Tag: programs
Mayor Bowser Announces New Solar Financing Program for DC Businesses
Mayor Muriel Bowser launched the District’s first energy efficiency and clean energy finance program, DC PACE (Property Assessed Clean Energy) Commercial. The program will provide 100 percent financing for businesses and commercial property owners t...
DEM and Arbor Day Foundation Announce New RI Energy Saving Trees Program
The Department of Environmental Management, through a partnership with the Arbor Day Foundation in cooperation with the RI Tree Council and the RI Nursery and Landscape Association, will be providing 1,000 free trees to Rhode Island homeowners this fall.
Donnelly Welcomes Federal Grant to Help Centerstone Program for Homeless Veterans in Eastern and...
U.S. Senator Joe Donnelly welcomed an announcement from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) awarding Centerstone of Indiana Inc., a federal grant to support its program for veterans and other individuals who experience homelessness w...
Christie Administration Announces Housing Recovery Information Session in Monmouth County to Assist Homeowners Hard...
In its continued effort to meet and assist Sandy-impacted families right in their home communities, the Christie Administration today announced that the 21st Information Session will be held Tuesday, July 14th, in Keansburg, to provide personal assista...
City Launches Permit Simplicity Program
Elk Grove will lead the region in a new evolution of business forward thinking as it launches the Permit Simplicity Program today, a streamlined building permit process expected to cut the time it takes to secure certain building permits to a single da...
Mass Members Commend Recommended Saltonstall-Kennedy Grant Awards for Commonwealth
NOAA recommended over $25 million in funding to be awarded to 88 projects under the FY14-15 Saltonstall-Kennedy Grants Program. Of that amount, the greater Atlantic region would receive over $8.8 million. Massachusetts would receive approximately $3 ...
GOODLATTE: IMPLEMENTATION OF PRIORITY ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM ENDANGERS OUR COMMUNITIES
The House Judiciary Committee recently learned that the Obama Administration has begun to implement its Priority Enforcement Program (PEP), which replaces the successful Secure Communities program and allows significant numbers of criminal aliens to re...
Consumers Energy Develops Community Solar Program to Power Michigan with New Renewable Energy Sources
Consumers Energy today announced plans to move forward with a new community solar program, called Solar Gardens, that will develop renewable energy sources with help from Michigan residents.
CFO Atwater Announces the Arrest of Two West Palm Beach Residents for Attempting to...
Florida Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater today announced the arrest Thomas Harry Penquite and Maria Lourdes Gutierrez, both of West Palm Beach, after an Office of Fiscal Integrity investigation discovered that the two allegedly concocted an elabor...
Christie Administration Announces Housing Recovery Information Session in Essex County to Assist Homeowners Hard...
In its continued effort to meet and assist Sandy-impacted families right in their home communities, the Christie Administration today announced that the 20th Information Session will be held Monday, June 29th, in Newark, Essex County, to provide person...
Murray Applauds Airport Improvement Program Investments Across Washington State
U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), a senior member of the Senate Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Subcommittee, applauded the Federal Aviation Administration’s announcement that seven airports across Washington state will r...
Lt. Gov. Luallen Announces Special Financing Program For Energy-efficient Homes in SOAR Region
Lieutenant Governor Crit Luallen today announced a special one percent financing program to make buying a home more affordable for residents in the 54-county SOAR region. “A home provides security, continuity, stability and a sense of pride. And beyo...
State Transportation Board approves Five-Year Construction Program
Projects to improve Arizona’s highway system through expansion, preservation and modernization were formally approved today to move forward as part of the Arizona Department of Transportation’s annual five-year planning process.
King Co. Delegation Urges Administration to Fix Inflation Formula in Housing Voucher Program
Today, Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (WA-01) led the congressional delegation representing Washington’s King County in urging the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to fix the inflation formula used in the Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) pr...
Governor Baker Grants $1.25M to Combat Youth Violence and Gang Activity
Governor Charlie Baker today announced a $1.25 million funding increase for the Shannon Grant program to support regional and multi-disciplinary approaches to combat gang and youth violence. Communities and organizations from Pittsfield to Boston will ...
Medicare Saves Millions Thanks to Markey, Wyden Independence at Home Program
As Congressional Republicans continue to threaten repeal of the Affordable Care Act, today, Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), authors of the Independence At Home (IAH) program in the health care reform law, hailed initial savi...
REP. JENKINS SECURES CRITICAL FUNDING TO FIGHT DRUG CRISIS
U.S. Representative Evan Jenkins (R-W.Va.) has helped secure additional funding for the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas and Drug-Free Communities programs, protecting them from cuts proposed by President Obama.
MAYOR LEE ANNOUNCES EXPANSION OF CITY’S SUCCESSFUL CITYBUILD CONSTRUCTION WORKFORCE PROGRAM
$2.4 Million in Funding to Expand Construction Training Program to Provide Workforce in Major Infrastructure Projects Including Rehabilitation of City’s Public Housing San Francisco, CA – Mayor Edwin M. Lee today announced $2.4 million in funding o...
FHLB Boston Affordable Housing Program Training
The Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston is offering an Affordable Housing Program application training session at the Omni Mount Washington Hotel in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire. The training is offered for housing partners, developers, members, and other...
Congressman Tim Ryan Announces $45 Million to the Development Fund of Western Reserve
Congressman Tim Ryan is announcing that $45 million in federal funds has been allocated to the Development Fund of Western Reserve Inc. to support economic development projects that will create quality jobs and provide commercial and community goods an...
More convenient application makes employer tax credit easier
Each year, Kentucky employers pass up hundreds of dollars in tax incentives by not taking advantage of an Kentucky Unemployment Tax Credit (KUTC) Program. And now the updated application for the program is an easy, one-page electronic form that can be ...
Rep. Peters Fights for LGBT Non-Discrimination in Federal Transportation and Housing Programs
Late last night, U.S. Congressman Scott Peters (CA-52) proposed an amendment on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives calling for LGBT equality and non-discrimination provisions in federal transportation and housing programs. The amendment pas...
U.S. Rep. Steve Pearce Statement on the Transportation, HUD Funding Bill
U.S. Rep. Steve Pearce issued the following statement on the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, H.R. 2577, which passed the House late yesterday
DelBene Statement on Cuts to Critical Investments in America’s Future
I voted against the T-HUD (lack of) funding bill because it slashes critical investments in our roads, rail and ports. It also hurts American families by cutting public housing programs that are critical for low-income families,” DelBene said.
Christie Administration Announces RREM Information Session in Ocean County to Assist Homeowners Hard Hit...
In its continued effort to meet and assist Sandy-impacted families right in their home communities, the Christie Administration today announced that the 18th Information Session will be held Monday, June 15th, in Toms River, Ocean County, to provide pe...
Harry Norman, REALTORS® Welcomes Joi Bostic as New Director of Career Services
Ms. Bostic brings more than 10 years of real estate and leadership experience to her new position. Before joining Harry Norman, she was a pre-license instructor for the Georgia Institute of Real Estate and a corporate trainer for Balancing Life’s Iss...
MaineHousing announces Owner Excellence Program
MaineHousing will honor 28 exceptional property owners and landlords who participate in the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program during the agency’s first Owner Excellence Program ceremony on Tuesday, June 9, in Augusta
Multifamily Rental Housing Program Procedures Redline
The public is hereby notified of proposed amendments to the Multifamily Rental Housing Program Procedures of the Connecticut Housing Finance Authority (CHFA).
Boston Housing Authority awarded $2 Million from HUD and more than $1 Million from...
In an effort to help low-income residents find higher-paying jobs, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced a $2 million grant for the next four years to the Boston Housing Authority. BHA competed with 57 other applications...
Public hearings planned for Community Development Program
Two public hearings will be held in June for the public to give the City of Midland input on proposed priorities for federal Housing and Urban Development funds, as well as an amendment to the City's Community Development Program.
