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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...predictable result of 'the law of supply and demand" or "an economic fact of life." We cannot be satisfied merely to remark that the lack of adequate housing at reasonable prices is a natural consequence of the fact that more people want to live in Cambridge than the number of units available can absorb. New construction to expand the supply of housing is a need for the highest priority, but not simply so that more people can live here. We must protect the ability of long-term residents of Cambridge to stay here. What we must do, as a matter...
...must be commitments from the real estate industry in return, however, besides willingness to participate in programs which provide a guaranteed, and reasonable, rate of return. We will expect, and require, of any developer who needs the cooperation of the City in building Federally supported housing, that a substantial number of the units to be built be made available to low income families through either rent supplements or leasing to the Housing Auhtority. To make that possible, cost of building in the first place must be limited, since there are cost constraints in both subsidy programs. Builders of housing which...
...building code in Cambridge, which regulates the construction of new buildings. If we are to encourage innovative new methods of constructing lower cost housing, we must adopt a "performance standard" building code, specifically the BOCA code which has received considerable national attention and has already been adopted by a number of localities. This code, rather than limiting construction to a select few methods, sets up minimum standards of strength, durability and safety. Then any system of building which meets those standards can be accepted for use in the city. It is an inclusive rather than exclusive code...
...Building Commissioner has at my request ordered a number of copies of the BOCA Code which will in the next few weeks be presented to a committee of Architects and Builders for review during the summer with the intention of proposing any amendments or recommendations that will make it more adaptable for the City of Cambridge. When their report is received it will be presented to the City Council for their consideration...
...Intensive Summer Studies Program, begun in 1966, which brings 70 students from Southern, predominantly Negro colleges to Cambridge for the summer. The students take one regular summer course, and also a special tutorial. (The program is a joint venture with Yale and Columbia, which also take a similar number of the students each summer...