Sentences with phrase «of urban housing»

However, the cumulative effect of ongoing rent control is very large, leading many economists over the years to recognize its ability to decimate the supply of urban housing.

in John F. Bauman, Roger Biles and Kristin M. Szylvian, From Tenements to the Taylor Homes: In Search of an Urban Housing Policy in Twentieth Century America (University Park, Pa.: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2000), pp. 163 - 179.

Because most are not earning a lot right now, that spells trouble for New Boomers in the form of higher prices as the supply of urban housing is not keeping up with demand.

The Fair Housing Act, passed in 1968, specifically covers «discrimination because of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, disability and the presence of children,» according to the Department of Urban Housing and Development.

Firstly, his fascination with making «something» (a painting) out of «nothing» (a uniformly overlooked corner of an urban housing estate, say).

That opacity drives small developers out of urban housing production, leaving an oligopoly of well - heeled, well - connected builders.

Not exact matches

Trudeau and his ministers know the urban middle - and upper - middle - class Canadians that form the core of their political constituency are sensitive about housing.

Held back by police, they were waiting some distance away near the Ministry of Urban Development and Housing, when the second explosion went off just as people were entering the government office.

Sure, he wasn't a motorcycle expert, but with a career that spans the U.S. Marine Corps., McKinsey & Co., LexisNexis, and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Prakash had the business and management chops.

But Pinsonneault believes these numbers just support the growing notion that land, and scarcity of this limited commodity particularly in downtown, urban centres, is what is pushing up housing prices, not over-valuation.

Those buildings now house 12,000 employees from across Gilbert's Rock Ventures business portfolio of roughly 110 affiliated companies, including Rock Gaming, the developer and owner of urban casinos in the Cleveland, Cincinnati and Baltimore markets.

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.

«There is major uncertainty in the market and federal agencies are not sure until the budget is passed and sequestration is resolved that they will continue, and they have really reduced the scale of work,» says Zia Islam, founder of Zantech IT Services, a McLean, Virginia - based company that has worked for NASA, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, and other federal agencies.

As a result, since 1990, only about 1 million HECMs have been issued, according to the Department of Housing and Urban Development, with almost half of those originating between 2007 and 2011, when the financial crisis hammered Americans» retirement savings.

The underside of the bridge will be turned into a lively urban space that will house an outdoor art gallery.

Not content with designing iconic buildings in his homeland of Denmark, his firm, Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG), has crossed the Atlantic in a bid to revolutionize the way architects and planners think about high - density urban housing.

For decades, urban governments have built information systems that trafficked in huge amounts of data in - house — everything from GIS mapping systems to huge amounts of hoarded traffic stats.

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.

Preserving affordable housing — and easing the displacement of existing residents that often follows these urban economic comeback stories — is the current problem that New York University's Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy has been tracking throughout the urban economic comeback stories — is the current problem that New York University's Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy has been tracking throughout the Urban Policy has been tracking throughout the year.

Earlier this month, the National Fair Housing Alliance filed a complaint with the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development against Wells Fargo, alleging that the bank used discriminatory practices in the handling of foreclosed properties.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin is expected to address the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee during the annual oversight hearing of the Financial Stability Oversight Council.

This month, two housing groups filed a complaint asking the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to investigate complaints that OneWest engaged in discriminatory «redlining» practices against black and Latino commuhousing groups filed a complaint asking the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to investigate complaints that OneWest engaged in discriminatory «redlining» practices against black and Latino commuHousing and Urban Development to investigate complaints that OneWest engaged in discriminatory «redlining» practices against black and Latino communities.

The bank's plans, unveiled on Thursday, include an «urban campus» that will take over a portion of Sears Canada's former digs at the mall and house 3,500 employees when it opens in 2021.

Sidewalk's CEO Daniel Doctoroff has some experience rebuilding cities already: He is a former New York City deputy mayor who rezoned swaths of that city for urban housing and development projects, including the area of Manhattan's West Side currently being redeveloped above railroad tracks, Hudson Yards.

Dr. Evil said he got along with Ben Carson, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, because they were «both doctors who didn't know why they were there.»

Residents in Seattle, on average, are spending 40.2 percent of pay for a three - bedroom rental, according to ATTOM Data Solutions research based on U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and Department of Housing and Urban Development data.

Ben Carson, a former Republican presidential hopeful who dropped out of the 2016 race and backed Trump, has been offered the post of secretary of housing and urban development, Carson spokesman Armstrong Williams said.

Urban Decay pulled its line from Boots, and focused on its other two — much more upscale — U.K. retailers, department stores Debenhams and House of Fraser.

As of Tuesday, there will be only 349 employees nationwide on duty at the Department of Housing and Urban Development, 242 at the Department of Education, and 549 at NASA.

For the first time, some Americans on Medicaid will be required to work and the Department of Housing and Urban Development is reportedly exploring a similar approach for those who live in subsidized hHousing and Urban Development is reportedly exploring a similar approach for those who live in subsidized housinghousing.

But the Department of Housing and Urban Development, which was identified in the article as having suggested that amount, said in a statement on Tuesday that «no one at this agency — including the secretary — ever floated a $ 20 billion settlement figure.»

Both Myers and the Atlantic's Joe Pinsker speculate that one major source of competition for aging millennials could be what Nielsen has called «urban burbs» — suburban developments built to be walkable, and include a mix of living and retail space, while still offering cheaper, larger houses.

The talks, which involve the Justice Department, the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the New York attorney general's office, continued on Tuesday without resulting in a final deal.

To cite an example, tax records currently show a rural house located in the Loja province that cost $ 50,000 as having a municipal value of $ 20,000, while an urban home in Cuenca costing $ 170,000 shows a value of $ 100,000.

Underscoring the breadth of the scrutiny, the people said, the Justice Department and the Department of Housing and Urban Development have discussed the possibility of striking a wide - ranging settlement to conclude many of the looming mortgage investigations from federal authorities and state attorneys general.

Its Cost of Living Index measures prices in 269 urban areas for housing, groceries, utilities, transportation, health care, and miscellaneous goods and services such as getting your hair done or going to a movie.

If Congress had not enacted the 2001 and 2003 tax cuts, 10 million taxpayers would owe the AMT in 2007, according to estimates by the Urban Institute - Brookings Institution Tax Policy Center; reducing the number of affected taxpayers to several million, as the House - passed AMT «patch» bill would do, would have cost less than $ 15 billion.

«Our house has mixed property of rural and urban use.

Strangely enough, we had a politician on our board of directors — former U.S. Congressman and Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Jack Kemp.

Despite Swann's success, the idea didn't really take off in urban areas in America until the 1980s, when rapidly increasing real - estate prices began shutting many out of homeownership, according to Reinventing Real Estate: The Community Land Trust as A Social Invention in Affordable Housing, by James Meehan.

Getting an FHA loan for a condo allows you to reduce the amount you need to put into your down payment, but the Department Housing and Urban Development publishes a list of HUD - approved condo projects that you'll need to reference first.

While many American car owners live in houses with a garage, the majority of Chinese urban housing consists of low - rise multifamily units.

While many are skeptical about whether or not this tax was the right policy tool, an influx of foreign investment capital, as seen in the Lower Mainland and other urban centres, does contribute to skyrocketing housing prices.

In order to be considered a first - time buyer, according to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and other loan programs, you must meet at least one of these requirements:

Blandin also served as: special assistant to the assistant secretary of administration, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, from 1977 to 1981; executive director of the National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration, from 1972 to 1977; executive staff assistant in the Office of the Governor, California Council on Intergovernmental Relations, from 1970 to 1971; and just prior to joining ASEC, Blandin served nine months as executive vice president of the Council for Excellence in Government.

You need to be according to the U.S Department of Housing and Urban Development standards if you want to qualify for the loan.

The US Department of Housing and Urban Development defines a property as unaffordable if more than 30 per cent of a household's income is required to afford housing - relatedHousing and Urban Development defines a property as unaffordable if more than 30 per cent of a household's income is required to afford housing - relatedhousing - related costs.

At a moment when the Republicans are talking about entitlement reform, and Ben Carson, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, is proposing to triple the rents of some of the poorest people in the country, the sight of big banks reporting surges in profits that were fuelled by tax cuts raises alarming moral questions.

Crapo, chairman of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, emphasized that the Federal Reserve would still have the authority to apply tougher standards for banks with between $ 100 billion and $ 250 billion in assets.

are offered through the Federal Housing Administration's (FHA) mortgage insurance program, which is run by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).