Chinatown parcel r3-b, Boston, Massachusetts: application section 8 project based assistance program

640 Pages·1991·10.7 MB·English

by  Asian Community Development Corporation

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APPLICATION SECTION 8 PROJECT BASED
ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS April 29, 1991
JacquieKay
President Ms. Doreen Cavanagh, Finance Specialist
NeilChin Public Facilities Department
Vice-President 15 Beacon Street 9th Floor
HarryYee
Boston, MA 02108
Treasurer, Secretarv
RE: Chinatown Parcel R3-B Project
Caroline Chang
JosephChow Application to Section 8 Project Based Assistance
KennethJong Program
Howard Lee
Paul Lee
TunneyLee
AndrewLeong Dear Ms. Cavanagh:
JeffreyWong
The Asian Community Development Corporation (ACDC) is
Regina Lee pleased to submit this application to the Public
ExecutiveDirector Facilities Department for consideration under the
TarryHum Section 8 Project Based Assistance Program. ACDC is
ProjectCoordinator
requesting assistance for 52 of our units in order to
provide affordable housing in Chinatown. Our Chinatown
Parcel R3-B Project hopes to provide 100 units of rental
housing with a goal of 60% affordability
It is ACDC's goal to provide long term affordable
housing to the Asian Commmunity and other residents of
Boston. We are committed to ensuring that this Project
remain affordable in perpetuity. ACDC is also committed
to using minority business enterprises, implementing
fair housing practices and enforcing the Boston Jobs
Ordinance.
The City of Boston and the Boston Redevelopment
Authority has been working with ACDC since 1988 to
ensure the success of our housing project. With both
public support and broad neighborhood support, ACDC
obtained CDAG and RDAL from the Executive Office of
Communities and Development (EOCD) In addition, ACDC
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has on file over 150 letters of support and over 2,000
names of petitioners from residents, community
organizations inside and outside of Chinatown, elected
officials and other supporters. Without an award from
the Section 8 Project Based Assistance Program, ACDC
would not be able to provide its target goal of
affordable units in Chinatown or to build at such a
large scale.

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With extreme factors such as Chinatown being one of the
poorest neighborhoods, having the highest rate of
overcrowding in Boston, having a high percentage of
deteriorated housing and having thousands of family and
elderly on Chinatown's combined subsidized housing waiting
lists, this large scale affordable housing project is
significant and will alleviate some of these dire
neighborhood problems.
We hope that the Public Facilities Department will award
us the full number of units that we have requested for
assistance.
Sincerely,
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Carol Lee
Executive Director