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Minnesota housing announces nearly $18 million to improve public housing
Funding will support safety and energy efficiency improvements for more than 2,400 units (Saint Paul, MN) Minnesota Housing approved funding awards today to make urgent safety and energy conservation improvements to the state’s aging public housing s...
Rep. Ellison in Star Tribune: Housing Funding Strategy is Upside Down
Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN) penned the following op-ed in the Minneapolis Star Tribune this morning on our current housing investements.
Paulsen Anti-Sex Trafficking Legislation Passes U.S. Senate
Legislation authored by Congressman Erik Paulsen (MN-03) combating sex trafficking passed the Senate by unanimous consent. The bill, H.R. 4980, the Preventing Sex Trafficking and Strengthening Families Act, includes provisions from previous Paulsen leg...
Klobuchar: Final Water Infrastructure Bill Passes Senate, Heads to President’s Desk to be Signed...
U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar announced today that the Water Resources Reform and Development Act (WRRDA) has passed the Senate and will now head to the President’s desk to be signed into law. The final legislation contains several key provisions Klobuc...
House Passes Bipartisan Amendment to Ensure Foster and Homeless Students Don’t Face Discrimination in...
Today the House of Representatives unanimously passed a bipartisan amendment authored by Reps. Karen Bass (D-Calif.), Tom Marino (R-Penn.), Jim McDermott (D-Wash.) and Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) to H.R. 10, the “Success and Opportunity Through Qualit...
Mayor Mitch Landrieu, Neighborhood Capacity Building Initiative Kick Off Creating Communities for Change Effort...
Today, Mayor Mitch Landrieu, The Neighborhood Capacity Building Initiative (NCBI) and the Mayor’s Neighborhood Engagement Office announced the Creating Communities for Change campaign. The NCBI is a collaborative training program designed to enhance ...
Rep. Ellison Statement on Minneapolis Apartment Fire
Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN) released the following statement on learning of the apartment building and grocery store fire in the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood of Minneapolis:
Rep. Ellison Statement on Expiration of Unemployment Insurance
Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN) released the following statement today as unemployment insurance expires for 1.3 million Americans:
Statement from Commissioner Frans on preliminary property tax levies for 2014
“Since 2002, state and local property taxes have risen by 86%. Property taxes are regressive, disproportionately affecting middle-class Minnesotans, and are levied without taking into account a taxpayer’s income or ability to pay the tax. State and...
Preliminary Property Tax Levies for 2014
Every year at this time, the Minnesota Department of Revenue releases a list of the preliminary maximum property tax levies that have been reported by local governments and have been passed by local school referenda. Local governments are required to s...
MERS Wins Dismissal of Minnesota Counties Recording Case
WASHINGTON, D.C. - August 27, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Reston, Virginia, August 27, 2013— MERSCORP Holdings, Inc. announced that the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota yesterday dismissed a lawsuit filed earlier this year by...
Ellison Calls for Expanded Affordable Housing Presence in Minneapolis
WASHINGTON, D.C. - May 23, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- In advance of a meeting with Deputy Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Maurice Jones, Rep. Keith Ellison (MN-05) wrote HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan calling for the exp...
Rep. Keith Ellison on Nomination of Mel Watt to Oversee Federal Housing Finance Agency
MINNEAPOLIS - May 2, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN), Member of the House Financial Services Committee and Chief Deputy Whip, released the following statement after President Obama announced his intent to nominate Rep. Mel Watt (D-...
Common Sense Housing Investment Act
WASHINGTON, D.C. - March 18, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Common Sense Housing Investment Act (H.R. 6677) will make it easier for middle class and working families to be able to stay in their homes and find affordable rental housing. The bill realign...
MERSCORP Holdings, Inc. Statement on Recorder Fee Suit in Minnesota
Reston, Virginia - February 15, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- There is no merit to the claims against MERSCORP Holdings, Inc. and Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. (MERS) made today by Ramsey and Hennepin Counties in Minnesota. All MERS mortg...
United Properties partners with Jerry’s Enterprises to develop Woodbury retail center
MINNEAPOLIS - February 7, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- United Properties, along with project partner Jerry’s Enterprises, Inc., announced today that it will develop Bielenberg Gardens, a grocery-anchored shopping center in Woodbury, Minn. Located at th...
Mortgage Loan Officers Sentenced for $4.8 Million Mortgage Fraud
MINNEAPOLIS - February 5, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Earlier today in federal court, two mortgage loan officers were sentenced for recruiting straw buyers to purchase properties at inflated prices and then distributing the excess loan funds among thems...
Bachmann Reaffirms Support for the Second Amendment
Anoka, Minn. - February 5, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congresswoman Michele Bachmann released the following statement today reaffirming her support for the Second Amendment.
Dingell Statement on Cancellation of Taylor Housing Commission Voucher Application Event
Taylor, MI - January 15, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, Congressman John D. Dingell (D-MI12) released the statement below following the cancellation of last weekend’s Housing Choice Voucher Application event in Taylor due to a larger-than-expected...
Nolan Sponsors Bill to End Afghanistan War Funding – Calls for Major Reinvestment in...
WASHINGTON, DC - January 15, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Calling for an end to America’s military involvement in Afghanistan, Minnesota’s Eighth District Congressman Rick Nolan said today, “It’s time to stop building infrastructure in Afghanista...
Congressman Ellison introduces Common Sense Housing Investment Act to Invest in Affordable Housing
WASHINGTON, DC - December 21, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN) this week introduced the Common Sense Housing Investment Act (H.R. 6677) to make it easier for middle class and working families to be able to stay in their homes and fi...
Klobuchar Statement on Decline in Number of Homeless Veterans
WASHINGTON, D.C. - December 14, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar today released a statement on the decline in the number of homeless veterans. According to a new report released by the Department of Housing and Urban Development ...
Mortgage Loan Officers Plead Guilty in $1.8 Million Mortgage Fraud
MINNEAPOLIS - August 15, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Yesterday in federal court, two mortgage loan officers pleaded guilty to recruiting straw buyers to purchase properties at inflated prices and then distributing the excess loan funds among themselves,...
Klobuchar’s Bipartisan Bill to Support Homeless Veterans Headed to President’s Desk to Be Signed...
Washington, D.C. - August 2, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar announced that her bipartisan legislation to help fight homelessness among America’s veterans has passed the House and Senate and is headed to the President’s desk ...
Inver Grove Heights Man Indicted in Mortgage Fraud Scam
MINNEAPOLIS - July 16, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- A federal indictment recently unsealed charges an Inver Grove Heights man in connection with soliciting buyers to purchase properties at inflated prices in a multi-million-dollar mortgage fraud scheme. ...
The Boulder Group Arranges Sale of a Single Tenant Net Leased Walgreens Property in...
Northbrook, IL - May 11, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Boulder Group, a net leased investment brokerage firm, has completed the sale of a single tenant net leased Walgreens property located at 910 Broadway Street in Alexandria, MN for $5,075,000.
Savage Man Sentenced for Participating in $13 Million Mortgage Fraud Scheme
MINNEAPOLIS, MN - April 3, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Earlier today in federal court, a 37-year-old Savage man was sentenced for participating in a $13 million mortgage fraud scheme that involved no fewer than 25 properties in Prior Lake, Savage, and M...
Ellison Urges President Obama to Continue Heating Assistance for Minnesotans
WASHINGTON, DC - January 31, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) joined 103 members of Congress today to urge President Obama to help Minnesotans heat their homes during winter. The Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP)...
Property tax levies for 2012 are proposed to increase by an average of 1.2...
Saint Paul - November 23, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Property tax levies are proposed to increase an average of 1.2 percent statewide if proposed local tax levies are adopted by local governments later this year. Levy increases combined with the elimin...
Webster Man Sentenced for Bilking More Than $7 Million from Mortgage Lenders
MINNEAPOLIS, MN - September 29, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Earlier today in federal court in St. Paul, a 28-year-old Webster man was sentenced for bilking more than $7 million from at least 15 real estate mortgage lending companies between 2005 and 200...