Sentences with phrase «affordable cities elsewhere»

Juwai Data also showed Chinese buyers turning away from Vancouver to look at more affordable cities elsewhere in Canada.

Not exact matches

A veteran of numerous mayoral administrations and a rare independent voice in Mr. de Blasio's realm, Mr. Weisbrod was unafraid to admit that a solution to the city's affordable housing crisis may be encouraging more housing construction beyond the five boroughs — and therefore enticing the increasing number of people who work in the city to live elsewhere.

Developers in Manhattan and parts of Brooklyn and Queens are required to set aside 20 percent of newly created housing for «affordable» units while developers elsewhere — roughly 84 percent of the city's landscape — can get the benefit without building any affordable units.

But about a week ago, multiple sources said Cuomo's office informed the de Blasio administration that the governor was considering diverting the entire pot of money elsewhere and leaving the city with nothing, just as city officials were preparing to close on financing for the latest batch of affordable housing units.

She and other advocates are pushing Cuomo and lawmakers to expand taxes on millionaires and billionaires to help fund affordable housing programs in the city and elsewhere.

«The rising cost of housing means that older tenants can not afford to escape rising housing costs, yet can not secure affordable housing elsewhere,» James wrote in the letter, which got supporting signatures from Councilman Mark Levine and Councilwoman Helen Rosenthal, as well as 19 other council members from around the city.

The «Best City» in our Maryland study was Hagerstown, where our example drivers saw an average annual rate that was 19.4 % more affordable than living elsewhere in MD..