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3 affordable housing projects that serve as social catalysts

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Eleven million people in this country are paying more than half of their income for rent, and these are low-income people,” says Richard Burns, CEO of the NHP Foundation, a national not-for-profit provider of affordable housing. Affordable housing is housing built for people who earn 80% or less of the area median income (AMI).

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New York Incentives and Workforce Development Guide

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The updated New York incentives guide is brought to you by Real Street Expo , a new event sponsored by Business Facilities and Today’s Facility Manager magazines. For a list of New York economic development agencies that can help with the site selection process, visit our Online Site Seekers’ Guide.

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November 2019 Brings Eight Top Construction Projects in US

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This winter is snowing new building projects all over the US of A. From small houses and shops to major residential, offices, and retail we are seeing a lot of developments starting in the last couple of months. acre New York site, the project is designed to provide 1350 apartments. Spreading over the expensive 4.3-acre

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Millionaire Sitt Invests $1 Million To Improve NYC Airport Infrastructure; Launches Global Gateway Alliance

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Sitt, CEO of Thor Equities is taking it upon himself to improve the infrastructure of New York City’s airports. In fact, it’s predicted that the New York metropolitan region could well face $79 billion in economic losses by 2025 if we don’t do something about the declining state of our airport infrastructure.

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Google reveals a staggering drop in movement of people around the world during the global coronavirus pandemic as trips to shops, parks and workplaces plummet

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Hard hit regions outside China, such as Lombardy, Spain, New York and London, show significant decreases in public mobility. London and New York, the epicentres of their respective countries, have also seen a significant drop in movement. It also found New Yorkers are going to the grocery store 32 per cent less often. .

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Cracking the code of affordable housing

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MFPRO+ Blog Mixed-Use Affordable Housing Senior Living Design Apartments Designers Architects New Project Portfolios A wave of residential projects rising across the country is meeting an insatiable demand, given the estimated shortage of 7.3 million homes that are accessible to low-income renters.

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GreenPoint Rated goes national: what multifamily developers need to know

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If you’re developing a mixed-use space with apartments over ground floor retail, you won’t be able to certify your non-residential space with GPR (though if your non-residential space outperforms the energy code, there will be additional GPR points available for your residential space).