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...tricky balancing act.‘I’VE NEVER HAD ANY TROUBLE’Thomas Harper, 20, is the third generation of his family to live in the apartments. His grandfather was employed to help with maintenance when the apartments were constructed in 1971 to provide housing??ironically enough—or people pushed out of Cambridge by Harvard’s expansion. Originally owned by HUD, the Section-8 housing is now owned by three churches and a synagogue: St. Anthony’s Roman Catholic Church, St. Gabriel’s Roman Catholic Church...
...year-old is fully aware that he won’t fit into the profile of typical college students. But he’s been talking to the institutions considering his application, trying to arrange for solutions—such as living in graduate housing??that might make the adjustment process a little easier.As for extracurricular activities, Cheek wants to get involved in organizations dealing with youth activism in politics. The ever-increasing power of communication inspires him, and he has some ideas about the centralization of student lobbying that he wants to develop.But when it comes...
...must—maintain its reputation for extensive social services without straining the economy.“This is a community that believes in human services and education,” he says. “Fifty-four percent of high school kids come from public housing??but they don’t have to pay for extracurriculars. We’ve invested in new infrastructure and built a new water plant that meets clean water demands for the next century. We have a new public library. That’s investing in the future...
...construction is expensive, and the board would probably have to apply for federal money to pay for it. According to Silverman, the cost of developing “quality new affordable housing?? in the Boston area is between $250,000 and $350,000 per unit...
...last two years, various curricular review committees have considered such major changes as a shift to Yale-style housing??in which freshmen would be matched with an upperclass House from the start—a move to push back concentration choice to sophomore year, and calls for more formal peer and faculty advising...