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Lexington Housing Realty Trust Hearin& (continued) Mr. Ostroff: I can't answer that particular question because the standards are set by the Massachusetts Housing Finance Agency. There may be subsidy by local welfare boards. The MHFA have a list of various incomes which they publish showing who is eligible. It is my understanding that if the agency finds that a person is eligible and the welfare department can subsidize it, if he can only pay $100, then the subsidizing agency pays the difference. Mr. Cataldo: There has to be other rent supplements. Mr. Ostroff: There is no rent supplement in MHFA. They have a process of skewing. The Agency who subsidizes this project has nothing to do with rents. Mr. Catalo: If there is a family in town with 6 children and they have a $100 income and no further money available to them what would your do? Mr. Ostroff: I will have to comply with whatever MHFA tells me to do. They will set the standards. I don't know what they will say. Mr. Cataldo: We have to have some sort of a guarantee. Mr. Ostroff: No one can give a guarantee. I couldn't guarantee anything. Mr. Cataldo: Did you submit an environmental impact statement? ' Mr. Ostroff: We submitted a statement to MHFA and their environment men will do the survey. Mr. Sheldon said that he had a letter from the Building Inspector raising comments. Floor and elevation plans were included but no sections, as called for under 36.34 of the Zoning By-law. Preliminary plans such as these with no sections limits the information available relative to construction details. Mr. Ostroff said that as he understands it he must comply with the Building Code if the permit is granted. Mr. Sheldon read from the letter as follows: The elevations indicate brick exterior on the front, rear, and end wall exteriors, but whether this brick is part of a solid masonry wall or a veneer on wood frame construction could not be determined. Mr. Ostroff reitered that they would use brick on concrete block. Mr. Sheldon read further: Section 36.23 mentions Town House -Type dwelling units, which these are, and refers to party walls, the walls separating the contiguous units, meeting State and Federal requirements. No details as to the party walls was indicated. Mr. Ostroff responded that details would have to be provided under conditions of any permit. He said that there would be fire walls and each unit would be a separate unit. Mr. Sheldon asked if anyone would like to speak in favor of the petition. NO ONE SPOKE IN FAVOR. -4