Sentences with phrase «affordable housing standards»

Eight years after a settlement on Westchester County's lack of compliance with affordable housing standards, County Executive Rob Astorino's administration continues to grapple with satisfying the requirements of a lingering 2009 decree being monitored by the federal government.

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The Tenant Services Authority (TSA) is the new Independent regulator for affordable housing, set to raise the standard of services through a well - governed sector that puts tenants first.

Build Affordable Housing: 51 percent of renters and 34 percent of homeowners in New York pay more than the federal affordability standard of 30 percent of income for hHousing: 51 percent of renters and 34 percent of homeowners in New York pay more than the federal affordability standard of 30 percent of income for housinghousing.

The Rent Guidelines Board says most tenants in rent - stabilized apartments spend more than 30 percent of their income on rent and utilities, which is the federal standard for affordable housing.

«The mayor made his position clear, as well, that he wasn't in favor of wage standards because of the belief that wage standards would reduce the production of affordable housing.

Councilwoman Metzger said, «I would like to see consideration for some percentage of the units to be more affordable, or senior citizen housing,» but the Fakirises refused to commit to such a provision, saying that they set high standards for their tenants» creditworthiness and references.

She announced a new agreement with the Department of Housing Preservation and Development to double the standard length of affordable housing in some major developments from 30 to 60Housing Preservation and Development to double the standard length of affordable housing in some major developments from 30 to 60housing in some major developments from 30 to 60 years.

A 2014 State Comptroller's study found that over one - half of renters and over one - third of homeowners in New York State pay more than 30 percent of their income for housing, which is the federal standard for affordable housing.

He introduced and enacted legislation on a wide range of issues including expanding job opportunities for public housing residents; protecting the City's affordable housing stock; improving mental health resources for the LGBT community, and establishing work standards for industrial laundromats.

The plan, she explained, would mandate standard minimum infrastructure and funding contributions — for pubic benefits including schools and affordable housing — on all developers.

(2) Providing loans, grants, or predevelopment assistance to eligible community development organizations or qualified youth service and conservation corps to carry out energy efficiency improvements that comply with the energy efficiency standards under section 284 (a) of this subtitle, resource conservation and reuse, and effective use of existing infrastructure in affordable housing and economic development activities in low - income communities.

They offer a wide selection of high - quality frames from designer brands and their own in - house frames as well as a variety of lenses (affiliate links) from standard single vision, through bifocal and progressive lenses, transitions lenses, tinted, mirrored, and also various lenses thickness (from thin to super thin) at affordable prices up to 70 % off retail prices.

In 2015, we brought together a diverse group of housing agencies and educators to meet an ambitious goal: establish standards for quality expanded learning programs that speak to the unique needs and challenges of providing services to youth in public and affordable housing communities.

By the standards of the time the pay was generous, the housing affordable and clean.

Safe and prudent lending standards must remain intact throughout the system to avoid another housing crisis, though we must also ensure affordable mortgages don't become out of reach for creditworthy buyers.

Asset Class Analysis Below, we provide examples of several types of fixed income investments and the standards we utilize to determine which securities are considered eligible for investment: Mortgage - Backed Securities In keeping with our commitment to increasing access to capital to those historically underserved, the Domini Social Bond Fund has, since its inception, maintained a substantial, long - term commitment to affordable housing primarily through the purchase of securities backed by pools of residential mortgages.

Such low rates mean affordable monthly carrying costs for homes bought on credit, even though house prices, by long - term historical standards, are quite high.

We pride ourselves on providing an outstanding standard of care to our patients at an affordable price utilizing evidence based medicine and current technology including, in - house laboratory, digital radiology, surgical laser, ultrasound, and a well trained staff.

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The Heights appears to be all of that — mid-rise, sort of affordable (this is Vancouver), built out of wood to the toughest energy standard, Passive House.

That's a nice way to recognize that building or renovating to Passive House standards will get you a really good house that provides the healthfulness, comfort, and low energy bills that will make the home affordable to livHouse standards will get you a really good house that provides the healthfulness, comfort, and low energy bills that will make the home affordable to livhouse that provides the healthfulness, comfort, and low energy bills that will make the home affordable to live in.

This project is groundbreaking insofar as it provides evidence that Passive House standard can be delivered at an affordable price in the marketplace.

(2) Providing loans, grants, or predevelopment assistance to eligible community development organizations or qualified youth service and conservation corps to carry out energy efficiency improvements that comply with the energy efficiency standards under section 284 (a) of this subtitle, resource conservation and reuse, and effective use of existing infrastructure in affordable housing and economic development activities in low - income communities.

When Southern Housing decided to redevelop a 1.5 acre site on the island to create new and much needed affordable homes, the council translated words to action by giving fi nancial support to enable the landlord to build the homes to the passive house standard.

In Pennsylvania 422 new affordable housing units will be built to Passive House standards in the next year alone.

The housing authority expects the Passivhaus homes to be affordable (by Whistler standards).

The PHFA Project began in 2014 when Tim McDonald and 25 other stakeholders, under the auspices of the Architectural Research Center, a think tank within Temple University Architecture program, approached the Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency and asked them to initiate a project which would have ALL affordable housing in Pennsylvania be designed and constructed to a Net - Zero - Energy - Capable standard bHousing Finance Agency and asked them to initiate a project which would have ALL affordable housing in Pennsylvania be designed and constructed to a Net - Zero - Energy - Capable standard bhousing in Pennsylvania be designed and constructed to a Net - Zero - Energy - Capable standard by 2030.

Many local governments provide rebates for the purchase of solar power panels and the federal government provides tax credits if you buy solar and wind power which is considered «Green» power, so why shouldn't the government help get America off the oil standard and help reduce green house gases by promoting this low emission green car through rebates to help it be more affordable to the average and poor income people?

And just in time for the unveiling of a house that meets those standards at an affordable price, the new Conservative government has gone and scrapped the standard, in what is called by some call a «short - sighted, unnecessary, retrograde and damaging to the house - building industry, which has invested heavily in delivering energy - efficient homes.»

One reason we built this house was to demonstrate to builders that you could meet the standards at an affordable price with off - the - shelf technology.

Just as much a concern is that there appears to be a belief that the PH standard has some magic recipe or innovative approach that will make affordable low - energy houses.

The international Passive House Standard makes extremely comfortable, durable, healthy and affordable buildings in a growing array of shapes and uses: apartments, schools, even a dental clinic.

As mentioned above, affordable Jacksonville rental coverage is going to be about one third cheaper than the standard Florida house insurance prices.

A fire can destroy your house in Irving, TX in a matter of minutes, but for the affordable standard Irving renters insurance could have you covered.

As a result, owners of older affordable housing properties are able to take advantage of Green Preservation Plus without going through the kind of gut rehab that's often required for an older building to meet a standard like LEED.

The development is built to the Enterprise Green Communities Criteria, the first national framework for building green affordable housing and community buildings, and meets the standards for both LEED Silver mid-rise and Energy Star multi-family high - rise residential buildings.

The White Paper argues that the QRM definition will become the standard mortgage which will harm the ability of responsible consumers who maintain good credit and seek safe loan products to qualify for affordable mortgages and will also harm the housing market.

«They meet the minimum standards for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Silver, and all are affordable rental housing.

The RBC Affordability Index, which measures the proportion of pre-tax household income needed to service the costs of owning a home, stands at 24.6 per cent for a standard condo, which remains the most affordable housing type.

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Although the justification for the lower and lower lending standards was to make housing affordable for low and moderate income people, the boom really took off when middle class Americans started using subprime loans.

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