Sentences with phrase «middle class tenants»

Under the original de Blasio proposal, MIH would have changed zoning laws citywide to obligate developers to set aside a percentage of apartments for middle and lower - middle class tenants in new buildings.

After all, you can't be a «champion of affordable housing» when you worked for a company that evicts poor and middle class tenants from their homes and discriminates people based on color.

From now on, developers will get the benefit of loosened height and density restrictions, but they'll have to set aside 25 to 30 percent of new apartments for middle - class and lower - middle class tenants.

Not exact matches

The de Blasio administration has quietly changed its housing plan, adding new requirements that will cater to lower income tenants and reduce units set aside for the middle class.

Recently, he announced approval of a comprehensive package of legislation that would help to preserve Mitchell - Lama housing by increasing protections for current tenants and changing eligibility requirements to allow more middle - class families to participate in the program.

A state audit found hundreds of tenants — one with an income of $ 1.4 million — living in the city's Mitchell - Lama developments as of 2012, though the law says only people of middle - class means are eligible for such accommodation.

The centerpiece of the de Blasio administration's affordability strategy is Mandatory Inclusionary Housing, or MIH, which obligates developers to set aside 25 to 30 percent of new units for middle - and lower - middle - class tenants.

According to a press release his office sent out on Friday: «New York City tenants, housing advocates and clergy and community leaders [will be]... chanting slogans, waving placards and criticizing so - called advocacy groups as being out of touch with the needs of tenants in poor and middle class neighborhoods.»

Both Silver and Cuomo are looking to strengthen protections for tenants enjoying lower rent to help keep the middle class in the city.

In doing so, the Governor's TPU has helped to stem the loss of rent regulated housing in working and middle - class neighborhoods, ensuring that long - term tenants can stay in their homes,» said HCR Commissioner James S. Rubin.

In doing so, the Governor's TPU has helped to stem the loss of rent regulated housing in working and middle - class neighborhoods, ensuring that long - term tenants can stay in their homes,

«Fight for middle class and working people in this borough with a special emphasis on tenants and seniors.»

See also minutes of a 1970 meeting of the Woodside Housing Tenant Council, in which middle - class tenants objected to the declining social class of new residents, and unsuccessfully beseeched the Housing Authority to reinstitute home visits to applicants.

Look for properties that are in nice, middle - class areas, near jobs and good schools; this will increase your chances of attracting long - term tenants while avoiding the costs that are often associated with rentals that are located in more exclusive neighborhoods.

I understand that someone who is living an upper - upper - middle - class lifestyle (and may have their entire life,) personally dealing with tenants who live in or near poverty may be challenging — I understand it may be hard to relate to and understand tenants when your life experiences are so much different than theirs.

Tenant Base: Tenants in these properties are often middle - class income level families / households.

Tenant Base: Often lower middle - class income level families.

Having «C» class units in the middle of A&B areas gives tenants opportunity to do business in the same area where individual with higher income are doing business.