Sentences with phrase «significant urban housing»

To help fill significant urban housing gaps, the government provides incentives to private developers who are increasingly taking a high - density approach to multi-unit housing.

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The Daily News» Liz Benjamin reports that Sen. - elect Pedro Espada would consider entering a possible special election for borough president (if current BP Adolfo Carroin officially lands a White House urban policy gig) if his demand for a significant leadership position is not met.
Since they are under significant settlement pressure, urban centres and conurbations enforce stricter planning measures than small and peripheral municipalities, for example, limiting low - density areas (estates with detached houses) or coordinating zoning with public transport provision.
The fate of older sprawling suburbs with their big houses may present planners with significant challenges if housing demand shifts to smaller homes in urban areas in the way that Nelson envisions.
The Obama Administration, like the Bush Administration, has taken no significant action to increase school integration or to help stabilize diverse schools as racial change occurs in urban and suburban housing markets and schools.
[Encouragingly, since the first publication of this article, China has begun its journey out of the shade: China's Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Housing and Urban - Rural Development has launched a solar roofs programme to subsidise qualifying PV systems at 20 yuan (US$ 3) per watt, while some provinces, particularly Jiangsu, are poised to offer significant financial incentives to increase local capacity in PV manufacturing and deployment.]
Moe Veissi, the 2012 President of the National Association of Realtors, sent a letter to Shaun Donovan, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) requesting that investors be permitted to participate in the Federal Housing Administration's (FHA) Section 203 (k) Rehabilitation Mortgage Insurance Program to purchase vacant and foreclosed properties in need of significant rehabilitation.
However, Birmingham's urban core has actually seen significant growth in multifamily housing that is supported by demand, particularly in mixed - use development.
New York as well as other states that had significant damage caused by Super Storm Sandy received billions of dollars from The United State Department of Housing and Urban Development as a Community Block Grant.
In 2014, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, or HUD, eased the rules on Home Equity Conversion Mortgages, or HECMs, in two significant ways.
«As with any mortgage product, there is risk to financing a loan, but we have made, and continue to make, significant efforts to mitigate that risk,» both when making loans and when recovering money at the end of the loan, said Melanie Roussell, a spokeswoman for U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
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