Sentences with phrase «of affordable housing while»

He has developed and renovated numerous properties, creating hundreds of units of affordable housing while also growing small businesses.

Not exact matches

While most youth who grew up in supportive family homes can rely on help with affordable housing and advice and guidance from caring adults, these supports are missing from the lives of most youth aging out of care.

The program aims to help develop more rural areas of a state while offering safe, affordable housing for residents.

The program aims to help develop more rural areas of a state while offering affordable housing for residents.

I grant that it is difficult to have any semblance of «affordable» housing policy when The Federal Reserve slammed their target rate to near zero for 10 years while housing prices rapidly accelerated.

While property is relatively more affordable in other parts of the country (six times the average salary in the North - east rather than 14 times in London) it's impossible to ignore that even in the most affordable areas house prices are geared towards two - earner families with two or fewer children.

While the Affordable Care Act always offered religious exemptions to churches and houses of worship, other religious employers had to make a case for themselves.

Mr Joyce said while Labor's policy to restrict negative gearing to new properties will make houses more affordable, it will erode the value of houses and pose a risk to banks.

«Airbnb's predatory housing schemes are robbing our communities of desperately needed affordable housing while forcing New Yorkers to pay $ 600 million more in rent,» said New York Communities for Change Executive Director Jonathan Westin.

Friend Frank Seddio said while many will remember Lopez for the scandal that ended his career, he should also be remembered for the positives he brought to Brooklyn, including an expansion of affordable housing.

While he said many will remember Lopez for the scandal that ended his career, he should also be remembered for the positives he brought to Brooklyn, including an expansion of affordable housing in Bushwick.

Senator Tom O'Mara said, «We are grateful for the state's ongoing investment to assist the city of Elmira and Housing Visions develop affordable housing for families and residents while, at the same time, move forward on additional, critical downtown revitalization and neighborhood development initiHousing Visions develop affordable housing for families and residents while, at the same time, move forward on additional, critical downtown revitalization and neighborhood development initihousing for families and residents while, at the same time, move forward on additional, critical downtown revitalization and neighborhood development initiatives.

New York State Homes and Community Renewal (HCR) fosters the creation and preservation of high quality affordable housing, while working strategically to revitalize neighborhoods and communities throughout the Empire State.

While members of the not - for - profit have been regular critics of Paladino and his role on the Buffalo Public School Board, Washington said this particular protest concerned Ellicott Development's role in the «gentrification» of Buffalo by building luxury apartments with public funds that could be used for affordable housing.

While his campaign is motivated by the issue of policing and criminal justice reform, on which he calls de Blasio a moderate, he has expanded to address other issues, like affordable housing and transportation equity.

The coalition alleges that half of the affordable housing in South Williamsburg has gone to Hasidic allies of Lopez and other whites, while 90 percent of the people waiting for such housing are black and Hispanic.

«As a city we can not in good faith push to build and preserve affordable housing while simultaneously increasing rents and effectively pricing families out of their homes.

While this development is part of the fair - housing settlement between Westchester County and the federal government, I'm proud to note that the County is going beyond the requirements of that agreement in the number of affordable housing units in the works.

Commissioner of New York State Homes and Community Renewal RuthAnne Visnauskas said, «Vienna Senior Apartments will provide seniors who are often burdened by rising housing costs with an affordable option while strengthening the local economy and creating a more cohesive and diverse community in Rye.

Asked by a voter later what she thought of the mayor, Carlina was cautious, touting the mayor's accomplishments — she mentioned the IDNYC municipal ID and his ambitious affordable housing proposals — while maintaining that the mayor could do better.

The measure was seen as being squarely aimed at Airbnb, the popular online portal for short - term rentals, while lawmakers in favor of the bill insist it is meant to bolster and preserve affordable housing in New York City.

«While we've certainly battled some headwinds, our affordable housing plan is ahead of schedule and on budget,» the spokesperson, Austin Finan, said in an e-mail.

He defended his record, which he said includes the universal prekindergarten initiative, his affordable housing plan, the city's work to support and protect immigrants and reducing the use of the stop and frisk policing method «93 percent while driving down crime.»

One of the reasons Chin is facing opposition is because of her support for the Elizabeth Street Garden project, a proposed development that will replace the Elizabeth Street Garden with a six - story building slated as affordable housing for seniors, while also providing some green space.

While there are always district - specific issues, some are prominent in most races, including education, affordable housing, public safety, employment, transit, and the somewhat opaque «quality of life,» which typically includes things like traffic, trash, parks, homelessness, and more.

After the loss, he stayed on with Nadler, working as his district coordinator while also volunteering as leader of the Mitchell - Lama Residents Coalition, which sought to preserve affordable housing right around the time Mitchell - Lama properties began aging out of the program.

While many residents at Tuesday night's Southold Town Board meeting agreed that having affordable housing for the area's workers and retired population is important, others said they feared how a proposal to increase the number of units allowed in an affordable housing development will change the North Fork's rural character.

During a press conference on Dec. 27, while announcing that the county had met the terms of its settlement with HUD to build 750 units of affordable housing before 2017, Astorino commented on Johnson's plans to run for governor as a Democrat.

Developers in Manhattan and parts of Brooklyn and Queens are required to set aside 20 percent of newly created housing for «affordable» units while developers elsewhere — roughly 84 percent of the city's landscape — can get the benefit without building any affordable units.

However, while Labour argue that this would help to make living in high - demand cities like London and Oxford more affordable, these plans actually run the risk of deepening the housing crisis rather than solving it.

He has stymied de Blasio at many turns, holding back funding for affordable housing, homelessness prevention, the MTA, and more, while holding hostage issues of rent regulations, the 421 - a tax abatement, and extension of mayoral control of schools.

De Blasio spokesman Dan Levitan wouldn't comment on the possibility of running against Donovan, but cited a record the mayor will run on next year that includes, «crime just hit another all - time low, jobs are at record highs, the city is building and preserving affordable housing at a record pace, while graduation rates and test scores continue to improve.»

Multiple Assembly Democrats decried the tax credit as a lucrative giveaway to well - heeled developers, while supporters said it will lead to the much - needed construction of affordable housing in the city.

Multiple Assembly Democrats decried the tax credit as a lucrative giveaway to well - heeled developers while supporters say it will lead to the much needed construction of affordable housing in the city.

The $ 3.338 million allows local development organizations to rehabilitate units while maintaining low rents for longtime locals — many of whom make between $ 25,000 to $ 45,000 a year, according to Ismene Speliotis, executive director of the Mutual Housing Association of New York, which owns and manages 526 affordable apartment in neighborhoods including Crown Heights, Bushwick, Brownsville and East New York.

Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. and Queens Borough President Melinda Katz called on the City Planning Commission to utterly reject Mayor Bill de Blasio's affordable housing proposals — while Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer criticized much of the plan even as she supported some parts of it.

MIH would require new developments to include housing units that are permanently affordable, while ZQA would allow developers to increase the heights of buildings and reduce parking requirements to help encourage construction of affordable and senior housing.

«Our work has resulted in a plan that addresses the magnitude of our city's affordability crisis by encouraging smart, sustainable affordable housing production — while also supporting local residents and their communities.»

Dozens of foreclosed homes still sit empty around the City of Poughkeepsie, while hundreds of Dutchess County families go homeless every night and thousands more do not have access to quality, affordable housing.

Cuomo pledged a child care tax credit, tuition - free public college for about 80 percent of New York households, more jobs through investment in the private sector and public - private partnership, support for the homeless and funding for affordable housing, all while New York will be vigilant, he said, protecting and promoting the state's progressive social bonafides.

«We have weighed the issues and acknowledged the trade offs and have made adjustments to the proposals so that we believe they will address our acute affordable housing needs while enhancing the quality of life in neighborhoods throughout the city,» CPC Chair Carl Weisbrod said.

«While polls go up and polls go down, the mayor remains focused on keeping NYC the safest big city in America, adding over 65,000 pre-K seats, creating more affordable housing than in decades, the first ever rent freeze, the lowest unemployment rate since the recession, and making New York a fairer city for its millions of residents,» said Peter Kadushin, a spokesman for Mr. de Blasio.

But he kept a «worst landlords» watch list while he was the city's public advocate, and a central promise of his mayoral campaign was to protect low - income tenants and make housing more affordable for the poor and working class.

«It is not acceptable for developers to get a billion - dollar - a-year tax break while paying workers low wages and creating little to no affordable housing,» said Paul Fernandes, executive director of the New York City and Vicinity Carpenters Labor Management Corporation, an organization of unions and contractors.

Victor Bach, a senior housing policy analyst for the group, said, «It is a relic of a past time, costing the city an enormous amount of lost revenue while contributing very little affordable housing.»

Kate Sepenoski, operations manager at Port of Egypt in Southold, said that while her sons left the North Fork to attend school in Boston, she hopes affordable housing will be available for them in the near future.

The rezoning was touted by the de Blasio administration as an example of how to meet the interests of developers while expanding affordable housing, but it drew sharp criticism from activists in the neighborhood and some elected officials, who argued it didn't go far enough in ensuring that space would be reserved for the neighborhood's poorest residents.

While residents of some communities in the city have protested attempts to instill affordable or supportive housing in their neighborhoods, Upper East Side residents turned up to voice support for the Win project, which is due to be completed in late 2018.

While he exerted his power for generally progressive ends, critics accused him of blocking an affordable housing project in his district to keep out Chinese and Latino residents.

Officials Wednesday said that while 100 percent of housing will be affordable at the onset, «the market will catch up» and market - rate developments were to be expected.