Response by the city of Boston to an administrative complaint submitted by greater Boston legal services to hud concerning the copley place urban development action grant.

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...presents arguments to refute the charges in the complaint (which is kept on BRA/1358) concerning this development project adjacent to Copley Square in Boston's Back Bay and utilizing the air rights over the MA Turnpike by Urban Investment and Development Corp. (UIDC); these include the following: the Boston City Council did act upon the application with sufficient information to evaluate the environmental impact upon the city and its neighborhoods, the project will not have a negative impact on low and moderate income people and minorities, is not causing displacement, will further equal opportunity and fair housing goals, and would not violate Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the environmental planning is proceeding without substantial problems, etc.; supprots each argument in some detail; discusses proposed subsidized housing in the Fenway and the South End, gentrification, transportation issues, pedestiran bridge, parking, ventilation, turnpike ramp locations, landscaping, etc.; copies of this item were in the BRA collection...

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