Sentences with phrase «social housing system»

He announced changes to the social housing system: for existing social tenants, rent levels will remain unchanged, but new tenants will be offered intermediate rents at around 80 % of the market rent.

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Currently, a victim of identity theft can not change their Social Security number, which is the primary reason why White House cybersecurity czar Rob Joyce is advocating for a new system.
«That's billions that could be used on rental or social housing, and we rebalance the system,» he says.
But the hukou system often broke down when confronted with China's mass urbanization in recent decades, which saw hundreds of millions of migrant workers move into metropolises despite poor access to housing and social services.
The housing bubble in the United States, which triggered the financial crisis in 2008, had highlighted the danger of using the financial system to make up for the failures in social policies.
In social policy, the Party is committed to breaking the cycle of poverty by developing a «living wage» policy that is sufficient to allow workers to support their families; make changes to the welfare system to encourage people on social assistance to move beyond poverty, such as allowing some benefits to remain until they are firmly established in the workplace; and reviewing the housing component of Alberta Works social assistance to bring it in line with the current reality of the Alberta housing market.
As Rome, «the beast,» protected its citizens from barbarity and total social collapse, so our system feeds, clothes and houses us.
In the United States, we do not have lords as part of our social system so for our understanding of the word in modern usage we have to look across the sea to the United Kingdom where they still have parliament that includes a House of Lords.
Instead of spending the money on high paid social workers and legal systems to take these women's children away and place them in foster care, why can't we use that money for child care, parenting classes, decent housing, job training for single moms.
CVH has chapters in NYC, Yonkers, Newburgh and Poughkeepsie and organizes around a truly affordable housing, a just social safety net, good jobs and access to them, a participatory democracy, and a fair share tax system to fund critical programs for low - income families.
By reducing the payment abilities of families on benefits, the government system for funding new social housing would also be adversely affected, the letter reads.
Osborne's forecasts of continued austerity in the next parliament, a media and public discourse which continues to harden public opinion against claimants, and an ongoing failure to fix underlying causes of social security spend — by building houses and creating well - paying jobs — all mean that our social security system is heading in the direction of much more short - termism.
«The result is a segregated system with insufficient mobility between housing sectors and social divisions that are entrenched rather than overcome.»
Years of low investment in social housing, lack of regulation of the Private Rented Sector, and the insecurity of shorthold tenancies has created a system where those who are struggling can fall too easily through the cracks.
It is estimated this new system will effect up to 660,000 social housing tenants.
Policies vary from the emotive debate to end secure tenancy for life for future social housing tenants, via plans to financially reward councils that build new homes, to reforms to the housing benefit and planning system.
The Housing and Homeless Coalition, the Onondaga County Department of Social Services and various shelters are using a countywide coordination system to monitor individuals with the longest stays, some for years, and make them a priority for hHousing and Homeless Coalition, the Onondaga County Department of Social Services and various shelters are using a countywide coordination system to monitor individuals with the longest stays, some for years, and make them a priority for housinghousing.
Always rooted in the wisdom of frontline poverty - fighters this year's published research includes the importance of the earliest years for child development, the breakdown of systems for children - in - care, Britain's asylum shambles, social housing and welfare reform.
The program will focus on providing housing and social services to help people get out of the shelter system.
The statistics emerged ahead of a raft of controversial changes to the benefits system which will come into force this week - including the «bedroom tax» which sees council and social housing tenants facing reductions to their benefits if they have empty rooms in their homes.
«With the increased stability that comes from having a home and reduced financial burdens, and being introduced into the social service system and the access to other support services it provides, people receiving housing assistance are getting improved access to primary care health services.
The zone comprises the quadrant of Rochester's schools with the most entrenched problems, and the city schools will manage an integrated system of health care, welfare, public safety, housing, educational, and social services.
These indicators allow to evaluate if the social system is contributing to the achievement of full employment and reducing unemployment, increasing income of the population, the decline in indicators of crime, increased provision of educational services, health, housing and transportation of the population and the increase of human development and their well being.
Right now learners are collaborating using popular social media platforms like Facebook and Google +, as well as proprietary systems developed by companies in - house.
Although social scientists often have found a link between housing segregation and school segregation, few school systems around the country have been willing, as Palm Beach County has, to attack both problems at once, desegregation experts said last week.
The report puts figures on a phenomenon we all know happens, but which has not been properly documented previously, one which contributes to the social segregation and inequality of our education system: the extent to which parents have moved house or used even more unorthodox methods, such as faking piety or accessing an accommodating address in a desirable catchment temporarily in order to cheat the system.
Phoenix educators believe that all children can thrive with multiple chances and the necessary support systems, including phone calls, text messages, home visits for absent and truant students, a free onsite daycare or preschool for students» children, an in - house tutoring corps, or social workers.
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We need systems of assessment and accountability that hold leaders accountable for providing resources such as health care, dental care, affordable housing, and other social supports.
That this House believes that every child throughout the UK must be given the opportunity to reach their full potential; further believes that there is no evidence that additional academic selection in the school system will improve social mobility; and calls on the Government to instead concentrate on providing the best education possible for all children.
Through our done - for - you package, Koru House will develop a customized marketing platform that encompasses social media, influencer marketing, paid marketing, author website, and email marketing systems.
BBM, BlackBerry's in - house social network and IM system, demands another paragraph here.
«I am absolutely delighted that PS4 is off to such a great start in Japan,» said Andrew House, President and Group CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. «The responses we have received for the PS4 system's integrated social capabilities have been phenomenal, and I couldn't be more thrilled that gamers are utilizing these unique features to engage, share, play and connect with users around the world.
«We are so grateful for the enormous support from PlayStation fans worldwide, and we are truly humbled that gamers around the globe have continued to select PS4 as the best place to play,» said Andrew House, President and Global CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. «We remain steadfast in our commitment to deliver unique and interactive entertainment experiences powered by the network and the PS4 system's deep social capabilities.»
Silver's research ranges from Meillassoux and a triangulation of audio's trans - substance, to Yves Klein's Air Architecture, through La Monte Young's Dream House, and culminates in a discussion of historically significant audio systems and their importance as ephemeral social architectures made of air.
For Figueroa, the structure's construction was secondary to the social space being enacted; Tree House — Club House was not only an installation, but also a place to dance and drink, to make new friends, and — through work and play — to collectively create something outside of systems of commercialized production.
Alex Hernandez's drawings and paintings compare the lifestyles and expectations of Cubans in different social systems by showing the similarities and relations between houses owned by the same people in Havana and Miami.
Rise and Fall of Apartheid: Photography and the Bureaucracy of Everyday Life is a photographic exhibition examining the legacy of the apartheid system and how it penetrated even the most mundane aspects of social existence in South Africa, from housing, public amenities, and transportation to education, tourism, religion, and businesses.
for alternative structures, directly democratic processes, open educational, medical and housing systems framed in social justice and the interconnectedness of our struggles.
Her work in the public sphere, often with an eye to women's experience, ranges from the link between social life and the media to architecture and the built environment, from housing and homelessness to systems of transport.
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They've worked the systems that are available for finding housing, with help from the OVE social work intern, but it's been «stressful and disappointing.»
Post war reconstruction was limited by the shortage of experienced bricklayers and the slow nature of traditional building techniques, resulting in a shift towards modular prefabricated systems which became synonymous with social high rise housing in London and its new towns.
The question the Court needed to answer here was, firstly, whether housing benefits fall under the concept of social security and social protection, and secondly, whether the Italian authorities could limit the principle of equal treatment to «core benefits» of the social security system in such a way that it would exclude housing benefits.
The tragedy has highlighted the divisions in society and raised many questions including issues as to: access to justice and legal funding, as the tenants were unable to obtain legal aid for advice due to the legal aid cuts; the legal protection of tenants both in private and social housing; the inability of council tenants to enforce or seek to have enforced basic fitness standards under the Housing Health and Safety Rating System and Housing Act 2004 (HHSRSA), and the purchase of housing stock by local authohousing; the inability of council tenants to enforce or seek to have enforced basic fitness standards under the Housing Health and Safety Rating System and Housing Act 2004 (HHSRSA), and the purchase of housing stock by local authoHousing Health and Safety Rating System and Housing Act 2004 (HHSRSA), and the purchase of housing stock by local authoHousing Act 2004 (HHSRSA), and the purchase of housing stock by local authohousing stock by local authorities.
WRC staff combines the skills, talents, and resources of advocates, attorneys, and community partners to address obstacles that include: trauma recovery, child care, transportation, housing, education, and training, income and work, system's advocacy, social support - systems, health - care, civil legal representation, and criminal legal assistance.
The Committee was «concerned that the reforms to the legal aid system and the introduction of employment tribunal fees have restricted access to justice, in areas such as employment, housing, education and social welfare benefits».
Involvement of the provinces and territories in the inquiry is essential in order to ensure more coordinated responses to violence and to address the root causes of Indigenous women's marginalization within systems and institutions that fall under both federal and provincial / territorial responsibility (such as child welfare, policing, criminal justice, housing, social assistance, and many others).
Having been involved in supportive, social housing for a number of years, I am aware of the difficulties encountered by those who are disadvantaged when trying to deal with the legal system.
For example, New Canadians seeking social support services such as health care, housing, and income supplements may be treated with suspicion and contempt, which may lead to persons in the system interpreting and applying laws, or delivering services provided for by the laws in ways that frustrate or deny rights to these services.
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