Sentences with phrase «cutting costs of housing»

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Trump hosted a series of meetings with advocates for the corn and oil industries at the White House since late last year aimed at reforming biofuels regulations in a way that cuts costs for refiners without reducing overall biofuels demand.

If Congress had not enacted the 2001 and 2003 tax cuts, 10 million taxpayers would owe the AMT in 2007, according to estimates by the Urban Institute - Brookings Institution Tax Policy Center; reducing the number of affected taxpayers to several million, as the House - passed AMT «patch» bill would do, would have cost less than $ 15 billion.

An uptick in commodity prices, combined with two years of supply cost cuts, created some room to get financial houses in order and invest in production growth in 2017.

That's going to be a problem for the health care bill — senators want to bolster the financial assistance for lower - income people buying private insurance and soften some of the House bill's Medicaid cuts, which will cost more money.

NDP commitments include a two point cut in the small business tax rate (already implemented by the Conservatives); extension of the accelerated capital cost allowance for two years (already implemented by the Conservatives (but with a different phase in); an innovation tax credit for machinery used in research and development; an additional one cent of gas tax for the provinces for infrastructure; a transit infrastructure fund; increased funding for social housing; a major child care initiative; and, increasing ODA funding to 0.7 per cent of Gross National Income (GNI).

NDP promises include a two point cut in the small business tax rate (already implemented in the budget by the Conservatives); extension of the accelerated capital cost allowance for two years (also already implemented by the Conservatives); an innovation tax credit for machinery used in research and development; an additional one cent of gas tax for the provinces for infrastructure; a transit infrastructure fund; increased funding for social housing; a major child care initiative; increasing ODA funding to 0.7 per cent of Gross National Income (GNI); and restoring the 6 % annual escalator to the Canada Health Transfer.

But for years, most top recipients of the visas have been outsourcing or consulting firms based in India, or their American subsidiaries, which import workers for large contracts to take over entire in - house technology units — and to cut costs.

Instead of producing items such as sandwiches in - house, retailers outsource to Schau, both cutting their labor costs and providing business to the company.

In the wake of Fletcher Building's full - year result, analysts are asking whether strong housing construction and an $ NZ100 million cost - cutting program can offset the earnings drop - off as major projects come to an end.

That this House: (1) notes with concern the impact on the Dairy Industry of the Coles milk pricing strategy and that: (a) dairy farmers around the country are today seriously questioning their future having suffered through one of the worst decades in memory including droughts, floods, price cuts and rising cost of inputs such as energy and feed; (b) unsustainable retail milk prices will, over time, compel processors to renegotiate contracts with dairy farmers and the prospect that these contracts will be below the cost of production may force many to leave the industry; (c) the fact that supermarkets are now selling milk cheaper than many varieties of bottled water will be the straw that finally breaks the camel's back for many dairy farmers; and (d) the risk of other potential impacts includes: (i) decreased competition as name brands are forced from the shelves; and (ii) the possible loss of fresh milk supplies to some parts of the country as local fresh milk industries become unviable; and (2) calls on the Government to: (a) ask the ACCC to immediately examine the big supermarkets and milk wholesalers after recent price cuts to ensure they do not have too much market power and are not anti-competitive in their behaviour; and (b) support the new Senate inquiry into the ongoing milk price war between the country's major supermarket chains».

(It didn't help that, according to Wikipedia, «on the same day that the USDA announced the cost - cutting proposal for school lunches, the White House purchased $ 209,508 worth of new china and place settings with the presidential seal embossed in gold» Doh.)

House Republicans initiated the block - grant proposals under the Personal Responsibility Act to return control of the schools and curriculum to the local level, cut costs and reduce federal bureaucracy, said Kristin Woltemuth, a legislative assistant to Rep. Harris Fawell (R., Naperville) a member of the House Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities.

Later this month the Republican - dominated U.S. House likely will approve a cost - cutting bill that would dismantle the 48 - year - old National School Lunch Program, giving control of school - based feeding programs to individual states.

The White House, short of securing in Congress changes to existing anti-poverty programs, recently unveiled a partnership between diaper manufacturers, non-profits and an e-commerce site that will cut the cost of diapers available to low - income families to about 13 cents a piece.

Spiralling housing costs, stagnating wages, the casualisation of contracts and other exploitative employment practices, welfare cuts that have specifically targeted people their age.

An ongoing independent poll of 143,000 working people being conducted for Unite, Britain's biggest union, shows that immigration is in fact ranked last as an issue of concern with working people's top worries being money problems, the rising cost of living, cuts to public services, stress, education and housing.

Gov. Cuomo held private meetings with majority - party lawmakers from both houses of the state Legislature, with markedly different receptions to his plans to cut costs without raising taxes.

Washington (CNN)- In a sharp turnaround, House Republican leaders Monday dropped a key demand that the cost of extending the payroll tax cut be offset by spending cuts elsewhere in the budget.

The city has cut down on the amount of money for administrative costs, and has targeted housing initiatives rather than distributing money to a wide variety of nonprofit agencies.

That this House expresses deep concern at the impact of the UK Government's policies on Wales; notes the UK Government's real - terms reduction of the Welsh Budget by # 1.5 bn; notes that Wales currently suffers from the lowest average rates of pay in Britain and has the highest proportion of individuals affected by cuts to social security including the Bedroom Tax; further notes that Wales suffers the highest energy bills in the UK and that these, along with low pay, have compounded the cost of living crisis in Wales; and calls on the Government to immediately scrap the Bedroom Tax, freeze energy bills and undertake measures to increase pay rates in Wales.

The combined worry of cuts to housing benefit and the slashing of the affordable house building subsidy, coupled with the absence of a long term strategy, will be devastating for the housing aspirations of thousands of young people consigned to increasing costs and bringing up their future families in an insecure private rented sector.»

ALBANY — After a two - hour debate that touched on climate change and several anti-Semitic incidents at the City University of New York, Republicans in the state Senate endorsed a one - house budget resolution that shifts costs to New York City, increases aid for public schools and cuts taxes for middle - income New Yorkers.

The city has cut back on the amount of money it uses for administrative costs, freeing up $ 1 million for housing initiatives.

Earlier today, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D - CA) said she would support President Obama's proposed Social Security benefit cuts — even arguing that using the «chained CPI» would not be a benefit cutA after previously telling President Obama «that House Democrats will not vote for any trims to future benefits in Medicare or Social Security, even a tweak to the cost - of - living index,» A according to her hometown paper.

Cuomo has implied that the impact of Medicaid spending cuts would be felt only in upstate counties and on Long Island — the same parts of the state that would stop contributing to the costs of the program under the House GOP bill.

Over the next four years many disabled people will see a reduction in the overall value of their benefits, as well as specific reductions in the levels of housing benefit; unemployment benefit; the loss of disability living allowance (DLA), which contributes towards the - often significant - extra costs of living as a disabled person; as well as reduced access to social care services as a consequence of local government funding cuts.

As disabled people are more likely to be out of work, living in social housing, have lower incomes and higher living costs, and need care and specialist transport services there is little doubt that the pain of cuts will not be felt equally.

Cameron has made it clear that he wants to reduce the cost of politics and has set out plans to make the House of Commons «smaller and more efficient» by cutting the number of MPs by 10 % and publishing details of their expenses online.

Dems will be working hard to prevent Mitt Romney from achieving separation from the House GOP, arguing that the Dem emphasis on a mix of tax hikes and spending cuts, along with more public investment to keep the recovery going, is far more balanced than the Romney / House Tea Party emphasis on gutting government at all costs.

For example, Ken Clarke had to weigh up not cutting as much as he could from legal advice services, or cutting legal advice and costing the Government more money than if it had left legal advice alone - for under # 100, a family could receive advice on a housing problem from a Citizen's Advice Bureau that could prevent a council having to spend thousands of pounds to house the aforementioned family later on.

That this House declines to give a Second Reading to the Welfare Benefits Up - rating Bill because it fails to address the reasons why the cost of benefits is exceeding the Government's plans; notes that the Resolution Foundation has calculated that 68 per cent of households affected by these measures are in work and that figures from the Institute for Fiscal Studies show that all the measures announced in the Autumn Statement, including those in the Bill, will mean a single - earner family with children on average will be # 534 worse off by 2015; further notes that the Bill does not include anything to remedy the deficiencies in the Government's work programme or the slipped timetable for universal credit; believes that a comprehensive plan to reduce the benefits bill must include measures to create economic growth and help the 129,400 adults over the age of 25 out of work for 24 months or more, but that the Bill does not do so; further believes that the Bill should introduce a compulsory jobs guarantee, which would give long - term unemployed adults a job they would have to take up or lose benefits, funded by limiting tax relief on pension contributions for people earning over # 150,000 to 20 per cent; and further believes that the proposals in the Bill are unfair when the additional rate of income tax is being reduced, which will result in those earning over a million pounds per year receiving an average tax cut of over # 100,000 a year.

Among the less - noticed cost - saving recommendations that the White House debt commission has made that have flown beneath the radar is a call to cut the budget of the Executive Office of the President and Congress by 15 %.

As retailers cut cost of Nintendo's console, the House of Mario discounts two of its top titles effective next week.

As always, there are competing calls for the Chancellor to commit to new spending or tax cuts — including from public services which have already been squeezed; speculated costs associated with leaving the EU; delivering on ambitions for housing; and taxpayers feeling the pinch of inflation.

After being promised a $ 250,000 advance, a number so high compared to some advances now that it's almost laughable, his novel never went where he thought it would because of cost - cutting in the traditional publishing industry, especially within the major publishing houses.

Combine the fact that retirees devote such a large part of their budgets to housing with the fact that house and condo prices vary significantly from one part of the country to another — the median home price is $ 692,000 in Anaheim, CA vs. $ 91,000 in Decatur, IL — and that means moving to an area with lower housing costs may allow you to cut your spending significantly — or divert much of what you had been devoting to housing to other activities like travel, entertainment, hobbies, whatever.

Source Capital has the ability to underwrite loans in - house, which cuts out the middleman and minimizes the time and costs of processing your application.

Due to a deficiency in affordable housing nation - wide, 20 % of the population is being left with no other choice but to cut costs in order to keep a roof over their heads.

If you expect to move out of your house temporarily, a hotel credit card can cut down your hotel costs.

This premium cut «will significantly expand» access to mortgage credit and lower the cost of housing for the approximately 1 million households who are expected to purchase a home or refinance their mortgages using FHA - insured financing in 2017.

Planted on the south, west or east side of your house, it even shades your roof and cuts your cooling costs.

The work of thieves has delayed construction of an expansion of the Anthony House for about a week.Much of the muscle and materials behind the partially completed addition had been donated, but someone else decided to take rather than give - at a cost of $ 4,000 to the homeless shelter.Someone cut through a fence around the shelter property in the early hours of Oct. 21 and stole two air compressors and a power generator from the work site, said shelter director Herb Aguirresaenz.The thief must have had help.

The most expensive part of being a nomad for us is the cost of flights (house sitting cuts down our accommodation costs) so its great to get tips like these.

So, although it can be possible to dramatically cut the energy consumption of a house or building, perhaps close to Passive House levels, it may not be cost - effective to do so, depending on the state, shape, size and age of the hhouse or building, perhaps close to Passive House levels, it may not be cost - effective to do so, depending on the state, shape, size and age of the hHouse levels, it may not be cost - effective to do so, depending on the state, shape, size and age of the househouse.

A few models worth a mention that didn't make the cut include France's Tiny Stream, which costs the equivalent of just $ 26,600 and the Wheel Pad, a disabled - access tiny house not intended for full time living for sale for $ 50,000.

You can reduce the amount of items you own, cut back on your lifestyle, follow a strict budget, and even cut costs on housing.

The White House will seek new public comment on the «social cost of carbon» (SCC), a metric that helps regulators estimate the benefits of rules that cut greenhouse gas emissions.

Because your law firm and in - house attorneys have little incentive to speed up processing times, cut costs, and reduce error rates — adoption of legal tech likely requires a push from outside the ranks of lawyers who are captive to the traditional business model.

By the late 1980's, the supply of lawyers was up but the amount of their business down, a result of a nagging recession and corporate clients» cost - cutting, especially through the increased use of in - house legal departments.

The guide, which includes practical advice based on dozens of interviews from corporates including Pearson, AIG, TabTale, Travelocity, Vodafone, NetApp, Del Monte, Axalta Coating Systems, Tongal and Novartis — all who have used technology to cut costs and reduce legal inefficiency — comes at a time when in - house legal teams are under increasing pressure to show ROI and reduce costs.