Sentences with phrase «including high housing costs»

Respondents also shared some concerns common among all home buyers, including high housing costs (90 per cent), and saving for a down payment (83 per cent).

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The fees are one of many factors driving up the cost of buying or renting a home, including income inequality, restrictive zoning, low construction productivity, a historic slowdown in housing production, and high prices for land, materials, and labor.

On Monday, a group of 25 retail giants including Walmart and Costco sent a letter to the White House on arguing that «higher tariffs will mean higher costs to businesses and in turn higher prices for American families.»

this will cost obama the election by catering to the gays he wil loosel a large portion of the black and latino vote who are very conservative on this issue.and this will only make mitt romney stronger, with a weak economy unemployment as high as 8 % and a republican house there seems the last thing obama needs is to loose more votes that he will gain from this.he will loose the entire south including florida and many swing states.although he will win san francisco for sure.way to go barry

But Zemsky said he recognizes the challenges facing Long Island, including an exodus of young people, high costs, the need to nurture technology companies and to build more housing near LIRR stations.

The Poverty Committee will advise Erie County government on measures to reduce poverty and its causes, including access to employment opportunities, high cost of safe and secure housing, substance abuse, mental illness, discrimination, and disability.

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.

From the embarrassment of approving abysmally low — and Plessy v. Ferguson - like — proficiency targets (including that for Virginia, which had only required districts to ensure that 57 percent of black students and 65 percent of Latino peers were proficient in math by 2016 - 2017), to complaints from House Education and the Workforce Committee Ranking Minority Member George Miller and civil rights - based reformers about how the administration allowed states such as South Dakota to count General Education Development certificates in their graduation rate calculations (and minimize graduation rates as a factor in accountability measures), the administration finds itself contending with complaints from civil rights - based reformers as well as from centrist Democrats finally acknowledging the high cost of their push for revamping No Child at any cost.

Having a clean credit report and a high credit score can help you in many ways, including lowering the cost of borrowing, obtaining insurance, setting up housing utilities, getting a job offer, and more.

That's your adjusted gross income with certain items added back in, including foreign income, foreign housing deductions, student loan deductions, IRA contribution deductions and deductions for higher education costs.

Well, that's what Point is doing, and it has some intriguing uses - including being used as a «bridge loan» to cover the costs for buying a new house, to paying off high interest debt.

So, got to live the life here, including the high cost of housing.

Some of the things we like about this quiet little city include the high population of families with children, the relatively low housing costs and the fact that nearly 90 % of residents have lived in the area for at least a year.

That's your adjusted gross income with certain items added back in, including foreign income, foreign housing deductions, student loan deductions, IRA contribution deductions and deductions for higher - education costs.

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Good point on the cost thing, although the Hyperion site makes it abundantly clear that it's not targeted at commercial / residential uses (even though everyone converts the electricity output to «houses powered», including me)-- they're targeting high energy - use industrial customers, and such customers might find paying $ 30 million for a 20 MW transportable, pre-fab power plant that doesn't need hundreds of miles of power lines or a year to build a bargain.

Daire estimates that the cost of opting for the passive house standard compared with the conventional build originally tendered for was just 6pc higher, which included the heavier insulation and thermal bridge detailing, airtightness work, the MVHR system and the passive house certification.

There is no information on how much the house cost to design and built, though given the high - end décor (which includes a crystal chandelier) it was likely not cheap.

Today, «the Discovery Center houses 150 discovery professionals, including 125 attorneys, focused exclusively on providing high - quality, cost - efficient document services both in litigation and in transactional matters.»

Live agent inbound and outbound contact centre services Responsibilities: • Day to day management of the recruitment department • To work closely with the operational management teams to identify all recruitment needs for the contact centre • Continuously source cost effective methods of recruitment and to maintain a healthy recruitment pipeline which matches the business needs • To drive direct recruitment channels for cost effective recruitment • To own and administer effective assessment centres for the recruitment of potential new starters • To compile starters list for all projects and ensure they are sent out accurately and on time and that the required HR paperwork is completed • Maintenance of the recruitment notice boards including generating posters and appropriate communications • Looking at different ways to attract and assess talent, such as organising and attending recruitment / assessment events • Producing weekly and monthly reports for senior management • Highlighting any recruitment issues or concerns to the operations team • Administering payroll and maintaining employee records • Administer and process timesheets weekly and monthly basis • Dealing with grievances and implementing disciplinary procedures • Interpreting and advising on employment law Person Specification: • At least 2 years in - house recruitment background within an outsourced contact centre • Interpersonal skills to form effective working relationships with people at all levels • The ability to influence, question & listen • Ability to work to tight deadlines and work well under pressure • Flexible, positive with a can do attitude • Excellent communication skills both written and spoken Working hours: Monday to Friday 9 - 6 pm Due to a very high number of applications we are unable to come back to every candidate with feedback.

Housing is costlier enough in Virginia to raise the overall cost of living higher than the average even in light of the inexpensiveness of everything else, including groceries, utilities, and transportation.

«While the rankings shift every year, we see certain trends across many counties, including increasing child poverty, unemployment and high housing costs,» said Cecilia Zalkind, executive director of Advocates for Children of New Jersey, which publishes the Kids Count reports.

In the speech, Director Watt announced that the GSEs would take actions that improve liquidity in the present single - family housing finance market, including stepping back from a proposed reduction in conforming loan limits which are currently set at $ 417,000 and up to $ 625,500 in high - cost areas of the country.

High housing costs make it difficult for 27 percent of likely voters to pay for health care, including medical insurance, the National Low Income Housing Coalitiohousing costs make it difficult for 27 percent of likely voters to pay for health care, including medical insurance, the National Low Income Housing CoalitioHousing Coalition says.

A quarter of respondents say they've had trouble meeting their housing costs in the past year, and two - thirds say high housing costs impede their ability to pay for other necessities, including food and transportation, and to save for retirement.

There are various types of residential products available in the market, including low - cost houses and apartments, mid-range terraced, townhouses, semi-detached houses, detached houses and condominiums, as well as high - end products like luxury bungalows, villas and super-condominiums.

The high cost of office space and housing in the San Francisco Bay Area and New York City markets is also driving smaller and early - stage tech companies into second - tier urban markets, including Portland, Ore., Austin, Texas and Charlotte, N.C., Newbold continues.

While this high cost of living includes housing, beginning late last year, rents for high - end D.C. apartments fell.

Including property taxes, housing costs in Rhode Island are 34.7 % higher than the national average.

«Canada's housing market in 2008 should continue to thrive on a balanced diet of strong economic fundamentals, including high levels of employment, resilient consumer confidence, modest levels of inflation and the relatively low cost of borrowing money,» says Phil Soper, president and chief executive of Royal LePage Real Estate Services.