Sentences with phrase «received federal housing»

At the same time, his staff encouraged gay organizations, which had rarely received federal housing money, to apply for grants to open community centers.

He reminds us, for example, that «5.3 million households in 1995 consisted of «very low - income renters» who received no federal housing assistance and either lived in severely substandard housing or paid half or more of their reported income for rent.»

HUD Secretary proposes raising rent for low - income Americans receiving federal housing subsidies

Some fair housing advocates in western New York are slamming the proposal by HUD Secretary Ben Carson is proposing that would raise the rent for people who receive federal housing subsidies.

At noon, Rep. Nydia Velázquez hosts a press conference to denounce U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson's proposal to triple rents for those receiving federal housing assistance, City Hall steps, Manhattan.

The Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing rule of 2015, for example, reiterated the aims of the Fair Housing Act of 1968, requiring municipalities that receive federal housing funds to conduct fair housing assessments.

Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson faces a lawsuit over his agency's sidelining of a rule that is meant to prevent segregation in areas that receive federal housing funds.

Not exact matches

Trump signed the Reducing Poverty in America by Promoting Opportunity and Economic Mobility executive order on Tuesday, directing federal agencies to expand work requirements for those who receive benefits from government assistance programs such as Medicaid, SNAP, and public housing.

As was documented by The American Prospect in April, the Trump Organization has repeatedly benefited from federal funding; for example, Trump owns part of a low - income housing development in Brooklyn that has received numerous grants from HUD (and that the president once called «one of the best investments I ever made»).

Meanwhile, high - income earners make up just 12.5 percent of cost - burdened households but receive 60.1 % of federal housing assistance.

Federal Housing Administration (FHA) home loans, which do receive federal backing, have their own set of standards for debt ratios, credit scoresFederal Housing Administration (FHA) home loans, which do receive federal backing, have their own set of standards for debt ratios, credit scoresfederal backing, have their own set of standards for debt ratios, credit scores, etc..

The Federal Housing Administration allows borrowers to receive gift money from family members, employers, charitable organizations, and other sources.

«This legislation, which dramatically increases federal spending and food mandates, has not received a single House committee hearing or vote.»

A White House spokeswoman insisted the reports of funding cuts are «wrong,» adding: «When all federal funding is totaled, NYC has received a net increase of $ 47 million for port and transit security over the previous year's budget.»

Syracuse will receive a boost of almost 15 percent in federal aid for affordable housing and community development after Congress spared programs Trump wanted to eliminate in this year's budget.

The project also received $ 1.6 million from Housing Trust Fund Corp., $ 1.4 million from HOME funds, $ 660,000 from the Community Investment Fund, $ 1.3 million in federal and historic tax credit equity, and $ 451,000 in developer equity.

The main federal investigation, which covers fund - raising by Mr. de Blasio and his staff since his 2013 election campaign, is examining whether donors were promised or received favorable municipal treatment in exchange for their contributions.The nonprofit is in the process of closing down, the mayor said last month, explaining that its work advocating universal prekindergarten and affordable housing was finished.

BY MICHAEL RICONDA Stony Point — County Executive C. Scott Vanderhoef presented a total of $ 2.67 million in federal Housing and Urban Development (HUD) funding to various municipal and not - for - profit groups at an award ceremony held ironically in Stony Point, the town that traditionally receives the least amount of support from the Community Block Grant -LSB-...]

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Tenney, a first - term lawmaker in the House, knocked Brindisi for the support he's receiving from Cuomo, who is making a push to aid Democrats running in key legislative swing races at both the state and federal levels.

Pennsylvania's Republican - controlled House of Representatives is advancing legislation that would stop the state from getting waivers that allow food stamp recipients to continue receiving the federal benefit if they don't meet a work requirement.

The head of the city Department of Housing Preservation and Development — which receives 86 percent of its funds from federal grants — said it will see at least $ 20 million vanish from rental assistance programs affecting 39,000 New Yorkers.

Stony Point — County Executive C. Scott Vanderhoef presented a total of $ 2.67 million in federal Housing and Urban Development (HUD) funding to various municipal and not - for - profit groups at an award ceremony held ironically in Stony Point, the town that traditionally receives the least amount of support from the Community Block Grant Program.

Meeks's office received a document subpoena from a federal grand jury in Manhattan several weeks ago, the New York Democrat announced on the House floor Tuesday.

Oneida County Executive Anthony J. Picente, Jr., today announced that Oneida County's Office of Workforce Development has received a grant from the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to continue its Jobs and Hope Program to provide vocational services to homeless individuals.

By way of example, Mr. Stringer said that Chicago's public housing system receives $ 3,500 in federal energy subsidies per unit, whereas New York's obtains just $ 101.

To that end, de Blasio said taking back the U.S. House of Representatives is his top national priority, a change that would have monumental implications for the city and state and the resources they receive from the federal government.

Homeless Services Commissioner Seth Diamond said the coalition is being unrealistic if it expects the city will receive more federal housing subsidies.

The report now becomes part of the House record, and although it issued no binding recommendations, Maloney said «it doesn't help» New York's effort to receive a $ 10 billion waiver from the federal government's Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

And under the House's version of the Affordable Health Care Act, passed in May along party lines, Medicaid would shift from an open - ended entitlement program to a program in which states receive a fixed amount of federal funds for each beneficiary.

New York City receives billion in federal funding for things such as counterterrorism and intelligence, affordable housing, and HIV / AIDS prevention.

As the Times Union reported in 2015, the Birches at Schoharie received state support despite getting a low initial score from the staff of Homes and Community Renewal, which allocates competitive state and federal grants and tax benefits for affordable housing projects.

A first - term senator who in 2006 had defeated incumbent Republican Jim Talent — now a top Romney adviser — McCaskill was attacked as a creature of Washington whose husband had reportedly received million of dollars in federal housing subsidies.

Lowey, the senior Democrat on the House Appropriations Committee, announced that Rockland Community College (RCC) will receive $ 77, 834 in new federal funding that will allow RCC to continue to sponsor the Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) of Rockland County.

This week Councilman Peter Vallone plans to introduce legislation calling on the federal government to pass Congress Member Grace Meng's bill and allow houses of worship damaged by Superstorm Sandy to receive aid from FEMA.

As the Times Union reported in 2015, the Birches at Schoharie received state support despite getting a low initial score from the staff of the state Division of Housing and Community Renewal, which allocates competitive state and federal grants and tax benefits for affordable housing prHousing and Community Renewal, which allocates competitive state and federal grants and tax benefits for affordable housing prhousing projects.

The source further said the State Commissioners of Justice and Finance; Mohammed Ibrahim and Idris Asiwaju, were also slated to testify before the House of Assembly how the state government utilized the bailout funds and the two tranches of the Paris - Club loan refunds received from the federal government.

U.S. Rep. Grace Meng co-wrote a bill that would allow houses of worship affected by Hurricane Sandy to receive Federal Emergency Management Agency aid.

But in April, the Legislature approved a watered - down resolution that made funding of the program contingent on the county receiving a $ 3 million federal grant from Department of Housing and Urban Development.

The year was 1962, and in a ceremony in the White House Rose Garden, Frances Oldham Kelsey had just received the President's Award for Distinguished Federal Civilian Service from John F. Kennedy.

Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva, the ranking member of the House Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands, today called for a full Natural Resources Committee hearing to determine whether a high - ranking Department of the Interior (DOI) official received outside payments from a conservative group that seeks to influence federal policy.

If one needs further proof, the Commander in Chief on the receiving end of that question is the third man to hold the title over the course of the plot, and the actual head of Presidential security is busy at the time, given that he's holed up in the Oval Office coordinating a group of mercenaries in the White House to find the actual President in order to hold him for ransom — namely the hundreds of millions of dollars in the Federal Reserve.

The House Education and Labor Committee approved a measure last month that would bar students in their first year of postsecondary education from receiving federal supplemental loans, while the Senate Labor and Human Resources Committee voted to delay disbursement of supplemental loans for 30 days after enrollment.

The Justice and Education departments still have not determined how to address existing desegregation cases — and whether or where to bring new ones — and have received little guidance from the White House in crafting civil - rights policy, the Citizens» Commission on Civil Rights, a bipartisan panel of former federal civil - rights officials and other advocates, says in a report released last week.

Previous issues of Capitol Connection have mentioned the House ESEA bills» elimination of the traditional maintenance of effort requirements for states, which requires states to maintain their own education funding at certain levels to receive federal funds.

In May of 2017 in her testimony before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies, Betsy DeVos declined to say whether she would protect students against discriminatory policies in private schools that receive federal funding through vouchers.3

An amendment pushed by Heritage Action that would allow states to opt out of the law's requirements altogether but still receive federal funds was left on the cutting room floor when the bill went through the House Rules Committee.

When asked specifically about this in a House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services and Education, and Related Agencies meeting in May, Education Secretary DeVos refused to guarantee that she would prohibit private schools from receiving federal dollars if they discriminate.35

In a recent House Committee on Appropriations hearing where she defended the Trump administration's fiscal year 2018 budget, DeVos refused to say whether K - 12 private schools receiving federal dollars through her voucher scheme would be permitted to discriminate against students.

Separate data systems within other federal agencies also house important data, such as workforce outcomes or information on students receiving military and veterans» benefits, but remain separate from IPEDS.