Records, 1968-1984.

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Records, 1968-1984.

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These records consist of correspondence files, local task force files, proposals, reports, and some minutes that document some of the concerns of residents in individual housing developments, the suggestions the council presented the Boston Housing Authority, and the council's relationship with the authority and its receiver.

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University of Massachusetts at Boston, Healey Library

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University of Massachusetts at Boston, Healey Library

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Boston Public Housing Tenants Policy Council.

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The Boston Public Housing Tenants Policy Council was a city-wide tenants organization for all residents of public housing. In 1968, to satisfy federal modernization program requirements for tenant involvement, the Boston Housing Authority organized what became the council. The council, comprised of representatives from housing developments ("local" task forces) and a few issue-based task forces, was the liaison between the BHA and its tenants during and after the modernization program. The BPHTP...

Boston Housing Authority

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The Boston Housing Authority (BHA) was established by order of the Boston City Council on Oct. 1, 1935, pursuant to St 1935, c 449, s 5, which empowered cities and towns of Massachusetts to establish housing authorities. Such a body is responsible for providing decent, safe, and sanitary housing for families unable to afford housing without public subsidy and for clearing substandard, decadent, or blighted open areas under the provisions of MGLA c 121B. To carry out these responsibi...