Sentences with phrase «income families in the city»

Report: Education Equality Index: Measuring the Performance of Students from Low - Income Families in Cities and Schools Across the Country

I work as a volunteer for an organization called «The Food Pantry,» providing food to low - income families in my city.

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In 2016, her team financed the construction and rehabilitation of 14,000 affordable housing units for low - income families and seniors in over 90 US citieIn 2016, her team financed the construction and rehabilitation of 14,000 affordable housing units for low - income families and seniors in over 90 US citiein over 90 US cities.

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With $ 200,000 a year in passive income, I would have enough income to provide for a family of up to four in San Francisco or Honolulu given that my housing costs in either city would be low due to low purchase prices.

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I understand that things cost more in big cities, but this family have successfully found a way to * just get by * on twice my per - person after - tax income.

(1) employment growth, sourced from the Bureau of Labor Statistics Economic Summaries in August 2016, with the percentage representing the employment change from June 2015 to June 2016 in each city; (2) population growth, based on and sourced from the 2014 and 2015 Census, with the percentage representing the change in population from 2014 to 2015; (3) increase in home values, based on Zillow Home Value, with the percentage representing the change in median home values for single - family homes from June 2015 to June 2016, sourced August 2016; (4) years to pay off property, which was based using the median home value for July 2016 and the median rent for a single - family residence for July 2016, both sourced from Zillow; median rent was multiplied by 12 to obtain yearly rent and then home value was divided by yearly rent to determine how many years it would take for the home to be paid off from rental income using current home values and rent prices for each city.

I'm far more concerned about the drug addicted babies born in my city or the incredible amount of gun violence and the lack of access to decent childcare for low income families.

Even though almost every student at the KIPP Academy... is from a low - income family, and all but a few are either black or Hispanic, and most enter below grade level, they are still a step above other kids in the neighborhood; on their math tests in the fourth grade (the year before they arrived at KIPP), KIPP students in the Bronx scored well above the average for the district, and on their fourth - grade reading tests they often scored above the average for the entire city.

What we hadn't realized at the time was that this one article is a small part of a continuing debate over cloth versus disposables for low - income families in Salt Lake City... perhaps everywhere since it is a topic that affects communities nationwide.

To help ensure that all kids in the community have a chance to participate in its wide variety of sports programs, the City of Henderson has a Financial Assistance Program where those kids from lower income families can receive scholarships to participate.

Overall, this first generation of relationship education programs for low - income couples had no impact on relationship quality, except for Building Strong Families in Oklahoma City, which improved relationship quality, romantic involvement, co-parenting, and father involvement.

The budget laid out by Mayor Bill de Blasio, Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito and members of the City Council designates funds for crime prevention in public housing developments, enhanced services for inmates, free school lunch for middle schoolers, child care for low - income families, and...

Also at 10 a.m. (and running until 4 p.m.), NYC Comptroller Scott Stringer, Councilman Andy King and Food Bank for New York City will host a free tax preparation service for low - income families and individuals, 2049 Bartow Ave., Community Room 28, in Co-op City, the Bronx.

The team effort of the City of Buffalo, Governor Cuomo's team and HCR and ESD, Regions Bank, JPMorgan Chase Bank and CPC has allowed for the development and repurposing of the building into 53 affordable rental units being made available to Buffalo and Erie County families, including eight units for incoming international refugee families looking for a new start in Buffalo.»

New low - income housing would have likely been occupied by Asian families from nearby Chinatown or by some of the 1,800 families, mostly Puerto Rican, who were moved out by the city in the 1960s to make way for development... Silver indulged in myriad other small - scale hustles over the years.

In a release to the media, de Blasio's office touts the budget as moving forward «key initiatives to tackle income inequality and lift up families across the five boroughs, while protecting and strengthening the City's long - term fiscal health.»

While still smarting from last year's brawl with real estate interests, advocates for tenants have renewed their push for rent law reform this year, arguing that current policies are continuing to decimate the ranks of rent - controlled apartments and making it harder for low - income families to live in the city.

This funding will provide 94 low income families in Upper Manhattan the opportunity to purchase newly renovated affordable apartments through the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development's Affordable Neighborhood Cooperative Program.

ALBANY — Gov. Andrew Cuomo is proposing to shift payment responsibility to New York City for higher education and health care, is asking state legislators to adopt a congressional model limiting their outside income, will direct $ 2.6 billion to address homelessness in New York State and will push for a system of paid family leave.

He was elected to City Council in a 2016 Special Election, and previously worked to expand healthcare access to low - income and working families as well as the District Manager for Bronx Community Board 2 and the President of the 41st Precinct Community Council.

Erie County Legislator Lynne Dixon announces that the Legislature supports a Payment in Lieu of Taxes (PILOT) agreement with the City of Lackawanna and housing agencies to provide housing for low and very low income families.

The study, which is funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), also found that staying out late without telling your parents is unrelated to factors such as family income, the number of children in the family or being in a step - family, but is related to the quality of the emotional relationship the child has with their parents and whether they live in a city or in the country.

Mayor Bill de Blasio's Fiscal Year 2016 executive budget, unveiled Thursday, allocates $ 100 million to fix roofs in 66 New York City Housing Authority buildings, a move health officials said will combat asthma among children in low - income families.

Many of the buildings that would be affected — known as Housing Development Fund Corp., or HDFC, co-ops — were created in the 1980s and 1990s in an effort to boost homeownership among lower - income families, with people living in city - owned buildings able to buy apartments for $ 250 each.

Expanding the SCHE / DHE program will go a long way in helping New Yorkers on a fixed income continue to live close to their families in the city that they helped build.

The most comprehensive affordable housing plan in the City's history and largest municipal housing plan in the nation, its goal is to create and preserve 200,000 units of affordable housing for very low - and middle income families to help address New York City's affordability crisis.

Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney announced today that the House liaison for President - elect Donald Trump's transition team has joined her effort to get the federal government to fully reimburse the city for protecting the incoming commander - in - chief, his properties and his family.

That means more than 48,000 people who live in the city have incomes of less than $ 23,500 for a family of four.

But the city will take severe hits to education and social services, including a multimillion - dollar cut in state rental assistance to low - income families, which could jeopardize housing for thousands of families.

The statement was organized by CVH, which is a grassroots, membership - based organization of low - income families with chapters in New York City and New York State.

«In general, again, I think that at a time of massive income and wealth inequality you don't want to be taxing working families and working people who might have an automobile and be travelling in the city,» Sanders saiIn general, again, I think that at a time of massive income and wealth inequality you don't want to be taxing working families and working people who might have an automobile and be travelling in the city,» Sanders saiin the city,» Sanders said.

In recent weeks, all five of the city's borough boards, all of its borough presidents and a large majority of its 59 community boards have voted to reject one or both zoning change proposals that de Blasio's team says are needed to create homes for low - to middle - income families.

Their average family income of $ 24,424 would make it difficult to find housing anywhere else in the city.

The state is about to dramatically increase the rent subsidies it provides to certain low - income families facing eviction in the city.

«There isn't a lot of granular information on poverty and slums in the cities we're working in,» says Brian English, country director of slum upgrading, urbanization and climate change initiatives in India for CHF, which was founded in 1952 as the Foundation for Cooperative Housing to provide affordable homes for low - income families in rural and urban America.

Housing in the city ranges from, at best, small homes that often house multiple families to crowded, low - income apartment complexes.

Now, you can find a Source in eight countries, from poor, underserved regions like Guayaquil, Ecuador, where water cost more than half a family's income, to highly polluted areas like Mexico City and Jakarta.

In recent coverage from the New York Times, success stories are popping up throughout the 1200 different low - income families enrolled in the Fruit and Vegetable Prescription Program, or FVRx, in four major hospitals throughout New York CitIn recent coverage from the New York Times, success stories are popping up throughout the 1200 different low - income families enrolled in the Fruit and Vegetable Prescription Program, or FVRx, in four major hospitals throughout New York Citin the Fruit and Vegetable Prescription Program, or FVRx, in four major hospitals throughout New York Citin four major hospitals throughout New York City.

Wanderlust Rated R for sexual content, graphic nudity, language and drug use Available on DVD and Blu - ray When a married couple (Paul Rudd and Jennifer Aniston) lose their source of income while living in New York City, they decide to move in with family in Atlanta.

The Catholic schools in this city have provided genuine choice for children from low - income and working - class families for more than 150 years.

Cities and states have a diverse and dizzying array of programs: Head Start and other government - funded programs for low - income families; private programs of many stripes and price points; free or low - cost classrooms in public schools, sometimes guaranteed and sometimes secured by lottery.

The city has a median family income of $ 102,611 as of 2000, which places it among the top 100 wealthiest places in the United States with at least 1,000 households.

The latest study — coming from Milwaukee — shows that the 9th graders from low income families who used vouchers to go to Catholic schools were much more likely to complete high school within four years than similar students who were in the city's public schools.

At De La Salle Academy, a private school in New York City for high - performing low - income children profiled in today's New York Times, rules are strict and expectations are high, but the school becomes like a family for students.

The low - income families in the worst inner cities, in Watts or in Harlem: Are these as badly off with respect to food as they are with schools?

A midrange estimate derived from this literature is that about 10 percent of voucher - using students from low - income families in big cities would have attended private schools anyway (the percentage is higher for one - year attendance and lower for more sustained attendance).

Ninety - five percent of students at Redwood City's Hoover School, in San Mateo County, come from low - income and working - class Latino families, and nearly all start school as English language learners (ELLs).

John C. Wright and Aletha C. Huston, a husband - and - wife team at the Center for Research on the Influences of Television on Children at the University of Kansas, conducted the five - year study of children from low - income families in the Kansas City, Mo., area.