Word: helpful
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Finally, Harvard and MIT should help to expand the non-university housing supply in Cambridge--not because they owe that to the City, and not in a spirit of largesse--but simply because they resources to do it that no one else in the City has, and a clear responsibility to use them. MIT has already begun that process, although many details of the proposal that has been announced must be clarified before the City can evaluate it and help to implement it. We hope, and expect that Harvard will reveal soon how it intends to participate...
...desire of families with adequate incomes to live in Cambridge, that such housing must clearly have the lowest priority in terms of public funds, energy or involvement. This is not because one group of residents is less important than the other. It is simply because they need less help, and have a better chance of having their needs met in the market. All builders or owners of private housing, at whatever rent levels, must also recognize that under no conditions is there any justification for taking advantage of the tight market to make excessive profits by capitalizing on the need...
...time when the demand is unusually high. But let's be precise about that. More luxury housing will not relieve the pressure on the low income housing market in Cambridge. The "Filter down" theory simply does not work here. More construction of subsidized low income housing will help and that is a public responsibility on which my staff is presently hard at work...
...closing--I would like to emphasize that I have been extremely impressed by the sincere efforts of so many citizens who are concerned, interested and willing to participate to help their community become a better place to live for all its citizens. With the government and the people working together we can't help but succeed
Besides the normal Summer School courses, a number of special programs exist under the auspices of the School, and they too help to make the school more serious than it once was. The programs include...