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Will More Housing Really Lower Rents? Prove It, Mr. Mayor

File photo: Olmsted Place Apartments under construction on Nov. 19, 2014 at the site of the Home for Little Wanderers.
File photo: Olmsted Place Apartments under construction on Nov. 19, 2014 at the site of the Home for Little Wanderers.

Earlier this year, Mayor Marty Walsh told Jamaica Plain News and other community newspapers how he plans to keep people from being forced out of Boston by the high costs of rent and sales prices: “The key is to increase the supply of housing.”

Letter to the Editor: Report on JPNC Left Out Key Information

The report in Jamaica Plain News as to the Neighborhood Council’s decision at the suggestion of the Jamaica Pond Association to direct $5,000 of the 161 South Huntington Ave. litigation settlement funds to the Fund for Jamaica Pond Park, is not accurate as it does not mention the good works of the fund, which is under the supervision of the Park Department.

Tenant Group Eyed to Get $150K in Neighborhood Council Deal

Construction is well underway at 161 So Huntington Avenue one year after groundbreaking.
Construction is well underway at 161 So Huntington Avenue one year after groundbreaking.

Boston Residential Group has completed the exterior of its enormous housing development on the western edge of Jamaica Plain overlooking Leverett Pond. Marketing of the 196 mostly luxury apartments is well underway with slogans like “Where Cattails Meet Concierge ” and “Where Pondside Meets Poolside.”