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...That's astounding...it seems a classic case of suggesting belt-rightening to those who can least afford it and an extended bout of generosity to those who least need it." Michael Turk, coordinator of the Harvard Tenants' Union, in March...
...Turk was responding to the news that administrators at Harvard Real Estate (HRE), which manages the University's properties, received pay hikes last year of up to $17,000. One increase raised HRE President Sally Zeckhauser's annual, stipend to $65,500 more than the salaries of most members of the Faculty...
...members of the then newly formed Harvard Tenants Union spent hundreds of hours compiling an energy usage survey of tenants in Harvard owned buildings. The survey finding based on responses from tenants in 124 apartments demonstrated a "gross form of mismanagement by Harvard Real Estate, according to HTU members Turk explained that Harvard could cut fuel costs simply by criminating waste, performing routine maintenance, and obtaining quantity discounts on fuel. These measures, Turk said, were likely to generate lower rents for Harvard tenants...
...fiscal year 1981. A spokesman for the University said that the HRE administrators' pay increases stemmed in some cases from expanded job responsibilities, in one case from special bonuses, and in another instance from past payment for current and future services. But HTU leader Turk said that while HRE officials have in the past blamed a lack of attention to apartment repairs on serious fiscal constraints, the salary hikes "reveal how hollow those claims...
Withe the hearings completed, the city examiner, James Packer said yesterday that he is waiting for memoranda form Turk and Robert F. Gad III, the University's attorney, so he can begin his report to the rent board, which has the final say in the case...