for more than four decades the boston chinatown neighborhood center has been supporting children, youth and families of the asian community of greater boston, in fact the region's biggest social service organization for asian communities. here to tell us exactly how this neighborhood center turns lee, a nationally recognized performance poet and community educator, holds master's degree in public affairs and an alumnists for the institute of non-profit management and leadership at boston university school of management. that knows for being with us. as executive director of the grand-daddy of all social organizations how do you try to put your personal stamp on it. >> that's a good question. it has more of a reputation than i do, around for 46 years, serving generations of people. same time. parents and children, may be grandparents all at once and so i'm not really here to put my stamp on it, here to make sure we stay healthquy stay response to the needs of the community that we serve. >> and how do you keep current where your group is meeting the needs of the latest group of immigrant

boston, seniors in rosendale, people who are struggling. we have worked to meet the demand that's driving this pressure. recently we strengthened one of our most successful policies inclusionary development. you can see this influence in chinatown which kept long time residents in their neighborhoods. [applause] >> the new policy will bring more affordable homes where they're needed the most and it will spur middle class house ag cross this city. new homes will help bring costs back to working people's budgets. many just want a fair deal where they live now. last year we doubled the compensation people get when condos, but we should do more than compensate. we should help people stay in their communities. tonight i can announce a new office of housing stability to do just that. [applause] >> it's going to develop resources for tenants, incentives for landlord who's do the right thing and partnerships with developers to keep more of our housing affordable. people want to live in boston and that's a good thing. but we need to shape growth as a community, not let it shape us. [applause] >> that's what residents are doing along the red line in south boston and the orange line in jamacia plain. they're helping us build, plan vibrant