The WHQS was introduced by the Welsh government in 2002 to help improve social housing standards.
The i2i Can-do Toolkit provides guidance to registered social landlords building new affordable homes and working towards the Welsh Housing Quality Standards (WHQS) on making targeted recruitment and training a condition of contract when they appoint companies to carry out work on their behalf.
In the Saint Paul case, landlords argue the city stepped up enforcement of its housing codes, beyond the standards for federally subsidized housing, and that raised costs and lowered the availability of low-income housing.
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The two economies are very different, with wildly varying incomes, prices (most especially on housing) and standards of living.
Local standards limit housing, utilities, and transportation expenses, including vehicle ownership as well as operating costs.
The move comes as the banking industry has adopted stricter credit standards after the housing collapse.
Banks have raised their credit standards since the housing bubble burst and are demanding larger down payments.
Along with the historic housing boom came a breakdown in standards.
Inspectorates are now being set up to examine standards in hospitals and council housing.
The Federal Housing Administration (FHA) created national standards for home construction that continue to be used today.
According to Jonathan Banks, executive automotive analyst with the NADA Used Car Guide, used-vehicle prices will remain largely at their lofty levels because of looser lending standards, recovery in the housing and construction markets, a gradual decrease in unemployment levels, an increase in supply from booming new-car sales and pent-up consumer demand.
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In the new law housing allowances are based on Internal Revenue Service standards for each county.
With money easy, the already buoyant U.S. housing market began to go berserk as lending standards started to decline precipitously.
Later the minister was questioned on the Scottish Social Housing Charter , which sets out the minimum standards for landlords.
The National Association of Realtors says the fallout from the subprime crises will lead to higher loan standards, prolonging recovery in the housing market.
More than half of those who responded to the survey were not satisfied with standards of military equipment and resources given to them to do their jobs, while some 40% were unhappy with service accommodation, and 55% were dissatisfied with the standards of maintenance of their service housing.
But industry body Homes for Scotland said the proposed changes to building standards could "deepen Scotland's housing crisis".
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Limitations on housing construction are weak job growth, tight credit standards for home buyers, and developer financing challenges.
The colonias were built to meet the demand for cheap housing, with little concern for structural integrity or standards of living.
This drove up prices, which because houses are collateral for housing loans, led to futher easing in lending standards and a further increase in price.
The substantial drop in delinquency rate and loan-to-value ratio for borrowers who purchased homes in the years after 2007 is likely a product of the tightened lending standards implemented in the post-bubble housing market.
They also reflect a growing feeling that much 20th-century housing in Britain is pretty drab and uninspiring by the standards of previous eras.
More likely: banks will continue to hold mortgages on their own books, which implies tighter lending standards will persist and the recovery in the housing market will be constrained.
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Its textile mills, public buildings and workers' housing are built in a harmonious style of high architectural standards and the urban plan survives intact, giving a vivid impression of Victorian philanthropic paternalism.
One sign of positive economic growth is in the housing sector, with house prices still buoyant by recent standards, but elsewhere figures showed that factory activity in the US barely grew in April.
Lennar Chief Executive Stuart Miller said on the call that he expects the housing recovery to be "moderated" by tight lending standards, driving more families into the rental market rather than the for-sale home market.
To meet their affordable housing requirements, therefore, Fannie and Freddie reduced their lending standards and reached into the FHA's turf.
The minister insisted the housing bill would also tackle homelessness, as well as improving standards and tenants' rights in the private rented sector.
The plan strengthening lending standards comes amid fresh news of ongoing turmoil in the housing industry.
That engendered a housing bubble, which was nourished by the complete abdication of lending standards in the banking system.
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