Sentences with phrase «housing measures announced»

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Kathleen Wynne announcing new measures aimed at cooling Ontario's housing market.

«If confirmed, this will be the first time in the past half year that the central government announces supportive measures — not just the local governments — raising some people's hope that there may be more central government support if the housing market does not recover,» Du Jinsong, a property analyst for Credit Suisse in Hong Kong, wrote in a note.

Since then, the White House has announced another trade measure targeted at China that would place tariffs on at least $ 50 billion worth of products imported to the United States and would restrict investment flows between the two economic giants.

Although the measures announced today are a welcome attempt at addressing the failing housing market, much more needs to be done.»

The suit is in response to Ben Carson and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announcing that it would delay an Obama - era anti-segregation measure known as the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) rule, which was enacted in 2015 to combat discrimination in housing Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announcing that it would delay an Obama - era anti-segregation measure known as the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) rule, which was enacted in 2015 to combat discrimination in housing Housing (AFFH) rule, which was enacted in 2015 to combat discrimination in housing housing policy.

New York City Council Speaker Cory Johnson and Majority Leader Laurie Cumbo announced the package of 10 bills on Sunday and said the measures would be introduced this week... The proposals include: Requiring businesses with more than 15 employees to provide lactation spaces and refrigerators to store breast milk, Requiring lactation rooms in all schools, police precincts, and jails that house women or allow women visitors, Assessing the need for free and low - cost doula services in the city, Creating a report on maternal mortality, Requiring that inmates be able to choose the gender of their doctor, Requiring the city to provide diapers at shelters, subsidized child care centers and other locations, Creating a study and pilot program for on - site childcare for city employees, Allowing campaign funds to be used for certain childcare costs of candidates who are primary caregivers» http://bit.ly/2jTiAtZ

Labour's shadow secretary of state for housing, John Healey MP, said: «The Prime Minister should be embarrassed to be fronting up these feeble measures first announced a year ago.

Welcoming the review, housing minister Yvette Cooper announced a series of measures to prevent landbanking, where developers hold on to empty land in the hope values will rise.

But, housing aside, too many of the measures announced today imply a top down, centralised approach, from a national education service to the nationalisation of railways.

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.

«I'm proud to announce that today, the House passed both of my common sense, bipartisan measures to bolster security and productivity at our nation's airports,» Katko, R - Camillus, said.

Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver announced this morning that his house will likely pass a measure that will increase the state's minimum wage by $ 1.25 an hour.

Bolden announced the new policy, which he called a temporary measure pending an outside review of NASA security policies, at a 20 March hearing before a U.S. House of Representatives spending panel that oversees NASA's budget.

On 29 April, the White House announced measures to make it easier for US police and federal agencies to test and purchase «smart» guns that won't fire except in the hands of their owner.

Republican senators Tim Scott (S.C.) and Ben Sasse (Neb.) have announced companion legislation to a House measure that would expand school choice for military families in an attempt to ease the strain of frequent relocations.

TORONTO — Ontario's highly anticipated package of housing measures is set to be announced Thursday and will take aim at speculators, expedite more supply, tackle rental affordability and look at realtor practices.

But he added that the government does not have any specific housing - related measures that it's waiting to announce.

The Bank highlighted that household debt ratios will continue to rise, but these will be mitigated over time by the announced changes to housing finance rules.Even before the unanticipated rise in mortgage rates in October, the Bank revised down its economic forecast in large measure because of the federal government's new initiatives «to promote stability in Canada's housing market».

In another prong of that plan, the Energy Department today will announce measures to curb methane releases, a less ubiquitous yet more potent greenhouse gas, said Dan Utech, a White House energy adviser.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency on Tuesday announced measures to make short sales of underwater homes easier for homeowners, including extending help to people who have financial difficulties but haven't missed mortgage payments.

«In light of recent policy measures aimed at the housing sector at both the provincial and national levels, it may be time for a pause to assess the impacts of these already announced policy decisions.»

The Quebec Federation of Real Estate Boards (QFREB) says it welcomes the tax provisions announced by provincial Minister of Finance Carlos Leitão in regard to housing in the recent budget, but «would have preferred seeing more tangible measures to promote home ownership.»

«The changes announced by the federal government include measures we have asked for, and they are welcome steps that may help provide further fairness and stability in the market for home buyers,» said Rich Coleman, B.C.'s minister responsible for housing.

But don't expect the measures, announced Monday, to have a dramatic or immediate effect on Canada's frothy housing market.

Strengthening protection for tenants and ensuring predictability for landlords is part of Ontario's Fair Housing Plan, announced in April 2017, which included 16 comprehensive measures to make housing more affordable for homebuyers and renters, while bringing stability to the real estate market and protecting the investment of homeHousing Plan, announced in April 2017, which included 16 comprehensive measures to make housing more affordable for homebuyers and renters, while bringing stability to the real estate market and protecting the investment of homehousing more affordable for homebuyers and renters, while bringing stability to the real estate market and protecting the investment of homeowners.

To address the growing concern around housing affordability, particularly throughout the Greater Golden Horseshoe, the province recently announced 16 measures for homebuyers and renters, called Ontario's Fair Housinhousing affordability, particularly throughout the Greater Golden Horseshoe, the province recently announced 16 measures for homebuyers and renters, called Ontario's Fair HousingHousing Plan.

Addressing the Fair Housing Plan that was announced by the Ontario government in April, the president of the KWAR notes that it is still too soon to know if the measures will have the intended cooling effect on the market.