Sentences with phrase «local housing projects»

Farm enclosed the staircase with traditional ventilation blocks reminiscent of the blocks used in local housing projects.

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«When the town asks regional authorities for funding for a project, it's told: you have Rusal, go work it out with them,» said Erik Chernyshev, a local Communist Party politician, former member of the region's upper house, who also worked as an engineer at the factory for 18 years.

The city by the bay has long had a housing crisis, which has largely been the result of poor planning and local opposition to new housing projects.

The paper's estimates are conservative, since they don't count utility fees or the impact of project - specific agreements, in which local politicians ask builders to provide particular amenities (including affordable housing) in exchange for permits.

The company hasn't said whether it prefers to build downtown, as it has at its current headquarters in Seattle, or will opt instead for a suburban office park — a decision that could have significant implications for the project's effect on local housing costs.

Prior to local project approvals, you'll provide the public with a detailed, verified Community Impact Report regarding the project's impacts on jobs, small businesses, housing, the treasury, the environment and public health; and

It's a common scene of suburban traffic congestion, but critics of a housing development proposed for construction less than a block away say traffic problems will become much worse if local officials approve the project.

The report finds makes a list of recommendations for business, industry, professional bodies and government, namely: Construction businesses · Focus on better human resource management · Introduce and / or expand mentoring schemes · Boost investment in training · Develop talent from the trades as potential managers and professionals · Engage with the community and local education establishments Industry · Rally around social mobility as a collective theme · Promote better human resource management and support the effort of businesses · Promote and develop the UK as an international hub of construction excellence · Support diversity and schemes that widen access to management and the professions · Emphasise and spread understanding of the built environment's impact on social mobility Professional bodies and institutions · Drive the aspirations of Professions for Good for promoting social mobility and diversity · Support wider access to the professions and support those from less - privileged backgrounds · Promote and develop the UK as an international hub of construction excellence · Emphasise and spread understanding of the built environment's impact on social mobility · Provide greater routes for degree - level learning among those working within construction Government · Produce with urgency a plan to boost the UK as an international hub of construction excellence, as a core part of the Industrial Strategy · Provide greater funding to support the travel costs of apprentices · Support wider access to the professions and support those from less - privileged backgrounds · Place greater weight in project appraisal on the impact the built environment has on social mobility The report is being formally launched at an event in the House of Commons later today.

Addressing MPs yesterday, Mr Brown said the country needed to increase the number of new house building projects, but said Conservative local authorities first had to approve the plans.

Rose Harvey, Commissioner of the Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation said, «The Niagara Gateway Apartments project shows how underutilized buildings can be repurposed to revitalize communities, preserve local heritage and create much - needed housing.

Core Campus is a major developer of student housing across the country but this is its first local project.

Key partners include: Greater Buffalo - Niagara Regional Transportation Council (GBNRTC), Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority (NFTA), New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT); Erie County, Niagara County, City of Buffalo, City of Niagara Falls, Association of Erie County Governments, Niagara County Supervisors Association, University at Buffalo Regional Institute and Urban Design Project (UBRI / UDP), Daemen College Center for Sustainable Communities and Civic Engagement (CSCCE), VOICE Buffalo, Local Initiatives Support Corporation Buffalo (LISC), Western New York Environmental Alliance (WNYEA), Buffalo Niagara Riverkeeper, The John R. Oishei Foundation, Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus (BNMC), Belmont Housing Resources for WNY, Inc. (Belmont), Buffalo Niagara Partnership (BNP), Empire State Development, New York State Department of State, Division of Smart Growth, Niagara County Department of Social Services, and Niagara Falls Housing Authority.

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«This is not only an investment in affordable housing projects, but a critical step towards developing safer communities, stronger local economies and brighter futures for all New Yorkers.»

(February 3, 2017) New York State Homes and Community Renewal joined Selfhelp Community Services, Broadway Mosholu LLC, Enterprise Community Partners, local leaders and project partners to celebrate the ribbon - cutting of the $ 26.4 million Van Cortlandt Green, an affordable housing development for low and middle - income seniors in the Riverdale community of the Bronx.

The monitor insists, and Obama's Department of Justice agrees, that Westchester County officials must not only obtain financing for new low - income housing developments in Chappaqua, but must suppress local opposition to the project, the National Review article goes on to say.

The Senate Committee on States and Local Government Administration and the House of Representatives Committee on Special duties on Tuesday commenced inspection of Federal Government's N300m intervention projects in Bakassi Local Government of Cross River.

In December, Nassau OTB selected the vacant Fortunoff building in Westbury to house the VLTs, but abandoned the project in the face of strong opposition from local, county and state officials.

Sheridan Hollow residents and local environmental advocates have continued to voice concerns that authorities haven't weighed the public - health impact of the upcoming project set for the Sheridan Ave. steam plant that will house an oil and gas - powered microgrid.

Assemblyman Ken Blankenbush said, «The Beaver Meadow Housing Project is great news not only for our local community, but also for Fort Drum.

The following month, Phipps Houses, one of the city's premiere affordable housing developers, withdrew its rezoning application to build a 209 - unit apartment building in Sunnyside, Queens, retreating after it became clear that local Council member Jimmy Van Bramer could not be convinced to support the project.

Chief among them is the fact that while any zoning application ultimately needs the approval of the City Council's 51 members — 42 of whom voted in favor of Mandatory Inclusionary Housing — when it comes to individual projects, the council's long - standing tradition is to defer to the local council member.

At noon, Assemblywoman Linda Rosenthal, Goodard Riverside Law Project, local elected officials, affordable housing advocates and tenants holds a press conference to announce the filing of a temporary restraining order against illegal hotel operator Michael Edelstein, owner of the Imperial Court, a single room occupancy building on the Upper West Side, 230 West 72nd St., Manhattan.

Trump pushed his White House team to craft a plan for $ 1 trillion in infrastructure spending that would pressure states to streamline local permitting, favor renovation of existing roads and highways over new construction and prioritize projects that can quickly begin construction.

Mr Alexander also announced # 500 million of funding for local infrastructure projects, as well as an extra # 100 million for local authority housing.

The federal housing agency should seek local approval before selling land or developing projects at housing developments.

In recent months, the project has been beset by problems, beginning with the backing out of developer Slate following protests of the group by local housing advocates and tenant groups.

He has a lifelong passion for supporting community empowerment and has actively volunteered with a range of community groups in the New Tredegar area, playing a key role in driving the Phillipstown Community House project and the multi agency New Tredegar Regeneration Strategy, a project that saw around # 25million invested in the local area.

O'Connor has said the project, which will receive some funding through a state supportive housing initiative, is intended to provide permanent housing for a population that currently resides in local boarding houses and other substandard accommodations without support services.

After approving the tax increase, House lawmakers quickly signed off on a reworked spending plan that would funnel funds to local schools, social service programs, higher education and other state operations such as the lottery, prisons and road projects.

HOME funds are awarded to Local Program Administrators to acquire, rehabilitate, or construct housing, or to provide assistance to low - income home - buyers and renters through the following six activities: homebuyer assistance with or without housing rehabilitation; homebuyer development projects; homeowner housing rehabilitation with or without rental units; manufactured housing replacement; rental rehabilitation program; and tenant based rental assistance.

Congressman Brian Higgins said: «This project was a collaboration of federal, state, local and private investment along with the aid of over $ 4 dollars in Federal Low - Income Housing Tax credits.

The project, which is geared to build 28 affordable housing units near New Castle's Metro - North Railroad stop, was the subject of staunch opposition from local officials who insisted the development be built in a different location.

BROOKLYN HEIGHTS — The controversial Brooklyn Heights Library redevelopment is facing opposition from Borough President Eric Adams, who Wednesday released a slew of recommendations for the project, including more affordable housing and local school seats.

Some opponents, local student - housing landlords prominently among them, would just as soon bury the whole project, absent a sweeter deal for the local tax base.

Works and Housing Minister, Samuel Atta Akyea, has assured Ghanaian Engineers that his Ministry will continue to engage them, debunking a misconception that his outfit does not want to hire local Engineers for key projects.

But commission member Stu Levitan, a local historian, said the Landmarks Commission typically reviews minor building projects, such as window or door replacements and house re-siding.

Spokesman Ethan Geto said Avery Hall Investments was aware of local concerns about the supermarket and housing affordability, and «has been working in good faith to amend its plans so as to accommodate these and other community concerns to the extent possible while maintaining the viability of the project.»

Indiana House Democrats are unveiling a road funding plan that indirectly taps into the state's $ 2 billion surplus to pay for state and local projects.

It also demands the passage of laws guaranteeing renters an attorney in housing court, a $ 15 - an - hour minimum wage, more construction projects employing union workers and local residents, more supportive housing for people with HIV, and an end to former Mayor Michael Bloomberg's «cluster - site» housing — where the city paid landlords $ 3,000 a month to put up homeless families, often in deplorable conditions.

«Railroad Park on East 161st Street has long been perceived as an unsafe and neglected part of the neighborhood, so this mural project will allow us to use the arts as a powerful tool for activating underutilized space and engaging local residents in improving their community,» said Davon Russell, Executive Vice President of the Women's Housing and Economic Development Corporation (WHEDco).

While some voting «yes» to the new criteria say for - profit market - rate senior housing projects should, in theory, be handled entirely by the private market, supporters of the guidelines add that with an aging local population and places in Erie County in need of additional senior homes, especially in the Southtowns, the door could be left open to some projects by ensuring they comply with the ECIDA's new criteria.

CHF's Pune atlas, created with help from local NGO Maharashtra Social Housing and Action League (MASHAL), is one of the organization's most complete projects, with 477 slum neighborhoods identified.

In the case of metropolitan cities, urban counties, units of general local government, and insular areas receiving grants, the statement of projected use of funds shall consist of proposed housing energy efficiency activities.

Borrowing its title from Disney World's planning - stage moniker and not the focal motel which resembles a kitschy housing project on the outskirts of the Magic Kingdom, Sean Baker's The Florida Project is aptly named for another reason: with its largely non-pro, local, and grade school — age cast, it invariably feels like a documentary on its own project on the outskirts of the Magic Kingdom, Sean Baker's The Florida Project is aptly named for another reason: with its largely non-pro, local, and grade school — age cast, it invariably feels like a documentary on its own Project is aptly named for another reason: with its largely non-pro, local, and grade school — age cast, it invariably feels like a documentary on its own making.

In the county where Dee lives, the district attorney, a slimy pol named Calvin Beckett (Michael O'Keefe), has long made local African Americans the target of indiscriminate drug sweeps, assuming that poor black people in the projects will plead out even if they're innocent just to get out of jail, not realizing that the guilty plea brands them as felons and opens up a host of other troubles in getting housing, jobs, etc..

During a drug sweep of her all - black housing project, the local police bring in Beharie and dozens of others on trumped - up charges.

In Corsica, a city of 625 people, high school seniors research the potential for a local housing collaborative as part of their capstone project.

Most of the local efforts are run during the summer by volunteers at public libraries or housing projects.

«In the neighborhood where I live in Brooklyn, there was a school that was considered a bad public school and it enrolled many children from a local public housing project,» she says.