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AHFC Introduces $10,000 Six Star Rebate and Incentivizes Greater Home Energy Efficiency Standards
ANCHORAGE, AK - June 5, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Under new program changes adopted by Alaska Housing Finance Corporation (AHFC), beginning July 1, 2013, Alaska homeowners participating in the Home Energy Rebate Program for new construction may qualif...
HOMELESS VETERANS: Senator Murray Announces Veterans Funding to Help House Veterans Across Washington State
Washington, D.C. - May 29, 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 260 housing vouchers will b...
Maloney Announces HUD Investment in Orange County Lead Safe Program
Newburgh, NY - May 29, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Representative Sean Patrick Maloney announced that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development awarded Orange County’s Lead Safe Program with a Lead Based Paint Hazard Control grant and Healt...
Shaheen, Ayotte: Funding Secured for New Hampshire National Guard Deployment Cycle Support Program
Washington, D.C. - May 13, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) today announced that the New Hampshire National Guard will receive $535,000 to support the Guard's Deployment Cycle Support Program (DCSP)...
Application Period Opens for $1 Million Grant Program to Revitalize Distressed Properties
BOSTON - May 10, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- In an effort to help Massachusetts municipalities with high rates of distressed and vacant properties turn the corner on the foreclosure crisis, Attorney General Martha Coakley today opened the application pe...
Senate Passes Bills to Increase “Green” Building Construction and Reduce Energy Costs
New York, NY - May 7, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The New York State Senate today passed bills that would continue to promote the construction of environmentally-friendly buildings and the cost-saving benefits of net metering for utility bills. Both bil...
Michigan Historical Center offers free admission on May 11 for Extreme Gardening program
WASHINGTON, D.C. - May 3, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Calling all green thumbs - the Michigan Historical Center is holding a fun family spring event in Lansing on Saturday, May 11, to highlight Extreme Gardening. Come learn the many different ways to gr...
CalHFA Multifamily Announces an Expanded Preservation Loan Program
SACRAMENTO - April 29, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The California Housing Finance Agency announced today the expansion of its financing program to provide assurances and maintain best efforts that multifamily housing continues to remain affordable for C...
Governor Cuomo Announces Community Reconstruction Zones Funded by Federal Supplemental Disaster Aid to Guide...
Albany, NY - April 29, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today unveiled the Community Reconstruction Zones (CRZ) program, a bottom-up, community driven initiative that will empower localities that were severely damaged by Superstorm S...
Sanders, Burr Propose Legislation for Homeless Veterans
WASHINGTON, D.C. - April 26, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The chairman and ranking member of the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs today proposed legislation to help the Department of Veterans Affairs meet its goal to eliminate veteran homelessness...
Shea-Porter Requests the Department of Energy Continue Support for Weatherization Assistance Program
WASHINGTON, D.C. - April 26, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congresswoman Carol Shea-Porter has joined colleagues on both sides of the aisle in requesting that the Department of Energy continue to support the Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP), which ...
West Virginia Banks Launch 2013 Mortgage Grants Program
Charleston, W.Va. - April 24, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh (FHLBank) and three West Virginia Banks – CNB Bank Inc., WesBanco Bank and West Union Bank – had some good news today for first-time homebuyers: they ...
Grijalva Highlights Availability of $474 Million in Federal Transportation Infrastructure Grants – Applications Open...
Washington, D.C. - April 23, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva today highlighted the Department of Transportation announcement of newly available funds for the next round of the TIGER (Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recov...
Phoenix Investing Heavily In Recycling Education
WASHINGTON, D.C. - April 18, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Mayor of Phoenix, Arizona, has launched a new initiative aimed at encouraging recycling, with a particular emphasis on investment in environmental education across the city’s residencies, bu...
NORA releases list of properties for expanded Lot Next Door Program
NEW ORLEANS, LA - April 12, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The New Orleans Redevelopment Authority (NORA) in partnership with the Mayor’s office and City Council is pleased to announce the release of the list of properties for the amended Lot Next Door ...
Application Period Opens for $5 Million Abandoned Housing Grant Program
BOSTON - April 12, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- In an effort to increase the rehabilitation of distressed and abandoned properties in Massachusetts, Attorney General Martha Coakley today opened the application period for a $5 million grant program. Utili...
Feds to audit Florida homeowner mortgage assistance program
WASHINGTON, D.C. - April 12, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The federal government today disclosed it was launching an investigation of Florida’s $1 billion Hardest Hit mortgage assistance program, a probe requested by U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson
Bellone Announces Suffolk County Sewer Infrastructure Program
Hauppauge, NY - April 8, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, County Executive Steven Bellone announced that applications for a competitive grant and loan program will be made available on April 5, 2013 for construction-ready municipal and private sewer i...
You may be able to lower your property taxes; apply by April 15
BOISE, ID - March 29, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- April 15 is the final day to submit applications to your county assessor for Idaho’s Property Tax Reduction (Circuit Breaker) Program, according to the Idaho State Tax Commission.
Rep. Mike Capuano Applauds New FHFA Mortgage Modification Program
WASHINGTON, D.C. - April 1, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Rep. Mike Capuano today praised the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) for taking additional steps to help homeowners who are struggling to keep current on their mortgages with its new Streamlin...
FEMA, HUD announce rental assistance program for NY Sandy survivors
NEW YORK, NY - March 29, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- To assist families who are still struggling to locate housing after being displaced by Hurricane Sandy, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Deve...
Hagan Introduces Bill to Allow North Topsail Beach Homeowners Access to Federal Flood insurance
Washington, DC - March 13, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Senator Kay Hagan today introduced legislation that would fix a decades-old mistake by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service that prevents many residents of North Topsail Beach from participating ...
Gov. Shumlin Announces Plan for Homeowners Ineligible for FEMA Buyouts – CDBG Disaster Recovery...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - March 13, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Gov. Peter Shumlin announced today that the state will use CDBG Disaster Recovery funds to cover 75 percent of the cost to towns of buying out homes that have been found to be ineligible for the H...
Turner Reintroduces Tax Credit for Historic Preservation
Washington, DC - February 27, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congressman Mike Turner, Co-chairman of the Historic Preservation Caucus, reintroduced the Historic Homeownership Revitalization Act of 2013. Enactment of this legislation would create jobs in t...
Lorain Properties Receive Covenants Not to Sue Under Ohio EPA’s Voluntary Action Program
WASHINGTON, D.C. - February 26, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Through the voluntary efforts of IRG Lorain LLC and the city of Lorain, two portions of the former Ford Lorain Assembly Plant property in Lorain have been investigated and remediated under Ohio...
A.G. Schneiderman Details Results Of Homeowner Protection Program In Buffalo Region
BUFFALO - February 18, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- In Buffalo, Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman today announced the results of the Homeowner Protection Program (HOPP), a $60 million initiative to support housing counselors and legal services provid...
WCDA’s Spirit! of Wyoming Program helps Active Military and/or Military Veterans
WASHINGTON, D.C. - February 18, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Wyoming Community Development Authority (WCDA), Wyoming’s affordable housing finance agency, recently lowered the interest rate on its’ Spirit! of Wyoming Loan Program to 2.875%.
AG Coakley Leads Roundtable Discussion in Lowell on Foreclosure Prevention Efforts
LOWELL - February 14, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Attorney General Martha Coakley today joined Lowell Mayor Patrick Murphy, City Manager Bernard Lynch and local housing advocates for a roundtable discussion on foreclosure prevention efforts, including t...
Governor Quinn Announces Federal $12 Million HUD Award to Advance Supportive Housing Efforts in...
CHICAGO, IL - February 12, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Governor Pat Quinn was joined today by representatives from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to announce an $11.98 million award that will strengthen Illinois’ efforts to...
Treasury Approves Multnomah Pilot Program to Help Underwater Homeowners Refinance
WASHINGTON, DC - February 12, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley and the Oregon Housing and Community Services Department (OHCS) announced that the U.S. Treasury Department has approved a new pilot program to help underwa...
