SME Tech is terminating the employment of five engineers in Ontario and Quebec. Wages in lieu is employment income so that organization has to contribute CPP and EI portion in Ontario while in Quebec EI and QPIP portion for employees as per Employment Standard. Vacation pay is employment income and SME has to contribute CPP/QPP, EI, QPIP portion for their employees. While contributing CPP/QPP, EI and QPIP premiums, it is cost to the organization. Severance pay and retiring allowances are employment income and SME tech has not to contribute anything and it is cost free for the…
Dear Senate President Peter Courtney, I live in Salem, Oregon and have been a resident of both Oregon and Salem my entire life. Over the last one to three years I have witnessed increases in rent and lack of affordable housing become a major issue among my friends, peers, and coworkers. It is almost daily that I hear about outrageous rent increases or multiple increases in a year – one hit close to home – my friend who’s living in a single occupant residency had their rent raised by over one hundred dollars. The second rent raise in the last year. For those like my friend who are part of Oregon’s working poor even a lower increase of one hundred dollars can be detrimental.…
Modernizations and upgrades of property leads to profit, and profits lead to the “American Dream.” One may be forced to sacrifice their dream in order to make a stepping stone for another’s dream. Rina Swentzell and Rory Caroll were witnesses to gentrification, yet at different emotions. Swentzell reflects on the sadness of the gentrification of her Native American tribal land, whereas, Rory, a journalist, who’s reporting the anger of the Boyle Heights residents fighting the current neighborhood gentrification.…
Housing programs are very crucial for low-income people and if these people cannot get the support they need, many people will end up on the streets with no where to go. Housing programs are striving for insufficient funding at the federal, state, and local levels. One program that is dealing with budget cuts is the Housing Choice Voucher Program, which means outstandingly reduced resources in Sacramento. A major loss to the Sacramento community was the ending of the Homelessness Prevention & Rapid Re-Housing Program (HPRP), funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Sacramento’s HPRP focused on rapidly transitioning households out of homelessness and preventing at-risk households from entering homelessness” (Sacramento Steps…
Developers are taking down houses in the center of the community, where the zoning permits higher-density construction and where the houses were built on 5,000 square foot and 7,500 square foot properties, roughly a century ago. (Shaman, 2002) The affordability of the land leads to profits, but who are the individuals who are actually making the profits? The same position of powers correlate with Alex Marshall’s article, those who work in Manhattan are the ones living in college point by rent, while those who buy the property and profit are the actual employers and real estate agents who have seen large quantities of money in their income. “A builder will buy an older house on a 50-foot by 100-foot lot for $250,000 in an area that permits two-family construction and then build two attached two-families selling for $450,000 to $500,000 each” (Shaman, 2002)…
Provide a brief introduction about the city and why you chose it. The city of San Jose is in the heart of Silicon Valley in Northern California. San Jose has the third largest population in California. San Jose is unique because it has a very congested high rise city area as well as suburban and small communities within the city.…
From afar, the city of San Ramon appears to be a quaint, suburban California city. However, the term “quaint” is not totally accurate. There are a multitude of beautiful homes, apartments, and schools being constructed, and have been for the last 2 decades, and there are plenty of lovely parks for people of all ages to enjoy as well. This is the community that I have spent all the years of my life; this is my hometown of San Ramon. East of the infamous metropolis of San Francisco, sits San Ramon - located in Contra Costa County, California.…
Gentrification brings not only an increase in tax revenue that benefits the Mission District, but also San Francisco and California overall, which results in increased economic activity, more jobs, a boost in land values, and more public investment in buildings and infrastructure. Since 1995, over 100,000 people have been added to San Francisco’s population, and the Mission specifically has seen an increase of 13% to their total population (“Mission Community Organizing”). This is beneficial because the rapid population growth fuels jobs and opportunities while bringing in more tax revenue to the city. Millions of dollars come through San Francisco through the tax revenue that the gentrification process brings (Poblet). Business Columnist,…
When trying to address a problem it is important recognize the correct framing of the issue at hand. Moreover, for a more strategic policy approach, it is important to recognize the framing dependent on your individual and situational experience to the issue. The reality is that the risks of unhealthy schools affect poorer neighborhoods disproportionately more than higher-income neighborhoods due to lacking the support to fully implement an overall healthy school environment. These unjust, differing patterns of school experience contribute to the growing gaps in educational and health trajectories by income and race we see in kids across the country. These differences are the result from a continuing history of policy decisions and institutional…
Merriam Webster defines Gentrification as, “the process of renewal and rebuilding accompanying the influx of middle-class or affluent people into deteriorating areas that often displaces poorer residents”. On Urban Dictionary, where users can submit their own definitions of words, one person believes gentrification is “When a bunch of white people move to the ghetto and open up a bunch of cupcake shops”, while another definition from the same site states Gentrification is ,“a racist term used by hispanics to express displeasure over having a white person living near them”. The term gentrification was coined by Ruth Glass in 1964 as she described the displacement of London’s working class residents caused by middle class newcomers (Glass, 1964).…
Public Housing in the United States has by many been considered to be a major failure. It has generally failed to provide its residents with a safe environment to live, and outside of the buildings often plagued with violence, segregation, lack of upward mobility, the failure to maintain the buildings for its residents, and unemployment have led to failure in the public housing system. While changes are being made to improve public housing and root out problems such as racism, and corruption within the housing authority, overwhelmingly the history of what was supposed to be a revolutionary way of living for urban poor, has been a failure. Due to the decline of the city at the time public housing arose, racism, and the failure of the federal…
Additionally, this problem is the case for many people across America as they are living in apartments, condos, or in the heart of the city. A report done by the U.S. Census showed that 62 percent of the population lives in cities (Bureau). Although under some circumstances where people do have access to a backyard in their home, often people are renting their homes for a short period. Over the years, the increase in renting has skyrocketed in Millennials, according to a study done by City Lab, a reporting company that covers the pressing issues in metro areas found that, “the share of renters between the ages of 18 and 34 jumped from 62.5 percent in 2006 to 71.6 percent in 2014” (Florida). Under strict renting policies, landlords tend to be…
The pressure builds up as wealthier people start moving in replacing those who left or will leave. Furthermore, when housing and renting prices rise, those who are unable to afford it will be forced to plan an alternative way to save their homes. In Saki Knafo’s article, “Is Gentrification a Human Rights Violation?,” he expresses his concern, “what happens to those people who can’t afford to stay in these “revitalized” neighborhoods? ,” (Knafo 12). Often, these low-income residents who can’t manage to pay will either struggle to compensate for the payments until they face eviction or eventually be forced to move out instantly.…
Introduction Gentrification is a trend in urban communities that causes the displacement of lower income, long-time residents and small businesses with affluent middle class households. Due to the shift in culture and socio-economic status of these urban communities, there is an increase in property and rental taxes, which makes it impossible for the lower income families to compete with the rising housing rates. Gentrification has been identified as a social problem. The Fair Housing Act of 1968 was implemented to address discrimination in the housing market. This public policy can also be utilized to tackle the social injustice of gentrification.…
The topic that is widely discussed in big cities is gentrification. When my peers were asked, what they defined gentrification as, they described it as “rich people coming into cheaper neighborhoods.” According to their definition, gentrification has not been a positive effect to the majority, the lower classes. Gentrification is the occurrence when wealthy classes come into affordable neighborhood. As a result, this usually raises prices as store and homeowners see an opportunity to gain more money.…