even the simple job of clearing up after her four children leave jenny smith exhausted. and with each task feels her energy draining away. i have to take a daily nap, just so that i can be 0k through tea—time, because i have to, obviously, feed my children, do the school run. today's report says current poverty measures ignore the unavoidable cost someone like jenny faces. she's jotted down for me the extra bills she pays as a lone parent on benefits with a disability. hospital trips, so there's transport which costs more. childcare... and when she was rushed to hospital, extremely ill, even with the help of her family, the costs of looking after the children mounted up. the younger ones, i had to book them into full—time, like, five full days of nursery. their childcare. and that's, you know, it's pretty pricey. i'm still... probably £1,000 in debt with them, because of that. i'm still paying that off. existing measures of povertyjust look at the money a person gets from wages or benefits, but the proposed new measure sets someone's income and any assets they can get ho

i am jenny smith. i represent the construction employers comprised of 100 or so union building contractors in northern california. 25% of whom are san francisco based contractors. our members are the general contractors building the contracts enabled by the proposed central soma plan, multi family, affordable housing. among the members are the nippy brothers, clark construction. mccarthy, dome construction company, cahill contractors. planned construct comp

i am jenny smith. i represent the construction employers comprised of 100 or so union building contractors in northern california. 25% of whom are san francisco based contractors. our members are the general contractors building the contracts enabled by the proposed central soma plan, multi family, affordable housing. among the members are the nippy brothers, clark construction. mccarthy, dome construction company, cahill contractors. planned construct company. the list goes on. a sustained neighborhood by 2040. upholding the appeals in our view would jeopardize 8 million square feet of class a construction. 2 billion in you public benefits and hamper the production of affordable house upping units des -- housing units needed now in the future. many projects will create millions of work hours for union workers and local construction workers. these jobs will pay living wages and provide pension benefits and create numerous apprentice you opportunities and create you the housing. much needed space in the