Costs also increased, Havner said, because of bonuses paid to workers for increasing occupancy rates and because of weather-related repairs and upkeep at sites around the country.
Fees for upkeep have increased sharply over the last decade, according to the Council of New York Cooperatives and Condominiums, which publishes an annual report of co-op and condo charges based on data gathered from members.
The struggle to survive within this environment where women face increased responsibilities for family upkeep compels women and girls to trade sex in exchange for food, water, shelter, protection and other basic commodities for themselves and their children [ 8, 34- 36].
Mr. Lesko said that fines collected townwide for building code and other property upkeep violations increased to $356,395 from June to December 2009, up from $131,765 for the same period the year before.
Beyond the ongoing erosion of sweet spots, where incremental builds for wind and solar become more difficult (many of their best utility-scale locations have already been picked), the increasing need for upkeep will slow new builds as well.
But there has been an organized effort to make the improvement of the city's 1,704 parks a major issue in this year's mayoral race and to get the six major candidates in both parties to promise to increase the budget for their upkeep.
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Even as the backlog of repairs has grown significantly, officials have been hesitant to shift the burden back to property owners or back local tax increases to pay for upkeep.
Landlords countered that regulation increased rents of unregulated apartments, restricted building upkeep and discouraged new construction.
She also singled out as a top goal one mentioned by Mr. Bush in his presidential campaign: a major effort to increase financing for the national parks to overcome a backlog in maintenance and upkeep.
Upkeep expenses over the last three years have increased 36% to about $1.3 billion when compared to the same time frame a decade ago.
