Tag: programs
School of Technology Offers Green Energy Technologies Program
WASHINGTON, D.C. - January 31, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Morris County Vocational School District is offering a new Share Time program, Green Energy Technologies, for high school students.
Recertification process underway for property tax deferral programs
SALEM - January 30, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Oregon Department of Revenue has started its annual review of participant eligibility for the state’s Senior and Disabled Citizens Property Tax Deferral Program.
Long Term Results of Inclusionary Zoning Programs
WASHINGTON, D.C. - January 23, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- A new report by the Urban Institute for the US Department of Housing and Urban Development studied Montgomery County, Maryland and Fairfax County, Virginia to assess the effectiveness of Inclusi...
101 Servicers Participating in Keep Your Home California Mortgage Assistance Program
January 16, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Keep Your Home California now has 101 mortgage servicers on board with their state-managed mortgage assistance program. More servicers participating means more low to moderate income homeowners can be helped throu...
A.G. Schneiderman Details Results For Homeowner Protection Program In Hudson Valley
POUGHKEEPSIE - January 16, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- 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 providers work...
Mangano: Nassau Converting Foreclosed Houses Into Homes For First-Time Buyers
New York, NY - January 16, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- With a growing need for affordable housing, Nassau County Executive Edward P. Mangano announced a program that enables the county’s partners in the Neighborhood Stabilization Program to rehabilita...
Runaway and Homeless Youth Programs Served Thousands of Youth in FY 2012
WASHINGTON, D.C. - January 16, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Family and Youth Services Bureau is deeply grateful to all of our Runaway and Homeless Youth Program grantees, who work tirelessly every day to meet the federal government’s goal of ending...
County Executive Bellone Reminds Residents About NYS Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP)
Hauppauge, NY - January 14, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- County Executive Bellone reminds Suffolk County residents, who are eligible, to participate in HEAP, a federally funded program that issues heating benefits to supplement a household’s annual ene...
FHLBank Pittsburgh Awards $86,000 in Grants to Blueprint Communities
Wilmington, DE - January 14, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh (FHLBank) has awarded five Blueprint Communities in Delaware a total of $86,000 in grant money for the next phases of neighborhood renewal and community p...
Alaska Housing Finance Corporation Expands Home Energy Rebate Program to make more Alaskans eligible...
January 14, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Alaska homeowners who used the Alaska Housing Finance Corporation Home Energy Rebate Program or 5 Star Plus New Home Rebate Program and have since built or purchased a new or existing home are eligible for a new r...
Save the Date! 2013 NCHV Annual Conference
WASHINGTON, D.C. - January 11, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The NCHV Annual Conference provides the nation’s most comprehensive source of training on homeless veteran services, programs, best practices, and resources for service providers and their par...
REALTOR® Magazine Seeks Entries for 2013 Volunteering Works Program
WASHINGTON, DC - January 11, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Realtors® work hard to improve communities, often sacrificing their own time and energy for those who are less fortunate. For the past five years, Realtor® Magazine's Good Neighbor Society has h...
Murkowski Succeeds in Continuing Federal Loan Policy for Homes with Cisterns
WASHINGTON, DC - January 11, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Senator Lisa Murkowski was glad to receive word today from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Rural Development program that they will take Murkowski’s suggestion to provide a waiver to Alas...
New National Standard Published for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Certificate Programs
WASHINGTON, D.C. - January 10, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Interstate Renewable Energy Council, Inc. (IREC) announces today that IREC Standard 14732:2013 General Requirements for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Certificate Programs has been p...
Branstad, Reynolds Announce New Program that will Allow Iowa Home Buyers to Reduce Federal...
DES MOINES - January 08, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Gov. Branstad and Lt. Gov. Reynolds were accompanied by Iowa Finance Authority Executive Director Dave Jamison today to announce that eligible Iowans can now buy a home and reduce their federal income...
Defendants in Dominican Mortgage Assistance Scam that Allegedly Defrauded Spanish-Speaking U.S. Homeowners Settle FTC...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - January 08, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- As part of its continuing crackdown on scams that target consumers in financial distress, the Federal Trade Commission obtained a settlement order resolving charges against a nationwide scam ope...
HUD sets 2013 Rent & Income Limits for Section 8 and Low-Income Housing Tax...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - January 08, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Housing and Economic Recovery Act (HERA) of 2008 made statutory changes to how income limits are calculated for LIHTC and bond-financed properties. HERA protected owners from rent decreas...
State of Ohio’s Foreclosure Prevention Program Reaches Milestone With $100 Million Disbursed to Ohio...
COLUMBUS, OH - December 18, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Ohio Housing Finance Agency (OHFA) announced that it has distributed $100 million in funding to Ohio homeowners through the state of Ohio's foreclosure prevention program. Through its disbursem...
Hastings Sends Letter Opposing Cuts to Homelessness Programs in the Sequester
Washington, DC - December 17, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congressman Alcee L. Hastings (D-Miramar) sent the following letter to Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Deputy Director for Management Jeffrey Zients, urging him to maintain funding for home...
Homeownership Preservation Foundation and Tennessee Attorney General Partner on Statewide Hotline to Facilitate Distressed...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - December 13, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Homeownership Preservation Foundation (HPF), an independent national nonprofit dedicated to helping distressed homeowners navigate financial challenges and avoid mortgage foreclosure throug...
VA’s National Director for Homeless Programs Wins Award
WASHINGTON, DC - December 12, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Lisa M. Pape, the national director, Veterans Health Administration (VHA) homeless programs within the Department of Veterans Affairs, has been named recipient of the 2012 Knee – Wittman Awar...
National Affordable Housing Awards Recognize Outstanding State Programs
October 26, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Twenty (20) state Housing Finance Agency (HFA) programs received Annual Awards for Program Excellence during the National Council of State Housing Agencies (NCSHA) 2012 Annual Conference & Showplace in Orland...
Governor Shumlin Announces $1.7 Million Grant for Healthy Homes Program
October 2, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Gov. Peter Shumlin and Vermont’s Congressional delegation announced today that the Vermont Housing & Conservation Board (VHCB) will receive a $1.7 million grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban ...
Gov. Shumlin, Congressional Delegation announce long-term recovery funds
MONTPELIER - September 12, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Gov. Peter Shumlin and Vermont’s Congressional delegation today announced the availability of long-term disaster recovery funds for housing, economic recovery and community infrastructure projects...
Gov. Perdue Announces National Service Programs to Participate in September 11 National Day of...
September 11, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Gov. Bev Perdue today announced that national service programs will participate in community service activities for September 11 National Day of Service and Remembrance. Members will honor veterans and military ...
Rebuilding Together AmeriCorps Program Enters Fifth Year
WASHINGTON, DC - August 21, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Rebuilding Together, a national nonprofit who believes in a safe and healthy home for every person, was awarded a grant from the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) to continue th...
Kalamazoo to receive $2.3 million for housing, homelessness programs
WASHINGTON, DC - July 31, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Kalamazoo will receive nearly $2.3 million in federal funding to promote affordable housing, fight homelessness and boost the local economy, Sen. Carl Levin announced Monday.
ADMINISTRATOR DISCUSSES USDA HOMEOWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES AND PUBLIC SAFETY PROGRAMS IN MAINE
Bar Harbor, Maine - July 26, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- USDA Rural Development Administrator for Housing and Community Facilities Programs Tammye Trevino was in Maine today to participate in a housing forum “Housing in America: Innovative Solutions t...
Reps. Zoe Lofgren, Anna G. Eshoo & Mike Honda Announce Over $400,000 in Assistance...
Washington, D.C. - July 18, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Reps. Zoe Lofgren (D-San Jose), Anna G. Eshoo (D-Palo Alto) and Mike Honda (D-Campbell) announced today that Goodwill Industries of Santa Clara County, Inc., has been awarded a $419,948.00 grant fr...
NeighborWorks America Warns Homeowners that Mortgage Rescue Scams May Sound lIke New Government Foreclosure...
Washington, D.C. - March 8, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Loan Modification Scam Prevention Network(LMSPN) in conjunction with National Consumer Protection Week (NCPW), March 4-11 is alerting homeowners to combat loan modification scams, especially th...
