Word: rental
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...eviction proceedings began. The first few rulings on the hotly contested case went against the University, which had tried to remove some tenants with valid leases. But Harvard kept up the fight, despite the protests of local leaders that the building represented 16 moderately priced units of increasingly scarce rental housing. The Summer Rd. site was soon the focus of city-University conflict, "the symbol of all that Harvard is trying to do to Cambridge," in Sullivan's words. The University never ceased its campaign, and eventually, in December, won the final battle. The Rent Control Board, despite howls from...
...cheered and booed for almost five hours until the council passed a heavily amended version of a motion that in its original form would have halted prosecution of those who had bought condominiums in violation of a city ordinance requiring a permit before an apartment is removed from the rental market...
...University is considering asking the city for permission to convert a large Mt. Auburn St. apartment building from rental housing to some other use. Sally Zeckhauser, president of Harvard Real Estate (HRE), said yesterday...
...University was to use the building for some purpose other than rental housing, they would have to ask the city for a "removal permit." Past cases, including the December decision of 7 Sumner Rd., indicate that Harvard will have to show it has replaced the homes with comparable units before a removal permit is granted...
...Park Lane development in Carlsbad, Calif., for example, a two-bedroom house costs $127,990 when sold conventionally. But with land leasing, the house sells for just $82,990, and the down payment falls from 20% to 10%. The catch: the buyer must agree to pay a monthly ground rental of $450. The total monthly house payments would then be about $1,444 for a land lease, compared with $1,294 for a conventional sale...