Sentences with phrase «council housing blocks»

Four days ago DCLG wrote to councils in England - housing is a devolved issue - asking for the number of social and council housing blocks in each area above 18m in height, that used aluminium composite material (ACM) cladding.

So far councils have written back to DCLG with information on what the government estimates to be 600 social and council housing blocks.

Not exact matches

Laymen should be encouraged to serve on local Councils on Alcoholism, work as volunteers in enlightened treatment facilities and halfway houses, both because such help is often needed and because the experiences will help to modify relationship - blocking stereotypes concerning alcoholics.

Also on the republican list of demands: abolition of the Privy Council; full proportional representation in elections for the House of Commons; decentralisation of power to local and community authorities; a voting age of 16; fixed - term parliaments; state funding of political parties; a ban on outside earnings for MPs; more powerful Commons select committees, with powers to confirm or block ministerial appointments; elected police chiefs and elected mayors in all the major cities.

He now also serves on the board of the Ali Forney Center, which offers housing for homeless LGBT youth, Save Chelsea and the Council of Chelsea Block Associations.

Gordon says social mobility is his new priority, yet the Labour Party has blocked council house sales, the single greatest boon to social mobility since free education for all.

«It's unfortunate that the City Council is attempting to block a proposal that would generate significant revenue for the New York City Housing Authority — money that would go directly into developments and repairs for residents,» the housing authority said in a statement to theHousing Authority — money that would go directly into developments and repairs for residents,» the housing authority said in a statement to thehousing authority said in a statement to the Times.

Mr. Sikora's loss was glaring because it was in the brownstone Brooklyn Assembly district that heavily overlapped with Mr. de Blasio's old City Council district: the mayor's Park Slope row house lies just blocks beyond the district's boundaries.

The government has confirmed it will cover the cost of removing dangerous cladding from council and housing association tower blocks after the Grenfell fire.

List of Supporting Organizations: • African Services Committee • Albany County Central Federation of Labor • Alliance for Positive Change • ATLI - Action Together Long Island • Brooklyn Kindergarten Society • NY Immigration Coalition • Catholic Charities • Catholic Charities Brooklyn and Queens • Catholic Charities of Buffalo • Catholic Charities of Chemung / Schuyler • Catholic Charities of Diocese of Albany • Catholic Charities of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Syracuse • CDRC • Center for Independence of the Disabled NY • Children Defense Fund • Chinese - American Planning Council, Inc. • Citizen Action of New York • Coalition for the Homeless • Coalition on the Continuum of Care • Community Food Advocates • Community Health Net • Community Healthcare Network • Community Resource Exchange (CRE) • Day Care Council of New York • Dewitt Reformed Church • Early Care & Learning Council • East Harlem Block Nursery, Inc. • Family Reading Partnership of Chemung Valley • Fiscal Policy Institute • Food & Water Watch • Forestdale, Inc. • FPWA • GOSO • GRAHAM WINDHAM • Greater New York Labor Religion Coalition • HCCI • Heights and Hills • Housing and Services, Inc. • Jacob A. Riis Neighborhood Settlement • Jewish Family Service • Labor - Religion Coalition of NYS • Latino Commission on AIDS • LEHSRC • Make the Road New York • MercyFirst • Met Council • Metro New York Health Care for All • Mohawk Valley CAA • NAMI • New York Association on Independent Living • New York Democratic County Committee • New York State Community Action Association • New York State Network for Youth Success • New York StateWide Senior Action Council • NYSCAA • Park Avenue Christian Church (DoC) / UCC • Partnership with Children • Met Council • Professional Staff Congress • PSC / CUNY AFT Local 2334 • ROCitizen • Schenectady Community Action Program, Inc. • SCO Family of Services • SICM — Schenectady Community Ministries • Sunnyside Community Services • Supportive Housing Network of New York, Inc • The Alliance for Positive Change • The Children's Village • The Door — A Center of Alternatives • The Radical Age Movement • UJA - Federation of New York • United Neighborhood Houses • University Settlement • Urban Pathways, Inc • Women's Center for Education & Career Advancement

Michael Skrebutenas, HCR's Chief Operating Officer, joined New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, Department of Housing Preservation and Development Commissioner Mathew M. Wambua and President of Gotham Organization David L. Picket recently to break ground on Gotham West, a mixed - use development encompassing an entire city block in the Clinton neighborhood of Manhattan between West 44th & West 45th Streets and 10th & 11th Avenues.

Or his struggles in realizing his central mission of constructing affordable housing units, after otherwise friendly Council members blocked developments in their districts because of opposition from constituents.

The Crafts Council touring exhibition entitled Block Party: Contemporary Craft Inspired by the Art of the Tailor is housed in the New Walk Museum and Art Gallery of Leicester, the third leg of its journey.

The Crafts Council touring exhibition entitled Block Party: Contemporary Craft Inspired by the Art of the Tailor is currently housed in the New Walk Museum and Art Gallery of Leicester, the third leg of its journey.