Sentences with phrase «on housing homeless»

We've been working very closely on the oil trains issue, on housing homeless veterans, and I look forward to continuing to work with him,» said Sheehan.

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Covenant House New York is not only respected for providing loving care and vital services to homeless and abandoned youths, they also help transform the lives of these young kids by setting them on a path towards achieving success.

Amazon has suspended part of its expansion plans in Seattle, pending the outcome of a City Council vote on a new tax on large employers that would fund programs aimed at providing affordable housing and helping the homeless.

I was reminded of this point at a recent meeting of the Emergency Food and Shelter Board - an organization I have served on for several years now with a primary goal of providing transitional housing to at risk homeless.

Ex-Wall Streeter Turney Duff live blogs the Convenant House Sleep Out, where executives and celebrities sleep on the street for a night to raise awareness and money for homeless youth.

That will put a $ 15,000 surcharge on a 1,000 - square - foot apartment in a place like Hollywood, with that money going toward the city's efforts to create and preserve housing for low - income renters and the homeless.

Amazon halts an expansion effort in its hometown as the Seattle City Council prepares to vote on a new tax that would be levied on large business to pay for affordable housing and homeless - assistance programs.

This holiday season, Zillow Group is pleased to announce The Home Project is making a $ 100,000 donation on behalf of Zillow Group employees to Covenant House, a national nonprofit organization that has been helping homeless and trafficked teenagers, young adults and single moms with kids receive shelter and support across the country for more than 40 years.

It's an honor to represent the impact that Covenant House has on homeless kids.

At Covenant House, we have gathered a lot of data about homeless kids — you can find it on our website.

I live on a busy road near a homeless headquarters (Room In The Inn) and the homeless walk past my house every day (maybe 10 a day).

DO tax all religions on any money they recieve that is not directly used to feed the poor, help the needy and house the homeless.

I brought a homeless person into my parents house one Christmas because he was suffering from bronchitus and on the streets.

Lucy Faithfull House, a 61 - bed homeless hostel on city council - owned land, closed in January last year after Oxfordshire County Council withdrew its annual # 500,000 funding.

Long - term housing for homeless women and their children is also a critical need, one often ignored by churches» outreach missions because the homeless men on the streets of downtown areas are more visible.

Now Partnership is working with the mayor's office and other concerned groups on a more ambitious plan: rehabilitation of more than 1,000 city - owned apartments to provide permanent housing for almost 4,000 homeless families and individuals.

Only in this way can they have a perceptible impact on such pastoral - prophetic local issues as how sick people can get better care, how the homeless can find decent housing, and how the voice of the church can be heard in the din of competing voices at city hall.

On Monday, June 5th at 7:30 p.m., the chefs will prepare signature dishes to be served at a special fundraiser in the Prince George Ballroom for Breaking Ground, New York City's largest provider of street outreach services and supportive housing for homeless New Yorkers.

However much he improved, ask yourself this: if you had to bet your house on one of our strikers last season scoring a crucial one - on - one, who's going to make you homeless?

As significant welfare reform and housing bills make their way through parliament this legislative year, debates on cutting housing benefit for 18 - 21 year olds, and the security and affordability of the private rented sector will all come to play — with potentially dire consequences for people at the cusp of becoming homeless.

The council says it stopped using Boundary House to temporarily house some of its homeless families due to the shortage of affordable move - on accommodation in that area, and points out that the government's welfare reforms have led to an increasing number of properties being unavailable to those on housing benHouse to temporarily house some of its homeless families due to the shortage of affordable move - on accommodation in that area, and points out that the government's welfare reforms have led to an increasing number of properties being unavailable to those on housing benhouse some of its homeless families due to the shortage of affordable move - on accommodation in that area, and points out that the government's welfare reforms have led to an increasing number of properties being unavailable to those on housing benefit.

The housing workers branch of Unite says its members have been concerned for some time that homeless organisations have become «increasingly compliant agencies of government policy» and are sometimes «failing to speak out» on behalf of homeless people.

Experts warn that councils could choose to spend this on other forms of emergency accommodation, including housing for older people and homeless people.

While the poorest in society are hardest hit, Theocarakis talks about the «new poor» and «new homeless» — those who were well off before but now are unemployed or find they can not fall back on their assets: «The market for assets has collapsed so even if you've got a house or a car you can't sell it and get cash to use... this creates a ripple effect everywhere.»

Expanding affordability and connecting with community needs, such as housing for homeless refugees on Buffalo's West Side, is critical to strengthening our neighborhoods and growing the economy.

The designation by the US Interagency Council on Homelessness means the city has the services in place to quickly get long - term homeless veterans with disabilities into permanent housing.

Homeless women in Buffalo may soon have a safe place to sleep at night as the Matt Urban Center plans on providing temporary housing in the city's Broadway / Fillmore neighborhood.

Business columnist Daniel Strauss breaks down how building affordable housing under Gov. Andrew Cuomo's new initiative will help homeless people get back on their feet.

Assemblyman Andrew Hevesi joined a group of homeless activists who want the governor and legislature to move on Cuomo's promised 20,000 new units of supportive housing.

The protesting organizations dispute those accomplishments, arguing that the Governor dragged his heels on spending for supportive housing to help the previously homeless with additional social service, and moreover the money will only create six thousand units, less than a third of the total need.

Stefanik on Dec. 15 co-sponsored legislation Rep. Steve Israel, D - Long Island, introduced Nov. 11 to establish a three - year experimental program to renovate «zombie» homes and reuse them for housing for homeless veterans.

Also at 11 a.m., NYC mayoral candidate Sal Albanese holds a press conference on the increase in homeless students and outlines a plan for «truly affordable housing» and a pied - a-terre tax, outside City Hall gates, Broadway and Murray Street, Manhattan.

Real estate developer Mark Stagg is setting an example for other companies to follow, making a mint off the de Blasio administration's desperation for more housing for the homeless and its willingness to go along with a bait - and - switch on a proposed apartment building in the Bronx.

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At 12:30 p.m., IDC Leader Jeff Klein, Assemblyman Michael Benedetto, NYC Councilman Jimmy Vacca and others hold a press conference to call on the NYC Department of Homeless Services to ban level two and three sex offenders from temporary emergency housing and homeless shelters used to house families with children, across from the Crystal Family Residence, 555 Hutchinson River Parkway, thHomeless Services to ban level two and three sex offenders from temporary emergency housing and homeless shelters used to house families with children, across from the Crystal Family Residence, 555 Hutchinson River Parkway, thhomeless shelters used to house families with children, across from the Crystal Family Residence, 555 Hutchinson River Parkway, the Bronx.

Mr. Cuomo devoted parts of his State of the State addresses last week to blaming legislative leaders for failing to sign an agreement on funding affordable housing and homeless services, and urged the Senate again on Tuesday evening to release the funds.

He now also serves on the board of the Ali Forney Center, which offers housing for homeless LGBT youth, Save Chelsea and the Council of Chelsea Block Associations.

Over the course of the last year, the city has also increased its reliance on hotels to house the homeless.

City officials said Thursday that New York is on course to house all of its homeless veterans by the end of this year.

The de Blasio administration's take on the program is that a number of landlords have made a lot of money by housing the homeless, as the city pays more than market - rate for these units.

De Blasio told Brooklynites at the town hall on Thursday that homeless families should be close to the communities they come from and near their medical care, houses of worship and schools.

On Thursday Governor Dannel Malloy said Connecticut has become the first state in the country to match all the people it has identified as chronically homeless with housing.

The $ 145.3 billion spending plan increases school aid next year by just under $ 1 billion (which school boards say is not enough) and over the next five years commits to build thousands of units of affordable housing for the homeless, contribute $ 8.3 billion to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, spend $ 22 billion on upstate roads and bridges, cut taxes for small businesses and create a rebate for Thruway toll payers.

As a result, sixty households, including nine for homeless individuals, will have quality affordable housing, including on - site supportive services provided for the formerly homeless.

Veterans groups and government officials broke ground on an affordable housing project for homeless veterans and their families on Long Island.

Highlights in this year's capital budget include $ 500,000 to New Destiny Housing to build units for survivors of domestic violence and $ 750,000 for Second Farms Affordable Housing, a project focused on finding quality housing for the formerly homeless in partnership with Catholic ChaHousing to build units for survivors of domestic violence and $ 750,000 for Second Farms Affordable Housing, a project focused on finding quality housing for the formerly homeless in partnership with Catholic ChaHousing, a project focused on finding quality housing for the formerly homeless in partnership with Catholic Chahousing for the formerly homeless in partnership with Catholic Charities.

Assemblyman Andrew Hevesi (D - 28) joined a group of homeless activists who want the governor and legislature to move on Cuomo's promised 20,000 new units of supportive housing.

Cuomo is pushing for an alternative plan to fund legal services, and he blames the Legislature for the lack of progress on funding housing for the homeless.

In his State of the State speech today in Albany, Cuomo laid out plans to spend money on roads, schools, the environment, transportation, homeless shelters and housing.

On the 7 month anniversary of Hurricane Maria, Puerto Rican communities held rallies across the country and pressured elected officials to support the housing needs of displaced or homeless families, many of whom are facing eviction or the expiration of their FEMA hotel vouchers, leaving families and students with nowhere to go.