Sentences with phrase «affordable housing units»

The proposal is part of two zoning amendments that seek to increase the number of affordable housing units throughout the city.

Only a portion of the above funding money would go to construction of new affordable housing units.

These developments provide affordable housing units for families across a range of income levels.

I believe you can get more affordable housing units.

A recent study commissioned by the mayor's office found that the city had lost 18,000 affordable housing units since 2000.

The effect, she said, is fewer and lower - quality affordable housing units.

An evaluation of the 2005 - 2010 Housing Plan shows that in 2008 - 09, 93 newly constructed affordable housing units were completed for low - income or very low - income residents.

The state will also have a goal of making 500,000 new homes more energy efficient, including state - owned affordable housing units.

It would build over 2000 new affordable housing units, open new health care facilities create new parks and open new farmers markets.

More affordable housing units were created in 2015 than in any year since the city's housing department began.

«We also must tell Albany that they have got to stop the hemorrhaging of affordable housing units in New York State and we have to cut off the spigot of those who just go to Albany and serve the developer unit and then come back home and talk about the crisis that's been going on,» she said.

The challenges facing Fuleihan are steep: Unlike Albany, the city budget must be balanced and on time every year, and de Blasio has an ambitious agenda that includes increasing affordable housing units by 200,000 over the next decade.

Meanwhile de Blasio campaigned on record lows on crime, expanding free pre-K and increasing the number of affordable housing units across the city.»

Moving toward its goal of building 80,000 new affordable housing units over 10 years, the de Blasio administration plans to announce today that it will lease public housing land to build nearly 500 apartments for low - income tenants, most of them elderly.

«Creating affordable housing units for our LGBTQ senior citizens is very important to me and to our community,» said Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. «It is with great pleasure that I support the development of SAGE / Help USA Senior Housing in The Bronx, and I am proud to have provided $ 600,000 in capital funding for construction of this worthy project.»

Greenland USA will be under pressure to meet a state - city deadline in 2025 to complete some 2,250 affordable housing units at Pacific Park.

As of April 12, municipalities in Ontario will be able to implement inclusionary zoning, allowing them to require affordable housing units in residential developments.

«We have very few affordable housing units for working families,» Herzig says.

In February, the de Blasio administration targeted the Bay Street Corridor in Stapleton as one of six neighborhoods in the city that could be rezoned for residential housing, in exchange for including affordable housing units.

Quinn, one of the presumed front - runners in the 2013 mayoral race, announced the creation of a new database of affordable housing units with a «red alert system» to notify the city and tenants about when rent protections are set to expire and turn market - rate.

The lawsuit requires the county to analyze its zoning laws to find potentially discriminatory practices, and build affordable housing units in some of the county's predominately white towns.

In a statement to Politico, he said the bill would help prevent landlords from renting affordable housing units as illegal hotels, «and those who use the site without breaking the law will have no problem giving their name to the city.

In past SPURA battles, the powerful Assembly speaker stood with his core constituents, residents of the Grand Street cooperatives, who opposed new affordable housing units on the parcels.

For all his verbal assaults upon former Mayor Michael Bloomberg, his budgets and his appointments, he nonetheless was able to form a relationship with Mr. Bloomberg's Housing Preservation and Development Commissioner, Shaun Donovan, which helped him build the most city - subsidized affordable housing units of anyone on the Council.

De Blasio has worked effectively with developers to continue construction at a robust pace while adding affordable housing units.

«During my three year tenure in the State Legislature, I have seen Robert Rodriguez in action as he has played a pivotal role in the fight to increase affordable housing units, expand New York's investment in NYCHA and secure retirement benefits for our seniors and working families,» said Assemblywoman Latoya Joyner.

«Tonight's vote sends a clear message that the City of New York is determined to provide relief for its residents, unlike Gov. Cuomo and Albany who recently enacted detrimental rent laws that could eliminate about 90,000 affordable housing units due to deregulation over the next four years — units that do not just provide an affordable price point for tenants but offer protections against arbitrary evictions as well,» he added.

The Cuomo administration announced $ 1.2 million in affordable housing funds are available, a veritable drop in the bucket for a $ 10 billion program aimed at expanding affordable housing units by 2020.

Hudson Companies also offered to build affordable housing units within the borough, which other bidders did not, according to the mayor's office.

In April, the city opted to kick out roughly 200 homeless New Yorkers from a two - building emergency shelter on the Upper West Side, freeing up at least 100 affordable housing units slated for low - income residents, as previously reported.

The project, which is geared to build 28 affordable housing units near New Castle's Metro - North Railroad stop, was the subject of staunch opposition from local officials who insisted the development be built in a different location.

Under de Blasio's Mandatory Inclusionary Housing zoning plan, new construction would have to include a certain number of permanently affordable housing units.

In 2017, Virginia had enough affordable housing units for only 54 of every 100 low - income families, according to the National... Read more

The 30 - second ad touts the push to expand affordable housing units under one version of the abatement's re-approval, a push that's supported by New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and ostensibly opposed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who has spoken favorable of the union - led push for a prevailing wage.

In Albany, Cuomo touted his own affordable housing plan, which will dedicate $ 10 billion to the creation of 100,000 new affordable housing units statewide over the next five years.

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced $ 20 million is available for the construction of new affordable housing units damaged by Superstorm Sandy, Hurricane Irene or Tropical Storm Lee.

Shephard said that Mayor Bill de Blasio's plan to greatly expand the city's number of affordable housing units provides an opportunity for developers to incorporate solar and clean energy into lower - income neighborhoods.

I applaud the Mayor's far - reaching 10 - year plan to build and preserve 200,000 affordable housing units throughout our city, and the Church in all boroughs of New York City looks forward to continuing to work with NYC and Mayor de Blasio to help achieve this important affordable housing goal,» said His Eminence Timothy Cardinal Dolan, Archbishop of New York.

«We're losing too many affordable housing units by the current rent regulation,» Mr. Cuomo said, estimating the loss to be roughly 10,000 annually.

Sanders also called on local governments to «demand more» from developers who receive government subsidies, saying affordable housing units should not return to market value rents after 10 to 20 years as is often done.

When communities with common interests are not kept together in the same district, residents can not organize effectively to advocate for the issues most important to them, such as fighting for living wage jobs, preserving affordable housing units, curbing racial violence in public schools, or getting Asian - language access to health care.

«We supported the principle of prevailing wage,» said Hector Figueroa, president of SEIU Local 32 BJ, the building workers union, «but we always understood that in the construction of affordable housing units there had to be an understanding between the industry and the construction unions.»

He also mentioned that there are currently affordable housing units in the pipeline for Harrison, Larchmont, New Castle, Lewisboro, Pelham Manor and Croton - on - Hudson.

The de Blasio administration says it created or preserved more than 24,500 affordable housing units last year, the highest number seen in the city...

«Even those ordinances that have produced the most affordable housing units, however, have not solved the community's housing challenges,» the study cautioned.

City officials have banded together in a bid to stop property developers from using large amounts of leverage to purchase affordable housing units in...

«By that, I mean affordable housing units should be required as a condition of site approval.

Last fall, HPD quietly introduced a new rule allowing the city to house homeless families in rent - stabilized affordable housing units created in new developments built with the 421a tax exemption, provoking the ire of some New York developers.