Word: turk
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Michael H. Turk, co-chair of the Cambridge Tenants Union (CTU), labelled Ford's proposal "a mixed bag for tenants and for Cambridge," arguing that certain aspects of the report, such as the Affordable Housing Preservation Fund fee, are unfair, and that the proposal fails to give other issues the necessary emphasis...
...somewhat disappointed," Turk said. "Our strongest opposition is against the tenant tax because it is regressive, unworkable and illegal--you can't just tax tenants because they are tenants. Also, the tax would eventually find its way down to the low-income tenants...
...Turk said that yet another source of improvement funding should be the "slum lords," who divert much of their funds away from maintaining their buildings, allowing them to deteriorate. "It's all a matter of enforcement," Turk said...
...Wetmore leaves it will convert to a condominium," Turk said. "Wetmore is keeping that unit from coming out of the rent control system...
Rent control opponents this week said that Turk's charges are irrelevant, and that Wetmore's case illustrates a problems that is all too common in the rent control system...