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Himes Calls on Conn. Officials to Help Shoreline Homeowners
WASHINGTON, DC - February 4, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congressman Jim Himes (CT-4) today called on the Connecticut Interagency Hazard Mitigation Committee to reconsider a controversial decision not to consider municipal grant requests for homeowners ...
Federal Grants to Help IL Homeowners Afford Critical Repairs
CHICAGO - January 22, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- A new round of $6.1 million in federal funds will help low-income homeowners, including seniors and persons with disabilities, afford the necessary repairs to stay in their homes. The Illinois Housing De...
N.C. Rural Infrastructure Authority Board Approves First Round of Grants
Raleigh, NC - January 17, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- N.C. Commerce Secretary Sharon Decker and Assistant Secretary for Rural Development Dr. Pat Mitchell announced today that the N.C. Rural Infrastructure Authority (RIA) approved 18 grants totaling $11...
Federal Home Loan Bank of New York Awards $1.4 Million in Affordable Housing Grants...
New York, NY - January 16, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Federal Home Loan Bank of New York announced today the award of an $857,500 grant to the St. John Fruit Belt Development Corporation to help finance the St. John Townhomes II project, which will...
Runyan Announces $442,500 Affordable Housing Grant in Toms River
TOMS RIVER, NJ - January 15, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Federal Home Loan Bank of New York announced today the award of a $442,500 grant to Project Freedom, Inc. to help finance the Freedom Village at Toms River project, which will construct a 72-u...
pascrell renews call for State to Reopen Grant Programs for Home Elevations
WASHINGTON, D.C. - January 15, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- In continuing his efforts to assist families devastated by Hurricane Sandy, today U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) renewed his call for Governor Christie to reopen applications for two fed...
Dr. Ruiz Announces $1,500,000 in Grants to Restore Infrastructure Damaged by Wildfire
WASHINGTON, D.C. - January 13, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, Dr. Raul Ruiz (D-Palm Desert) announced $1,500,000 in funding for the repair or reconstruction of Federal-aid highways and roads that have suffered serious damage as a result of wildfires...
Iowa Finance Authority Awards $49,000 Grant to Hope Haven, Inc. for Affordable Rental Housing...
The Iowa Finance Authority Board of Directors today awarded a $49,000 grant to Hope Haven, Inc. to assist in the acquisition and rehabilitation of a home in Sibley that will provide affordable rental housing for four persons with disabilities. The fund...
MISSOURI APARTMENT OWNER ORDERED TO PAY $20,000 TO RESOLVE DISCRIMINATION CHARGE
WASHINGTON, D.C. - January 8, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced today that the owner and management company of a Kansas City, Missouri apartment complex will pay $20,000 to resolve allegatio...
MRC seeks qualified housing search entities for those served by the Money Follows the...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - January 8, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission (MRC) seeks to create a pool of qualified housing search entities (HSEs) to perform specific housing search tasks to assist in finding community-based ...
New Orleans Mayor Landrieu joins Wells Fargo, NeighborWorks America and Hope Enterprise to announce...
NEW ORLEANS - January 7, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Wells Fargo, NeighborWorks America® and Hope Enterprise Corporation today joined Mayor Mitch Landrieu to announce the New Orleans NeighborhoodLIFT® program, an initiative offering $5.15 million from...
Griffin: New Arkansas Veterans Home Construction Made Eligible for Federal Grant
Congressman Tim Griffin (AR-02) issued the following statement after the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs included Arkansas on its FY2014 Priority Group 1 List of pending State Veteran Home Construction Grant Projects
Congresswoman Duckworth Announces Housing and Urban Development Grants for the City of Elgin and...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - January 3, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, Congresswoman Tammy Duckworth (IL-08) announced that the City of Elgin and DuPage county will receive Housing Choice Voucher - Family Self-Sufficiency (FSS) grants for $66,194 and $88,710,...
The Home Depot Foundation Gives BEOF Grant for Bayonne Veterans
WASHINGTON, D.C. - December 27, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Mayor Mark A. Smith announced that The Home Depot Foundation has awarded the Bayonne Economic Opportunity Foundation (BEOF) a $5,000 grant to help economically disadvantaged veterans in Bayonne...
SCHUMER: OVER 900 HOMES AFFECTED BY NISSEQUOGUE RIVER’S RECURRING FLOODING PROBLEM; URGES FEMA TO...
New York, NY - December 23, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer today urged the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to approve Suffolk County’s application for hazard mitigation grants that would help support the Northea...
Governor Corbett Awards Incentive Grants for Innovative Projects
Harrisburg - December 17, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Governor Tom Corbett today awarded nearly $2 million in Alternative Fuel Incentive Grants (AFIG) to four successful applicants for their innovative alternative fuel technology projects.
Congress negotiates FY 2014 spending level – ACT NOW!
WASHINGTON, D.C. - December 13, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- This week, the conference committee tasked with coming up with a topline spending number for FY 2014 reached a deal. They’ve come up with a deal that would set FY 2014 total spending at aroun...
CHRISTIE ADMINISTRATION ANNOUNCES AWARD OF MORE THAN $6 MILLION IN SMALL CITIES BLOCK GRANTS
TRENTON - December 11, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The New Jersey Department of Community Affairs (DCA) today announced the awards of more than $6 million in Small Cities Block Grants to municipalities in New Jersey. The 19 grants will benefit 16 munici...
Bateman-Ciattarelli-Simon Welcome News of $8.7 Million in School Construction Grants
WASHINGTON, D.C. - December 9, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Senator Christopher “Kip” Bateman, Assemblyman Jack Ciattarelli and Assemblywoman Donna Simon, all R-Somerset, Hunterdon, Mercer and Middlesex, welcomed the Christie administration’s annou...
Acquisition: Rebuilding Homes and Lives on Safer Ground
LINCROFT, N.J. - December 6, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- In New Jersey, Superstorm Sandy destroyed or damaged 40,500 primary residences. Two years ago, in the aftermath of Hurricane Irene, FEMA granted nearly $152 million to New Jersey for housing assis...
MSHDA Awards Nearly $600,000 in Housing Counseling Grants to Agencies That Provide Foreclosure-related Services
LANSING, Mich. - December 6, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Michigan State Housing Development Authority (MSHDA) Executive Director Scott Woosley today announced three counseling agencies will receive National Mortgage Settlement (NMS) Fund grants to help ...
O’Scanlon Lauds $37.8 Million School Construction Grants for Monmouth County Schools
WASHINGTON, D.C. - December 5, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Assembly Republican Budget Officer Declan O’Scanlon today called the announcement by the Christie administration that Monmouth County will receive $37.8 million in school facilities grants “...
Gerratana: State Investment Bringing Major Improvements to Affordable Housing to New Britain
WASHINGTON, D.C. - November 25, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Senator Terry Gerratana joined Governor Dannel P. Malloy in announcing a predevelopment grant for Security Manor in New Britain. Security Manor is one of seven affordable housing facilities tha...
PHA Receives Choice Neighborhoods Planning Grant
WASHINGTON - November 22, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Shaun Donovan announced today that nine communities across the U.S. will receive Choice Neighborhoods Planning Grants. The $4.37 million awarded to...
Public Meeting Dec. 5 for Community Development Dept. Annual Action Plan
WASHINGTON, D.C. - November 21, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The City of Knoxville's Community Development Department is developing its 2014 Annual Action Plan for use of Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), HOME Investment Partnerships Act, and Eme...
Christie Administration announces grants through the Local Aid Infrastructure Fund program
Trenton - November 19, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Christie Administration today announced seven grants totaling $1,933,000 through the New Jersey Department of Transportation’s Local Aid Infrastructure Fund (LAIF) program to help municipalities i...
Christie Administration Distributes More Than $1 Million In Sandy Homeowner And Renter Assistance Program...
Trenton, NJ - November 19, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Christie Administration today announced that since its launch last month, more than $1 million in Sandy Homeowner and Renter Assistance funding has been disbursed to residents in the state’s h...
CHRISTIE ADMINISTRATION AWARDS $18.6 MILLION IN MUNICIPAL AND COUNTY GRANTS TO BOLSTER LOCAL RECYCLING...
TRENTON - November 19, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- New Jersey’s municipalities and counties will receive more than $18.6 million in state recycling grants to help implement and enhance local recycling efforts, Department of Environmental Protection (D...
Himes, Blumenthal, Murphy Announce $137,000 in Grants to Help Homeless Veterans
Washington, DC - November 15, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) Chris Murphy (D-CT), and U.S. Representative Jim Himes (D-CT-4) announced that Applied Behavioral Rehabilitation Institute (ABRI) in Bridgeport secu...
Leahy, Sanders, Welch: Vermont nets $350,000 for housing condition improvements
THURSDAY, - November 14, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Senators Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and U.S. Representative Peter Welch (D-Vt.) Thursday announced $350,000 in grants awarded to four organizations across Vermont to improve ho...
