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align="right" height="336" hspace="30" width="281">Sunday,
September 30<br>
4-6pm<br>
St Bartholomew's Episcopal Church<br>
239 Harvard St<br>
Cambridge<br>
<br>
<h1>Defending Affordable Housing </h1>
A wide range of political and financial leaders would like
to get rid of America's affordable housing. The current
economic crisis <font color="#ff0000">[thanks to US
warring]</font> has given them an opportunity to move
toward that goal. How is this playing out in Cambridge,
MA—the quintessential 'liberal' city?<br>
<br>
<a href="http://www.CambridgeResidentsAlliance.org">CambridgeResidentsAlliance.org</a>
hosts presentations by:<br>
<br>
Richard Krushnic is a career community development
professional mainly in Boston's Neighborhood Development
Dept.<br>
<br>
Preserving existing non-public affordable housing <br>
Forest City's University Park commitments, fulfilled
& not<br>
Restrictions on 168 units of University Park Affordable
Housing<br>
Preserving those 168 units<br>
Detailed example: Auburn Court I & II <br>
<br>
Bill Cunningham is on the board of Alliance of Cambridge
Tenants representing public housing & voucher tenants<br>
<br>
Federal budget cuts & the crisis facing public
housing authorities<br>
Cambridge Housing Authority's crisis strategies<br>
Historical context of public housing & rent vouchers
in the US, particularly in Cambridge <br>
<br>
Barbara Taggart of the Simplex Steering Committee &
local business owner<br>
<br>
history of Forest City's University Park and the Simplex
Steering Committee<br>
personal experience of Cambridge <br>
<br>
Charles Teague got 3 changes to Cambridge Zoning Ordinance
passed (two reducing density)<br>
<br>
Cambridge's "Inclusionary" (Affordable) Housing Zoning
Requirement<br>
Why do we not get the entire 15%?<br>
Who benefits from this law? <br>
<br>
<b>Cambridge residents:</b><br>
Join the Alliance right now by emailing: <a
href="mailto:camb.residents.alliance@gmail.com">camb.residents.alliance@gmail.com</a><br>
<br>
<a href="http://CambridgeResidentsAlliance.org">CambridgeResidentsAlliance.org</a><br>
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