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 [Affordable housing protesters at the BRA] Original Airdate: 5/28/1986 Length: 00:22:04 Item Type: newstape - edited story master Go to full description for this item. Description : Abstract Meg Vaillancourt interviews Sterling Anderson (ACORN) about the lack of affordable housing in the Roxbury, Dorchester, and Mattapan areas. Anderson says that the city is not doing enough to provide affordable housing for low-income residents. Anderson questions the city's definition of low-income. He adds that most residents do not make enough money to meet the city's definition of low-income. Anderson and a group of ACORN protesters march to the offices of the Boston Redevelopment Authority in Dudley Square. Anderson and the protesters enter the office and confront Ricardo Millet (BRA) about the city's affordable housing policies. The protesters read a list of demands. The protesters say that 70% of all new developments in the area must target low- and moderate-income residents. The protesters demand information on all new planned developments in the Roxbury/Dorchester/Mattapan neighborhoods. Millet discusses the city's affordable housing policy with the protesters. He gives them handouts including a list of planned developments in the area. Millet says that the BRA is trying to provide affordable housing despite a lack of subsidies from the federal government. Contributor : Reporter Meg Vaillancourt
Subject : Keywords Housing Urban poor Subject : Personal Names Anderson, Sterling Millet, Ricardo Vaillancourt, Meg Subject : Corporate Names (Organization names) ACORN (Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now) Boston Redevelopment Authority (BRA) Subject : Geographic Locations Roxbury (Boston, Mass.) Type : Genre News - Television |
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