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...area of responsibility Steiner inherits with his new post has consistently been tinged by controversy over the last few years. Harvard Real Estate (HRE), the multi-million-dollar agency that manages University property, has repeatedly drawn flak from tenants, who complain of high rents and inconsiderate treatment. They are also upset by Harvard's refusal to recognize a budding tenants union that gelled largely because of mutual gripes...
...quite natural that Dan would be the person" to assume the HRE-oversight job after it was vacated this summer, Bok explains. "It's a little unfair to think of him simply as a general counsel...
...official accounts, Steiner injected a little calm rationality into a turbulent era, and while his bullhorn days have subsided, he remains Massachusetts Hall's day-to-day problem solver. His new vice-presidential responsibility of overseeing Harvard Real Estate (HRE), the controversial agency whose management of University property holdings has drawn flak from tenants in recent years, is only his most recent pinch-hitting duty...
Instead, the official says, Steiner attended a series of small employee meetings and was "very intimidating." A leader of the 20-month-old Harvard Tenants Union, which HRE has refused to recognize, says he fears Steiner will work to oppose unionization in his new role...
...find this precipitious behavior unjustifiable and inexplicable on the part of an organization such as HRE. Bette Davis and Elizabeth Van Ranst, 13 Ware...