Sentences with phrase «affordable housing issues»

He is also a leading voice on affordable housing issues, including the fight to get legal representation for all tenants in housing court.

In highlighting his housing plans, the governor referenced his own history working on homeless and affordable housing issues before he entered politics.

Among the activities that qualify for consideration are involvement in affordable housing issues, improving the quality of education in an area, supporting youth initiatives, and work on any other community - based program.

Pancakes and positive outcomes for marginalized city residents were the order of the day recently as the Toronto Real Estate Board (TREB) in co-operation with Toronto Community Housing Corporation (TCHC), Habitat for Humanity Greater Toronto Area, the City of Toronto Affordable Housing Office and Evergreen City Works brought together a panel of experts for a discussion that took a fresh look at affordable housing issues in support of National Housing Day.

The survey, which measures how affordable housing issues affect consumers, also found job security concerns to be the highest in eight years of sampling, with 70 % of Americans saying that job layoffs and unemployment are a big problem in their area; eight in 10 cite these issues as a barrier to homeownership.

The annual survey, which measures how affordable housing issues affect consumers, also found that more than three quarters of renters (77 percent) said they would be less likely to buy a home if they were required to put down a 20 percent down payment on the home, and a strong majority (71 percent) believe a 20 percent down payment requirement could have a negative impact on the housing market.

Johansson became involved with Stringer through her twin brother Hunter Johansson, who was once a staffer at the borough president's office, and her grandmother, who worked with Stringer on affordable housing issues during the 80s, according to reports.

Employers including global corporations, small businesses, nonprofits, hospitals and universities have encountered serious problems attracting and retaining employees because of affordable housing issues, especially in rundown inner cities and pricey suburbs.

We believe that Realtors, with their expertise and knowledge, can make a solid contribution to affordable housing issues throughout Canada.

During his two years as top official for the county, which encompasses the high - growth Orlando area, he appointed a task force to look at sprawl and urban redevelopment issues and another to look at affordable housing issues.

Citing his work on affordable housing issues, Stewart - Cousins said, «We need his tenacity in Washington now more than ever to help break the gridlock and deliver for those that need it most.»

Among the activities that qualify for consideration are involvement in affordable housing issues, improving the quality of education in an area, supporting initiatives aimed at a community's youth, and work on any other community - based programs.

The center's latest report, released on October 27, highlights some of the ways that governments in high - cost cities have been responding to the affordable housing issue.

To make sure that increased funding for schools, there's health care issues, there's affordable housing issues, and you know I say that a decision's been made, you can't change it, so at this point you have to move forward and hope that all the things that are important to New York are part of that message, as he goes to all parts of the state.»

Many were glad the mayor was giving more attention to the affordable housing issue than his predecessor, Michael Bloomberg, but argued the de Blasio administration, particularly in East New York, Brooklyn, needs to slow down the rezoning process so residents in the area can have more of say in how their neighborhoods are reshaped.

In that capacity, she assisted multi-racial grassroots community organizations, lawyers, and public officials throughout the country with addressing policing, education, voting rights, and affordable housing issues.

My solution to the affordable housing issue is simple.

Tory spoke about the importance of collaboration between government, the private sector and non-profit organizations in achieving results with respect to affordable housing issues.

She has spent the last 15 years working on housing finance, economic development, wealth inequality, short - term lending, consumer protection and affordable housing issues.