Sentences with phrase «made building affordable housing»

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That means taking such steps as investing in affordable housing projects or advocating for zoning changes to make housing easier to build, the survey found.

We are not inheriting the earthly power or the worldly wealth, hut when Pentecostal and Catholic show up at city hall to make a plan to build affordable houses for the poor, we catch a glimpse of another, better kingdom.

«From starting universal Pre-K to making our city safer to building housing that is truly affordable for working families, we have been building a fairer and more just City with the Mayor's progressive leadership.

The plan makes housing accessible and combats homelessness by building or preserving more than 100,000 units of affordable housing — enough to house every resident in the City of Buffalo.

They asked me to come in and work with the local community board in Fort Greene, and the local Council Member, to make sure there was an affordable housing component to that building.

The plan makes housing accessible and combats homelessness by building and preserving more than 100,000 units of affordable housing and 6,000 of supportive housing.

Not to be outdone, a spokesperson for the mayor shot back, «If 421 - a is simply extended as is, as some are seeking up in Albany, there will be no prevailing wage construction jobs, far fewer building service workers making prevailing wage and no progress on affordable housing for tens of thousands in desperate need.

The plan makes housing accessible and combats homelessness by building and preserving 112,000 units of affordable housing, including 6,000 of supportive housing.

Currently it mandates developers who build in rezoned areas of the city pick from one of three options for affordable housing: 25 percent of their units rented to those making, on average, 60 percent of the Area Median Income, 30 percent at 80 percent of the AMI or 30 percent at 120 percent.

The governor again echoed complaints from building trade unions that the mayor's plan would not obligate developers to pay prevailing wages to construction workers, wages Mr. de Blasio and the Real Estate Board of New York would be too expensive and would make large scale affordable housing construction unfeasible.

The former Teamster was an ally of ex-Mayor Michael Bloomberg, and found a surprising opponent in Mr. de Blasio — a friend of the minority - dominated service sector and public employee unions — who said he believed building the most affordable housing possible was more important than making sure developers paid union wages.

Over the course of the approval process, Jamestown had made several concessions to city planning officials and opponents of the project, nixing a plan to build a hotel and earmarking money for affordable housing.

New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation Commissioner Rose Harvey said, «Thanks to improvements that Governor Cuomo made to the state historic preservation tax credits, we are seeing the re-use of more vacant and underutilized buildings be part of an overall strategy to improve the character of neighborhoods and create much - needed affordable housing.

More than a dozen dilapidated buildings have been demolished to make way for the project, part of the state's ongoing five - year, $ 20 billion plan to provide affordable housing across New York.

The development complements Governor Cuomo's unprecedented $ 20 billion, five - year Housing Plan, which is making housing accessible and combating homelessness by building and preserving 112,000 affordable homes, including 6,000 supportiveHousing Plan, which is making housing accessible and combating homelessness by building and preserving 112,000 affordable homes, including 6,000 supportivehousing accessible and combating homelessness by building and preserving 112,000 affordable homes, including 6,000 supportive homes.

De Blasio campaign spokesman Dan Levitan said, «Under Mayor de Blasio, New York City is making a record contribution to fixing and upgrading subways and buses, affordable housing is being built at a record rate, and graduation rates and test scores continue to rise.

I admire the mayor for making a full commitment to building affordable housing, but we can not build our way out of this,» said Frank Castillo, a building service worker who spoke on behalf of Service Employees International Union, Local 32BJ.

Cuomo and de Blasio might still talk about continuing the Second Avenue Subway Expansion, building new affordable housing, or making the SUNY college system tuition - free but they're going to face real challenges finding the money to pay for anything new while there's a question mark about funding existing commitments.

The mayor says that would make it more expensive to build affordable housing.

If 421a is simply extended as - is, as some are seeking up in Albany, there will be no prevailing wage construction jobs, far fewer building service workers making prevailing wage and no progress on affordable housing for tens of thousands in desperate need.

The New York Times: «Cuomo, who should be using his power to make New York City more hospitable to working - class and middle - class families, has instead slipped a little poison into his executive budget that could cripple the city's ambitious efforts to build affordable housing... It's not a stretch to call this sabotage (of de Blasio's agenda).»

It will also make it harder for the mayor to deliver on a key promise, his plan to build or preserve 200,000 units of affordable housing in 10 years.

The de Blasio administration's «Mandatory Inclusionary Housing» program would require some new construction to include permanently affordable housing, and their «Zoning for Quality and Affordability» would eliminate parking requirements and increase building heights, among other changes, with the goal of making it easier to build affordable units and senior hHousing» program would require some new construction to include permanently affordable housing, and their «Zoning for Quality and Affordability» would eliminate parking requirements and increase building heights, among other changes, with the goal of making it easier to build affordable units and senior hhousing, and their «Zoning for Quality and Affordability» would eliminate parking requirements and increase building heights, among other changes, with the goal of making it easier to build affordable units and senior housinghousing.

«Thanks to Governor Cuomo's affordable housing initiatives, and the great partners we work with, the future residents of this building will have housing that they can afford in a community made more vibrant by their presence.»

This win is a mandate for protecting and building affordable housing and making sure working families can make ends meet.

As the Green Party candidate, a party founded on environmental issues, Levy says he wants a ban on nuclear power plants in New York and also wants to see affordable housing and other buildings in New York made with eco-friendly and sustainable materials and practices.

At 10:30 a.m., NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio will meet a tenant who recently moved into a newly built affordable apartment and make a major affordable housing announcement, 560 Winthrop St., Community Room 2, Brooklyn.

At 12:30 p.m., de Blasio will make an announcement at a senior housing development regarding his expanded plan to build and protect 300,000 affordable homes, 629 Cropsey Ave., 7th Floor, Community Room, Brooklyn.

NYCHA funding: $ 200 million will go towards making critical repairs at NYCHA buildings, which provide critical affordable housing for New York City residents.

We are turning the page, and making sure the same pressures that have pushed New Yorkers out of their neighborhoods are harnessed to build the next generation of affordable housing.»

The City Council passed both Mandatory Inclusionary Housing, which would rezone certain neighborhoods and require some new construction to include affordable housing, and Zoning for Quality and Affordability, which would raise building heights and ease parking requirements to make it easier to build senior and affordable hHousing, which would rezone certain neighborhoods and require some new construction to include affordable housing, and Zoning for Quality and Affordability, which would raise building heights and ease parking requirements to make it easier to build senior and affordable hhousing, and Zoning for Quality and Affordability, which would raise building heights and ease parking requirements to make it easier to build senior and affordable housinghousing.

If the goal is to build affordable housing, then requesting contempt of court orders and seeking penalties is completely counterproductive — the litigation will only slow the process down and make it more difficult in the future for municipalities to provide affordable housing.»

Experts say the loss of 421 - a could also greatly hinder the mayor's recently - approved Mandatory Inclusionary Housing plan, which largely relied on the tax breaks to make it easier for developers to build housing that includes affordableHousing plan, which largely relied on the tax breaks to make it easier for developers to build housing that includes affordablehousing that includes affordable units.

The borough president will also tackle de Blasio's Mandatory Inclusionary Housing proposal, which would require new construction in parts of the city to include affordable housing, and his Zoning for Quality and Affordability proposal, which is meant to make building affordable senior housing easier by relaxing parking requirements and increasing building hHousing proposal, which would require new construction in parts of the city to include affordable housing, and his Zoning for Quality and Affordability proposal, which is meant to make building affordable senior housing easier by relaxing parking requirements and increasing building hhousing, and his Zoning for Quality and Affordability proposal, which is meant to make building affordable senior housing easier by relaxing parking requirements and increasing building hhousing easier by relaxing parking requirements and increasing building heights.

«They stand with working - class people of color like me on issue after issue including preserving and building truly affordable housing, reforming the NYPD, protecting immigrant families, standing up for workers» rights, and making sure that all people's voices are heard in our democracy.»

The building project is the first individual project built under Mayor Bill de Blasio's controversial Mandatory Inclusionary Housing rezoning, which promised to change zoning rules in some neighborhoods to make way for more affordable units.

Community Board 7 wants Extell to build a school and make 30 percent of the housing at Riverside Center «affordable.»

The # 50bn can play the role played by house building and childcare within the Labour Uncut book; the altered priorities made affordable by identifying sufficient cuts.

On the panel, there are several affordable housing advocates, a number of Grand Street residents who have historically resisted low income housing on the SPURA parcels and a third contingent made up of «moderates,» people who have advocated compromise in order to «get something built.»

Liberal activists from organizations like New York Communities for Change and Make the Road New York shouted «slow it down» at Mr. de Blasio as he entered City Hall this morning, calling for him to pump the brakes on his plan to rezone 15 neighborhoods across the city to allow for more building density and, in turn, more affordable housing.

At a City Council oversight hearing held a year ago, administration officials announced that more than 100 affordable apartments for seniors and a health care facility would be built at 30 Pike St., in part to make up for the loss of Rivington House.

NDP: Introduce a green home energy program to help retrofit at least 50,000 homes and apartment buildings making them more efficient and lowering energy bills; create 365,000 affordable housing units across Canada; mandate the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation to provide grants and loans to construct at least 10,000 affordable and market rental units, with any revenues to be reinvested back into rental housing suhousing units across Canada; mandate the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation to provide grants and loans to construct at least 10,000 affordable and market rental units, with any revenues to be reinvested back into rental housing suHousing Corporation to provide grants and loans to construct at least 10,000 affordable and market rental units, with any revenues to be reinvested back into rental housing suhousing supports.

Built to the level of perfection, Casa Yin Yang House makes for a classy, serene, affordable and picturesque getaway for summertime Costa Rican travel.

That's a nice way to recognize that building or renovating to Passive House standards will get you a really good house that provides the healthfulness, comfort, and low energy bills that will make the home affordable to livHouse standards will get you a really good house that provides the healthfulness, comfort, and low energy bills that will make the home affordable to livhouse that provides the healthfulness, comfort, and low energy bills that will make the home affordable to live in.

Passive House reliably delivers up to approximately a 90 % reduction in heating and cooling demand and up to a 75 % reduction in overall primary energy demand when compared to our existing building stock — meant to aggressively meet the climate crisis carbon reduction imperative while making a more comfortable, healthy and affordable built environment.View

That's why I like this project by Design + Make Studio so much; they call it the Waldo Duplex, built in southern Kansas City as affordable housing.

A nationwide coalition of organizations, Transportation for America is also calling for a a revamped system of transportation in America, including federal help in retrofitting unsafe urban roads, complete streets for cars, cyclists and pedestrians, more local and democratic decision - making and using transport to create affordable housing and jobs (they are talking about over 20 million new jobs in building new infrastructure and repairing the old).

The international Passive House Standard makes extremely comfortable, durable, healthy and affordable buildings in a growing array of shapes and uses: apartments, schools, even a dental clinic.

Clean, modern designs, and affordable pricing make factory built houses an appealing option for buyers.

Developers are also working with their local officials to make their plans to build affordable housing work.