Sentences with phrase «founded settlement houses»

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He argues persuasively that the fate of public neighbors who have found their way into Boston's public housing projects in the last 70 years must be imbedded in the longer, wider story of the treatment of such neighbors since the city's initial settlement by the Puritans.

Members of Congress found personally liable for harassment or discrimination will be responsible for paying the cost of a settlement and it must be approved by the Senate or House Ethics Committee.

In Turkey, at the site of the eighth millenium B.C.E. settlement Çatalhöyük, the finest figurines of clay and stone were associated with the burials of high - status people in special shrines, whereas cruder figurines were found in houses [see «Women and Men at Çatalhöyük,» by Ian Hodder, on page 34].

The community school is the contemporary version of the 19th - century settlement houses founded by the progressive activist and sociologist Jane Addams on the theory that social ills are interconnected and must be approached holistically.

Somewhere between is learning about the Other and respecting the differing skills we bring into the school community, much like the settlement house workers or the women's club movement of the 1800s who found unity in difference in advancement of more effective solutions to poverty, injustice and educational equity.

A 2010 study by the Bank for International Settlements found that demographic factors contributed «positively to real house prices in many countries in recent decades.»

You would have to apply for the mortgage today, and lock it in; then find a house; negotiate a price; and then go to settlement before the lock in period expires.

You are a real estate agent who has to explore the house and find out the secret behind the low rate of the settlement.

In today's climate - change era, the only available housing such migrants are likely to find will be in vast and expanding shantytowns (or «informal settlements,» as they're euphemistically called), often located in floodplains and low - lying coastal areas exposed to storm surges and sea - level rise.

It was found that it was clear that something had gone wrong with the language of a settlement agreement in a claim to enforce an agreement for the sale of a house but equally clear how that mistake was to be corrected by a process of construction to arrive at what the reasonable person would conclude was the true interpretation.

The four affordable housing types found in government policy, local government developments and some of the national government frameworks around human settlements are: gap, transitional, social and inclusionary.

The court examined the House and Senate Bills regarding the definition of settlement services, and found no evidence of an intent to include real estate financing in its definition.

• Home mortgage interest paid at settlement that is found on the mortgage interest statement provided by the lender • Certain real estate taxes paid at closing • Real estate taxes — listed on your real estate tax bill — the lender paid from escrow to the taxing authority • Sales taxes paid at closing • Points — also known as loan origination fees, maximum loan charges, loan discounts or discount points — which are a one - time closing cost that provide you a discounted rate on your mortgage and can be deducted only over the life of the mortgage • Mortgage insurance premiums, except for mortgage insurance provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs or Rural Housing Service

Hopes that industry groups would find common ground after the Federal Reserve and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development issued a report last year on reforming the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act were dashed when NAR and other groups split on key disclosure issues.