Sentences with phrase «of public housing agencies»

Tash is the Executive Director of the Alberta Network of Public Housing Agencies (ANPHA), the industry association for non-profit housing in Alberta, Canada.

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The Department of Housing and Urban Development has been encouraging local public agencies to enact smoking bans, and some 228,000 public housing units were already smoke Housing and Urban Development has been encouraging local public agencies to enact smoking bans, and some 228,000 public housing units were already smoke housing units were already smoke - free.

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Our comprehensive array of capabilities includes acquisition, construction and permanent financing for public and private developers and investors; agency financing for multifamily and seniors housing properties; and debt and equity capital for the affordable housing industry.

The Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Labor, Housing and Urban Development, Transportation, Energy, and Homeland Security, and the Environmental Protection Agency shall develop plans for implementing the requirements of this memorandum, providing technical assistance to nonfederal actors engaged in predevelopment activities, and educating grantees and the public on the benefits of predevelopment and the Federal resources available for these activities.

The very laws and agencies set up to protect them from poor houses, starvation and medical negligence sweep them into a corner out of public view, where they are fed, housed and forgotten.

The actions of government» through zoning boards, urban renewal agencies, public housing authorities, school boards, etc.» inevitably contributed, or so the argument went, to residential segregation.)

Perusing the index of Origins, the weekly publication of representative documents and speeches compiled by Catholic News Service, our imaginary historian will note, for example, the following initiatives undertaken at the national, diocesan and parish levels in 1994 - 95: providing alternatives to abortion; staffing adoption agencies; conducting adult education courses; addressing African American Catholics» pastoral needs; funding programs to prevent alcohol abuse; implementing a new policy on altar servers and guidelines for the Anointing of the Sick; lobbying for arms control; eliminating asbestos in public housing; supporting the activities of the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities (227 strong); challenging atheism in American society; establishing base communities (also known as small faith communities); providing aid to war victims in Bosnia; conducting Catholic research in bioethics; publicizing the new Catechism of the Catholic Church; battling child abuse; strengthening the relationship between church and labor unions; and deepening the structures and expressions of collegiality in the local and diocesan church.

«Noting the fact that the Sexual Orientation Regulations are being voted on in the House of Commons today,» said the Cardinal, «I again express our concern at their impact, not only on adoption services, but on cooperation between faith - based voluntary agencies and public authorities in public funded services....

Their Supportive Services Programming fulfills the role of health, wellness and social services coordinator for agencies and facility owners involved in the oversight of public housing.

fulfills the role of health, wellness and social services coordinator for agencies and facility owners involved in the oversight of public housing.

We offer a wide range of public and in - house training courses (some accredited), and work in partnership to help agencies develop effective approaches to support children's relationships with their fathers and other male carers.

During 2007 - 08 we ran ten public Roundtable events (open to participants from all agencies within a region) and another three in - house (organised for a specific agency or group of agencies).

The Chicago Food Policy Action Council and the Food Chain Workers Alliance have played a leadership role in the City's adoption of the Program by supporting the Chicago Good Food Taskforce organized by the Mayor's Office including multiple City of Chicago Sister Agencies (Chicago Public Schools, Chicago Park District, Chicago City Colleges, Chicago Housing Authority) and Departments (Department of Public Health, Department of Family and Support Services, Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events, Aviation, and Procurement).

Residents of public housing are suing NYCHA in order to get an independent monitor appointed to oversee the agency...

Ortom, who later announced the ban on public procession shortly after security operatives whisked him away to Government House in Makurdi also called on security agencies to carry out thorough investigation into the attack on protesting students which led to the loss of lives.»

On November 15, the DOI released the results of an investigation detailing how NYCHA failed to inspect for the hazardous paint at its public housing facilities, and also submitted false documentation to the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) stating that the agency was in compliance with federal laws requiring the inspections to be perhousing facilities, and also submitted false documentation to the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) stating that the agency was in compliance with federal laws requiring the inspections to be perHousing and Urban Development (HUD) stating that the agency was in compliance with federal laws requiring the inspections to be performed.

He had served at various organisations as Public Relations Officer and Press Secretary including Delta State Govt House, Asaba; Ministry of Information, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Health, Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC), National Press Centre, and National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA).

Michael P. Kelly, a former general manager of New York City's public housing authority, is returning to the job at a time when the agency faces financial pressures even more dire than when he left.

This include seven EFCC investigators, officials of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, officials of the Ministry of Transport, Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development, and officials of Bureau of Public Procurement.

The new fellows follow an initial group of 18 chosen last year who came up with ways to digitize disaster recovery efforts, make more government data available to the public for free, and eliminate duplication while speeding up the adoption of new technology by government agencies, Obama told a White House event attended by most of his Cabinet.

The embattled head of the city's public housing authority was grilled at a city council hearing Tuesday over her agency's failure to conduct mandatory lead paint inspections for years.

Because of this, and what Diaz characterized as a complete disregard of public sentiment, Diaz asked the two agencies responsible for approving a plan for the Muller Center — the United State Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the Office of Economic Adjustment (OEM)-- to reject the shelter plan submitted by the mayor's office.

In addition, the order asked the health department to provide «all documents reflecting complaints of unsafe, unsanitary, or unhealthy conditions in NYCHA Public Housing or DHS Homeless Shelters,» including any complaints about leaks, water damage, lead paint, rodents or insects, as well as any documents showing whether or not any city or state agency responded to, investigated, or evaluated the complaints.

And the U.S. Attorney's office also is seeking all communications between the health department, NYCHA, the Department of Homeless Services and any city, state or federal governmental agency about conditions in public housing or homeless shelters.

But the majority of lobbyists in the UK's # 2 billion public affairs industry work in - house for large organisations or for agencies, raising value - for - money questions about the estimated # 50,000 initial annual cost of the register.

During 48 months, Dawn Sanders - Garrett, head of Buffalo's public housing agency, took 34 trips — almost all to conferences or meetings sponsored by five different industry groups — at a cost of $ 27,000.

NYCHA released a statement saying the agency «has had a comprehensive strategy in place to improve security in our public housing communities since the beginning of the year.

Cuomo and lawmakers, however, also agreed to install an independent monitor to oversee NYCHA, a step that was sought by tenants of the authority, but vehemently opposed by the public housing agency.

«The audit has no findings related to current business practices and finances and uses outdated facts and alarmist, unrealistic figures, instead of setting out constructive ways public housing can be preserved and maintained for generations to come,» an agency spokesperson said.

NEW YORK — Public Advocate Letitia James called for a change in leadership at the city's Housing Authority just days after a report emerged showing the agency failed to inspect for lead in paint at thousands of apartments.

For example, the Chairman, House Committee on Public Accounts, Mr. Kingsley Chinda, told the House that many Ministries, Departments and Agencies of the Federal Government rarely kept a register of seized assets.

Members of the State Assembly grilled NYCHA Chairman John Rhea Friday concerning the public housing agency's controversial plan to build market - rate housing alongside existing low income developments on the Lower East Side and elsewhere in Manhattan.

Federal prosecutors in Manhattan are conducting a sweeping investigation of environmental health and safety conditions, including cases of elevated blood lead levels, in public housing and homeless shelters and the possibility that the New York City housing and homeless agencies filed false claims to federal housing officials for payment related to the conditions.

These functions include a variety of activities which assist both governmental agencies and the general public, such as: (1) Review and approve and sign street acquisition and damage maps for Department of Transportation (DOT) and Department of Environmental Protection (DEP); (2) Review and approve street alteration maps; (3) Review and ensure the maintenance of survey monument information; (4) Review and ensure maintenance of street grade and elevation data for the Borough; (5) Issuance of street house numbers and the management of the topographical record room; (6) Present new revenue stream ideas and develop the fee structure for topography services and a system to collect, maintain and reconcile said fees; and (7) Work with the Office of Management and Budget, the Comptroller's Office and other Borough President's Offices to ensure that the fee structure and collection system is compatible and appropriate.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency agreed this weekend to pay $ 100 million for new boilers at dozens of public housing developments damaged by Superstorm Sandy after Councilman Ritchie Torres, chair of the Council's comittee on public housing, held a Public Housing Committee hearing in a Coney Island NYCHA development last month to raise awareness of the public housing developments damaged by Superstorm Sandy after Councilman Ritchie Torres, chair of the Council's comittee on public housing, held a Public Housing Committee hearing in a Coney Island NYCHA development last month to raise awareness of thehousing developments damaged by Superstorm Sandy after Councilman Ritchie Torres, chair of the Council's comittee on public housing, held a Public Housing Committee hearing in a Coney Island NYCHA development last month to raise awareness of the public housing, held a Public Housing Committee hearing in a Coney Island NYCHA development last month to raise awareness of thehousing, held a Public Housing Committee hearing in a Coney Island NYCHA development last month to raise awareness of the Public Housing Committee hearing in a Coney Island NYCHA development last month to raise awareness of theHousing Committee hearing in a Coney Island NYCHA development last month to raise awareness of the issue.

Residents of public housing are suing the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) in order to get an independent monitor appointed to oversee the housing are suing the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) in order to get an independent monitor appointed to oversee the Housing Authority (NYCHA) in order to get an independent monitor appointed to oversee the agency.

The agency enforces the city's human rights law which prohibits discrimination in housing, employment and public accommodations based on race, sex, gender, country of origin and gender identity among other things.

Then last week a state judge hearing a lawsuit by public housing residents ordered the agency to conduct thousands of missed lead inspections within 90 days.

In November, the Department of Housing and Urban Development passed a new rule mandating that the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) and approximately 3,100 other public housing agencies implement smoke - free policies over the next 18 Housing and Urban Development passed a new rule mandating that the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) and approximately 3,100 other public housing agencies implement smoke - free policies over the next 18 Housing Authority (NYCHA) and approximately 3,100 other public housing agencies implement smoke - free policies over the next 18 housing agencies implement smoke - free policies over the next 18 months.

«The agency's move meant that six federal agencies that provide the bulk of the nation's basic research funding now have public access policies required by a 2013 White House order.

The move comes after a public outcry that included, in the last few days: a lawsuit by animal welfare groups; a letter of protest sent to the agency from 18 Senate Democrats; and this letter to President Donald Trump, sent by a bipartisan group of 101 members of the U.S. House of Representatives, demanding that the information be immediately reposted on the public website.

The order, which the White House did not immediately make public, will kick off what will likely be a lengthy process to undo the Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule, finalized by the Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in 2015 to clarify which bodies of water are covered by the Clean Water Act.

The legislation, which covers details only an accountant could love, embraces recommendations from NSF's inspector general, the agency's in - house but independent watchdog, as well as from outside bodies such as the National Academy of Public Administration.

Most of the federal agencies responsible for managing public lands and wildlife are housed within the Department of the Interior, including the National Park Service; the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), which manages lands for recreation, mining and energy development; and the Fish and Wildlife Service, which works to recover endangered species.

But while the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy is due to issue a report soon on public access at U.S. research agencies, it reportedly will make general recommendations and will not require an NIH - style policy.

The Federal Research Public Access Act (FRPAA), which has identical versions in the House of Representatives and the Senate, would expand to other research agencies the National Institutes of Health's (NIH's) 4 - year - old policy requiring investigators it funds to submit copies of their peer - reviewed manuscripts for posting in a public datPublic Access Act (FRPAA), which has identical versions in the House of Representatives and the Senate, would expand to other research agencies the National Institutes of Health's (NIH's) 4 - year - old policy requiring investigators it funds to submit copies of their peer - reviewed manuscripts for posting in a public datpublic database.

Responding to concerns from advocates for public access to government - funded research, the House of Representatives science committee has agreed to shorten the deadline within a draft bill requiring federal agencies to provide free access to scientific papers that they supported.

On March 9, Republicans on the House of Representatives» Science, Space and Technology Committee approved bills that would bar scientists with current EPA grants from serving on agency advisory committees and require that all scientific data used to justify new regulations be made public.

Usually, the tenant pays up to 30 percent of their income in rent and a local public housing agency makes up the difference.