Sentences with phrase «city as affordable housing»

That's why I like this project by Design + Make Studio so much; they call it the Waldo Duplex, built in southern Kansas City as affordable housing.

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Amazon halts an expansion effort in its hometown as the Seattle City Council prepares to vote on a new tax that would be levied on large business to pay for affordable housing and homeless - assistance programs.

The budget dedicates $ 11.2 billion to cities and provinces for affordable housing over 10 years as part of the second wave of the government's infrastructure program, $ 5 billion of which is to encourage housing providers to pool their resources with private partners to pay for new projects.

They will work together as the North - Miami - Dade CDFI to create affordable housing and support small businesses and entrepreneurs in Opa - locka and Liberty City.

As far as the big cities and metro areas go, Sacramento is clearly one of the most affordable housing markets in California, going into the summer of 201As far as the big cities and metro areas go, Sacramento is clearly one of the most affordable housing markets in California, going into the summer of 201as the big cities and metro areas go, Sacramento is clearly one of the most affordable housing markets in California, going into the summer of 2017.

As a City Councillor, Rob was a leading advocate for public transit and affordable housing.

For instance, In cities with super competitive housing markets, such as San Francisco, the average closing cost for borrowers is $ 10,798, while more affordable areas such as Milwaukee may see closing costs as low as $ 1,863 on a $ 200,000 mortgage.

New York Post article on Borough President Adams joining Mayor de Blasio in announcing the City's initiative to create or preserve 300,000 affordable housing units by 2026, which he praised as critical to keeping Brooklyn affordable for all.

United for Affordable NYC said it would begin disbanding in March, after the City Council voted on zoning plans the mayor viewed as integral to his affordable houAffordable NYC said it would begin disbanding in March, after the City Council voted on zoning plans the mayor viewed as integral to his affordable houaffordable housing plan.

As it pertains to affordable housing development, Brawley was immediately suspicious of de Blasio when he noticed that the 116 - page document the mayor released in 2014 detailing his housing plan included EBC's planned Gateway Elton Street development, despite City Hall having never consulted with the organization or Metro IAF.

Strategists nod to her recent appointment of L. Joy Williams, the president of the Brooklyn NAACP and board chair of Higher Heights, as a senior adviser, and Nixon's campaign launch in Brownsville, Brooklyn, a majority black neighborhood that encapsulates many of the flashpoints in the Democratic primary: It's the poorest neighborhood in Brooklyn and among the poorest in New York City, it's at the center of the affordable housing crisis, and residents are prepping for the 15 - month L train shutdown in early 2019, a symptom of New York City's dilapidated subway system that Nixon's branded» #CuomosMTA.»

it would begin disbanding in March, after the City Council voted on zoning plans the mayor viewed as integral to his affordable housing plan.

«Tonight's vote sends a clear message that the City of New York is determined to provide relief for its residents, unlike Gov. Cuomo and Albany who recently enacted detrimental rent laws that could eliminate about 90,000 affordable housing units due to deregulation over the next four years — units that do not just provide an affordable price point for tenants but offer protections against arbitrary evictions as well,» he added.

Throughout his campaign, de Blasio touted his achievements such as implementing Universal Pre-K for three - year - olds, free legal support for tenants and adding to the city's affordable housing stock.

James added that she knows «this will probably get me into trouble as always,» but that it was important to note that the city is doing all it can do to address affordable housing, providing resources and giving individuals subsidies, among other actions — but that the state government is «primarily responsible for addressing the homeless situation.»

And we hope that it will serve to bring distressed city blocks back to life and increase the property values of surrounding properties, as well as create construction jobs, affordable housing, and dramatically enhance quality of life.»

Brown supports the idea of increasing mixed - use housing and affordable housing projects as the city develops.

Mayor Bill de Blasio today unveiled a $ 41.1 billion affordable housing plan that city officials touted as the most ambitious in the city and nation's history, and which aims to build and preserve 200,000 units of affordable housing over the next 10 years.

The program, which housing advocates see as a giveaway to developers, previously required developers to market affordable units to residents of the surrounding neighborhood before the rest of the city.

The newest affordable housing complex in the city is now open for residents, as sponsor Regan Development Corp. completed its $ 17.3 million makeover of the former Buffalo Milk Co. building on the West Side into new residential units.

The deal, as it stands right now, is wholly inadequate to protect New York City's fast dwindling stock of affordable housing.

The de Blasio administration is set to announce BFC Partners, Dunn Development and the West Side Federation for Senior and Supportive Housing as the private developers that will construct nearly 500 affordable and senior apartments on three properties leased from the New York City Housing Authority.

· Resolution — Heritage Homes - New Rochelle: A Resolution adopting the Findings Statement as related to the fair and affordable housing development to be known as Heritage Homes located in the City of New Rochelle

From his time working at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development in the Clinton administration to his work on the City Council to reform 421a and end discrimination against Section 8 tenants to his work as Public Advocate to crack down on bad landlords, no one has done more to fight for affordable safe housing for all New Yorkers.Housing and Urban Development in the Clinton administration to his work on the City Council to reform 421a and end discrimination against Section 8 tenants to his work as Public Advocate to crack down on bad landlords, no one has done more to fight for affordable safe housing for all New Yorkers.housing for all New Yorkers.»

· Act — New Rochelle & Horton Winthrop - Heritage Homes: An ACT authorizing Westchester County to enter into an agreement with the City of New Rochelle and Horton Winthrop, LLC or its designee for infrastructure improvements in support of a fair and affordable housing development known as Heritage Homes located in the City, and to accept a grant at no cost to the County of all necessary property rights

«This is not only a great opportunity to help the neighborhood to continue to develop commercial space as well as affordable housing for all,» Diaz said in a statement, «but this plan could allow one of the best colleges in our city, Lehman College, the opportunity for expansion it deserves.»

Developers argue the tax break is necessary for the city to build affordable housing and meet Mr. de Blasio's ambitious construction goals, especially as the cost of land skyrockets.

«As a city we can not in good faith push to build and preserve affordable housing while simultaneously increasing rents and effectively pricing families out of their homes.

The de Blasio administration's plan to rezone East New York and create or preserve thousands of new affordable housing units may actually displace as many as 50,000 residents, according to City Comptroller Scott Stringer.

The housing bonds, known in the industry as «bond cap» or «volume cap,» are responsible for a significant chunk of the affordable housing built in New York City — 17,000 of the roughly 40,000 units the city has created over the past two yeCity — 17,000 of the roughly 40,000 units the city has created over the past two yecity has created over the past two years.

On topic questions included whether the administration plans to increase low - income affordable housing production, what actions are required for the administration to count a unit of housing as «preserved», whether housing built with 421 (a) tax credits anywhere in the City should require affordable units, how the de Blasio administration counts housing underway at the end of the Bloomberg administration toward its goal, what was done in this housing complex to «preserve» these units, whether units counted as «preserved» are always on a 30 year agreement, the annual average of 20,000 units created or preserved as set forth in the mayor's ten year goal of 200,000 such units and how money was spent on the 17,000 units created or preserved in 2014.

New York City's housing commissioner lambasted a proposal from Gov. Andrew Cuomo to alter the process of allocating affordable housing bonds as a «poison pill» and said the long - standing way of doing things was working fine.

When the City Council passed sweeping changes to the city's zoning code in March, it was heralded as a major victory for Mayor Bill de Blasio's affordable housing pCity Council passed sweeping changes to the city's zoning code in March, it was heralded as a major victory for Mayor Bill de Blasio's affordable housing pcity's zoning code in March, it was heralded as a major victory for Mayor Bill de Blasio's affordable housing plan.

Currently, the 421 - a program requires developers to set aside 20 percent of their projects as affordable housing — but only in certain parts of the city.

Kyle Kimball, a Bloomberg appointee and one of the few top city officials to survive the changeover from a mayor focused on skyline - altering development projects to one more intent on building affordable housing outside Manhattan, is stepping down as head of the Economic Development Corp..

The measure is meant to provide a certain amount of units in a development are set aside at below market rates as a means of preserving affordable housing in New York City.

The measure was seen as being squarely aimed at Airbnb, the popular online portal for short - term rentals, while lawmakers in favor of the bill insist it is meant to bolster and preserve affordable housing in New York City.

At the time, de Blasio and REBNY were pushing for a 421 - a revamp that would have required any building in the city that received the tax benefit to reserve some units for affordable housing, as opposed to simply imposing it in parts of the city.

that would have required any building in the city that received the tax benefit to reserve some units for affordable housing, as opposed to simply imposing it in parts of the city.

Meanwhile, Cuomo called for an extension of rent control regulations for New York City as well as the 421a real - estate tax abatement, which he called crucial to affordable housing.

Mayor de Blasio's housing plan draws concern and support at a City Council hearing, as the city looks to require private developers to build affordable housing to meet the needs of the city's lowest - income resideCity Council hearing, as the city looks to require private developers to build affordable housing to meet the needs of the city's lowest - income residecity looks to require private developers to build affordable housing to meet the needs of the city's lowest - income residecity's lowest - income residents.

Without the tax break, known as 421 - a, New York City may have to spend more to subsidize affordable housing, or risk allowing de Blasio's housing target to go unmet.

The mayor touted the number of affordable apartment units - 20,325 - as a one - year record, and far from anything seen in the city since Mayor Ed Koch's ambitious housing plans of the «80s.

NEW YORK CITY — Illegal hotel complaints increased 62 percent last year because short - term rental sites such as Airbnb are violating the law, hurting efforts to provide affordable housing and placing the safety of legal tenants at risk, elected officials said Tuesday during a marathon City Council hearing.

ALBANY — Mayor Bill de Blasio may have come to the Capitol on Tuesday to ask state lawmakers for help with affordable housing programs and homeless shelter allowances, but he found himself forced to answer a barrage of questions about an unexpected issue as more than a half - dozen lawmakers pressured him to allow a property tax cap in the city.

Two veteran Democrats are challenging Mr. de Blasio in the primary: Tony Avella, a state senator from Queens who has challenged the mayor's approach to homelessness and fought for a Staten Island family trying to keep a large pig as a pet; and Sal Albanese, an Italian - born lawyer and former City Councilman from southwestern Brooklyn who, in his third mayoral run, has argued for a new tax on nonprimary residences — a «pied - à - terre» tax — to help fund affordable housing.

As Chairman, he is also responsible for an increase of one billion dollars in bonding authority for the creation of affordable housing in New York City.

There was the time, less than a month later, when Mr. de Blasio, as a centerpiece of his State of the City address, announced a plan to build an affordable housing complex on a Queens rail yard — and Mr. Cuomo, within hours, shot it down.

CLINTON HILL — As part of his expanded affordable housing plan, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced that the city is setting aside $ 250 million for one purpose: persuading Mitchell - Lama complexes to stay affordable, at least for another 20 years.

Mayor Bill de Blasio says he's perplexed as to why community residents are rejoicing over the City Council's vote to reject to the Sherman Plaza rezoning proposal in Inwood — arguing it is «not a win for the community» because developers could now erect housing with no affordable units.