Mr. de Blasio's team argued that the program would ensure the creation
of middle class housing, and thus free up city subsidies that they could then devote solely to financing apartments for the poor.
I visited the home of a professional couple in Kyoto, and the living standards seemed closer to what you's see in a
lower middle class house in America.
Now, her plan for the city creates decent - paying jobs by supporting small business and tech companies in neighborhoods that are often ignored; expands pre-K and child care; and builds 80,000 units of
good middle class housing.
And it will spur development,» he said, even as he added that he wanted to see more provisions for middle class and
lower middle class housing.
«These funds could also serve as a much needed shot in the arm to develop and renovate thousands of units
of middle class housing that New York State so desperately needs.
Although advocates would claim otherwise, many elected officials concede that without some kind of incentive the private sector will not build
the middle class housing that the city desperately needs.