Sentences with phrase «less affluent one»

Capital and mortgage financing rules being drafted in Washington and elsewhere raise the possibility that the United States will become increasingly split between affluent home owners and less affluent renters, because lenders will be constrained to stay within tight mortgage underwriting rules that many households won't be able to penetrate.

While increased buyer demand contributed to the run - up in prices, it also likely squeezed less affluent households looking to purchase vacation properties.

Despite stereotypes that veterans tend to be less affluent, the census report shows that the percentage of veterans living below the poverty line (5.6 percent) is lower than the percentage of U.S. adults living in poverty (10.9 percent).

According to the report, less affluent homeowners stand to lose significantly more if their homes are damaged from flooding when compared to their wealthier neighbors.

While the state is growing in gross numbers, the mix is skewing in a less affluent direction.

Relationships between our consumerism measures and both smoking and drinking were largely similar for males and females and for those from less affluent compared with more affluent households.

So will a shift in clinical trial and research locations to less affluent countries with a more varied subject pool positively impact on key oncology developments in the future?

You'll probably have seen the headlines — there is a salary premium for postgraduate study of # 200,000, but difficulties in funding make entry tricky for students from less affluent backgrounds, so the salaries on offer are less accessible.

Clearly the aim of this announcement is to soften the blow in the case of any fee rises whilst leaving the door to university open to those from less affluent families.

And pairing its optical know - how with a phone maker certainly makes sense - as does spreading its name to a new, younger (and probably less affluent) audience.

Bruce Sterling recently wrote in The Atlantic about the need to «stop saying «smart cities»» because of the risk that more affluent cities will reap the rewards of data and technology while leaving less affluent cities even further behind.

Because they are more affordable, term life products are typically popular with younger, less affluent consumers — particularly families who need the protection, but may not have the available cash for more expensive products, Theroux adds, which offer investment options in exchange for higher premiums.

Of course, if you face a divorce situation, no amount of statistics is going to make you feel significantly better but these figures are interesting, appearing to show perhaps a trend for more divorce in less affluent areas of the country, that the peak READ MORE

non-white applicants are more likely to be immigrants and / or come from a less affluent family.

Height can be substantially effected based on nutrition during those early growing years, and proper nutrition is less accessible by less affluent families, especially in less affluent countries.

This is because a tax effectively imposes a higher tax rate relative to ability to pay on poor states than it does on more affluent states and there has always been a significant disparity between more affluent and less affluent states in the United States).

In practice, marital agreements are usually proposed by a more affluent spouse and are reviewed by a less affluent spouse who will be giving up many...

Typically, a prenup with (1) limit the rights of the less affluent spouse in a property division upon divorce, (2) limit the less affluent spouse's inheritance rights, (3) limit the less affluent spouse's right to maintenance (a.k.a. alimony) upon divorce or legal separation, and (4) limit the less affluent spouse's rights to attorneys» fees in the event of a divorce.

Often, these limitations are phased in superficially more equal terms, but the agreement only has a practical affect limiting a spouse's legal economic rights in marriage on the less affluent spouse, when it is recognized that one spouse is starting out affluent and the other spouse is starting out less affluent.

In practice, marital agreements are usually proposed by a more affluent spouse and are reviewed by a less affluent spouse who will be giving up many of the legal economic rights usually associated with being married because the alternative is to not get married at all and the less affluent spouse thinks that marriage is still worth it even with fewer economic rights.

The wealthier residents of the area are getting a taste of what is fairly common in less affluent areas.

Affluent countries have the resources and public concern to address such problems while less affluent ones do not.

Extreme heat also brings greater risk of death from dehydration, heat stroke, heart attack, and other heat - related illnesses, particularly for less affluent neighborhoods that may lack shade trees and access to air conditioning.

Recommendations included on - bill repayment for homeowners, partial ownership of community solar farms by the less affluent, and installations on subsidized housing that cut tenant utility bills.

These benefits accrue to less affluent regions: 70 percent of wind capacity is installed in counties below the median average national income, and property taxes from wind farms provide millions for local schools and other services.

It is rather part of an ideology that they are attempting to sell which would harm humans, particularly less affluent humans, and ultimately result in less environmental improvement and less protection against the only realistic climate change we really need to fear — a new Little Ice Age or ultimately even a new ice age.

Less affluent provinces such as Gansu, Inner Mongolia, Qinghai and Sichuan (which houses major poly manufacturers) are also potential candidates to offer more local support.

As fossil fuels have plunged in price, the cost of subsidizing «green» energy per unit of such energy has increased enormously since the cost differential has greatly increased, and this will have to be subsidized by someone — usually primarily at the expense of less affluent ratepayers — in one way or another.

Unless colossal efforts are undertaken now to halt the emission of greenhouse gases, those living in less affluent societies can expect to suffer from extremes of flooding, drought, starvation, disease, and death in potentially staggering numbers.

These costs are passed on to the average power users, who are typically less affluent.

Solar consumers tend to be more well - off than non-solar customers, which means that less affluent Americans are paying for wealthier rooftop solar consumers.

Superstorm Sandy had another close, yet underappreciated, similarity to this year's hurricanes: less affluent groups of people suffered more, both in the initial damage and recovery.

The bottom line was that there had to be a transfer station somewhere, and if it wasn't to remain in this more affluent neighborhood, it would be sited in a less affluent one, one less capable of making its case.

Above all, however, Newsom emphasized the urgency of environmental justice for the less affluent, and appealed for support for public officials who are willing to take the lead in dealing with climate change.

The less affluent are struggling so hard just to make it day to day that changing habits looks like an unaffordable distraction.

This may be true for some developing countries, but in the developed countries, the premises of endless growth is to pacify the less affluent members without having to deal with redistributive issues.

Almost overnight the introduction of the «pet passport» facilitated commerce in both «puppy mill» and «rescue» dogs from the less affluent parts of the E.U.

The more rural and less affluent counties exhibit larger intake at animal control facilities and experience significantly higher euthanasia rates.

Sylvia Renee Lyss, founder of F.L.O.C.K., and her volunteers go out on a regular basis, usually at night, to the casino back alleys and into the less affluent neighborhoods of Las Vegas to maintain «Feeding Stations» with water and food for a multitude of stray and wild cats.The purpose is to humanely trap and give the cats immediate vet care, neutering, and vaccinations.The cats are either adopted out or taken to the F.L.O.C.K. sanctuary to live out their lives in comfort for as long as they are with us.Sylvia Renee Lyss has devoted her life to helping stray and unwanted cats and kittens.She has been actively doing this work for over the last 30 years in Las Vegas.

Sylvia Renee Lyss, founder of F.L.O.C.K., and her volunteers go out on a regular basis, usually at night, to the casino back alleys and into the less affluent neighborhoods of Las Vegas to maintain «Feeding Stations» with water and food for a multitude of stray and wild cats.

At least among those completing a bachelor's degree, however, student borrowers are not increasingly from less affluent circumstances.

At any rate, since used cars are worth less than new cars, and since used car buyers tend to be less affluent than new car buyers, banks typically charge a slightly higher interest rates.

Some investors think about investment homes along a continuum similar to bonds, ranging from AAA (lower return, lower risk, more affluent neighborhoods) to junk bonds (higher return, higher risk, less affluent neighborhoods).

She also suggests it may be a class issue: in certain parts of certain cities, getting your child a debit card is just the norm, while in less affluent neighbourhoods, this wouldn't even be a discussion.

As you can, see the top three average deposits countries remain in the running even when they have to compete with less affluent countries on a normalized scale.

It's a legacy from when we were less affluent.

«But media specialists in general, and especially in less affluent areas, are concerned about providing ebooks for students who don't have access to ereaders.

Canadian connectivity is slightly younger and less affluent but more broadly based.

At the height of the tourist season — winter and summer — Waikïkï Beach was crowded with visitors, but during the offseason there was more room for families like ours, from less affluent parts of the city, and my family and I would often enjoy the beach in the company of my Korean «sisters» and their families.

Coming from a less affluent wing of the family, Mrs. Tyler had a democratic streak.