Sentences with phrase «lack of affordable housing»

To take a contemporary example, how shall we remedy the painful lack of affordable housing?
Small wonder, then, that lack of affordable housing leaves permanent scars on children who experience it.
In fact, a study earlier this year found that many are heading out to the suburbs due to lack of affordable housing within city limits.
Housing patterns and lack of affordable housing options, just as in Wake County, have made it a challenge to offer diverse schools to increasingly segmented neighborhoods.
«There are a lot of illegal conversions going on, because of lack of affordable housing, and we need to create a system where, if people are displaced, they are taken care of,» Chin told Crain's.
A critical lack of affordable housing and sky - high rent prices have made the San Francisco Bay Area unlivable for many artists, artisans, longtime residents, and even tech entrepreneurs.
12:04 - What does the government intend to do about the chronic lack of affordable housing?
Critics of de Blasio have also complained that he hasn't done enough to address the city's historic lack of affordable housing and a growing homeless population.
By pitching in to help their community address problems like lack of affordable housing, students at Howenstine Magnet High School are helping build their own academic success through service - learning in Tucson, Arizona.
I spoke about my moral imperative of solving climate change, the desperate lack of affordable housing, and my homelessness as a single human in a world of diminishing resources.
Olhasso said lack of affordable housing impacts everyone in the community, regardless of the amount of money they make.
As a whole, California's housing market has several issues including lack of affordable housing and a slow recovery from the recession.
Wolf posits several possible explanations — the relatively high cost of childcare in the United States, higher participation rates for older workers relative to Europe, and the lack of affordable housing in the most economically vibrant cities in the United States.
High levels of unemployment and segregation, cuts to federal anti-poverty programs, and a lack of affordable housing meant that racial tensions were already high when the riots broke out.
«A lack of affordable housing hurts our economy because local businesses are unable to attract and retain talented workers,» says Iain Black, President and CEO of the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade.
Selina Robinson demands the government take real action on homelessness and the lack of affordable housing in the Lower Mainland.
Selina Robinson debates Bill 28, the Miscellaneous Statutes (Housing Priority Initiatives) Amendment Act, 2016 and speaks about the lack of affordable housing and its impact on her constituents of Coquitlam - Maillardville.
Much is being said and written about the lack of affordable housing in the UK.
«There is a severe shortage of accommodation to rent in many urban areas, and a lack of affordable housing to buy.
A survey published by the Toronto Region Board of Trade this month showed 42 per cent of young professionals were considering leaving because of the lack of affordable housing.
A lack of affordable housing was a problem throughout the Keys long before Irma hit.
Lack of affordable housing is a social problem, so we've come up with a model that makes the community part of the solution.
His comments follow the chancellor Alistair Darling's recognition that the lack of affordable housing has become a volatile political issue.
The lack of affordable housing has long been a problem in many Welsh communities - when Plaid went into government in Wales, we vowed to do something about it.
Clearer accounting of the ownership of and yield from public assets could augment public revenues, empowering the government to address public and household debt, income and wealth inequality and a lack of affordable housing.
«The lack of affordable housing is a crisis that affects New York's ability to continue to be a home and pathway to a thriving and productive middle class.
In his remarks, Stringer especially went in on the affordability crisis, and noted that «bold ideas» will be necessary to combat issues like homelessness and the lack of affordable housing.
Fighting against entrenched power is never easy, and victory is never guaranteed, but the issues we've raised in this campaign — whether it's a lack of affordable housing, the need for a $ 15 minimum wage, or the importance of honest, ethical representation in government — will continue to drive me in what I do next.»
This stems from the government belief the lack of affordable housing has been caused by a shortage of housing stock.
The result: rent gauging and such a lack of affordable housing that the legislature enacted the Emergency Tenant Protection Act.
Mr Brown told MPs his first government will prioritise the health service, education and the lack of affordable housing, all of which will be reformed to «meet people's aspirations».
He's reduced taxes and debt twice, continued to make water quality a signature issue, and addressed his long - standing concerns over the lack of affordable housing on the East End by working with developer Georgica Green Ventures and community members to gain town board approval for a 38 - unit workforce housing project in Speonk.
Rodriguez spoke openly about his concerns about rejecting the developers» offer of affordable housing out of hand, citing the lack of affordable housing in the area.
The lack of affordable housing.
UPPER MANHATTAN — A lack of affordable housing options in Washington Heights and Inwood is driving residents out of the neighborhood, according to hundreds who rallied over the weekend to raise their voices about the problem.
«The lack of affordable housing exacerbates the supply of key workers; in education this is leaving many children without access to specialist support.
It was, as Owen Jones wrote a «working class revolt against the political establishment» achieved through the «furious, alienated working - class votes» cast against «the lack of affordable housing; -LSB-...]
But by far the number - one issue that keeps coming up is the lack of affordable housing and the tyranny of landlords.
Conservative candidate for West Ham Festus Akinbusoye agrees that the lack of affordable housing is a major issue for local people.
The county has been sued by the federal government for its lack of affordable housing and is now being monitored by the government concerning that issue.
«The combination of a high cost of living, shortage of good jobs, lack of affordable housing and poor performing schools makes it hard for middle class families — and their children — to get ahead, or even hold their own.»
She said overcrowded schools and the lack of affordable housing in Manhattan is a direct result of the city not doing «comprehensive planning.»
Continuing to struggle with Southold Town's lack of affordable housing, members of the Housing Advisory Commission have requested the Town Board's help enacting strategies outlined in the town's comprehensive plan.
The main themes of de Blasio's winning race, of course, were the overuse of stop - and - frisk, the need for an expanded pre-kindergarten program, and lack of affordable housing.
The lack of affordable housing in the Inwood proposal, only 35 %, is sadly not surprising in a city where market rate luxury units encroach on working - class communities.
«People are very concerned currently about the high price of fuel and the rising cost of food, the lack of affordable housing, and there is still a residual concern about pensions in the future and job security.
She discussed rising rents and a lack of affordable housing, but also lamented rising property taxes, criticized Mayor de Blasio's fiscal management and his efforts at allowing private sector housing on NYCHA property.
He believes the lack of affordable housing is the most important issue in the district and vowed to fight for federal funds to subsidize low - income housing and support development.
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