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As evictions loom, one city shows how to save homes and families
By Tim Logan Globe Staff,Updated February 20, 2021, 4:57 p.m.
Bybiose Larochelle is an eviction prevention care manager and a paralegal working with Housing Families in Malden.Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff
MALDEN — For 25 years, Irma found steady work as a nanny. Then, when the COVID-19 pandemic hit last March, the family she worked for no longer felt comfortable with her taking the T to their house.
Without a car, she lost her job. As an undocumented immigrant, she couldn't receive unemployment. The bills mounted. Food. Utilities. And rent, so much rent. By late last year, Irma — who didn't want her last name published because of her immigration status — owed $13,000 on the one-bedroom apartment she rents in Malden.
Then, on the verge of calamity, she found help.
With the assistance of a local mutual aid society — Malden Neighbors Helping Neighbors — Irma cobbled together enough money to stay afloat: one month's rent from the city, $1,000 from a local social service agency, and another $4,000 from a state rental aid program that came with a promise her landlord couldn't evict her for months. Just before Christmas, a nonprofit working with the Malden Redevelopment Authority paid off the rest of her back rent, part of an ambitious city program to keep Malden residents in their homes.
Dealing with the flurry of applications was practically a full-time job, Irma said. But she still has a home and is resolved to making a full recovery.
"I'm hoping I can continue to pay rent until I get vaccinated and can get back to work," she said. "I feel really thankful. Blessed."
As the pandemic nears the one-year mark, one of the biggest worries about its economic fallout hasn't come to pass ― so far. There have been relatively few evictions in Massachusetts; since a bump up during the first weeks after the state's eviction ban ended in October, the number of new filings for eviction has fallen steadily. According to state courts data, new cases for nonpayment of rent in 2021 are about 40 percent below the pace of the same period last year, just before the pandemic threw hundreds of thousands of people, many of them working-class renters, out of work.
There are a number of reasons why the widely anticipated wave of evictions has yet to arise.
A broad federal moratorium, enacted by President Trump in September and extended last month by President Biden, has kept many tenants at risk of eviction from being put on the street. Also, the Baker administration has ramped up rental aid and ordered state housing courts to encourage mediation over eviction. But perhaps most important, cities and towns have launched an array of programs to help tenants and landlords alike.
Perhaps no community in Massachusetts has done more on that front than Malden.
Over the last few months, the city of 60,000 has poured resources into staving off evictions. It's provided legal aid to tenants in housing court, negotiated with large landlords, and tapped federal COVID aid for a city rent-relief program. The city also has an eviction moratorium — one of just three Boston-area cities with one — which aims to ensure no one is put on the street at least until after the pandemic has been quelled.
"There's not one thing that's going to solve this," said Alex Pratt, community development director at the Malden Redevelopment Authority, who is spearheading the effort. "We really needed to step up and address a whole array of housing needs."
To do that, Malden partnered with social service agencies that have deep roots in the city, organizations familiar with the people who need assistance. Housing activists and ad hoc volunteer groups that have sprung up during the pandemic helped steer struggling renters to city programs too.
"There are massive numbers of people in need, but not necessarily the infrastructure or the relationships in the community to get help out fast," said Laura Rosi, chief executive of the Malden-based homelessness prevention nonprofit Housing Families. "We were able to do it because we were already there."
That came in especially handy last fall, when Mayor Gary Christenson decided to put $500,000 the city had coming in federal relief toward rental aid. The unorthodox move needed state approval, Pratt said, which came a couple of days before Thanksgiving. All the money had to be distributed by year's end.
"For us, that was a massive challenge," Pratt said. "We've never run a rental assistance program before."
But the city teamed up with Housing Families and with Just-A-Start Corp., another social service agency active in Malden, tapping their client lists. It reached out to churches and food pantries to get the word out, and it made sure that applications were translated into six languages.
"Malden is one of the most diverse communities in Greater Boston," said Angie Liou, executive director of Asian Community Development Corporation, one of several groups that works with Malden's large immigrant communities. "The city was great in terms of proactively thinking about that."
All that outreach, and all those carefully cultivated relationships, made a difference. The city's programs have helped about 350 households pay their rent, compared with 82 Malden residents who accessed the state's overwhelmed rental aid program during the second half of 2020, according to Pratt. The blitz in December enabled 133 households to clear their rent debt for all of last year, funding an average of $4,630 in back payments.
That was a life saver for Jean, a laid-off health care industry project manager who was looking for work when COVID-19 arrived. By year's end, she had long since exhausted unemployment, drained her retirement savings ― and was still behind on rent. Her landlord was sympathetic, Jean said, but had bills to pay, too. Eviction was on the horizon.
"I've never been homeless. I don't know what happens. I don't know what you're supposed to do with your stuff," said Jean, who asked that her last name not be used because of her ongoing job search. "I do know you need an Internet connection to find a job. I can't even imagine what's that's like when you don't have a place to live."
In December, she heard about Malden's rent relief program. She called Housing Families, and it helped her put together an application in just a few days. By the end of December, her landlord was paid off, and Jean was OK again, at least temporarily.
That money also has helped landlords. Malden cut deals with several large apartment-building owners to pay down half of tenants' rent debt if the landlords agreed to forgive the other half. That allowed dozens of tenants to stay put. It also said any landlord whose tenant received rent relief through Housing Families for 2020 would have to agree not to file an eviction case for 2021 rent until at least April.
Boosting landlords makes a lot of sense, said Nichole Mossalam, who with her husband owns a two-family building in Malden. Many — especially mom-and-pops like them — rely on rental income to pay the mortgage and, often, their own bills. When Mossalam lost her job last spring, and then her tenants fell behind in rent, it put the couple in a financial squeeze.
"If our tenants can't pay rent and we can't make things work, we end up on the street, too. Everybody loses," she said. "Providing rental assistance really doubles your impact."
At the same time, Mossalam said, she keeps getting texts from investors offering to buy her house for more than it's probably worth. Other small landlords in Malden say they have received similar offers. The demand reflects the broader pressures on the city, which has emerged in recent years as a relatively affordable alternative to Medford and Somerville, just a short Orange Line ride from downtown.
That has brought a wave of investment, but also higher rents, which risks pricing out the working-class and immigrant residents who have long called Malden home. The pandemic, said Luke Deems of the Malden Renters Coalition, threatens to supercharge that activity.
Deems praised Christenson's efforts to blunt the wave of evictions, but said the city must do more long-term to build and fund affordable housing, and to require low-cost units in new private development, much as Somerville, Cambridge, and Boston do. Christenson said he agrees, and predicted Malden's housing challenges will last for years.
"This is something we'll be working on for the rest of our careers," he said. "This will be the issue."
For now, the job is simply to keep people in their homes. It's an all-hands-on-deck affair.
Christine, a single mother who asked that her last name not be used, found herself deep in arrears on rent after she had to stop working as a supervisor at a drug store to stay home with her three children. Following months spent "super stressed, super anxious, and super broke," she found Malden Neighbors Helping Neighbors, the volunteer mutual aid group. It hooked her up with a food pantry, diapers, and heating aid. The group also cajoled the state into finally processing her rental aid application. Just before Christmas, Christine's landlord received a check for $10,000 from the state to cover back rent, and in return promised not to evict her for months.
After so many tumultuous months, the newfound stability means everything to her, she said.
"I'm OK now," Christine said. "I'm making it. That help really changed my life."
Tim Logan can be reached at timothy.logan@globe.com. Follow him on Twitter at @bytimlogan.


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I'm having trouble  using the PHP function array_key_exists. Even though my array has the key, the function always returns false. I wonder if there is a issue regards using a dynamically growing array. I'm new to PHP, sorry if the question is annoying trivial.
Expected behavior
I need the array_key_exists function returning true if the array has the key.
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Department of Justice: Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability by Public Accommodations and in Commercial Facilities
GAO-11-304R: Jan 13, 2011
Shirley A. Jones
GAO reviewed the Department of Justice's (Department) new rule on nondiscrimination on the basis of disability by public accomodations and in commercial facilities. GAO found that (1) the final rule revises the Department regulation that implements title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), relating to nondiscrimination on the basis of disability by public accommodations and in commercial facilities; and (2) the Department complied with the applicable requirements in promulgating the rule.
Department of Justice: Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability by Public Accommodations and in Commercial Facilities, GAO-11-304R, January 13, 2011
The Honorable Joseph I. Lieberman
The Honorable Susan M. Collins
Ranking Member
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
The Honorable Lamar Smith
The Honorable John Conyers, Jr.
Committee on the Judiciary
Subject: Department of Justice: Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability by Public Accommodations and in Commercial Facilities
Pursuant to section 801(a)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code, this is our report on a major rule promulgated by the Department of Justice (Department), entitled "Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability by Public Accommodations and in Commercial Facilities" (RIN: 1190-AA44). We received the rule on December 30, 2010. It was published in the Federal Register as a final rule on September 15, 2010, with an effective date of March 15, 2011. 75 Fed. Reg. 56,236.
The final rule revises the Department regulation that implements title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), relating to nondiscrimination on the basis of disability by public accommodations and in commercial facilities. The Department is issuing this final rule in order to adopt enforceable accessibility standards under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) that are consistent with the minimum guidelines and requirements issued by the Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board, and to update or amend certain provisions of the title III regulation so that they comport with the Department's legal and practical experiences in enforcing the ADA since 1991. Concurrently with the publication of the final rule for title III, the Department is publishing a final rule amending its ADA title II regulation, which covers nondiscrimination on the basis of disability in state and local government services.
Enclosed is our assessment of the Department's compliance with the procedural steps required by section 801(a)(1)(B)(i) through (iv) of title 5 with respect to the rule. Our review of the procedural steps taken indicates that the Department complied with the applicable requirements.
If you have any questions about this report or wish to contact GAO officials responsible for the evaluation work relating to the subject matter of the rule, please contact Shirley A. Jones, Assistant General Counsel, at (202) 512-8156.
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cc: Samuel R. Bagenstos
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REPORT UNDER 5 U.S.C. sect. 801(a)(2)(A) ON A MAJOR RULE
ISSUED BY THE
"NONDISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF DISABILITY
BY PUBLIC ACCOMMODATIONS
AND IN COMMERCIAL FACILITIES"
(RIN: 1190-AA44)
(i) Cost-benefit analysis
The Department's final regulatory impact analysis (RIA), estimates the benefits and costs for all new (referred to as "supplemental") requirements and revised requirements across all types of newly constructed and existing facilities. The Department states that the final rules increase social resources and thus represent a public good because monetized benefits exceed monetized costs—that is, the regulations have a positive net present value (NPV). The Department notes that under every scenario assessed in the final RIA, the final rules have a positive NPV. According to the Department, the final RIA's first scenario examines the incremental impact of the final rules using the "main" set of assumptions (i.e., assuming a primary baseline (the original 1991 ADA Standards), that the safe harbor applies, and that for title III entities barrier removal is readily achievable for 50 percent of elements subject to supplemental requirements). Under this set of assumptions, the Department states that the final rules have an expected NPV of $9.3 billion (7 percent discount rate) and $40.4 billion (3 percent discount rate).
Additionally, the Department states that the RIA recognizes that additional benefits are likely to result from the new standards. According to the Department, many of these benefits are more difficult to quantify. The Department explains that among the potential benefits that have been discussed by researchers and advocates are reduced administrative costs due to harmonized guidelines, increased business opportunities, increased social development, and improved health benefits.
(ii) Agency actions relevant to the Regulatory Flexibility Act, 5 U.S.C. sections 603-605, 607, and 609
The Department states that the final rule will not have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities.
(iii) Agency actions relevant to sections 202-205 of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995, 2 U.S.C. sections 1532-1535
The Department explains that section 4(2) of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995, 2 U.S.C. sect. 1503(2), excludes from coverage under that Act any proposed or final federal regulation that "establishes or enforces any statutory rights that prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, handicap, or disability." Accordingly, the Department states that this rulemaking is not subject to the provisions of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act.
(iv) Other relevant information or requirements under acts and executive orders
Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C. sections 551 et seq.
The final regulations were issued using the notice and comment procedures found at 5 U.S.C. sect. 553. On September 30, 2004, the Department published an advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM). 69 Fed. Reg. 58,768. The Department received over 900 comments covering a broad range of issues. After careful consideration of the public comments in response to the ANPRM, on June 17, 2008, the Department published an NPRM covering title III (73 Fed. Reg. 34,508) and an NPRM covering title II (73 Fed. Reg. 34,466). A public hearing was held on July 15, 2008, in which 45 individuals testified in person or by phone. By the end of the 60-day comment period, the Department had received 4,435 comments addressing a broad range of issues many of which were common to the title II and title III NPRMs, from representatives of businesses and industries, state and local government agencies, disability advocacy organizations, and private individuals, many of which addressed issues common to both NPRMs.
Paperwork Reduction Act, 44 U.S.C. sections 3501-3520
The final rule does not contain any paperwork or recordkeeping requirements and does not require clearance under the Act.
Statutory authorization for the rule
The Department states that the final rule is authorized under 28 U.S.C. sections 509, 510, 5 U.S.C. sect. 301, and section 306 of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, Public Law 101–336 (42 U.S.C. sect. 12186).
Executive Order No. 12,866 (Regulatory Planning and Review)
The final rule has been reviewed by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) under Executive Order 12866. The Department has evaluated its existing regulations for title II and title III section by section, and many of the provisions in the final rule for both titles reflect its efforts to mitigate any negative effects on small entities.
Executive Order No. 13,132 (Federalism)
The Department states that the ADA and the 2010 Standards set minimum civil rights protections for individuals with disabilities that in turn may affect the implementation of state and local laws, particularly building codes. According to the Department, the 2010 Standards address federalism concerns and mitigate federalism implications, particularly the provisions that streamline the administrative process for state and local governments seeking ADA code certification under title III. The Department notes that the final rule preempts state laws affecting entities subject to the ADA only to the extent that those laws conflict with the requirements of the ADA, as set forth in the rule.


It is a tube frame chassis, hewland MK9 trans and is great driving car. If anyone in Arizona would like to copy the chassis you are welcome to come and make drawings. I have the molds but the car is looking a bit dated. I would really like to do a rebody! Any one interested?
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Dont need chassis plans, but I love those steering wheels, any idea where I might be able to get one?
Gorgeous car!! I'm in Mesa, AZ myself. Wish I was a CAD guy... I'd be all over that as far as making some plans from the chassis.
I like the iinboard brakes (whatever you call those).
Hi What part of Arizona are you in? I would be interested in having a look, taking some measurements, taking pictures, and making some drawings.
I feel the need for a road trip coming up.
the Inboard brake set up is the standard hewland mk9 used on just about every forumla car (FF, FC, FA) through about 1985,they are trouble to keep cool on the track, needing special ducting. I am in south Scottsdale AZ.
I know this is a silly question but does it have a reverse?
Yes, hewland is a dog drive quick change gears racing transmission and It has a reverse, currently a 4 speed and can be built as a 5 speed.
What kind of body are going to use, are you keeping it an S2000? Lot's of nice parts for a Locost there.
If the rebody deal doesn't work out let me know, I would love to have a go at it.
here is the bare body work, I am working to fit it up to the car, hopefully get some progress this weekend, I'm Dying to go racing this year.
I have more work than I can do myself in the time available. There are some very skilled builders here, many I notice are Mechanical engineers in College. I would like to employ someone on the phoenix,scottsdale tempe area to assist me.
Keep us posted, looks cool.


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Many residents and elected leaders from the neighborhoods near the Barclays Center in Prospect Heights are letting out a sigh of relief after steeling for gridlock this weekend. Sellout crowds for the arena's first events — three Jay-Z concerts — did not completely overwhelm nearby neighborhoods with traffic, but the strain on local streets was still clear.
"It wasn't as bad as we expected," Danae Oratowski, chair of the Prospect Heights Neighborhood Development Council, told Streetsblog.
Despite the relative smoothness of the arena's opening, there were rough spots. Early indications show that the share of event-goers taking transit may not be as high as predicted during the arena's planning, while free curbside parking on local streets seems to be irresistible to many drivers looking to avoid paying at parking garages and lots. Sidewalk space fell short of what was needed to handle the number of pedestrians, especially when the concerts let out, which led police to close Atlantic Avenue to vehicles in order to accommodate crowds leaving the arena.
After the concerts ended on Friday and Saturday, NYPD barriers proved to be ineffective crowd control, as sidewalks filled up near the intersection of Flatbush Avenue and Dean Street and along Atlantic Avenue. Presently, there is no crosswalk for people leaving the arena's mid-block Atlantic Avenue exit. "The sidewalks are too small to accommodate the crowd," said James.
A large portion of concertgoers got to the event by subway. Turnstile exits at the recently rechristened "Atlantic Ave-Barclays Center" station increased 6,754 in the four hours before the show compared to other Fridays in September, according to MTA data analyzed by WNYC. If all of those additional riders were going to the Barclays Center, they would make up approximately one in three concert attendees at the sold-out 19,000-seat arena.
The increase calculated by WNYC does not include people who used other nearby subway stations, buses or LIRR service. The arena's traffic forecast, prepared by Sam Schwartz Engineering, predicted just under half of attendees would arrive by subway, with six in ten arriving on foot or by transit.
Oratowski said that the Jay-Z concerts attracted "a very young crowd" that was more inclined to take transit. "That may not be the case going forward with things like the Barbara Streisand concert, or even a Nets game," she said.
Of concertgoers who drove, few used the arena's parking lot, located between Vanderbilt Avenue and Carlton Avenue. The lot's 541 spaces, which cost approximately $26 each, are limited to cars with three or more passengers. Another 150 free spots are reserved for VIPs. Over the weekend, the lot was barely a quarter full during the concerts, according to separate observations from reporter Norman Oder of Atlantic Yards Report and Council Member Steve Levin.
Most drivers are choosing to park elsewhere. For tonight's concert, charging between $20 and $41 per space, three nearby parking lots are sold out. Five other nearby lots have spaces, as do six remote locations with shuttle service.
Harder to measure is how many people are cruising neighborhood streets searching for free parking for Barclays Center events. "I didn't get a lot of complaints from residents that they didn't have parking available," said James, who, along with Levin, had advocated for a residential parking permit program, before DOT ruled it out.
Black cars and limousines, however, were a noticeable sight on nearby streets during the concerts. For-hire drivers were directed to wait on Fort Greene Place, which quickly reached capacity. "The black cars and the limos are just so apparent that we can easily identify them on residential streets," said Oratowski. "We saw a lot of black cars circling," double-parking, and parking illegally, she said.
Oratowski said the Prospect Heights Neighborhood Development Council is working with Community Board 2 and merchants on Flatbush and Vanderbilt avenues to change meter hours, rates or time limits so parking remains available for business patrons not going to the Barclays Center. "If the community's interested, we're happy to work with them," DOT's Chris Hrones said in July. In 2009, DOT implemented its PARK Smart parking meter reforms — bringing meter prices more in line with demand — in nearby Park Slope.
DOT is scheduled to meet in November with a quality-of-life task force to assess a wide range of transportation issues after the first weeks of the Barclays Center's operation, according to James.
1) I'd be careful about drawing too many conclusions based on data from one subway station. I'm sure a good number of people took the C or G trains to get there, as those lines serve a big section of Brooklyn.
2) I think the low use of surface lots has everything to do with the high price, and it's been shown time and again that demand for parking in transit-rich areas is highly elastic, rising and falling alongside changes to the price and availability. If the arena wanted to, it could probably fill up a 10,000 space lot by making it free. It could also be perfectly fine with zero parking. What I'm saying is that I'd be very careful about complaining about the high cost of parking. There is already an element of the public that thinks the solution to high demand for parking is to build more parking lots, instead of encouraging a shift to other modes.
Ok, cool, so they can tear down a bunch of the unnecessary parking space… win!
BTW, 150 free VIP spots, … wtf?!
Sunday was a real test because you had the factor of the "Atlantic Antic" crowd leaving as the Barclays crowd was arriving. That said, the real acid test will be when express service has to be ended early to accommodate concertgoers or Nets fans leaving.
Why would they have to end express train service early? Extending express service later in order to accommodate fans heading home would make more sense.
The B, Q, 2, 3, 4, 5, D, N & A are all expresses at some point, though only some are Express south and/or east of Atlantic Ave. Only the C, G and R near there are never expresses.
one shouldnt think of express service as faster service. (okay a small margin faster), but it increases capacity on trunk lines.
also has anyone even considered that 12 out of the 22 subway lines are running through the barclays center area. wow. talk about good mass transit. oh, and i totally forgot about the LIRR too.
does it even make any sense driving?
While I was upset by the eminent domain abuse, the thing about the Barclay's Center location, is that is probably the best possible place for such an arena. All those train lines can bring in or move out thousands of patrons every few minutes. The capacity is enormous.
Also, many people on the 2/3 would have gotten off at Bergen, since it is equidistant. To really judge the transit share, we'd probably have to look at the number of people getting off at Atlantic / Lafayette on the C / Fulton on the G and Bergen on the 2/3.
Also, a great undocumented mass transit option along Flatbush are dollar vans (actual cost, $2). Many times heading home from DT Brooklyn I opt for a dollar van because the frequency is so much higher than either trains or the B41 bus. I overheard a dollar van driver this weekend was talking about how busy he was before and after the show. I would love to get an idea of how many people got to Jay-Z's show by (2) dollar van. It may not be legal, but it is how a lot of people along Flatbush Ave get to DT Brooklyn.
There is also the LIRR. Not much for Jay-Z, perhaps, but perhaps a big draw for other events. And it appears the Nets may have a better record than the Jets and Mets this year.
If anyone needs further proof that the 78th Precinct doesn't care for its own population, it is the fact they would rather run over locals than inconvenience long-distance visitors in their cars. When will the NYPD stop directing oncoming traffic into unsuspecting pedestrians?


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Q: Disabling firewall on a CentOS7 EC2 instance using a custom AMI I built an AMI (RedHat Linux) using Amazon's EC2 Image Builder service. I created a EC2 instance using this AMI, and found that there are certain firewall rules set (ran the following command iptables -nL). Unfortunately, I was not able to find the configuration for setting these rules. Here are a couple of commands I ran to check for the configuration:

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