
that
up
to
2%
back.
It's
gonna
be
amazing
investments
into
housing
in
the
city
of
Boston,
because
our
counselors
that
are
here
and
the
other
one
they
hear
in
everyday
whatever
Lydia.
What's
goes
she
hears
about
housing
cuz.
She
calls
me
and
tells
me
we
have
a
man.
D
O'malley
goes
he
has
about
Michael
and
Liz
and
and
and
and
Kenzie
and
every
other
council
a
myself.
So
that's
I'm
kind
of
going
off
track
here,
but
we
need
to.
We
need
this
because,
because
there
is
a
big
gap
in
funding
and
that
big
gap
in
funding
is
in
the
federal
government,
we
don't
have
it
and
I
haven't
talked
about
the
Boston
Housing
Authority.
Yet.
D
But
if
you
go
by
our
buildings
and
look
at
our
buildings
of
our
residents
live
almost
every
single
one
of
them
needs
to
be
remodeled,
renovated
and
rebuilt,
and
we
also
that's
what
the
garage
money
is
going
towards.
So
it's
making
sure
that
our
people
live
in
public
housing
have
the
opportunity
with
a
pride,
the
dignity
in
our
city.
D
We
have
and
I'm
proud
to
say
this.
We
have
one
of
the
most
progressive
housing
policies
in
America.
I'm
also
excited
to
share
that
we're,
starting
with
a
working
group
on
the
brokerage
fees
in
the
City
of
Austin,
to
help
increase
access
to
housing
and
remove
significant
barriers.
Everything
is
on
the
table.
Every
conversation
is
on
the
table
everything's
on
the
table.
There's
not
one
solution
that
works.
If
we,
if
we
do
this
work
group
and
we
fit
we're
gonna
do
it
and
we
find
that
the
broker
trees
are
a
problem.
D
We're
gonna
deal
with
it.
We're
talking
about
rain,
we'll
talk
about
rent
control.
Rent
control
is
not
this
silver
fixing
lining
to
fixing
it,
but
we
need
to
have
the
conversation
about
it
to
see.
Is
there
an
opportunity,
because
the
issue
comes
down
to
a
supply
and
demand,
it
comes
down
to
creating
more
housing,
more
units
of
housing,
and
there
are
tools
that
we
should
be
exploring
all
across
the
board.
We
should
looking
all
our
tools
and
we
also
want
to
continue
to
grow
our
city.
D
So
as
we
do,
this
I
look
forward
to
to
working
with,
with
all
of
our
friends
and
in
the
advocacy
community,
particularly
around
the
broken
trees
in
the
city
of
Boston.
This
morning,
I
had
a
cabinet
meeting
and
I
brought
this
up
and
I
had
three
cabinet
people,
including
the
superintendent
of
schools,
saying
that
she
found
an
apartment
for
herself
in
Roxbury
and
she
had
she
found
the
apartment
and
she
was
paying
a
fee
for
that
apartment.
So
we're
gonna
have
those
dialogues.
Those
conversations
we
move
forward.
I
want
to
end
with
this.
D
I
want
to
thank
all
of
our
partners
for
making
these
projects
that
we're
talking
about
today
possible
the
fundings
going
to
help
ensure
that
residents
more
residents
have
an
affordable,
stable
and
safe
place
to
call
home.
We
couldn't
do
it.
This
work
without
the
organizations
that
are
being
awarded
today
with
the
CPA
funds.
All
we
can
do
myself
and
the
council
in
this
in
the
State
House
and
the
governor
is
advocate
to
get
more
money
into
the
system
to
build.
D
You
are
the
ones
that
are
putting
the
brick
and
mortar
the
shovels
in
the
grounds
in
the
curtains
on
the
window.
You
are
the
ones
that
do
this,
so
I
want
to
say
I'm
so
proud
of
all
of
you
for
the
advocacy
in
the
work
that
you've
done.
I
want
to
thank
you.
I,
want
to
thank
you
for
helping
us
show
that
here
in
Boston,
housing
is
more
than
a
commodity,
it's
all
of
our
community.
Thank
you.
C
Thank
You
mayor
it's
hard
to
work
for
someone
who
has
the
command
of
all
those
details.
Sometimes,
but
okay,
next
I
want
to
ask
council
idiot
Edwards
to
say
a
few
words
she's
wearing
two
hats.
Today
she
is
the
chair
of
the
Housing
Committee
for
the
the
Boston
City
Council
and
she's.
Also
the
city
council
rep
on
the
Neighborhood
Housing
Trust,
and
if
I
could
I
want
to
echo
the
mayor.
I
want
to
thank
the
Neighborhood
Housing
Trust.
C
E
In
one
sense,
we
do
have
the
largest
housing
development
in
New
England
in
Charlestown,
but
we
also
have
the
largest
private
housing
opportunity
in
the
history
of
Boston
and
Suffolk
Downs,
and
so
these
conversations
today,
when
we're
talking
about
how
the
city,
how
all
hands
on
deck
are
coming
together
to
make
housing
a
real
opportunity.
I
look
at
this
and
I'm
inspired
and
I'm
excited
and
I
know
that
we're
gonna
be
able
to
accomplish
big
things,
not
just
in
my
district,
not
just
in
the
city
but
also
around
the
state.
E
So
I
am
very
excited
today
to
be
here.
I
want
to
thank
a
couple.
People
before
I
forget
I
want
to
thank
our
council
President
Kim
Janie,
who
won
reappointed
me
to
the
Housing
Trust
and
to
was
the
co-author
with
me
for
the
transfer
fee
that
we
work
together
to
get
our
colleagues
on
board
and
then
were
able
to
deliver.
I
thought
a
balanced
fee
to
the
mayor's
office
that
we
have
now
delivered
to
the
State
House.
So
I
wanted
to
bring
her
into
this
room.
I
want
to
thank
chairwoman.
E
Kathryn
Hardaway
who's
been
ahead
of
the
house,
Neighborhood
Housing
Trust.
She
is
I,
believe
born
and
raised
in
Boston
and
from
Dudley,
and
she
has
been
a
wonderful
leader
of
the
Neighborhood
Housing
Trust
and
to
the
other
trustees,
who
represent
many
different
organizations
and
many
different
individuals
who
are.
We
are
completely
dedicated
to
making
sure
that
not
only
our
projects
affordable,
but
we
ask
the
hard
questions:
who's
gonna
live
there.
Why?
Why
would
they
want
to
come
there,
we're
where
you're
homeless,
set-aside
units,
it's
just
not
enough
to
call
it
affordable?
E
We
get
into
the
details
of
who
will
afford
it
where
your
family's
gonna
be.
How
did
this
design
work?
Will
you
attract
those
and
those
are
really
tough
questions
or
tough
questions
that
we
have
and
we
put
the
developers
through
the
ringer
when
they
come
to
us,
because
we
really
believe
we
are
trustees.
E
We
really
believe
that
we
are
trustees
of
the
funds
that
are
coming
in
so
I'm
very
excited
to
be
that
and
I
have
to
thank
DND
and
the
work
that
you
guys
do
as
working
with
us
in
the
Neighborhood
Housing
Trust
I
know
we
drive
nuts,
but
they
take
our
minutes.
They
make
sure
that
we
stay
on
ball
and
they
do
an
extreme
good
job
with
us.
I
also
wanted
to
thank
the
mayor
for
your
leadership
and
your
partnership.
E
We
have
gone
all
around
back
and
forth
and
up
and
down,
but
it's
because
when
we
trust
each
other,
so
we
don't
bother
with
niceties
outside
the
public.
No,
that's
not
true.
It's
because
we're
direct
with
each
other
we're
direct
with
each
other,
but
our
hearts
are
in
the
right
place
and
we
truly
do
want
the
same
thing.
So
you
know
he'll
push
I'll
push
and
we'll
get
there.
I
have
to
say
some
of
the
best
parts
of
being
a
city
council
are
my
colleagues
councillor
Matt
O'malley
working
with
him.
E
I
want
to
thank
my
new
is
called
that
colleague
on
the
City
Council,
but
colleague
before
we
worked
at
the
city
of
Boston,
Kenzie
Bakshi
has
been
an
amazing,
stalwart
and
and
pusher
for
making
sure
that
we
I
think
literally
when
you're
campaigning
Kenzie,
you
said
I
want
to
make
sure
that
this
is
still
a
home
for
poor
people.
The
poor
people
can
look
at
Boston
and
think
I
can
start
there
and
I
can
grow
there
and
I
can
stay
there.
E
So
thank
you
so
much
for
your
leadership
before
and
after
the
city
and
now
in
this
end
the
City
Council
and
to
our
to
our
longest
serving
city
councilor
there.
You
are
a
councillor
Flaherty
I
want
to.
Thank
you
so
much
for
your
leadership,
especially
with
CPA.
You
were
there
at
the
very
beginning,
you're
there
now
bringing
back
the
conversation
for
pilot
money
because
that's
still
on
the
table,
you
are
a
huge
leader
and
a
mentor
for
many
of
us
on
the
City
Council
I
want
to
thank
you
so
much
for
doing
all
that.
E
But
you
know
we
have
a
lot
to
celebrate
our
Statehouse
Statehouse
colleagues
as
well.
I
want
to
thank
you
so
much
representative
mallya.
You
have
your
own
transfer
fee
and
also
are
part
of
that
transfer
fee
in
effort
to
push
that
conversation
and
would
not
be
happening,
but
for
you
so
maybe
you'll
have
more
luck.
More
luck
than
than
representative
Marty
Walsh
did
with
his.
What
was
it
yeah,
but
there
with
Iraq,
but
hopefully
you'll
be
able
to
get
it
done
and
I
want
to.
E
Thank
you
also
for
the
leadership
not
on
transfer
feet,
not
only
on
transfer
fee
at
the
State
House,
but
also
in
the
Holmes
Act,
and
also
on
the
right
to
purchase.
There
are
a
lot
of
things
that
are
happening
with
our
Statehouse
partners
and
I
want
to.
Thank
you
so
much
for
being
in
the
fight
constantly
when
I
mean
today
is
a
day
to
celebrate.
Today
is
a
day
to
pause.
To
think
yes,
the
struggle
is
real.
Yes,
it
continues.
And
yes,
it's
raining
outside,
but
we're
gonna
make
it
rain
in
here.
E
This
is
we're
fighting
for
a
Boston
where
folks
can
be
born
here
or
come
here
for
school
or
coming
for
work
like
I
did
and
stay
here.
That's
the
Boston
we're
fighting
for
that.
Even
if
in
your
life,
you
have
different
things
happen,
someone
has
died,
you
will
get
divorced
if
some
sort
of
thing
happens
to
you,
you'll
be
able
to
pick
yourself
up
and
move
on
and
stay
in
Boston
and
grow.
E
That's
the
Boston
we're
fighting
for
that's
the
Boston
that
all
these
amazing
partners,
whether
you're
in
a
CDC,
whether
you're
an
activist
whether
you're
at
a
nonprofit,
whatever
you
are,
you
were
there
and
you're
part
of
this
conversation.
It's
your
leadership
that
helped
us
get
here,
so
I've
got
on
more
than
I
wanted
to
I
wanted
to
say
so
incredibly
from
the
bottom
of
my
heart.
Thank
you
so
much
the
struggle
continues,
we'll
be
in
it
and
I
know
you
will
too.
Thank
you.
C
F
My
name
is
Marilyn
Tana
and
I
serve
on
the
Community
Preservation
Committee.
As
an
at-large
member
chosen
for
my
housing
experience
and
work
participating
on
the
committee
working
to
invest,
funds
and
create
more
affordable.
Housing
is
close
to
my
heart
and
experience
as
a
young
adult
I
was
homeless
a
few
years
ago
and
thank
God.
My
circumstance
has
changed
and
I
was
able
to
participate
in
Boston,
home
centers,
first-time
homebuyer
classes,
as
well
as
my
house
buyer
classes.
F
F
Want
every
struggling,
individual
and
family
in
Boston
to
have
the
same
opportunity
that
I
had
a
stable,
secure
home,
whether
that
you
own
or
you
rent,
and
if
you
do
own,
please
make
sure
you
have
affordable
units
for
your
attendance
last
fall.
The
Community
Preservation
Committee
received
125
eligible
applications
for
funding
to
create
affordable
housing,
preserve
historic
buildings
and
to
renovate
and
build
parks
and
playgrounds.
Our
committee
takes
its
tax
tasks
seriously,
to
recommend
the
best
and
most
needed
projects
to
the
mayor
and
to
the
City
Council
for
funding.
F
We
read
every
application
amounting
to
hundreds
of
pages
and
seek
assistance
from
the
mayor's
housing
team
who
worked
tirelessly
to
address
the
need
for
more
affordable
homes
in
our
neighborhoods,
and
we
rely
on
the
city's
2030
housing
goals
to
guide
our
work,
I'm
thrilled
to
share
that
our
2020
project
recommendations
include
close
to
16
million
dollars
for
affordable
housing.
That's.
F
That
means
515,
more
affordable
rental
or
home
ownerships
units
will
be
created.
There
are
homeless
units
for
individuals
and
families,
apartments
for
seniors
to
help
them
aged
strong
buildings
in
underserved,
neighborhoods
such
as
Roxbury
and
in
West
Roxbury.
Also
where
there's
only
3
percent
of
the
housing
is
affordable.
F
Funded
projects
are
for
a
range
of
incomes
from
the
lowest
at
30%
area,
median
income
to
homes
for
working
families,
the
backbone
of
our
city.
Cpa
funds
will
also
bring
new
parks
in
urban
farms.
The
areas
that
have
had
less
access
to
green
space
and
will
help
preserve
historic
gems
across
the
city.
I
want
to
thank
mayor,
Walsh
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.
F
F
You
have
encouraged
a
process
that
truly
engages
residents
and
neighborhoods
and
the
committee
and
gives
them
a
seat
at
the
table
and
gave
me
a
seat
at
the
table
and
the
Community
Preservation
Committee,
so
I'm
very
grateful
for
that
last,
a
huge
thanks
to
all
of
you
who
voted
for
the
Community
Preservation
Act,
a
huge
shout-out
to
maja
GPIO
and
all
the
other
organizations
that
worked
really
really
hard
to
get
cpa
to
be
passed.
Thank
you.
F
And
just
thank
you
for
everyone.
That's
trying
to
make
Boston
a
better
place,
I'm
happy
to
have
my
mother
here,
I.
Thank
you
for
watching
my
son
when
I
went
to
committee
meetings
and
my
husband
wishes
that
he
could
be
here
today,
he's
working
at
the
Blackstone
he's
a
school
teacher
and
I
just
want
to
thank
God
as
well
for
allowing
me
to
have
this
opportunity
to
be
on
this
committee
and
thank
you
all
for
the
hard
work
that
you're
doing.
C
All
right
we're
gonna,
bring
this
home
very
quickly,
but
there's
one
more
speaker
who
I'd
like
to
invite
up
mr.
Jerome
Williams,
because
it's
it's
important
that
I
think
we
always
hear
from
people
that
are
benefiting
from
our
programs
and
our
hard
work.
So
mr.
Williams,
if
you
could
say
a
few
brief
remarks
and
then
we'll
get
on
three
Awards.
B
Good
morning,
this
is
a
exciting
day
for
Boston
and
for
like
people
like
me,
I
want
to
thank
mayor
I.
They
broke
their
watch
for
his
enormous
commitment.
You
funded
before
more
affordable
housing
across
Boston.
I
also
want
to
thank
all
the
partners
and
elected
officials
here
today
for
their
commitment
to
creating
affordable
housing
in
Boston.
B
B
C
B
C
Thank
you
and
thank
you
to
life
for
the
work
that
you
do
so
we're
here.
Yes,
so
Jessica
Boatwright,
our
deputy
director
of
the
Neighborhood
Housing,
the
indie
division
is
going
to
read
the
awardees
I.
Think
we're
going
to
have
people
come
up
and
stay
up
and
then
we'll
take
a
group
picture
before
we
do
that,
though,
I
do
want
to
thank
Jessica
and
her
team
and
certainly
Christine
O'keefe
who's
back
there
smiling.
This
was
the
amount
of
applications,
the
amount
of
reading
the
amount
of
process.
The
amount
of
underwriting
really
was
amazing.
C
G
All
right,
so
we
have
to
bring
this
home
by
celebrating
everyone,
but
also
getting
18
projects
up
here
with
an
award
and
then
in
a
picture,
so
so
so
I'm
going
to
talk
about
each
project.
Briefly,
first
before
we
start
calling
up
the
development
projects,
I
do
want
to
mention
the
Community
Preservation
Committee
awarded
to
city
run
programs
as
part
of
their
awards
this
year
or
they've
recommended
that
to
city
council.
So
the
two
recommendations
as
part
of
the
community
preservation
commission,
are
the
acquisition
opportunity
program
which
we
use
to
buy
naturally
occurring.
G
B
G
All
right
can
we
also
can
we
also
have
maja
and
MEP
fun
to
come
up
so
that
you
can
stand
as
part
of
our
partners
and
awardees
all
right
all
right
in
Chinatown,
parcel
12c,
Asian
community
development
corporation
will
be
developing
85,
affordable
rental
units
as
part
of
a
large
housing
and
many
purpose.
Commercial
and
public
public
service
building
in
Chinatown.