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Monthly Archives: July 2013

INFOMERCIAL CELEBRITY RUSS DALBEY MUST SURRENDER ASSETS IN $330 MILLION SETTLEMENT WITH COLORADO ATTORNEY...

DENVER - July 31, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Colorado Attorney General John W. Suthers today announced that his office and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) have reached a settlement with Russell and Catherine Dalbey of Boulder for allegedly defraudin...

Tenants in foreclosure stand up to Fannie Mae…and become homeowners

WASHINGTON, D.C. - July 31, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- When Ethel Brown discovered that she was about to lose her home of 20 years because her landlord was in foreclosure, she could have been another statistic of the foreclosure crisis, uprooted by a mortgage institution that didn’t care about her or the condition of the house. But through three years of her family’s persistence, PJC legal advocacy and support from community organizing allies, her sons purchased the house from Fannie Mae.

Architects Release Statement on Tax Reform Proposals

WASHINGTON, D.C. - July 31, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The American Institute of Architects (AIA) today issued the following statement following President Obama’s proposal to overhaul the corporate-tax system.

Mayor Menino Celebrates Revitalization of Formerly-Blighted Dorchester Neighborhood

WASHINGTON, D.C. - July 31, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Mayor Thomas M. Menino announced today that 37 Hendry Street, a property key to the revitalization of Dorchester’s formerly-blighted Hendry Street, has been sold to Urban Neighborhood Homes, LLC,...

MSHDA Awards Community Development Grant to Alpena County

LANSING, MI - July 31, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Scott Woosley, executive director of the Michigan State Housing Development Authority (MSHDA), today announced that Alpena County will receive a $200,000 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG).

SPRINGFIELD, MASS HOUSING AUTHORITY SETTLES LEAD-BASED PAINT DISCLOSURE CASE

BOSTON - July 31, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced that the Springfield, Massachusetts Housing Authority will pay an $11,000 penalty for failing...

Springfield, Mass. Housing Authority Settles Lead-Based Paint Disclosure Case

Boston, MA - July 31, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development today announced that the Springfield, Mass. Housing Authority will pay an $11,000 penalty for failing to ...

Grayson Increases Spanish-Language Housing Assistance by 50%

WASHINGTON, D.C. - July 31, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congressman Alan Grayson (FL-09) has passed an amendment that increases funding for the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Limited English Proficiency (LEP) translation program b...

Kirk Amendment Confronts Reverse Mortgages

WASHINGTON, D.C. - July 31, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Senator Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) today applauded the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee’s approval of Federal Housing Administration (FHA) solvency legislation that includes his a...

Congresswoman Jenkins Authors Amendment to Improve Housing Options for Homeless Veterans

WASHINGTON, D.C. - July 31, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congresswoman Lynn Jenkins (KS-02) authored an amendment to H.R. 2610, the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2014. As the co-chair of the Hou...

Congress Authorizes HUD to Improve HECM Program

WASHINGTON, D.C. - July 31, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Legislation needed to reduce financial risk for reverse mortgage borrowers has now been approved by both chambers of Congress.

Fitzpatrick Reverse Mortgage Bill Headed to President’s Desk

WASHINGTON, D.C. - July 31, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congressman Mike Fitzpatrick (PA-8) released the following statement following the Senate’s passage of his Reverse Mortgage Stabilization Act of 2013

Mayor Kasim Reed Announces Milestone in 100,000 Homes Campaign 2013 100-Day Challenge

ATLANTA, GA Today Mayor Kasim Reed announced a milestone in the city’s efforts to end chronic homelessness. As part of the national 100,000 Homes Campaign 100-Day Challenge, Atlanta assisted 320 chronically homeless people and their family members w...

Mayor Landrieu, Stirling Properties to celebrate opening of Mid-City Market

NEW ORLEANS, LA - July 31, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- TOMORROW, July 31, Mayor Mitch Landrieu will join Stirling Properties officials and other dignitaries to celebrate the grand opening of the Mid-City Market, the highly anticipated urban shopping cen...

DIXIE HIGHWAY OFFICE BUILDING SELLS TO MEDICAL PRACTICE

Boca Raton, FL - July 31, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- CBRE arranged the sale of an 11,000-square-foot medical office building at 1450 South Dixie Highway in Boca Raton, Florida. Dr. Alan. J. Bauman, a nationally recognized hair restoration surgeon, acqu...

Owners of property damaged by wildfire, natural disaster may qualify for tax reli

Helena - July 31, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Montana Department of Revenue encourages Montana property owners whose homes or forestlands are damaged or destroyed during wildfire season to apply for property tax relief.

Senators Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Help Upgrade Veterans Housing

WASHINGTON, DC - July 31, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- As part of their continuing efforts to provide suitable housing for disabled and low-income veterans, U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Mike Johanns (R-NE) today reintroduced the Housing Assistance ...

At Gillibrand & Schumer’s Urging, Feds Lift Restrictions for Hundreds of Sandy Homeowners Currently...

Washington, DC - July 31, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, U.S. Senators Kirsten Gillibrand, a member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, and Charles E. Schumer announced that the Housing and Urban Development (HUD) agency revised its regul...

AFTER SCHUMER’S PUSH, HOMEOWNERS THAT DECLINED SBA LOANS NOW ELIGIBLE FOR CDBG GRANTS; URGES...

New York, NY - July 31, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer today urged Sandy-impacted homeowners on Staten Island to apply to New York City’s “Build it Back Program” now that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Develo...

Christie Administration Begins Issuing $10,000 Homeowner Resettlement Checks To Families Impacted By Superstorm Sandy

Little Ferry, NJ - July 31, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Delivering on his pledge to get recovery funds out the door as quickly as possible, Governor Chris Christie today joined New Jersey Department of Community Affairs (DCA) Commissioner Richard E. Con...

Business Real Estate Press Releases

Support Ukrainian Refugees

GFP Real Estate and Its Tenants Raise More Than $200,000 to...

GFP Real Estate is pleased to announce that its "Support Ukraine in Crisis" campaign raised more than $200,000 to support humanitarian relief efforts on the ground in Ukraine.

Recent Gov & Nonprofit Real Estate Press Releases

U.S. Senator Roger Marshall

Senator Marshalls Slams United Nations Climate Change Goals That Will Harm...

U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. released the following statement on the United Nations Net-Zero Banking Alliance’s (NZBA) decision to dramatically expand their Green New Deal