Sentences with phrase «housing tenants»

They include a reduction of benefit for social housing tenants of working age with spare bedrooms.

For the first time, remote Indigenous citizens will have access to mainstream housing arrangements that public housing tenants in cities and towns take for granted.

When the government talks about its «pay to stay» policy, ministers usually point to all those greedy social housing tenants who earn mega bucks but continue living in a council house.

The removal in 2013 of what the government calls the spare room subsidy cuts benefits for social housing tenants with a «spare» room.

Clearly, those inspectors are choosing housed tenants over worrying about spending too much.

A staggering 80 % of public housing tenants lost heat or hot water this winter.

People are willing to pay less for a property where social housing tenants live.

Social housing tenants know all to well how often their concerns are dismissed.

Social housing tenants receive less benefits if they are deemed to have one, or more than one, spare room.

He says he won't sign the state budget unless it includes «real and immediate remedies» for public housing tenants.

They voted to review the bedroom tax and scrap its use against social housing tenants who didn't have an offer of a smaller property.

The removal of the spare - room subsidy has meant a reduction in benefits to social housing tenants with homes deemed larger than necessary.

It results in social housing tenants losing 14 % of their housing benefit for one spare room; and losing 25 % of their housing benefit if they have two or more spare rooms.

Social housing tenants of working age will have their benefits reduced if they have a spare bedroom.

I don't see that reviewing new council house tenants in five years, and if their situation has improved moving them on, is going to do anything to deal with the problem we have today,» she told the Today programme.

Public housing tenants across the city — faced with a double - digit spike in shootings — say it boggles the mind.

HUD Secretary Ben Carson says the changes are necessary to revamp an archaic system that discourages public housing tenants from seeking better paying jobs.

There's been a year - over-year increase in the number of public housing tenants suing the New York City Housing Authority for delayed repairs, New York World reported.

Also, buildings would no longer be allowed to have a separate entrance for affordable housing tenants — the so - called «poor door.»

The statistics reveal the scale of debt created by the Government's under - occupancy charge, as one council house tenant in three has been pushed into rent arrears since it was introduced in April.»

The mayors office continues to place blame on the state funding saying, «Public housing tenants deserve that (state) funding to be quickly applied to NYCHA's most pressing needs.

OMH will also provide debt service payments on a portion of the permanent loan and will provide $ 857,800 in annual funding for on - site social services for the Supportive Housing tenants.

The monitor will be picked by the City Council and public housing tenant leaders in consultation with Mayor de Blasio.

Kevin also maintains a diverse pro bono practice at Foley Hoag, including helping victims of domestic and sexual violence to obtain restraining orders against their abusers, representing public housing tenants facing eviction, and representing individuals in deportation proceedings.

Look TV's coverage of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development's proposal to raise rent for assisted housing Tenants...

A Manhattan judge hearing a lawsuit by public - housing tenants ordered the New York City Housing Authority to conduct lead inspections in thousands of apartments where young children live.

NEW YORK — Public housing tenants fed up with conditions inside their homes rallied and marched during Holy Week just across from City hall.

Rep. Brian Higgins encountered anger and frustration from some Commodore Perry public housing tenants when he held a press conference there to tout his idea of renovating rows of empty, rundown apartments into low - and moderate - income units — and perhaps some market - rate housing, as well.

Furious over the de Blasio administration's market rate apartment plans for New York City Housing Authority properties, about 140 public housing tenants created a...

If she is ever tracked down, Rosie The Housing Tenant may not reach quite the same level of fame.

1210 - A requiring diaper changing stations in new and renovated buildings with public restrooms, regardless of gender; Intro 1241 - A to create a watch list of rent regulated buildings housing tenants at - risk for eviction, City Hall, Blue Room, Manhattan.

Do they think that social housing tenants bring with them crime and anti-social behaviour?

The plan will also ease the burden on NYCHA's books by dissolving the authority's call center and have public housing tenants address their complaints to the general city help line, 311 or to a new MyNYCHA phone app, and move 1,000 office employees off the authority's payroll and onto those of city agencies.

Another big issue for public housing tenants throughout the Lower East Side is NextGeneration NYCHA, which calls for building new mixed - income housing alongside existing residential towers.

Previously, Mark has worked with public housing tenant organizations in Atlanta and New Haven and helped establish small business lending programs in Chicago.

See also minutes of a 1970 meeting of the Woodside Housing Tenant Council, in which middle - class tenants objected to the declining social class of new residents, and unsuccessfully beseeched the Housing Authority to reinstitute home visits to applicants.

With social housing tenants let down by substandard energy efficiency requirements under UK building regulations, some switched - on housing associations are taking matters into their own hands and building to the passive house standard.

A highlight from her time as a law student was participating in the Parkdale Poverty Law Intensive program, where she advocated for the rights of precariously housed tenants before the Landlord and Tenant Board.

At this time, I exclusively rent to subsidized housing tenants (Section 8, MBQ, etc.).

Our recent research conducted by the Human City Institute investigated the social and economic costs of social housing tenants who want to move but can't.

We see these campaigns run by social housing tenants across London and it gives us hope that if we support each other we can make a stand.

Mr George said he had moved «moderate» measures to exclude social housing tenants from the policy until they receive a «reasonable offer» of alternative accommodation with the «correct number of bedrooms».

There's been a year - over-year increase in the number of public housing tenants suing the New York City Housing Authority for delayed repairs, New York...

Instead, the tax benefits would only go to rental construction, and provisions that allow buildings to have a separate entrance for affordable housing tenants — the so - called «poor door» — would be eliminated.

While NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio was at a Texas music festival peddling his national agenda, Cuomo was quick to jump in on some Big Apple issues that critics say the mayor has sorely neglected — agreeing to meet with public - housing tenants over their heat, mold and lead - paint woes.

«Social housing tenants deserve a roof over their heads, but not one better than most people can afford, particularly as expensive social housing means less social housing and so longer waiting lists for most people in need.»

Following the release of funds for the first 6,000 supportive housing units in the completed budget, advocates, supportive housing tenants, and homeless New Yorkers gathered to thank State leaders for this historic investment in a proven solution to homelessness.

The monitor will be picked in consultation with the City Council and public housing tenant leaders — but not with any input from Mayor de Blasio.