Stabenow Statement Following Senate Committee Hearing on Energy Efficiency Programs
March 12, 2010 Posted by Michigan RealEstateRama
WASHINGTON, DC - March 12, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) — U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, made the following statement after the committee held a hearing to review proposals designed to create jobs by making buildings energy efficient. The committee heard testimony from Terrence Mierzwa with Consumers Energy, headquartered in Jackson as well as Larry Laseter with Masco Home Services located in Taylor. The committee considered three proposals, including two supported by Senator Stabenow, the Building Star Energy Efficiency Act and the Home Star Energy Efficiency Retrofit Program.
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Statement from Senator Gretchen Whitmer on Foreclosure Scams
March 9, 2010 Posted by Michigan RealEstateRama
LANSING, MI - March 9, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) — Today Senator Gretchen Whitmer (D-East Lansing) offered the following statement on the need to protect Michigan consumers from foreclosure scams, and her legislation to help do so. Senate Bill 930, Whitmer’s legislation to develop qualifications and regulations on foreclosure consultants, was introduced in October 2009 and is currently awaiting action by the Senate Banking and Financial Institutions Committee.
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McDonald’s Homeowners’ Foreclosure Assistance Bill Receives Praise, Support at Public Hearing
March 4, 2010 Posted by Connecticut RealEstateRama
March 4, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) — A bill by State Senator Andrew J. McDonald (D-Stamford) that is designed to make banks and other financial institutions work more closely with homeowners during foreclosure proceedings received a strong outpouring of support today during its public hearing before the Judiciary Committee
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Senators McDonald, Kissel Seek to Improve Bank-Homeowner Relationship During Foreclosure
March 1, 2010 Posted by Connecticut RealEstateRama
March 1, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) — State Senators Andrew J. McDonald (D-Stamford) and John Kissel (R-Enfield), the Senate Chairman and Ranking Member, respectively, of the Judiciary Committee, today unveiled a new legislative proposal designed to make banks and other financial institutions work more closely with homeowners during foreclosure proceedings.
Bennet Works to Forbid Mortgage Providers From Moving Forward on Potentially-Preventable Home Foreclosures
March 1, 2010 Posted by Colorado RealEstateRama
Washington, DC - March 1, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) — Michael Bennet, U.S. Senator for Colorado, today sent a letter to the U.S. Treasury Department encouraging them to forbid mortgage providers from initiating or continuing the foreclosure process until they determine whether a homeowner is eligible for mortgage loan assistance through the Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP). The Treasury is reportedly considering this change as part of its loan modification program
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As Budget Resolution is Crafted, Senators Say Bank and Housing Emergency Spending Should Be Used to Pay Back Taxpayers Through Deficit Reduction
February 25, 2010 Posted by Colorado RealEstateRama
Washington, DC - February 25, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) — With the U.S. Senate expected to take up the Budget for the upcoming fiscal year in the next few weeks, Senators Michael Bennet (D-CO), Bob Corker (R-TN) and Jon Tester (D-MT) are telling Senate budget leaders to ensure funds repaid by beneficiaries of taxpayer-funded emergency spending are used to pay down the debt, not fund further deficit spending. The Senators urged the Senate Budget Committee to adopt the Pay It Back plan as part of the Senate’s Budget, and noticed an intent to file an amendment that mirrors Bennet’s Pay It Back Act, which requires returned emergency spending to go towards deficit reduction, if budget leaders don’t include Pay It Back provisions as part of the Budget
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More Than $1 Million to Council Bluffs, Marshalltown from HUD
January 27, 2010 Posted by Iowa RealEstateRama
WASHINGTON, DC - January 27, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) — Senator Chuck Grassley today said that $1,045,000 from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development was released to Council Bluffs and Marshalltown through the regular appropriations process.
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Whitmer Donates to Grand Rapids Foreclosure Program to Highlight Need for Reforms
January 18, 2010 Posted by Michigan RealEstateRama
LANSING, MI - January 18, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) — Today, State Senator Gretchen Whitmer (D-East Lansing), originally of Cascade, announced that her entire December legislative expense account was donated to a Grand Rapids foreclosure assistance program to highlight the need for government reform and more transparency in state spending.
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$93,536 to Iowa from HUD
January 18, 2010 Posted by Iowa RealEstateRama
WASHINGTON, Dc - January 18, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) — Senator Chuck Grassley today said that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has awarded a $93,536 grant through a competitive process to the Iowa Civil Rights Commission in Des Moines through the Education and Outreach Initiative in U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Fair Housing Initiatives program.
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$95,893 to Iowa for Housing
January 13, 2010 Posted by Iowa RealEstateRama
WASHINGTON, DC - January 13, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) — Senator Chuck Grassley said today that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has awarded grants totaling $95,893 to the Des Moines Municipal Housing Agency and the Eastern Iowa Regional Housing Authority through the Family Self Sufficiency Program.
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