Burbank Tenants Deliver Not-So-Sweet Valentine to Kargmans by Stephen Brophy with Their Landlords in Late January
MAR WWW.FENWAYNEWS.oRg 2011 FREE SERVING THE FENWAY, KENMORE SQUARE, UPPER BACK BAY, PRUDENTIAL, LONGWOOD AREA & MISSION HILL SINCE 1974 VOLUME 37, NUMBER 3 FEBRUARY 26-APRIL 1, 2011 Burbank Tenants Deliver Not-So-Sweet Valentine to Kargmans BY STEPHEN BROPHY with their landlords in late January. The owners, William and Robert Kargman. So for the development. Struggling since last summer to keep the tenants offered several proposals but got only on January 17 they delivered a “valentine” And even tenants lucky enough to federal housing subsidies that make their units a tepid response. to the brothers that included signed petitions qualify for new, income-limited vouchers affordable, the Burbank Apartments Tenants After waiting three weeks they decided from more than half the tenants and more under the Kargman plan end up exposed to Association (BATA) finally won a meeting to pursue a more visible interaction with the than 350 community members, as well as new risks. If a tenant’s income rises above support letters from more than 20 groups and program limits, for example, they lose the institutions. (You can see one of the letters on voucher—and even if a later event like a lay- page 4.) They were so visible Led by Esperanza Spalding, Fenway Music that they made Channel 5 news. For the Valentine delivery, Schools Take Home Seven Grammy Awards the BATA tenants were joined Berklee and New England Conservatory As a jazz bassist, Spalding was a long shot, by Fenway neighbors, tenants grads and faculty took home a collective competing against the likes of Justin Bieber, from Chinatown, Jamaica seven awards across a range of categories Drake, Florence and the Machine, and Plain, and Roslindale, and at the 2011 Grammy Awards, announced on Mumford and Sons.
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