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From YouTube: Rent Stabilization - 3/10/22
Description
Mayor Michelle Wu hosts a press conference to make an announcement related to rent stabilization. She is joined by the President and CEO of Whittier Street Health Center Frederica Williams, Mimi Ramos, Curtis Kemeney, and Chief of Housing Sheila Dillon.
A
A
Thank
you,
mayor
wu,
for
building
on
your
commitment
to
protect
boston
renters
as
a
community
based
healthcare
and
social
services
organization,
with
a
mission
to
address
health,
equity,
social
justice
and
the
economic
inequities
impacts
in
the
communities
we
serve
safe
and
affordable.
Housing
has
been
a
top
priority
for
our
team.
A
I
also
know
that
addressing
housing
stability
is
a
major
concern
for
all
of
my
boston-based
health
center
colleagues.
Housing
is
one
of
the
best
researched
social
determinants
of
health
and
selected
housing.
Interventions
for
low-income
people
have
been
found
to
improve
health
outcomes
and
decrease
healthcare
costs.
A
This
has
a
negative
impact
on
their
health
and
well-being.
Whitia
street
health
center
was
the
first
health
center
in
boston
to
be
federally
funded,
to
provide
primary
care
services
to
residents
of
public
housing.
Addressing
the
healthcare
and
social
services
needs.
We
have
seen
firsthand
the
positive
impact
of
safe
and
affordable
housing.
A
B
Good
morning,
good
morning,
everyone
thank
you
so
much
to
frederica
and
your
entire
team
here
at
whittier
for
hosting
us.
B
B
I
want
to
thank
also
our
elected
colleagues
who
are
here:
state
representative,
china,
tyler
state,
senator
and
councilor
lydia,
edwards,
state,
representative,
nica
lugardo,
and
I
think,
and
of
course,
former
city
councilor
josh
stakem
who's.
Also
in
here
here
is
this
committee
member
hat
and
I'll
invite
the
elected
officials
to
speak
after
our
committee
members
and
chief
of
housing.
B
This
is
a
of
course,
an
effort
and
initiative
that
will
take
strong
partnership
across
all
sectors
of
our
city
and
across
all
levels
of
government
to
truly
make
a
difference
and
make
transformational
change
in
our
housing
market.
This
is
the
number
one
concern
on
residents
minds.
All
across
our
city,
how
we
will
afford
to
stay,
how
we
can
make
ends
meet
when
housing
prices
continue
to
go
up
and
the
needs
are
so
great.
Coming
out
of
this
pandemic,
as
you
heard,
the
majority
of
boston
residents
are
renters
and
our
renters
are
rent
burdened.
B
When
it
comes
to
the
opiate
crisis
and
mental
health
and
residents
who
are
unhoused-
and
I
see
many
of
our
service
providers
in
that
space
here-
with
saint
francis
house-
pine
street
inn
and
and
others
as
well
as
our
affordable
housing
partners,
here
we
are-
we
are
going
to
make
housing
stability,
the
foundation
of
our
recovery.
That
is
where
the
bulk
of
our
federal
arpa
funds
are
intended
to
go,
and
we
will
continue
to
engage
on
how
we
can
put
the
resources
change.
D
Thank
you
mayor
michelle
wu.
This
is
really
a
beautiful
and
exciting
opportunity.
My
name
is
mimi
ramos.
I
am
the
executive
director
with
new
england,
united
for
justice,
but
I
am
here
representing
right
to
the
city,
boston
and
many
many
housing
justice
advocates
that
have
been
working
for
years
around
the
conversation
around.
What
is
it
going
to
take
to
stabilize
our
city?
So
I
will
keep
these
comments
brief,
because
I
think
we
have
heard
the
agenda
that
many
of
us
support
from
the
mayor
around
this
really
important
conversation.
D
This
is
an
opportunity
to
bring
the
brilliance
and
the
expertise
around
this
very
important
issue
to
the
table.
It'll
be
an
opportunity
to
learn,
to
share
and
not
to
talk
about,
what's
not
possible,
but
to
dream
about
what
is
possible
and
to
bring
solutions
that
are
grounded
from
our
communities
across
the
city
together
to
have
an
honest
conversation
about
what
I
consider
the
civil
rights
issue
of
our
time.
D
Housing
is
an
important
issue.
It
is
a
human
right
and
we
all
deserve
a
home.
It
is
the
center
and
connection
of
schools,
our
health,
good
jobs,
our
land,
and
we
have
an
opportunity
to
shape
what
that
future
is
going
to
look
like
together.
So
we
are
really
excited
to
be
a
part
of
this
journey
to
continue
the
learnings
and
conversations
and
to
really
push
ourselves
to
think
outside
the
box,
be
bold
and
bring
those
solutions
to
reality.
So
I'm
really
excited
to
be
a
part
of
this
with
all
of
the
members
of
our
team.
D
This
is
going
to
take
an
investment
of
time
and
energy,
but
one
that
I
know
that
we
are
all
committed
to
because
our
families
deserve
us
the
time
and
the
attention
that
it's
going
to
take
to
make
sure
that
housing
continues
to
be
affordable
and
accessible
to
all.
So
thank
you.
Thank
you,
mayor
wu
and
thank
you
everyone.
I
look
forward
to
being
a
part
of
this
conversation.
Thank
you.
E
Need
my
glasses
hi
everybody,
I'm
curtis,
kemety
the
ceo
of
boston,
residential
group.
We
are
a
market
rate,
housing
developer
in
the
city,
and
I'm
delighted
to
be
here
and
to
be
a
member
of
this
committee,
mayor
wu,
elected
officials,
chief
dylan
guests.
Thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
participate
in
this
conversation
and
be
a
member
of
the
rent
stabilization
advisory
committee.
E
I
really
appreciate
the
city's
effort
to
ensure
there's
broad
representation
from
the
industry
and
the
advocacy
community
to
debate
this
important
issue.
We
all
agree
that
housing,
equity
and
affordability
is
a
very
important
issue
for
our
city.
Housing
creation
of
all
types,
including
affordable
housing,
is
critical
to
our
competitiveness
on
the
national
and
global
scale.
E
The
concept
deserves
careful
consideration
and
thoughtful
debate
in
the
context
of
creating
a
toolkit
of
ideas
that
the
city
might
deploy
as
it
faces.
The
affordable
housing
challenge
we'll
make
progress
on
the
issue.
When
we
can
have
a
constructive
dialogue
and
the
open
exchange
of
ideas,
all
parties
must
work
together
if
we're
to
find
compromised
solutions
that
can
have
real
impact
on
the
ground.
E
E
F
Thank
you
mayor
and
thank
you
for
everyone
for
being
here.
So
I'll
be
brief.
But
many
years
ago
the
residents
of
massachusetts,
not
boston,
made
a
decision
that
boston's
rent
stabilization
program
should
no
longer
exist,
and
for
decades
many
of
you
because
I've
worked
alongside
of
you,
have
worked
hard
to
mitigate
this
decision
by
building
more
affordable
housing
and
protecting
many
of
our
residents
from
displacement.
F
So
let
me
now
acknowledge
the
advisory,
as
the
list
is
long,
I'm
not
going
to
say
their
titles,
but
just
where
they
hail
from
emma
anderson,
boston
teachers,
union
kathy
brown,
boston,
tenant
coalition,
joe
byrne,
the
regional
council
of
carpenters,
karen
chen
chinese,
progressive
association,
emilio
dorsley
from
urban
edge,
dermot,
doing
landlord
and
business
owner
in
mission
hill,
chris
hebert
harvard
joint
center
for
housing
at
harvard
baya.
He
mazin
abundant
housing,
massachusetts,
michael
kane,
hud,
tenant
alliance,
brian
cavugian,
national
development,
curtis,
kemeny,
boston,
residential
group,
joe
kriesberg
macdc.
F
My
association
of
community
development
corporations,
denise
matthews
turner
city
life,
lisa,
owens,
heims
foundation,
gene
panato,
colliers,
international
mimi
ramos,
new
england,
united
for
justice,
dr
megan
sandell,
boston,
medical
center,
chanda,
smart
onyx
development,
lauren
song,
greater
boston,
legal
services,
justin
steele,
mit,
karen
villers,
carolyn
villars.
Excuse
me
mass
senior
action
council
and
josh
sacombe
from
housing
forward.
F
G
Good
morning,
everyone
and
thank
you
so
much
for
coming
out
today,
I'm
really
honored
to
be
here.
Thank
you
so
much
mayor
wu
for
your
for
recognizing
me
and
for
uplifting
our
city's
shared
vision
for
a
new
boston.
G
As
a
chairwoman
of
the
massachusetts
black
and
latino
caucus
as
a
collective,
we
fight
so
hard
because
housing
is
something
that
we
understand.
It's
our
lived
life
experience
and
unfortunately
we
continue
to
witness
the
displacement
of
so
many
individuals,
children
and
families,
but
we
also
experience
the
difficulties
of
navigating
the
development
process,
so
we
can
comfortably
add
on
to
a
city
that
we
all
know
and
love
so
to
the
rent
stability
task
force.
Thank
you
so
much
for
your
commitment
to
in
for
stepping
up
to
this
charge.
G
You
really
appreciate
it
and
we
look
forward
to
supporting
you
throughout
this
mission,
because
balancing
the
accessibility
and
affordability
of
our
housing
stock
is
a
very
difficult
task,
as
you
all
know,
but
we
will
not
stop
trying
on
beacon
hill.
We
recognize
this
as
an
emergency
and
we
are
committed
to
partners
in
this
uphill
battle
that
we
all
face.
We
will
continue
to
provide
funding
for
emergency
shelter,
relief,
rental
support,
home
ownership,
support
and,
last
and
certainly
not
least,
our
financial
supports
to
build
new
housing.
G
This
is
the
first
actually
as
the
first
phyla
of
the
gym
brook
stabilization
act
back
in
2017.
We
learned
pretty
quickly
that
we
had
a
lot
of
work
to
do
so
with
that
in
closing.
I'm
here
to
support
mayor
will
for
this
very
thoughtful
and
innovative
protest
of
how
we
address
this
issue
topic,
and
please
know
that
our
support
is
on
beacon
hill
and
the
legislators
on
beacon
hill
will
be
here
in
the
fight
to
the
end.
So
thank
you
so
much.
H
This
is
it's
just
an
honor
to
be
here
today
to
discuss
and
to
see
the
to
see,
marawu
continue
to
grow
and
move
in
this
area
that
she
ran
on.
I
want
to
be
clear:
what's
not
up
for
debate
is
the
mandate
that
she
received
in
the
city
received
when
she
ran
on
rent
control.
H
She
ran
on
that
and
she
won
on
that,
and
I
think
it's
important
for
us
to
center
that
that
this
conversation
is
part
of
her
fulfilling
many
of
her
promises
already
to
our
communities
about
how
we're
going
to
keep
people
here
in
the
city
of
boston.
It's
very
important
that
we
talk
in
those
terms.
It's
not
up
for
debate
that
the
rents
are
out
of
control.
H
It's
not
up
for
debate
that
we
have
created
this
problem
and
only
we
can
fix
this
problem.
It's
not
up
for
debate
anymore.
If
we
want
this
city
to
thrive,
if
we
want
to
have
a
city
that
involves
people
of
all
races,
that
it
has
people
of
different
class
levels,
if
we
want
that
city
and
that's
the
city
that
mayor
wu
ran
on
and
that's
the
city
that
I
live
in,
then
we
need
to
have
rent
stabilization.
H
I
want
to
thank
the
committee
members
already
for
your
commitment,
many
of
whom
I've
known
for
years
before
I
was
in
politics.
Many
of
you
were
folks
either
I
went
to
in
legal
services
or
work
with
as
colleagues
or
I
took
clients
from
some
of
your
organizations
when
I
was
defending
and
working
on
workers,
rights
and
domestic
workers.
So
I
want
you
to
know
these
committee
members.
Their
hearts
are
in
the
right
place,
their
brains
have
already
been
there.
H
Okay,
you
got
a
to-do
list
for
me,
which
included
the
jim
brooks
act
that
we
helped
her
write.
It
included
topa,
it
included.
So
many
different
things
that
are
still
pending
at
the
state
house
and
boston
as
we
know,
is
not
an
island
if
boston
can
help
and
fix
and
stabilize
this
housing
market,
the
whole
state
can,
as
a
regional
now
representative,
as
a
senator
that
I
represent
three
cities,
four
cities
actually
right
now.
We
know
that
if
we
all
come
together
on
a
regional
focus,
we
will
be
able
to
resolve
this
issue.
H
So
not
only
I
look
forward
to
debating
in
academics
about
this,
but
in
terms
of
the
committee
you
all
get
to
work
and
as
far
as
the
state
house
is
concerned,
I'm
going
to
get
to
work,
we're
receiving
the
transfer
fee
soon
and
we're
going
to
continue
to
fight
for
topo.
As
I
mentioned,
the
homes
act
and
also
the
local
option
for
rent
control.
So
thank
you.
I
Thank
you,
mayor
wu,
for
your
leadership
and
for
following
through
on
every
word.
You
spoke
not
only
in
your
campaign
but
since
you've
been
elected.
I
want
to
thank
ms
fredricka
also.
This
is
my
home.
This
was
my
health
center
and
I
arrived
here
because
my
sister,
who
was
experiencing
housing,
stabil
instability
and
her
four
children,
were
in
danger
of
being
taken
from
her
because
of
a
mental
health
crisis.
So
my
husband
and
I
moved
her
in
with
us,
we
had
to
find
an
apartment
that
could
fit
four
kids,
plus
our
college
daughter.
I
At
the
time
and
my
husband
and
myself
very
expensive.
We
went
into
deep
debt
to
make
sure
that
my
sister
could
have
health
care
and
housing
because
we
didn't
have
the
support
services
from
government
that
we
needed
for
that,
and
we
had
to
dig
into
our
family
deep.
We
had
to
delay
buying
a
home
being
really
the
wealthiest
people
in
the
generations
of
our
family.
We
had
to
delay
buying
a
home
for
another
four
years.
We
just
bought
that
home
last
year.
I
But
as
my
sisters
in
service
and
the
members
of
the
committee
have
put
forward,
we
can
do
much
better.
We
can
provide
a
strong
safety
net.
We
have
the
resource
resources
to
do
that.
That's
why
I
and
my
colleagues
here
I
personally
am
the
filer
of
several
rent,
stabilization
bills
and
every
everybody
here
has
had
my
back
on
that
and
I
have
your
back
mayor
wu.
I
I
It's
for
all
of
us,
because
those
very
people
are
the
ones
with
the
solutions
that
we
need
to
make
this
city
thrive
and
that's
why
I'm
so
grateful
that
the
advisory
committee
represents
folks
that
I
have
known
from
afar
and
up
close
for
decades
in
the
work
that
we've
done
on
housing
and
asset
development
for
people
who
are
most
vulnerable,
and
that
has
continued
to
bring
the
entire
city
and
state
up,
and
we
will
fight
hard
for
you
with
the
mayor's
leadership
at
city
hall
and
on
beacon
hill.
Thank
you.
B
Any
questions
from
the
media
for
anyone
up
here,
allison.
I
wonder
if
someone.
J
C
J
How
and
maybe
how
it
would
happen,
maybe
what
the
biggest
challenge
is
for
someone
who
actually
you
know
is
a
proponent
of.
B
We
are
looking
to
very
thoughtfully
craft,
a
policy
that
can
match
the
efforts
already
ongoing
at
the
state
house
to
give
cities
more
flexibility
and
authority
to
help
our
residents.
The
goal
of
this
committee
will
be
sorry,
one
more
word
on
rent
control
and
stabilization.
So
for
some,
the
two
terms
mean
different
things.
I
kind
of
use
them
interchangeably,
but
it
could
mean
either
setting
specific
rents
or
capping
the
amount
that
people
pay.
B
It
could
mean
putting
parameters
around
how
quickly
rents
can
go
up
and
that's
the
model
that
we
see
in
many
of
the
cities
that
are
instituting
this
around
the
country.
Right
now,
it
could
mean
any
anywhere
in
between
as
well,
and
so
this
committee
will
meet
monthly
with
our
teams.
Chief
dylan
and
the
office
of
housing.
C
C
F
Whatever
the
mayor
said,
but
you
know
we
are
going
through
like
we're
having
lots
of
discussions
right
now
about
the
arpa
funding,
we
do
see
it
as
a
great
opportunity
to
to
increase
money
for
our
housing
programs,
but
also
to
look
at
how
do
we
take
this
one-time
money
and
do
things
differently,
so
we
can
demonstrate
and
use
them
as
models
for
how
to
how
to
move
forward
so
more
to
come
on
that,
and
certainly
we're
going
to
have
more
dialogue
with
the
community
and
our
elected
officials.
Thank
you.
F
Rent
stabilization,
we
are
looking
at
how
we
keep
right.
Now
we
are
funding
and
the
state
is
as
well
a
lot
of
resources
to
families
that
were
hard
hit
through
the
pandemic
and
helping
them
pay
their
rent
and
stay
current
on
the
rent,
and
our
eviction
numbers
are
very,
very
low
right
now,
so
we
are
looking
at.
How
do
we
keep
federal
money
in
those
programs?
F
So
we
can
continue-
and
we
are
also
talking
to
our
budget
director
about
increasing
the
amount
of
actual
housing
vouchers
we
have
in
the
city
to
complement
the
federal
program.
So
there
there
will
be
more
federal
money
and
more
city
money
going
into
rent
relief
and
rent
programs.
B
So
we
are
very
grateful
to
our
volunteer
committee
members,
so
the
budget
is
love
and
gratitude,
and
some
meals
right.
So
no
I
mean
in
in
all
seriousness.
This
is
an
issue
that
the
city
very
much
needs
to
grapple
with
that
we
have
so
much
energy
to
be
part
of
important
policy
decisions
and
changes,
and
there
are
very
serious
financial
barriers
for
volunteer
time
for
many
in
our
community
and
so
in
this
instance.
B
E
Oh
yes,
I
have
one
real
quick.
Yes,
I
think
my
colleague
reporter
over
here
was
talking
about
the
arc
of
money
could
be
used
for
you
know
to
subsidize
friend,
control
and
stabilization
in
the
future.
I
know
that's
way
out,
but
are.
B
Well,
it's
really
up
to
the
committee
to
explore
all
possibilities
and
to
offer
the
suggestions
and
potential
legislation
that
we
could
go
ask
for
approval
from
the
state
house,
for
I
would
say
that
in
many
ways
across
the
city,
we
are
already
subsidizing
rent
control
to
some
extent,
in
that
the
city
has
been
able
to
already
use
federal
funds
and,
in
the
past,
has
helped
finance
developments
and
new
housing
that
therefore
have
deed
restrictions
built
into
it
so
that
the
rents
are
below
market
from
then
on.
B
We
have
seen
some
of
the
other
upper
funds
already
invested
in
that
way
as
well,
and
then
there
are
also
opportunities
to
be
really
creative
about
financing.
So
there's
really
no
no
limits
to
what
this
group
is
empowered
to
discuss
and
put
forward.
There
have
been
suggestions
of
you
know.
Could
we
leverage
the
city's
bond
rating
to
be
more
of
a
partner
in
financing,
affordable
housing?
Could
we
support
a
version
of
a
subsidy
monthly
but
for
home
ownership,
a
municipal
voucher
for
homeownership?
We
already
know,
thanks
to
leadership
of
some
here.
B
B
So
the
committee
will
meet
monthly
and
chief
dylan
and
the
policy
team
have
already
laid
out
the
curriculum
for
the
syllabus.
If
you
will
of
month
by
month
what
some
of
the
proposed
topics
would
be
and
and
the
suggested
learnings
and
readings
for
each
one,
our
goal,
you
know
the
legislative
session
is
already
well
underway,
where
we
came
into
office
halfway
through
the
legislative
session
up
on
beacon
hill
and
so
rather
than
try
to
rush
something
through
and
there's
already
many
proposals
already
on
the
table
at
the
state
level.
D
B
But
we
also
for
good
and
bad
are
very
reliant
as
a
city
on
property
taxes
to
fund
our
municipal
budget
over
70
percent
of
the
budget.
The
current
fiscal
year
budget
is
from
property
taxes
paid
by
residents
and
by
commercial
buildings,
and
that
means
that
in
times
of
shock,
we
are
not
less
reliant
on
sources
like
the
sales
tax
or
or
others
that
that
might
ebb
and
flow
with
the
economic
situation.
B
But
it
also
means
a
very
large
burden,
is
being
put
on
our
property
owners
and
and
residents
here
in
boston
that
we
need
to
find
a
way
to
diversify
over
the
long
term
as
well.
So
there
are
many
strands
here
and
we're
very
lucky
in
boston.
It
also
means
that
we
need
to
be
very
intentional
about
how
we
identify
sources
that
are
for
sustainable
revenue
moving
forward
as
well.
K
If
I
may
add,
I
think
the
question
around
rent
stabilization.
You
know,
I
think
federica
said
earlier.
You
know
quoting
the
number
of
people
who
are
actually
paying
more
than
30
of
the
income
towards
rent,
but
actually
the
problem
in
boston.
I
think,
probably
throughout
massachusetts,
that
if
your
income
is
lower
in
the
lower
bracket,
actually
paying
more
portionary
income
towards
the
rent.
So
when
we're
talking
about
addressing,
you
know,
rent
stabilization,
you
know
we
need
correct.
K
You
know
this
problem
because,
based
on
the
national
low
income,
research
is
saying
that
you
know
each
year
they
come
up
with
the
report.
You
have
to
make
36
dollars
in
order
to
rent
a
two-bedroom
apartment,
but
right
now
the
minimum
wage
is
at
12
14-25.
K
So
it's
you
know.
So
I
think
it's
like
it's
thinking
about.
How
do
we
make
sure
that
you
know
the
housing
that
we
are
producing
is
actually
keeping
people
in
their
homes
and
and
then
also
at
the
same
time,
you
know
looking
into
other
issues
that
help
people
achieve
economic
mobility
and
then
I
think
that
you
know
we
are
very
familiar
with
the
term
of
like
house.
Poor,
but
also
it's
like
what
we're
really
talking
about
rent
stimulation.
It's
like
people
are
home
poor
and
we
need
to
fix
that.