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Another area in which Harvard often attempts to wield its influence relates to its real estate holdings. Although most land-use laws are enacted at the municipal level, state actions can often create difficult legal snags for the University, Casey says...
...result, the bill would have placed a severe barrier to Harvard's immediate plans for the two sites. But neither structure can be adequately described as an SRO housing unit, Casey says...
...intentions are excellent," Casey says, but because of a "drafting technicality, it would have frozen the development of new dorms even if it was new construction, even if it did not displace an SRO unit...
...series of changes to exclude Harvard, which the sponsor has agreed to, "make it a more crisply-drafted piece of legislation," Casey says...
...Casey stresses that the type of lobbying in which Harvard engages tends toward this type of technical change to legislation, watching out for the University's interests without creating a big fuss...