Sentence examples for residency preference from inspiring English sources
"It's not in violation to pass a residency preference, but implementing it has the potential to be".
Old Saybrook did not write a residency preference into its new affordable-housing ordinance, "wisely, I think," said Maryann Amore, the executive director of the HOPE Partnership, the nonprofit organization working with the town on the 16-unit project.
A PHA preference for admission of families that reside anywhere in a specified area, including families with a member who works or has been hired to work in the area ("residency preference area").
Residency preferences for affordable housing are not illegal.
Zoning ordinances in Westport and Wilton do make reference to residency preferences for affordable housing.
The city of Stamford left residency preferences out of its six-year-old inclusionary ordinance.
The law does allow for residency preferences in affordable housing, said Michael Santoro, a community development specialist in the state Department of Economic and Community Development.
The justice center did the investigation that led to a recent discrimination lawsuit over residency preferences in Smithtown, N.Y., on Long Island.
To some degree, residency preferences reflect fear of the unknown, but those fears are often misguided and unwarranted, said Seila Mosquera, the executive director of NeighborWorks New Horizons, a nonprofit housing agency serving south-central Connecticut.
Several studies have cited clinical role models as being important influences on students' residency preferences [ 5, 21- 24].
