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Mayor Lee Announces San Francisco Exceeded Its Goal Of Housing 100 Chronically Homeless Veterans
WASHINGTON, D.C. - October 9, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Mayor Edwin M. Lee today announced that San Francisco housed 110 chronically homeless veterans in the last 100 days, following a reported 30 percent decline in homelessness among veterans since 2...
CONTINUED FEDERAL SHUTDOWN WILL FORCE LOS ANGELES COUNTY FAMILIES INTO HOMELESSNESS
City of Alhambra - October 3, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- With the second day of the Federal shutdown in effect, local governments are bracing for the worst. The Housing Authority of the County of Los Angeles (HACoLA) operates affordable housing program...
Congresswoman Kaptur Announces Legislation To Bring More Help to Homeless Veterans
WASHINGTON, D.C. - September 26, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Rep. Marcy Kaptur (OH-9) has introduced legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives to make the Ohio Veterans Home and other state veterans homes eligible for homelessness grant fund...
Congresswoman Lowey Announces $360,000 Grant to Prevent Youth Homelessness in Westchester County
WHITE PLAINS, NY - September 26, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congresswoman Nita Lowey (D-Westchester/Rockland), the senior Democrat on the Appropriations Committee, today announced a $360,000 federal grant for Westchester County’s “Westchester Buil...
VETERANS AMONG THE MORE THAN 400 LONG-TERM, DISABLED HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES HOUSED IN...
Chicago, IL - September 25, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- A team of local government and nonprofit leaders recently capped off a 100-day collaborative effort to end chronic homelessness in Chicago, resulting in over 400 individuals and families moving fro...
Sen. Brown and Rep. Kaptur Introduce Bill to Keep Erie County Veterans from Homelessness
WASHINGTON, DC - September 25, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), a senior member of the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee, and U.S. Rep. Marcy Kaptur (OH-9) introduced the State Veterans Home Homelessness Act, legislatio...
DeLauro, Esty Announce $2.84 Million in Federal Housing Grants for Waterbury
WASHINGTON, DC - September 25, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Connecticut Representatives Rosa DeLauro and Elizabeth Esty announced today that the City of Waterbury has been awarded $2,843,381 in federal grants from the Department of Housing and Urban Deve...
CALIFORNIA FOUNDATION AWARDS $25K TO CENTRAL FL HOMELESSS
ORLANDO, Fla. - September 25, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Coalition for the Homeless of Central Florida is honored to be awarded a $25,000 grant from S.L. Gimbel Foundation Advised Fund at The Community Foundation Serving the Counties of Riverside and S...
Ferguson, Borasky, Harding: Nutrition program is government that works
WASHINGTON, D.C. - September 20, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- What if you learned that a group of domestic troublemakers was planning to destabilize the U.S. economy and invite ruinous hardship on millions of Americans, mainly women, children, the disabl...
Governor McCrory Joins Effort to Help Homeless Veterans
Durham, NC - September 20, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Governor Pat McCrory and the Commerce Department's Division of Workforce Solutions are participating in a Stand Down event in Durham today to help homeless veterans find employment and obtain needed...
Mayor Menino Announces New Homelessness Plan
Boston, MA - September 20, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Standing with members of the Leadership Council on Homelessness, Mayor Thomas M. Menino today released a detailed plan to house Boston’s homeless individuals and offer them the support they need t...
Rep. Waxman Urges Governor Brown to Sign the Veterans Housing and Homeless Prevention Act
WASHINGTON, DC - September 20, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, Representative Henry A. Waxman joined 27 members of the California congressional delegation to send a letter to California Governor Jerry Brown urging him to sign AB 639, the Veterans Hou...
Commerce Helps Homeless Vets Find Jobs, Health Services
Durham, N.C. - September 19, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The N.C. Division of Workforce Solutions will participate in a Stand Down in Durham on Friday, September 20, 2013 to help homeless veterans find employment and obtain needed medical, dental, lifes...
ROCKEFELLER, MANCHIN, RAHALL ANNOUNCE SIGNIFICANT FUNDING FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION
WASHINGTON, D.C. - September 9, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Senators Jay Rockefeller and Joe Manchin, along with Congressman Nick Rahall, today announced more than $23 million in federal funding from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)...
Gov. Hickenlooper applauds reopening of Fort Lyon as innovative homeless recovery opportunity
DENVER - September 4, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Fort Lyon reopened today as home to a new collaborative and innovative project that will help end veteran homelessness, reduce chronic homelessness throughout the state and adds jobs in Bent County.
HUD ALLOCATES NEARLY $29 MILLION TO HELPCHICAGO AREA AND STATE OF ILLINOIS TO RECOVER...
WASHINGTON - September 4, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Shaun Donovan today announced the allocation of nearly $29 million to the City of Chicago, Cook County, DuPage County, and the State of Illinois to ...
Congresswoman Corrine Brown Pleased that Homeless will be housed in empty California State Veterans...
Washington, DC - August 28, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- “As a senior member of the Veterans Affairs Committee, in my over 20 years of service on the Committee, I have continually worked to increase access to VA benefits for all veterans. When I visit...
ROCKEFELLER, MANCHIN, RAHALL ANNOUNCE RENTAL ASSISTANCE FOR VETERANS STRUGGLING WITH HOMELESSNESS
WASHINGTON D.C. - August 27, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Senators Jay Rockefeller and Joe Manchin, along with Congressman Nick Rahall, today announced more than $105,000 in federal funding to Raleigh County to provide rental assistance for homeless vete...
Congresswoman Corrine Brown Pleased that Homeless will be Housed in Empty California State Veterans...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - August 26, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congresswoman Corrine Brown made the following statement
As a senior member of the Veterans Affairs Committee, in my over 20 years of service on the Committee, I have continually worked to incr...
Manchin, Rockefeller, Rahall Announce Rental Assistance For Veterans Struggling with Homelessness
WASHINGTON D.C. - August 23, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Senators Joe Manchin and Jay Rockefeller, along with Congressman Nick Rahall, today announced more than $105,000 in federal funding to Raleigh County to provide rental assistance for homeless vete...
Brown Announces Funds to Provide Housing and Medical Assistance for Homeless Veterans in Stark...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - August 22, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown today announced funding to provide rental assistance and clinical services for homeless veterans in Stark and Summit Counties as a part of the HUD-Veterans Affairs Support...
Cohen Announces More Than $82,000 to Help Reduce Veteran Homelessness in Memphis
MEMPHIS, TN - August 22, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that the Memphis Housing Authority has been awarded $82,732 in grant funding to provide rental assistance to homeless veterans. This funding comes throu...
Suspect Charged in Fatal Stabbing of Two Homeless Men
WASHINGTON, D.C. - August 20, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- A Glendora man is scheduled to be arraigned today on two counts of capital murder in the fatal stabbing of two homeless men whose bodies were discovered near a Glendora car wash early Thursday, t...
Over 34,000 homeless in Pennsylvania’s emergency housing system
WASHINGTON, D.C. - August 19, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congress is deliberating on key issues that affect Pennsylvanians who experience homelessness and is seeking to identify how local communities succeed at ending homelessness. The McKinney Vento H...
CONG. ENGEL ACCEPTING DONATIONS FOR HOMELESS SCHOOL CHILDREN IN ‘PROJECT: BACK TO SCHOOL’
New York, NY - August 15, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congressman Eliot Engel is working with the Coalition for the Homeless to help the city’s homeless children get ready for school by taking part in ‘Project: Back To School,” a drive to collect ...
Cohen Announces More Than $370,000 in Funding to Help Reduce Homelessness in the Ninth...
MEMPHIS, TN - August 7, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) announced today that two local organizations have been awarded a total of $373,888 in grant funding to help reduce homelessness in Memphis. The Community Alliance for th...
Gwen Moore and Mark Pocan Introduce Runaway and Homeless Youth Inclusion Act
Washington, D.C. - August 2, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, Congresswoman Gwen Moore (WI-4) joined her Wisconsin colleague Congressman Mark Pocan (WI-2) to introduce legislation supporting lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) runaway and h...
Feinstein, Waxman, Yaroslavsky Announce Additional Services for Homeless Veterans in Los Angeles
WASHINGTON, D.C. - August 2, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Sen. Dianne Feinstein, Rep. Henry A. Waxman, and Los Angeles County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky today announced that Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) Eric Shinseki has made a commitment to fund a...
Menendez Announces $2.1 Million to Support Homeless Programs in New Jersey
WASHINGTON, DC - August 1, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ) today announced New Jersey has been awarded $2,173,288 to support efforts to end homelessness in New Jersey through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Devel...
Tester backs bipartisan bill to improve Native American housing opportunities
U.S. SENATE - August 1, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Senator Jon Tester is backing a bipartisan bill to increase access to safe, affordable housing throughout Indian Country.
