Word: tenants
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Graduate School of Design decided it wanted to use the four-story brick apartment building for office space. Offices were incompatible with bedrooms and kitchens, and so 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...
...moment, issues like these are less important to Harvard's foes than winning passage of the anti-expansion ordinance. If, as expected, the law clears the council, the rules that have always governed Cambridge's relations with its most illustrious tenant will change: after 350 years as dealer, the University will pass the cards to its neighbors and a new era may begin. Who knows--President Bok may even make the next parade
Whatever the validity of their charges, it seems unlikely the HTU and other tenant organizations will fade away. More likely, they will continue to make noise, reminding all who will listen that the growth of Harvard Real Estate comes at a price to its tenants...
...seed Harvard has planted with its tenants is starting to bear fruit; a month ago, they began to band together in a Harvard tenant union to complain about abuses and demand fairer treatment. And there are some signs their tactics will work--the most hopeful proof is the experience of the city government in recent months. For generations Harvard ignored the city problems, including those to which they contribute; this year, though, the city won the right to regulate University expansion. And with that power came new leverage. Cambridge has been able to force Harvard to the bargaining table...
...typical Harvard tenant lives in an overheated and drafty apartment: the energy consumed to heat the apartment goes out the window," the letter to Bok states...