Sentences with phrase «affordability problems for»

Affordability problems for renters have skyrocketed over the past decade both in number and the share of renters facing them, according to a new report on rental housing from the Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies.

The study, conducted for NAR by Wade R. Ragas, professor of finance with the University of New Orleans Real Estate Market Data Center, shows that slow job growth and modest wages have worsened affordability problems for the area's low - and moderate - income households.

And this is causing affordability problems for many would - be home buyers, especially those in hot markets like Dallas, Denver and San Francisco.

«Moreover, we remain concerned about other regulations being put in place — including expanded association health plans and short - term limited duration plans — will also push up premiums and create affordability problems for millions of Americans purchasing coverage in the individual health insurance market,» Donaldson said.

Rising mortgage interest rates pose affordability problems for all home buyers, but current homeowners looking to buy a new home are in a uniquely challenging situation: At higher rates, monthly payments on even a similarly - valued home will go up, to say nothing of a more expensive home.

And this is causing affordability problems for many would - be home buyers, especially those in hot markets like Dallas, Denver and San Francisco.

This has created affordability problems for would - be home buyers in many cities in the region, including Concord.

In fact, house values have risen faster than job wages, and that has created affordability problems for buyers in some parts of the country.

This creates affordability problems for the average home buyer in 2016, especially those in the lower and middle income brackets.

In her view, that is probably just a start, because the inadequate funding of other social programs — Medicaid, childcare support, food stamps, housing assistance — compounds the college affordability problem for low - income families.

«For the first time, we have not just a housing affordability problem for young households that want to start to move up the ladder, but for repeat buyers,» she explained.

Not exact matches

Rising mortgage rates only exacerbate the problem because they decrease affordability for potential buyers as well.

And affordability is an even more serious problem for another 22 per cent of people in Kamloops, who spend more than half their income on rent.

For example, poor transit infrastructure, poor housing affordability and the dwindling availability of industrial land are problems that are not specific to a single municipality — they affect the entire Greater Vancouver region.

Interviews with a representative sampling of the city's renting population indicate that 57 percent of households have had trouble finding rental housing and that affordability is the main problem for nearly half of these.

Make it hard to fire lazy workers, cause problems for no good reason, and drive up costs with little care of affordability.

«Well, there's no question that the biggest problems we face in the country today are jobs that don't pay well enough and issues that affect middle class families, like college affordability, and it's such a burden to pay for college these days,» Suozzi said.

Meanwhile, healthcare access and affordability for people without psychological distress — even people with two or more physical chronic health problems, like cancer or diabetes — improved.

«Free college might solve some problems like affordability, but we know [for] many students... the main cost they are facing is not tuition, it's how do they support themselves,» she says, noting living costs such as room and board, transportation, and child care.

On the other hand, the use of sections of books for teaching purposes through «course packs» has enormous educational value, particularly because of problems of affordability on the part of the students.

Housing affordability for the wealthy is not a problem.

Obfuscation of law society responsibility for affordability as the cause of the unaffordable legal services problem?

The affordability thesis has two fundamental flaws: one, it ignores the fact that if a service is high - priced but still enjoys sufficient patronage, affordability is not in fact a problem, especially not for the service providers.

According to the article, the main problem was access to and affordability of civil justice services, which brought a comparatively low ranking for the U.S.. However, the U.S. did well in areas such as constraints on government power, regulatory enforcement, open government, and absence of corruption.

I have explained how the necessary law society capability could be accomplished and paid for, and thereby the «affordability problem» solved.

Term life does have drawbacks, such as it may not cover you for long enough, but given its low cost and high affordability index, it solves a lot of consumers problems for a low low price.

Pay - As - You - Drive Insurance is suitable for implementation in any geographic region, and is particularly appropriate where insurance affordability, uninsured driving, traffic congestion, crashes or pollution are considered significant problems.

This is a problem in the lists provided: there can be no justification for putting off work on «Strengthening preventive care with particular focus on Indigenous health» until after «Ensuring the sustainability and affordability of private health insurance» or «Aged care reform».

«The affordability crisis isn't just an insurance problem; it's an economic problem,» says Kevin McCarty, insurance commissioner for Florida and one of a dozen speakers NAR hosted in late September at a symposium to help explore insurance affordability.

Home sales and contract signings are down as affordability becomes a problem for more people.

«There is still a supply - and - demand problem, mortgage rates are still on the rise, affordability remains an issue in many major markets, and the wider - ranging effects of the new tax plan are still unknown — so it's unclear whether this slowed growth will lead to housing market price plateaus or declines, but the conditions are certainly in place for that potential outcome.»

«Price appreciation has been strong for a while, and some areas are seeing demand hurt by affordability problems, especially for high - end homes; however, the slowdown this year will only be modest because of continuing lack of inventory, especially at the low - to - middle price ranges.»

In February, the Open Listings team did some research into how home affordability was even becoming a problem for six - figure salaried tech workers across Silicon Valley.

But when you combine rising interest rates with growing regulatory burdens as governments try to restrict growth, you have a recipe for mounting affordability problems that's affecting mainly young households and other first - time buyers — and they're the engines that drive the homeownership market, Edwards said.

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.

Additional findings reported by NAHB show that few owners and renters of inadequate units also have problems with housing affordability (paying 30 percent or more of income for housing), so they represent a net increase in the count of Americans with housing problems.