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Michael H. Turk, spokesman for the Cambridge Rent Control Coalition, said this larger rate would likely have lead directly to higher rents and applauded the Council's decison...
...Tenants talk about the layers [of bureaucracy] you have to go through to get to anyone. Many of them regard [HRE President] Sally Zeckhauser as a myth," Turk says...
Both Sullivan and Turk see the problem as endemic to large landowners in the city, however they say HRE's hierarchical structure adds to the gap between large landowners and their tenants...
Despite their criticisms of HRE, for Turk and Sullivan see Harvard as landowner which overall is no worse than other large landlord, in the city. Turk admits that one of the reasons that Harvard is criticized so much for its real estate dealings is because local groups expect the University to act more responsibly than other investors...
...Turk argues it is fair to ask more of Harvard than other landowners. Since Harvard benefits from the public through its tax-exempt status, the University should make its investments so that they will benefit the community as a whole as well as itself. Turk says...