Sentences with phrase «to combat homelessness»

These 12 kids invented a high - tech tent to help combat homelessness in their spare time.

The plan makes housing accessible and combats homelessness by building or preserving more than 100,000 units of affordable housing — enough to house every resident in the City of Buffalo.

While leading global projects for management consultancy Accenture, Katy Sherratt began volunteering for Back on My Feet, a national organization operating in 12 major cities coast to coast combatting homelessness through the combined power of community support and essential employment and housing resources.

OPINION: Housing First initiatives are better at combatting homelessness than shelters, and make more fiscal sense for taxpayers, too

The city official tasked with combatting homelessness said Thursday he isn't taking Gov. Cuomo's bigfooting as a snub, but as a sign of a «unique moment of focus» on a long - standing problem.

This organization has undertaken the arduous task of combatting homelessness in the Saint Louis area.

The Alice Springs Transformation Plan for managed accommodation has received an additional $ 11 million to help combat homelessness and house the large transient Indigenous population in Alice Springs.

De Blasio is forming a task force to help build 1,500 units of affordable housing in order to combat the homelessness cries in New York City.

The ongoing feud between Cuomo and de Blasio is now threatening a plan to combat the homelessness problem in the city.

Cuomo insisted he can work productively with the mayor on combatting homelessness despite their long - running feud, and he said one of their biggest challenges is the expiration of the 4231 - a tax abatement program to incentivize affordable housing development in NYC.

«On behalf of my 1,140 members employed at The Legal Aid Society, The Legal Aid Society of Nassau County, The Legal Aid Society of Orange County, and The Federal Defenders of the Eastern and Southern Districts, we are proud to partner with Assembly Member Hevesi to combat the homelessness crisis overwhelming New York State, and especially the City.

Cox's statement noted that the House of Delegates has invested nearly $ 2 million since last year to combat homelessness among veterans and improve educational and workforce training programs.

From here on the East Side of Buffalo to Rochester, to Albany and all the way north and all the way south, HCR and our partners are hard at work making Governor Cuomo's aggressive $ 20 billion agenda combat homelessness and expand access to affordable housing a reality.»

On homelessness, Cuomo said the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development could be «a great, great ally to cities and states in actually combatting homelessness and getting production up once again.»

De Blasio thanked Adams for his work and followed up by outlining his strategy to combat homelessness across the city.

The governor said he also touched on how the U.S. Department of Housing Preservation and Development — the agency he headed during the Clinton administration --» could be a great, great ally to cities and states» as far as combatting homelessness and getting housing production «up once again.»

A proposed 350 - bed facility for Vanier raises questions about whether it conforms to the latest research about combatting homelessness.

The plan makes housing accessible and combats homelessness by building and preserving more than 100,000 units of affordable housing and 6,000 of supportive housing.

-- Katy Sherratt, CEO of Back on My Feet, a national organization operating in 12 major cities that combats homelessness through the power of running, community support, and essential employment and housing resources

This begs the question: Why are tax dollars being spent on expensive emergency shelters when we know they are ineffective at combatting homelessness and addiction?

Mr. Cuomo's office did not immediately return a request for comment, but an administration source said the governor «is trying to actively resolve the homeless issue,» and noted the governor's «long legacy of combatting homelessness.»

Learn how Good Neighbor Award finalist Louise McLean established the Space Coast Association of REALTORS ®» Brevard's Children in Need committee to combat homelessness in Brevard County, and how they've raised close to $ 500,000 for children and families.

They chose to combat the homelessness they encounter in their low - income community by inventing a solar - powered tent that folds into a backpack.

The mayor's new initiative to combat homelessness was being drowned out by media coverage of the investigations.

Four years ago, Family Promise of Brevard formed as a nonprofit agency with the aim to combat homelessness.

But, while it's clear that Housing First is much more effective than the emergency - shelter model in combatting homelessness, what is the fiscal impact?

Think of what just half of that money could do if spent worldwide for clean water, vaccines, micro-loans and so on, and in the USA to combat homelessness.

There were other initiatives, of course, that included strengthening the state's infrastructure through major upgrades to airports, criminal justice measures including making permanent the attorney general's power to oversee cases in which police kill civilians and a plan to combat homelessness.

The hard work and contributions of these organizations will go a long way in helping us combat homelessness in our City, particularly within the LGBT community.

The plan makes housing accessible and combats homelessness by building and preserving 112,000 units of affordable housing, including 6,000 of supportive housing.

«These homes complement Governor Andrew Cuomo's aggressive $ 20 billion agenda to combat homelessness and expand access to affordable and supportive housing all across the State.»

They're talking about partisan politics, they're talking about gridlock, and they're seeking to impose an ultraconservative philosophy which is repugnant to everything we believe in,» he said in May at an announcement that the state was going to embark upon a $ 20 billion plan to build more affordable housing and combat homelessness.

It includes a multi-year plan to combat homelessness, together with the development of 10 anti-poverty tasks forces; these are productive ways to recognize that child poverty and homelessness are at record levels across the state.

Last month, Cuomo launched a $ 20 billion, five - year plan to combat homelessness and advance the construction of affordable housing in New York State — supported by the release of $ 2.5 billion in capital funding delivered in the fiscal year 2018 budget, which he said will establish and preserve more than 110,000 units of affordable and 6,000 units of supportive housing over the next five years.

«The Governor's unprecedented plan to combat homelessness and build 6,000 units of supportive housing over 5 years is on track,» Azzopardi said in a statement.

As the budget nears its deadline of April 1, city commissioners have been working their way through Albany to make their case for funding to combat homelessness and improve public housing.

Governor Cuomo has been feuding with his rival, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, on several issues, including who is doing more to combat homelessness.

He also argued that the city would see a net benefit under his budget because of a new $ 20 billion outlay to combat homelessness and additional education spending.

Governor Cuomo is asking the legislature to help free up more funds promised to combat homelessness.

Cuomo reported two charitable donations of $ 13,500 each, with contributions going to HELP USA, the organization that combats homelessness he founded and the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice (the governor's ex-wife, Kerry Kennedy, is the organization's president).

«We must finish the job and pass a responsible budget that makes college tuition free for the middle class, fully funds our public schools, cuts taxes for the middle class, Raises the Age of criminal responsibility, combats homelessness, and moves New York forward.

«This agreement marks a major step forward in the state's comprehensive efforts to combat the homelessness and affordable housing crisis in New York,» Cuomo said in a statemenet.

Former NYC Council Speaker Christine Quinn, in her first major speech since leaving office three years ago, offered some suggestions for her erstwhile primary rival de Blasio to combat homelessness and refused to rule out a run for office again.

As part of a plan to combat homelessness, Mayor de Blasio wants to shrink the current 400 - square - food limit on apartments in order to create more affordable housing.

As Cuomo prepares to unveil specifics of his plan to combat homelessness, de Blasio holds out hope for a city and state partnership.

But the shelter numbers have remained high, and earlier this month the issue became the latest fodder for criticism from his fellow Democrat, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, who publicly questioned the city's handling of the crisis, even as the mayor has called for more state resources to combat homelessness.

Meanwhile, Mayor de Blasio said Wednesday that he's planning to attend Cuomo's presentation next week but has not been briefed on the plan the governor intends to unveil to combat homelessness.

There's also $ 66 million to combat homelessness — a problem that dogged the mayor for months before losing the spotlight to multiple investigations into City Hall and the mayor's campaign — which will be partly offset by $ 38 million in savings.