Sentences with phrase «about affordable housing»

When politicians talk about affordable housing they are usually referring to properties that are sold or rented at 80 % of the local market rate.
The budget does express concern about affordable housing by investing $ 2.3 billion over two years for social infrastructure in communities where it is most needed.
Find out about affordable housing assistance programs that can help qualified homebuyers achieve successful homeownership.
This is surprising and says more about the cities than it does about affordable housing.
There is also greater concern about affordable housing among the working class (65 percent) than for public servants such as teachers, firefighters or police (55 percent).
The governor talks about affordable housing, and getting young people working who live in poor neighborhoods.
Chris Ballard, Ontario's housing minister, called the federal measures interesting and said the Ontario government is very concerned about affordable housing in the province.
Community residents and leaders said they hoped the rally would inspire further discussion about affordable housing.
Astorino then answered questions about affordable housing and where the County stands with its 2009 settlement with the federal government.
More about his affordable housing plan: Mayor Bill de Blasio promised 200,000 affordable housing apartments, including 50,000 units for New Yorkers earning less than $ 40,000.
«We are always building our online community and looking for ways to engage in thoughtful conversations about affordable housing,» Leja said.
«This policy will help us when advocating to elected officials and the public about affordable housing by making our position clear, and it will help us in educating our members on the necessity of affordable housing,» says June Wiener, ABR ®, CRS ®, president of the Saint Paul Area Association of REALTORS ®.
Guerrero is also of Filipino extraction (and Puerto Rican and Polish, he added), and made some sensible comments about affordable housing.
«For the first time in my 22 years in office, the entire City is talking simultaneously about affordable housing and it's because this Mayor is willing to take on bold issues.
Dozens of protesters gathered at Renaissance Plaza in White Plains for a rally about the affordable housing settlement, and whether or not the county is doing enough to create affordable housing in Westchester.
«I would much rather have a Prime Minister who was trying to take aim at poverty and the issues about affordable housing that Jeremy was raising - huge, huge problems in this country - than trying to take aim at the Labour leader.»
At 3 p.m., the Brooklyn Bridge Park Board of Directors meeting about affordable housing development in the park, Borough Hall, Joralemon Street, Brooklyn.
Maybe it's just me but I don't remember REBNY talking about affordable housing until very recently.
«You can talk all you want about affordable housing, but if you ignore the existing housing stock we're all in trouble.»
«The conventional wisdom that the city can't do anything about affordable housing is destructive, demoralizing, and legally wrong,» said tenant attorney Seth Miller.
Deputy Mayor Alicia Glen is not very impressed with how much council members know about affordable housing.
Residents, activists, elected officials and preservation officials voiced concerns about an affordable housing crisis above 155th Street at Community Board 12's Housing Task Force meeting Thursday.
He said that Moya is a leading advocate on immigration and workplace protection and that Powers cares about affordable housing and protecting against predatory equity.
On today's program, Scott Loomis, Executive Director of Mountainlands Housing Trust talks about affordable housing at Silver Creek Village — the Homeownership 101 workshop — and the possible affordable project on Mayflower property near Richardson Flat.
One man gets creative about the affordable housing shortage in San Francisco, and pays only $ 400 a month to live in this sleeping pod he built in a friend's apartment.
It also promotes activities of state and local bar associations, ABA entities, and other legal groups that educate the legal community about affordable housing and community development matters and provide assistance by way of special projects.
F.L.U.D. stands for Florida Land Use and Development Law, so it's no surprise that The F.L.U.D. Zone Blog is a go - to blog for articles about affordable housing, coastal development, growth management, and land use planning.
REALTOR ® Association of Greater Fort Lauderdale (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.): $ 2,500 to hold a housing symposium to educate REALTORS ® and prospective home buyers about affordable housing programs and opportunities.
The first response on the site came from Council member Brad Lander in response to a question about affordable housing.
«The over one hundred tenant leaders that are supporting Keith Wright for Congress care much more about affordable housing than a printer's error,» said campaign manager Luther Smith.
The town of Acton provides residents under the age of 60 with food and fuel assistance, help with healthcare applications, and information about affordable housing.
Increased rents and stagnant wage growth leads to a problem of affordability for many renters, and a separate conversation about Affordable Housing, what it is and how it works.
Those efforts signal our concern about affordable housing in our communities to consumers and show our willingness to step up and care for one another.
I was at a conference in March and we had a very well respected community leader that was really concerned about affordable housing.
«And in that case we weren't even talking about affordable housing,» he said, although Hudson Yards does have a below - market rate housing component.
«People aren't worried about the next generation, about our bond rating, about affordable housing, about the future of this community.
We have to talk about affordable housing,» he said.
«Not on taxes, or water rates, homeowners feel like they're being squeezed, and there is all this talk about affordable housing and no one is talking to them.»
Our mortgage loan officers can tell you about affordable housing assistance programs in which Bank of America participates.
The 15,000 - member Mainstreet Organization of REALTORS ® and the 1,500 - member REALTOR ® Association of the Fox Valley partnered with the city and local lending institutions to get the word out about affordable housing in the Aurora area.
Mayor Kasim Reed says he is concerned about affordable housing.
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