Tenants to start moving into new Washington-Beech units by month's end

so what provisions can be made to keep the criminal element out of Washington Street, especially gun totting drug dealers that moved in from Hyde Park when that redevlopment project was underway?

Washington Beech residents were given relocation assistance and a variety of choices regarding their relocation which included moving to another BHA development or receiving a tenant-based Section 8 voucher and moving to housing in the private sector. They also have the right to return to Washington Beech after the redevelopment is completed.

Redevelopment of Washington Beech is expected to cost approximately $100 million, with $20 million of that being provided through federal HOPE VI funds and $10 million through federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funding. Other funders include the Commonwealth of Massachusetts through the HOME, HSF and AHT programs, the City of Boston’s Neighborhood Housing Trust Program, Boston Redevelopment Authority, Department of Public Works, and Department of Neighborhood Development, the Boston Water and Sewer Commission and private equity generated from the syndication of Low Income Housing Tax credits

This is great news. Should never have become so rundown. Proposed legislation would keep funding in place so housing projects nationwide wouldn't suffer the same fate.