Sentences with phrase «moderate income neighborhoods»

Completely different in almost every way to low income and moderate income neighborhoods.

We followed our own advice and switched our organizational account to a community development bank that supports low to moderate income neighborhoods — not fossil fuel pipelines.»

The museum's role as a cultural hub and urban oasis in its low - to - moderate income neighborhood cultivates the hope that increasing access to art will inspire, educate, and transform lives.

Not exact matches

We also suggest reimagining the Community Reinvestment Act — which provides incentives for banks to lend to people in low - and moderate - income neighborhoods — to allow more funding to be funneled to startups.

As the demand for housing has grown to far exceed the existing supply, many urban neighborhoods that have long served as a home for mostly low - and moderate - income households are now seeing an influx of higher - income households; in other words, they are experiencing gentrification.

The Jesuits recently announced the opening of a new high school in Chicago, and Georgetown University announced plans to purchase $ 1 million in stock at a new bank designed to serve low - and moderate - income neighborhoods in the District of Columbia.

He chairs the City Council's Committee on Parks and Recreation, where is pushing for greater equity for parks in New York's low - and moderate - income neighborhoods.

The deal received a mostly positive response from Council Parks Committee Chair Mark Levine, who said in a statement, «I am thrilled that the City Council has restored funding for gardeners and maintenance workers — saving 150 vitally needed jobs, and protecting a critical resource for parks in low - and moderate - income neighborhoods.

It's essential to livability,» Levine said in a statement, noting that these workers are critical for the city's Park Equity Agenda that aims to improve long - neglected parks in low - to - moderate - income neighborhoods.

The program aims to improve the physical appearance of older commercial centers by providing a consistent treatment of exterior building improvements and to improve the quality of life for surrounding low / moderate income residential neighborhoods by enhancing the appearance of frequently visited retail structures.

But as the city's economy recovered, legislators tinkered with the regulations, requiring developers in popular neighborhoods to set aside 20 percent of their apartments for low - and moderate - income tenants in order for the building to qualify for the tax break.

Proponents of inclusionary zoning say it is necessary because a real estate surge in Buffalo is forcing low - and moderate - income people from their neighborhoods.

His highly - touted affordable housing plan has focused on production rather than preservation, produced units that will not be affordable for too many low and moderate - income New Yorkers, and will unleash the forces of gentrification and displacement in marginal neighborhoods which will see an influx of market - rate housing.

Kimbro said she and her fellow authors are uncertain whether this shift is because higher - income families moved into high - poverty neighborhoods due to home foreclosure or other factors, or families within moderate - poverty neighborhoods losing income and becoming poorer (thus increasing the number of poor residents).

Since 1983, CCIP has acquired 101 vacant homes and renovated 94 vacant homes in targeted neighborhoods in the City of Chester for lease, purchase, or sale to low - and moderate - income families.

Bike Easy will focus on the 7th Ward and Central City neighborhoods, and on workers in the hospitality industry, as part of their efforts to introduce bike share to low - and moderate - income people and people of color in areas where transportation options are most needed.

NY - Sun is a portfolio of programs, including Affordable Solar to low - to moderate - income residents participate in solar, Shared Solar for consumers unable to put solar on their roof, K - solar for schools and Solarize campaigns for neighborhoods.

A 2012 study by the Consumer Federation of America (CFA) that looked into the four largest auto insurers nationwide: State Farm, Allstate, Progressive, and GEICO, revealed that over half of the quotes for minimum insurance coverage to drivers with a clean record living in moderate - income neighborhoods were still over $ 1,000 and over a third exceeded $ 1,500.

Down payment assistance and also neighborhood redevelopment programs supply budget friendly real estate opportunities to first - time homebuyers, reduced - and moderate - income people, as well as family members who wish to attain homeownership.

The neighborhood development mortgage and the community partnership mortgage — available in 12 eastern states and Washington, D.C. — feature low or zero downpayments, below - market interest rates, and mortgage insurance waivers for low - to moderate - income buyers.

Neighborhood development mortgages are offered for purchases in low - to moderate - income neighborhoods.

«Builders will need to focus more on homes geared for moderate incomes, partner with the government on initiatives to transform distressed urban neighborhoods and overcome labor shortages through a combination of workforce development training and pressure to ease artificial restrictions on the supply of labor,» added Kirchner.

UrbanAmerica focuses its investment dollars in Empowerment Zones, Enterprise Communities and low - and moderate - income inner - city neighborhoods.