Sentence examples for housing mandates from inspiring English sources

But the S.E.C. complaint makes almost no mention of affordable housing mandates.

The Anti-Discrimination Center alleged that Westchester had lied when, while applying for federal housing money, it claimed to have complied with fair housing mandates.

Southold's economy has been harmed by its recent subdivision moratorium, affordable housing mandates and inclusionary zoning polices ("Southold Is Bracing for Flood of Building," Jan . 23.

Fannie and Freddie, which were required by law to meet certain "affordable housing mandates," were the primary instruments of that government policy; their need to meet those mandates, says Wallison, is what caused them to dive so heavily into those "risky" mortgages.

Other issues such as the ignoring of affordable housing mandates and the poor state of the economy and the growing budget deficit have been getting more play since the scandal.

The move is unlikely to help attract the private money needed to supply the 10% in equity underpinning bonds issued under the new plan.Opponents of Fannie and Freddie contend that the two played a key role in the crisis by encouraging the issuance of loans with tiny downpayments through a benign-sounding "affordable housing" mandate.

The restrictionist trend is hitting cities and local governments, too, hundreds of which have passed laws and ordinances touching on immigration, including requiring employers to certify workers' legal status, cracking down on rental housing, mandating English as an official language, and forbidding day laborers to seek work in public.

These advocates said the affordable housing mandate that forces towns to approve developments that include affordable housing, which can cover a vast range of rents as low as a few hundred dollars a month to more than $2,000 -- may be even more needed today than when originally established in 1989.

During the recent credit expansion, homeowners seeking mortgages to flip homes, as well as Fannie and Freddie with their affordable housing mandate and ensuing interest in securitized sub-prime mortgages, seem to have been the equivalent of the less-sophisticated, day-trading retail investor feeding the dot-com bubble.

Measure JJJ (L.A. City affordable housing mandate): No. Measure RRR (L.A. DWP reform): Yes.

While the city of Chicago has a (largely theoretical) 10percentt affordable housing mandate for new developments, activists in Pilsen successfully doubled that number in 2005.