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Rebates and Expertise for Homeowners to Install Rain Gardens
WASHINGTON, D.C. - December 18, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- This winter is the perfect time for Tacoma residents to start thinking about gardening. Or, more specifically, about rain gardens. The City of Tacoma has launched a pilot incentive program to h...
Seattle Adopts Plan for Saving Resources in City-Owned Buildings
WASHINGTON, D.C. - December 18, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The City of Seattle has adopted a Resource Conservation Management Plan (RCMP) that outlines how the City will reduce energy use in City-owned buildings 20% by 2020. A 20% energy use reduction ...
City announces $27 Million in affordable housing investments
SEATTLE - December 17, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Mayor Mike McGinn and Office of Housing Director Rick Hooper have announced over $27 million in affordable housing investments, funded primarily from the Seattle Housing Levy. The 2013 funding awards ar...
Council passes resolution relating to principle reduction, foreclosure
SEATTLE - December 17, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- City Council unanimously adopted a Resolution today relating to principle mortgage reduction and foreclosure. The resolution establishes a City of Seattle Interdepartmental Team, or IDT, which will eval...
A reason to be thankful: Residents purchase Oak Harbor mobile-home park
OAK HARBOR, Wash. - December 3, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- When the homeowners in the 59-site mobile-home park formerly known as Thunderbird gathered to give thanks last week, they had something new to add to the list: They now owned the land under the...
KCHA spearheads successful effort to preserve nine subdized apartment complexes in statewide effort
WASHINGTON, D.C. - December 3, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- When a portfolio of nine privately owned Section 8-assisted housing complexes located in five counties scattered across Washington state was offered for sale last spring, the King County Housing...
COLLEGE ACCESS: Murray, Landrieu, Baldwin Bill Would Help Homeless and Foster Youth Get to...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - November 21, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, U.S. Senators Patty Murray (D-WA), Mary Landrieu (D-LA), and Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) introduced the Higher Education Access and Success for Homeless and Foster Youth Act, legislation that w...
City of Tacoma and King County Office of Civil Rights Receive Additional $109,500 from...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - November 8, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The City of Tacoma and King County Office of Civil Rights received additional funding for more comprehensive fair housing education and outreach efforts.
Housing, community development manager wins national award
Vancouver, WA - October 31, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Pete Munroe, program manager for Clark County’s Housing and Community Development Program, was honored with the Roy D. Hoover Award last week by the National Association for County Community and ...
New neighborhood opens: Ribbon-cutting at Seola Gardens celebrates completion of 87 new apartments at...
White Center - October 25, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The final 87 low-income apartments at Seola Gardens in White Center have opened, bringing to 177 the total number of apartment homes at this new mixed-income, master-planned community. All site dev...
2nd Half Property Taxes Due October 31 2013
WASHINGTON, D.C. - October 21, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Doug Lasher, Clark County Treasurer, stated that second-half property taxes are due on Thursday, October 31, 2013. “If you have not received your 2013 second-half tax statement or have lost it...
Larsen Announces Nearly $4 Million for Affordable Housing and Economic Development in Snohomish County
WASHINGTON, D.C. - September 23, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Rep. Rick Larsen, WA-02, today announced that Snohomish County will receive nearly $4 million in federal grants to increase affordable housing, improve the quality and number of emergency home...
Homeowners association workshop Oct. 4 in Spokane
WASHINGTON, D.C. - September 11, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- OLYMPIA...The Office of Secretary of State's Corporations and Charities Division is sponsoring a homeowners association workshop in Spokane on Oct. 4.
KCHA and Boys & Girls Clubs of Bellevue celebrate two new clubhouses in East...
Bellevue - September 10, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- In addition to backpacks, binders and book covers, the children at two federally assisted complexes in Bellevue will also start the school year with new after-school learning facilities.
Commission on Aging to focus on shared housing concept, details
Vancouver, WA - September 10, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Shared housing will be the topic of a Tuesday, Sept. 17, meeting of the Commission on Aging.
Instead of Rushing Home for August Recess, Congress Should Invest in Aging Bridges
WASHINGTON, D.C. - September 6, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Rep. Rick Larsen, WA-02, today urged his colleagues to take up and pass the SAFE Bridges Act, a bill he introduced with Reps. Nick Rahall, W.Va-03, and Peter DeFazio, Ore.-04. The House of Repr...
Mailing the Second Half 2013 Property Tax Statements
WASHINGTON, D.C. - September 6, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Doug Lasher, Clark County Treasurer, announced that second-half 2013 property tax statements have been mailed. Property tax statements include property tax levy amounts, special assessments, an...
The Dave Hanson Home Team Closes a Ballard Real Estate home In Seattle
Seattle, WA - September 1, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Dave Hanson Home Team, leading Ballard Real Estate agent in Seattle at Keller Williams Greater Seattle, has sold another home for an Olympic Manor Resident. The Dave Hanson Home Team, specializi...
Washington homeowners received $1.2 billion in consumer relief under National Mortgage Settlement
SEATTLE - August 27, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced that the five banks covered under the National Mortgage Settlement have reported providing over $1.2 billion dollars in consumer relief to Washington homeowners. A...
Consumers Should Use Caution When Dealing With Mortgage Payment Companies Like Nationwide Biweekly Administration,...
OLYMPIA - August 27, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Washington State Department of Financial Institutions (DFI) announced today that it issued a Statement of Charges against Nationwide Biweekly Administration, Inc. (Nationwide), a company that accepts ...
Cantwell Introduces Bipartisan Bill to Bolster Construction of Affordable Housing
WASHINGTON, D.C. - August 5, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Yesterday, U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA) introduced a bipartisan bill along with 20 colleagues to bolster investments in affordable housing developments and the construction jobs that they su...
U.S. Senate Passes Congressman Denny Heck’s First Bill
WASHINGTON, D.C. - August 2, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The U.S. Senate approved Congressman Denny Heck’s first bill last night by a unanimous, bipartisan voice vote. The bill, cosponsored by Congressman Mike Fitzpatrick (R-PA), gives the Federal Hou...
City announces funding award for services for homeless children
SEATTLE - July 15, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, Mayor Mike McGinn announced the award of $105,500 to Sound Mental Health for behavioral health services to homeless families with young children
HOMELESS VETERANS: Murray Announces More Than $7 Million for Homeless Prevention in Washington
WASHINGTON, D.C. - July 12, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray, Chairman of the Senate Housing Appropriations Subcommittee and senior member of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee, announced that nine state non-profit comm...
Community Cleanup in Tacoma on June 22
WASHINGTON, D.C. - June 25, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Single-family and duplex homeowners and renters in Tacoma’s Stafford, East Stafford and Shaska neighborhoods are preparing to dispose of unsightly debris from 10 a.m. - 1:45 p.m. on June 22 at So...
King County Housing Authority installs electric-vehicle charging station at its adminstrative offices in Tukwila
Tukwila, WA - June 25, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The King County Housing Authority has installed an electric-vehicle charging station at its administrative offices in Tukwila, Wash. KCHA is the first housing authority in the nation to do so. KCHA’...
Latest National Mortgage Settlement report shows progress made, more work to be done
OLYMPIA - June 20, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) - Attorney General Bob Ferguson said the latest report by the national monitor on the progress of five servicers subject to the National Mortgage Settlement shows success, but much work remains.
Affordable apartment complex in works near Mill Creek
SEATTLE - June 18, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Thanks to financing from the Washington State Housing Finance Commission, 228 affordable apartments will soon be built in unincorporated Snohomish County—including four- and five-bedroom units for large f...
Reverse Mortgage Reform Bill To Be Considered By The U.S. House Tomorrow
WASHINGTON, D.C. - June 12, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- A bill sponsored by Congressman Denny Heck (D-WA) to enact commonsense reforms to fix the federal reverse mortgage program will be considered by the U.S. House tomorrow. The bill is co-sponsored by...
Homeowners association workshop slated for June 28
WASHINGTON, D.C. - June 11, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- OLYMPIA...The Office of Secretary of State’s Corporations & Charities Division is sponsoring a homeowners association workshop in Tumwater on June 28.