Greedy Luxury Housing Developer Refuses to Provide Community - TopicsExpress



          

Greedy Luxury Housing Developer Refuses to Provide Community Benefits • Millennium Partners is building a new $500 million luxury tower on the historic Filenes Basement space in downtown Boston • The Millennium Towers is not meeting the Boston Residents Jobs Policy hiring goals for Boston residents, people of color and women • Millennium refuses to commit to real Community Benefits Agreements, despite receiving $19 millions in public tax breaks and subsidies • While avoiding over $5 million in required affordable housing payments, Millenniums luxury housing tower threatens to further gentrify the Chinatown community The Boston Jobs Coalition and partner organization are calling for a community protest to demand good jobs and community benefits from Millennium Partners. Millennium should halt all construction until hiring goals can be met and a substantial CBA is negotiated. Remain, Reclaim, Rebuild: Good Jobs, Strong Communities! Endorse the BJC Action and Campaign: tinyurl/EndorseBJC
Posted on: Wed, 19 Mar 2014 15:59:17 +0000

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