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...added that HPRE is looking at options for increasing the housing available to affiliates, and has made progress in recent months...
...tight rental market all over the Boston area, Dunn says, has driven more Harvard affiliates onto the HPRE waiting list and into the housing office to look for listings...
About 67,000 people walked into the housing office last year, and about 59,000 called looking for apartments. In addition to the apartments that HPRE rents directly, other area landlords list their rentals through HPRE...
Many landlords prefer to rent to Harvard affiliates, Dunn says, because they "feel the students are reliable". Local alums often prefer to list with HPRE for the same reason...
...rent control in 1994 also gave HPRE on opportunity to reclaim many apartments. Through a deal with the city of Cambridge, HPRE arranged to offer its housing only to affiliates, rather than the public. In exchange, rent control tenants living in Harvard buildings can stay indefinitely, paying their rent control rates. Also, Harvard will pay a fee to the city in lieu of taxes on student only buildings...