Sentences with phrase «at affordable housing issues»

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.

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.

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In addition to mortgage insurance, it also issues mortgage - backed securities and pursues a variety of social policy agendas at the behest of Ottawa, such as disseminating information on regional housing markets, improving access to affordable housing and encouraging energy efficiency in new homes.

2017.09.29 Housing affordability relief still elusive in Canada in the second quarter as ownership costs continued to rise in Toronto: RBC Economics Becoming a home owner in Canada is less affordable now than at any time since 1990, according to the latest Housing Trends and Affordability Report issued today by RBC Economics Research...

Now this doesn't mean that the Republicans should do NOTHING on immigration, but it does mean that their economic agenda should focus on issues that would help people in the two middle quartiles (and the last quartile) get what Reihan Salam called «the basics of a dignified middle - class life — affordable high - quality medical care, education, and housing» With that in mind, here is a partial (and I'm not sure totally compatible) list of policies that Republicans should be looking at:

A plan that looks at the underlying issues that emerge in these conversations on immigration: the legacies of de-industrialisation, the absence of affordable housing, increasing job insecurity and zero hour work, and the impacts of neoliberalism on the national institutions that make up our shared identity.

Another issue that she promised to address, and the crowd at the campaign event cheered the most for, is strengthening rent control and increasing affordable housing.

In addition to his focus on consumer protection issues, Garodnick said he will continue to push for long - term affordable housing and stability for tenants at Stuyvesent Town and Peter Cooper Village, where he was raised and currenty lives with his wife and young son.

The Democrats collided on a variety of issues in 2014 and earlier this year, including funding for Mr. de Blasio's universal prekindergarten expansion, affordable housing at Sunnyside Yards and how high New York City's minimum wage should be.

Still, «the most pressing issue in our city of this generation is affordable housing,» James said; she stated that in her second term, she would work to address that problem, whether through making «preferential rent» permanent (rather than something a landlord can change or remove at whim), or creating more housing, rather than shelters, for homeless New Yorkers.

While Albanese comes from a different camp on policing, there are several issues where de Blasio's two main Democratic challengers agree, such as providing free tuition at CUNY and using a revised local median income to make determinations for affordable housing.

I am continuing to work hard on important issues facing Lower Manhattan including ensuring that our Downtown Little League and Soccer League get the field time they need at the B.P.C. ball fields, coming up with an appropriate redevelopment plan for the South Street Seaport, providing adequate funding to NYCHA residents and community programs serving youth and seniors, and maintaining affordable housing in Battery Park City and throughout the district.

At 6:30 p.m., Rep. Hakeem Jeffries delivers annual State of the District address, discussing issues including affordable housing, community safety, job creation, and immigration reform, Long Island University, 1 University Pl., Brookyln.

But Albanese struggled to articulate a vision on a number of issues — including an affordable housing plan, saying at one point he would revisit the policies of Mayor Koch.

He has stymied de Blasio at many turns, holding back funding for affordable housing, homelessness prevention, the MTA, and more, while holding hostage issues of rent regulations, the 421 - a tax abatement, and extension of mayoral control of schools.

18 pecent of voters say that gun shows at the Westchester County Center as their top issue, with 13 percent citing jobs and the local economy, 10 percent citing affordable housing, and 7 percent choosing the impending closure of the Indian Point Energy Center.

Traffic, affordable housing and agritainment were among several issues discussed by this year's Southold Town Board candidates on Saturday at a community forum in Orient.

In fact, among the intake of over a thousand constituent service requests in my first year at Borough Hall, the # 1 issue was about the need for more affordable housing.

There is, though, the issue of mayoral control of New York City schools, which will expire at the end of June unless it is renewed, and whether Cuomo and legislative leaders can reach a memorandum of understanding around how $ 2 billion in budget money targeted for affordable housing will be spent.

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.

Following property taxes, 16 % said the most important issue is gun shows at the Westchester County Center, 12 % said jobs and the economy, and 9 % cited affordable housing.

A master's degree candidate at Buffalo State, Baskin lists affordable housing advocacy, expanded youth programming, lead prevention and county services outreach to communities among her main platform issues.

The four candidates seeking to replace City Councilman Eric Gioia (D - Sunnyside) told the TimesLedger Newspapers staff in a debate last week that affordable housing, education, the oil spill at Newtown Creek and a dispute between tenants and landlord Vantage Properties were among the key issues leading up to the Sept. 15 Democratic primary.

Lisa Guelfi, a Partner in the social housing development team at Clarke Willmott, said: «Key issues for housing associations, such as availability of grant funding, rent review restrictions which are limiting the number of affordable rented properties being provided, and the question of what will happen with Right to Buy receipts from the Midlands pilot and beyond, aren't really addressed.

Affordable housing is a key platform issue to Azim Rizvee, owner * at MinMaxx Realty, a firm he launched in Milton, Ont.

Separate studies issued this week share the same conclusion that demand for rental apartments and other housing options will stay at elevated levels largely due to continued robust household formation and limited affordable housing options, especially for detached single - family houses.

Witnessing your involvement locally, we challenged ourselves to make an impact at the national level on affordable and workforce housing issues.

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.