There are persistent problems in poorer neighborhoods, where more crumbling housing infrastructure provides harborage for rodents.
£2.3bn housing infrastructure fund to create 100,000 new homes in areas of high demand.
SIR —Mayor Bloomberg's plan for New York City 2030 offers laudable goals for the environment, housing, infrastructure and transit.
The city's housing infrastructure is crumbling, the result of widespread neglect, corruption and a stultifying government bureaucracy.
It made sense to the authorities to make land accessible to create housing infrastructure and for institutions to develop.
That includes, he said, "everything related to housing, infrastructure; I haven't abandoned my interest in transportation either".
The president has used the proceeds to fund popular projects, such as low-income housing, infrastructure and transfers to poor families with children.
The Niño of 1982-83 cost Ecuador $165m in damage to its housing, infrastructure, farms, fisheries and industry, according to the civil-defence organisation.
The proposals included efforts to reduce double-digit inflation; tax breaks for education, housing and medical costs; and more spending for housing, infrastructure and military equipment.
Instead of repeating this mistake in New York, the city should invest in the keys to a lasting community: affordable housing, infrastructure upgrades and access to the Hudson River.
"There is simply inadequate housing infrastructure to support all these newcomers," says Farha, adding that the urgency of the situation means governments will have to act.
