Sentences with phrase «other affordable housing properties»

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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.

But today, the mayor insisted his administration was either currently building affordable housing on many of those properties or would do so soon — but that many others just aren't suited for residential construction.

MICHAEL WHITE PHOTO Shirley Covedale at the First Baptist Church of Riverhead property, where she's long pushed to get an apartment complex and community center built to provide affordable housing and other services, such as 24 - hour child care, to East End residents.

Other community benefits not easily quantified like access to quality affordable housing, placing vacant and historic properties back into productive use, and providing job training and opportunities to unemployed and underemployed city residents have also been effectively addressed through SIDA's support of projects like Salina Crossing, Bankers Healthcare Group and the Hotel Syracuse, to name a few.

City Councilman Brad Lander, Public Advocate Letitia James, City Comptroller Scott Stringer, State Senator Velmanette Montgomery and other officials say they're «deeply concerned» that developer Avery Hall Investment's plans for the property «do not meet the community's need for a large, affordable supermarket and sufficient affordable housing for our diverse community.»

Compared with the rest of the U.S., South Dakota rents are very affordable, and without renters insurance, the cost of recovering property and housing after a fire or other devastating event could be financially crippling.

Some ski resort operators worry that the growing popularity of Airbnb and other sites means that properties in ski resort towns that would otherwise be available as affordable housing for resort workers are instead listed for vacationers.

«If a property contains a perpetual easement, it can be hard to make land available for other needs like affordable housing.»

-- Multifamily Affordable Housing (financing for rent - restricted properties and properties receiving other federal and state subsidies): $ 2.3 billion, a decrease from 2012's $ 3.8 billion

But other industry experts say it's too soon to know if the plan, particularly its centerpiece — a Vancouver - style, 15 - per - cent tax on non-resident foreign buyers — will have the desired effect of making housing more affordable and available by dousing property speculation.

Across the U.S., in the decade before the crash, developers finished an average of about 132,000 apartments a year, according to a tally from Reis Inc., that includes institutional investment quality properties, but not government - subsidized affordable housing or other non-investment-quality multifamily.

The House Financial Services Committee is expected to vote to end two other foreclosure programs possibly this week: the Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP) and a state and local government program for refurbishing abandoned and foreclosed properties.

The initiative identified eight other publicly owned properties suitable for affordable housing and set the stage to perform planning studies for each site.