Sentences with phrase «many more council houses»

But without a real commitment to build more council houses, the housing crisis and the challenges facing the poorest people in society are only going to get worse.

«We've got over 250,000 more affordable homes - and here's a statistic he'll like: in the last Parliament we built more council houses than in 13 years of a Labour government,» he said.

«We have been extremely active here in Barking and Dagenham in lobbying the government to build more council houses and we need them to take action now.»

So we talk tough on letting agents and capping energy bills, while promising more council houses.

He said the party had focused on local issues including the need for more council houses, the introduction of a # 40 charge for green refuse removal but said that concerns about immigration were also a frequent subject of conversation on the doorstep.

The party argued that immigration should be balanced to match emigration, that council tax should be replaced with income tax, and campaigned for proportional representation, [4][8] more council housing, and the legalisation of euthanasia.

Not exact matches

Yet new research finds that this younger generation has other, unique attributes that make it a potential goldmine: Millennials are the most educated and diverse generation to date, according to an October 2014 report from the White House Council of Economic Advisers, and they're also likely to be more frugal with their money.

Sanders, an independent who ran for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2016, said the bill aimed to hold opioid manufacturers accountable for their role in the epidemic and force them to help pay for the crisis, which the White House Council of Economic Advisers has estimated cost more than $ 500 billion in 2015..

Cupertino's commitment to meeting its RHNA and to creating more opportunities for affordable housing is reflected in various policies adopted and championed by the City Council.

Cohn did not publicly support Trump during the campaign, but Kushner invited him in to meet with the president - elect during the transition, and Cohn apparently really wowed him — after a few more meetings, he was named National Economic Council director, making him the top economic policy staffer in the White House.

Jason Furman, chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, struck a more cautious note, saying that Greece remained a «potential accident».

In a Jan. 13 internal memo to senior White House advisors that was obtained by ThinkAdvisor, Jason Furman, chairman of Obama's Council of Economic Advisers, states that the redraft «represents a middle ground,» and that he agrees with DOL that the current regulatory environment allows brokers to give «conflicted» advice, which costs retirement savers more than $ 6 billion a year.

High school seniors today are more likely than previous generations to say that making a contribution to society is extremely important to them, according to an October 2014 report from The White House's Council of Economic Advisors.

With all these great benefits to individuals, communities, and businesses comes one more boon: the White House Council of Economic Advisors reports that by increasing productivity and job satisfaction, work flexibility is good for our economy at large.

According to the National Multifamily Housing Council, renters account for more than one third of all U.S. households.

As the wife of Saeed Abedini, the 33 - year - old Iranian - American pastor imprisoned for more than 250 days, testifies before the United Nations's Human Rights Council today, the White House has issued its strongest statement yet advocating for Abedini's release.

Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie on Monday indicated to reporters his Democratic conference's one - house budget measure will seek to roll back efforts by Gov. Andrew Cuomo to expand his powers over the budget and gain more transparency over the Regional Economic Development Councils.

Council houses are so much more than just a stop gap, they provide stable homes for families.

Sir Steve Bullock, the Labour mayor of Lewisham and housing spokesperson for London Councils, told politics.co.uk that more and more families were being forced into bed and breakfast accommodation, paid for by the taxpayer, as a result of the changes.

The call came in response to the Government's Housing White Paper and urged stronger measures to ensure encourage county and district councils to work more closely together on new developments.

So, not only are housing association properties lost but so is even more council stock.

Since 2011 more of us pay rent to a private landlord than to a council or housing association combined.

Also on the republican list of demands: abolition of the Privy Council; full proportional representation in elections for the House of Commons; decentralisation of power to local and community authorities; a voting age of 16; fixed - term parliaments; state funding of political parties; a ban on outside earnings for MPs; more powerful Commons select committees, with powers to confirm or block ministerial appointments; elected police chiefs and elected mayors in all the major cities.

So, according to the council member with whom Corey Johnson claims to have worked to build more affordable housing, his involvement was vague at best, and James has no specific recollection of his participation.

City Council member Corey Johnson, speaking for the group, said they asked for three things: An emergency declaration to waive the usual contracting requirements in order to speed housing repairs, an overall quicker contracting process for construction, and more money.

In the 7th Council District Mark has fought for safer streets, faster bus service, better schools, cleaner parks, more affordable housing, and development which fits the scale and context of the neighborhood.

The borough — Tower Hamlets — has a severe shortage of council housing, with 22,500 people on waiting lists for accommodation and thousands more families living in cramped, overcrowded conditions.

Chinese officials are hoping to mollify President Trump's oft - stated displeasure with America's huge trade imbalance with China by pledging to import «at least $ 200 billion» more in made - in - the - USA products, the director of the White House National Economic Council said Friday.

Even more striking from a political perspective was that Cuomo confirmed a rumored meeting with council leaders on the Housing Authority last month, and promised to allow them to guide his decision on how to intercede in the city's sprawling public housing network.Housing Authority last month, and promised to allow them to guide his decision on how to intercede in the city's sprawling public housing network.housing network.»

«Government could deliver a much bigger, and more beneficial, boost the construction industry by removing the cap on local authorities» housing investment which would help councils build up to 60,000 new homes.»

Even more worrying is the connected deal Capco struck with Hammersmith and Fulham for two council housing estates in the Earl's Court scheme, a deeply unpopular and flawed scheme.

Would you support the building of more Council Houses, or social housing?

Council houses to be given to people in work, red Ed your joking It might be blue labour, it more like new labour

The Council is crafting a bill that would require online home - sharing companies to provide the Mayor's Office of Special Enforcement with the addresses of their listings — a potential blow to Airbnb if its users are revealed to be turning rent - regulated apartments into business enterprises in a city starved for more housing.

The Sherman Plaza developers, Washington Square Partners and Acadia Realty Trust, need approval from the Council for the spot rezoning to include more affordable housing in the project, which would be the first in the city to be built under Mayor Bill de Blasio's Mandatory Inclusionary Housing (MIH) rezoninhousing in the project, which would be the first in the city to be built under Mayor Bill de Blasio's Mandatory Inclusionary Housing (MIH) rezoninHousing (MIH) rezoning plan.

«I need all of you to speak to every elected official in Albany and urge them to step up and to urge the governor of the state of New York and the state Legislature to work with the city government, to work with the mayor, to work with my office, to work with the City Council to provide more resources to come up with more innovative plans and proposals to address the crisis of affordable housing in the city of New York,» she added.

Miliband will also back proposals for local councils to be given more control of the ballooning housing benefit budget.

New York City Council Speaker Cory Johnson and Majority Leader Laurie Cumbo announced the package of 10 bills on Sunday and said the measures would be introduced this week... The proposals include: Requiring businesses with more than 15 employees to provide lactation spaces and refrigerators to store breast milk, Requiring lactation rooms in all schools, police precincts, and jails that house women or allow women visitors, Assessing the need for free and low - cost doula services in the city, Creating a report on maternal mortality, Requiring that inmates be able to choose the gender of their doctor, Requiring the city to provide diapers at shelters, subsidized child care centers and other locations, Creating a study and pilot program for on - site childcare for city employees, Allowing campaign funds to be used for certain childcare costs of candidates who are primary caregivers» http://bit.ly/2jTiAtZ

Council calls herself «fresh leadership,» and is calling for a $ 15 an hour minimum wage, supports the DREAM act and affordable housing, renter protection, increased school funding and more afterschool programs.

Commisso said that as mayor he would review financial incentives given to luxury housing developers and restructure the city's now - quasi-public economic development agencies, making them more accountable to the mayor and Common Council.

The prime minister announced that disused land owned by central government could house up to 100,000 new homes, and 60,000 more could be build on council land.

The Conservatives have expressed more scepticism that the country can build its way out of a housing crisis, while individual local councils have proved resistant to many housing schemes.

In this article, a housing options officer who has worked in London and Greater London councils for more than 15 years opens up about the grubby realities of council homelessness services on a troubled frontline.

Hudson Square moved a step closer today to getting more new housing when two City Council committees approved a controversial proposal by the property arm of Trinity Church to rezone the Lower Manhattan neighborhood, the New York Observer reported.

The City Council had one response to Mayor Bill de Blasio's sweeping proposals to rezone the city for more affordable housing: this is not enough.

Hudson Square moved a step closer today to getting more new housing when two City Council committees approved a controversial proposal by the property...

From his time working at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development in the Clinton administration to his work on the City Council to reform 421a and end discrimination against Section 8 tenants to his work as Public Advocate to crack down on bad landlords, no one has done more to fight for affordable safe housing for all New Yorkers.Housing and Urban Development in the Clinton administration to his work on the City Council to reform 421a and end discrimination against Section 8 tenants to his work as Public Advocate to crack down on bad landlords, no one has done more to fight for affordable safe housing for all New Yorkers.housing for all New Yorkers.»

What's more, members of the State Senate, House of Delegates and Montgomery City Council have little to risk by running because they are not standing for re-election until 2018.

While we support the Government's aims to build more houses, democratically accountable councils have been at the forefront of delivering local growth and the creation of a separate, remote quango is unnecessary.

Conservative groups including the Family Research Council and National Organization for Marriage fired off a letter last week to Boehner, National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) Chairman Greg Walden (Ore.) and Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnellAddison (Mitch) Mitchell McConnellGOP lawmakers want Trump to stop bashing Congress Parkland father calls out Trump, McConnell, Ryan after Santa Fe shooting Overnight Finance: House rejects farm bill in conservative revolt NAFTA deal remains elusive as talks drag on Dodd - Frank rollback set for House vote MORE (Ky.) chiding them for backing DeMaio and Tisei, as well as Senate hopeful Monica Wehby (Ore.), who supports gay marriage.