Sentences with phrase «public housing agencies»

The city's troubled public housing agency is facing more legal action.

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

The new rule gives public housing agencies 18 months to implement the ban.

But an independent monitor will also be brought in to oversee the troubled public housing agency.

Roughly 5,000 apartments become available each year inside developments run by the New York City Housing Authority, the largest public housing agency in the nation.

Today U.S. Rep. Nydia Velazquez introduced legislation aimed at making public housing agencies more responsive in future natural disasters.

MARBLE HILL — State Assembly hopeful Carmen De La Rosa wants to hold the city's public housing agency accountable — while also taking aim at rising rents and displacement Uptown.

The New York City Housing Authority is the only public housing agency that has a line item in the budget.

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 months.

The country's largest public housing agency says it's made major progress responding to residents» requests for repairs.

This includes Public Housing Agencies and Multi-Family owners.

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

Examples include a partnership between HFA and the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services to reach foster children who are pregnant or parenting (Cyd Wessel, Healthy Families America); a partnership with SafeCare and local drug courts (Dan Whitaker, SafeCare); partnerships PAT and Parent Child Home Program have formed with local public housing agencies (Kerry Caverly, PAT and Sarah Walzer, PCHP); and partnership between NFP and Goodwill Industries in Indiana (Molly O'Fallon, NFP).

The Assembly appears ready to weigh in on the scandal plagued New York City's public housing agency.

As the highest ranking external Board Member, he has overseen a public housing agency slouching towards «demolition by neglect.»

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.

Public housing agencies are asking for more time and resources to put in effect a proposed federal ban on smoking that would affect nearly one million households nationwide.

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.

Developing land owned by the New York City Housing Authority has the potential to generate much - needed revenue for the public housing agency while simultaneously creating more affordable housing, but those benefits drop off abruptly in less affluent neighborhoods, according to a report released today by NYU's Furman Center.

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.

Public housing agencies, or PHAs, are HUD - approved entities that administer Section 8, public housing and other low - rent and homeowner assistance programs in communities.

(Sec. 152) Requires a public housing agency to purchase energy - efficient appliances designated as Energy Star products or FEMP products unless it is not cost - effective to do so.

Scotland County, North Carolina, Public Housing Agency and Two Former Employees to Pay Over $ 2.7 Million to Settle Sexual Harassment Lawsuits