Sentences with phrase «well as affordable housing»

As well as affordable housing, Idaho has plenty of opportunities for outdoor recreation and employment.

It also has good employment opportunities as well as affordable housing.

Albany has all the conveniences you could want in a modern city, as well as affordable housing and a strong job market with a strong economy behind it.

Featuring a combination of exhibition, education, and public programming spaces on a 20,000 square foot campus, Art + Practice transcends the traditional expectations of the «community art space,» as it offers services to foster youth in a collective and practice space, as well as affordable housing initiatives for homeless people, and professional and educational counseling for participants.

Albany has all the conveniences you could want in a modern city, as well as affordable housing and a strong job market with a strong economy behind it.

IBA is an institution that provides an ample selection of programs for social advancement across all ages, as well as affordable housing.

«This is not only a great opportunity to help the neighborhood to continue to develop commercial space as well as affordable housing for all, but this plan could allow one of the best colleges in our city, Lehman College, the opportunity for expansion it deserves,» said Borough President Diaz.

If elected, he said he would focus on tackling corruption and ethics reform in Albany, as well as affordable housing and responding to constituents» quality of life issues.

«This is not only a great opportunity to help the neighborhood to continue to develop commercial space as well as affordable housing for all,» Diaz said in a statement, «but this plan could allow one of the best colleges in our city, Lehman College, the opportunity for expansion it deserves.»

«This new public housing program will be a jobs program, a desegregation program, and a clean energy program as well as an affordable housing program.

Not exact matches

The movement could create affordable space for small business, as well as urban fairs, markets, and new housing.

The university's contributions go well beyond funding, as evidenced by the affordable housing it provides for community residents; the program it sponsors to allow university staff to serve as volunteer firefighters in Princeton; the students who help staff the first aid and rescue squad; the auditing program it offers to community residents; the intellectual, cultural and athletic events it makes available to community residents; and it supports entities like McCarter Theatre and Garden Theatre.

Deutsche Bank has reached a $ 95 million settlement with Maryland stemming from the housing crisis that will funnel $ 80 million to provide new mortgages or mortgage relief to eligible consumers as well as help finance affordable housing.

Jonathan has led numerous research efforts on global economic trends, including growth and productivity, urbanization, affordable housing, energy and sustainability, e-commerce, and the economic impact of the Internet, as well as on productivity growth and economic development in China and Asia.

Top priority of the campaign is to call on elected officials to create legislation that supports economic justice, anti-racism and anti-white supremacy policies, women's rights, the ending of voter suppression, immigrant rights, LGBTQ rights, as well as affordable quality housing, healthcare and education.

In addition to material and labor being more affordable (provided you're willing to put some sweat equity into the project), houses can be built in stages and added on to as resources allow — certainly a better option than taking out an overwhelming mortgage and racking up hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of debt.

The act uses funds collected through records fees to ensure there's money to reimburse dairy farmers for losses, as well as funding for open space, farmland preservation, historic preservation and affordable housing.

Deputy Senate Majority Leader John DeFrancisco, meanwhile, expressed frustration over what he saw was a shifting set of priorities dictated by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who initially proposed the amendments, as well as urged lawmakers to fund a hate crimes task force and back a memorandum of understanding for affordable housing money.

At Pratt, he led many successful community - planning efforts, as well as campaigns to expand affordable housing and create NYC's «inclusionary zoning» program, which requires developers seeking tax breaks to set aside 20 percent of their units for low and moderate income families and pay a living wage to their service workers.

«Tonight's vote sends a clear message that the City of New York is determined to provide relief for its residents, unlike Gov. Cuomo and Albany who recently enacted detrimental rent laws that could eliminate about 90,000 affordable housing units due to deregulation over the next four years — units that do not just provide an affordable price point for tenants but offer protections against arbitrary evictions as well,» he added.

Despite the urgent need for affordable housing uptown, Jackson indicated that Sherman Plaza would not be a good deal for the community, as the affordability level of many of the units would still be too high.

Now in his sixth term representing Manhattan's 74th District in the Assembly, Kavanagh has been a leading voice in the fight to reform State government, as well as a staunch protector of affordable housing, the environment and gun safety.

The initiative included television ads, online videos and robo - calls, however, despite the DCCC's best efforts, the plan was ineffective as the Republican controlled House repealed all or parts of the Affordable Care Act more than 33 times.

And we hope that it will serve to bring distressed city blocks back to life and increase the property values of surrounding properties, as well as create construction jobs, affordable housing, and dramatically enhance quality of life.»

POUGHKEEPSIE, NY (02/15/2013)(readMedia)-- Community Voices Heard and a number of allied organizations will host a public meeting in Poughkeepsie with federal and state elected officials to discuss issues important to low - income residents of the Hudson Valley, including affordable housing, youth issues, raising the minimum wage, immigration reform, safety net programs, job creation, instituting a Fair Elections system in the state, as well as the federal and state budget.

Of course there are many hard - working families and young professionals in London doing well for themselves, and we need to provide quality housing which is affordable for them as well.

Morgan, who served as Rangel's campaign director in 2002 before he moved into banking, said the congressman had become a figurehead who is good at talking about problems like affordable housing, education access and unemployment, but has failed at implementing solutions to these problems.

«As a city we can not in good faith push to build and preserve affordable housing while simultaneously increasing rents and effectively pricing families out of their homes.

Glenwood received tax breaks for affordable housing as well as having new buildings and Silver oversaw the distribution of those breaks as the head of the Assembly.

De Blasio said his administration was committed to helping landlords as well as tenants, in the effort to maintain affordable housing.

«I have worked with Gov. Cuomo's administration, as well as with a host of other public and government partners throughout the region over 40 years, to successfully produce quality affordable housing,» Aaron said in an email.

Representatives also highlighted workforce and job training, as well as the addition of MIH, which they described as a «major way to retain affordable housing,» much to the skepticism of attendees.

It remains to be seen how these new goals will play out, in conjunction with the newly rebooted 421a (dubbed Affordable New York), which gives developers a 35 - year break from taxes, as well as the mayor's Mandatory Inclusionary Housing program.

Banks called the measure a good start and one that «certainly has enough to incentivize our membership to go out and build as much affordable housing as they possibly can.»

HCR's Rural and Urban Community Investment Fund supports retail, commercial or community facility components of mixed - use affordable housing developments in urban and rural communities statewide, as well as supporting preservation of existing affordable multi-family rental housing in rural areas of the State.

Every portion of our country is holding this discussion, and we can lead on this as well by supporting policies that promote the availability of affordable housing.

We do not see arguing for fairer wealth distribution, decent jobs with good pay, terms and conditions and a substantial increase in affordable housing for the next generation as a leftwing agenda.

«The mayor made his position clear, as well, that he wasn't in favor of wage standards because of the belief that wage standards would reduce the production of affordable housing.

Recommendations range from a need to build more affordable housing, through to proposals for a «Help to Rent» scheme which could help more young people negotiate the challenges of saving for a deposit and costly monthly rents, as well as better mental health support and incentives to encourage companies to take on more young apprentices.

Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins in a statement is backing changes to the 421a real - estate tax abatement that include both an affordable housing expansion as well as a prevailing wage component.

Meanwhile, Cuomo called for an extension of rent control regulations for New York City as well as the 421a real - estate tax abatement, which he called crucial to affordable housing.

Launching his party's policy paper on families, he argued that the priorities should be flexibility for working families, high quality childcare and care for older people - as well as fairer taxation for all families and more affordable housing.

Her platform centers on affordable housing, as well as what the development of LaGuardia Airport and the plan for Willets Point will mean for rent prices.

De La Rosa said that education was also one of her key legislative concerns as well, along with pay equity for women and the preservation of affordable housing.

He also touted the mansion tax to fund affordable housing for seniors, as well as his 3K for All proposal, which would provide free, quality education for three - year - olds.

In outlining numerous successes The Bronx has seen in recent years, Borough President Diaz noted considerable job growth and new attention from national and international media, as well as billions of dollars in new investment that has been leveraged to create jobs, improve infrastructure and build thousands of units of affordable housing.

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Besides, Bill de Blasio is a proven leader who is used to coming from behind,» said Assemblymember Gabriela Rosa, who pointed to the candidate's promise to create thousands of additional units of affordable housing, as well as his emphasis on providing universal pre-kindergarten.

If elected, he said he would focus on creating more affordable housing as well as addressing quality - of - life issues like graffiti and illegal dumping, and would make it a point to be responsive to constituents» everyday problems.

«So it would be a jobs program, and affordable housing program and energy program as well as a desegregation program.»