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...Cantabs are quickly learning how to combat Harvard's selfish manipulation of the housing market. In the November, 1985 municipal elections, 50 percent of Cambridge's voters told Harvard Real Estate, Inc. (HRE) to stop selling rent-controlled buildings to professors on a priority basis. Because of owner-occupancy rules, Harvard's house sales only serve to decontrol apartments reserved for low-income tenants...
...Mass. Ave., a University-owned building across from Wigglesworth Hall, it took Harvard at least three months to issue an eviction notice to a tenant illegally using his rent-controlled apartment for commercial purposes. This summer, the Cambridge Rent Control Board found that HRE broke the law in the case of 1306 Mass. Ave. Once again, the University was proven guilty of keeping a low-income apartment off an already-tight housing market; in a city where the turnover rate is less than 2 percent annually...
Minor renovations due to start this week will include replacing roof slates broken by snowfalls, polishing the wood and brass fixtures and "high dusting," that is, professional cleaning and oiling the walls up to a height of 32 feet, said HRE building manager Bob Hart...
Come next spring, major exterior renovations will begin, potentially followed by interior renovations, said Sally Zeckhauser, president of HRE. The exterior renovations include repairing the roof, completely cleaning the sandstone and brick walls, and repairing the stained-glass, she said...
...HRE Planning Committee has discussed possible alternative uses of Memorial Hall with faculty and student groups who currently use it, including the Chamber Music Orchestra and the Blood Drive, said Zeckhauser...