According to Galluccio, the new plan comes much closer than the first to satisfying the committee's original concerns for current tenant protection and long-term affordable housing.
By selling 100 units to the city, Galluccio said, Harvard has ensured that more low-income tenants will live in its formerly rent-controlled property than did under rent control.
By screening tenants for need, he said, the city can ensure that only low-income residents live in the 100 apartments. Under rent control, on the other hand, anyone could live in a rent-controlled apartment, regardless of income.
Overall, Harvard has committed 26 percent of its formerly rent-controlled property to affordable housing, an amount which pleases city leaders and many community activists.
Keller said she is happy to have worked with the city, and that she hopes dialogue continues.
But Harvard officials say the University is through as a Cambridge landlord. In a June 19 meeting with the Housing Committee, Spiegelman told the councillors that Harvard has decided that management of rental housing for non-affiliates does not have a core connection to Harvard's mission