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WASHINGTON, D.C. - March 29, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- In an ongoing effort to investigate the extent to which individuals attempting to use Housing Choice Vouchers face discrimination in the District of Columbia, today the Equal Rights Center released a report highlighting a 28% rate of discrimination against voucher holders. The report, Will You Take my Voucher?, follows up on 2005 and 2010 reports that documented overwhelming, but improving, rates of discrimination against voucher holders in the District.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - March 29, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The release of $474.5 million to help the states of Connecticut, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, and Rhode Island in the recovery from Hurricane Sandy was announced today by Acting Assistant Secretary of the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) George Sheldon. All funds will be awarded no later than Sept. 30, 2013, and states will be able to use funds through Sept. 30, 2015.

SAN DIEGO - March 29, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Housing performance in February continued to steadily improve as it has in prior months with an increase in home prices and a decrease in foreclosures, despite a decrease in sales, according to a monthly Property Intelligence Report (PIR) from DataQuick®, a provider of advanced real estate information solutions powered by data, analytics and decisioning

WASHINGTON, D.C. - March 29, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Morris County Freeholders have unanimously adopted a 2013 county budget that contains a zero percent increase in taxes while maintaining critical county services.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - March 29, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- In a ruling issued earlier today in Washington, D.C., a federal court denied the Obama Administration's motion to set aside a 1993 court order against the federal government requiring compliance with Title V of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, a law that gives homeless services providers access to unused federal properties for free

WASHINGTON, D.C. - March 29, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- On July 23-25, 2013, Enterprise Community Partners will conduct a two-and-a-half-day Affordable Housing Design Leadership Institute (AHDLI) in Chicago. The goal of the Institute is to enhance the capacity of front-line design and development leaders to produce more livable, sustainable and resource-efficient housing for low- and moderate-income people living in the United States. This annual event is the only national forum to share best practices of affordable housing design and is quickly becoming the foremost training and networking opportunity for affordable housing developers to address design and sustainability challenges

WASHINGTON, D.C. - March 29, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Mortgage Cadence LLC, a leading provider of Enterprise Lending Solutions (ELS), Document Services and Compliance for the financial services industry, announced today that Elfcu, Eli Lilly Federal Credit Union, based in Indianapolis, Indiana, is converting to its Symphony platform this spring. Symphony is one of two comprehensive Enterprise Lending Systems offered by Mortgage Cadence. Known for its comprehensive, cloud-based architecture, Symphony ushers mortgage loans from origination through closing, including documents, imaging and secondary marketing.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - March 29, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Mortgage Cadence LLC, a leading provider of Enterprise Lending Solutions (ELS), Document Services and Compliance for the financial services industry, announced today the promotion of Jacob Petersen to Chief Service Officer, effective immediately. Petersen, currently president of Finale Document Services, assumes front-line customer service responsibility for all Company product lines, including Orchestrator, Symphony, Prelude, Finale and Opus. He continues to lead Finale as well.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - March 28, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- At its 30th Anniversary World of Modular convention, the Modular Building Institute presented awards for this year’s best modular buildings and honored industry leaders for individual achievement. A prestigious panel of judges scored building entries on a number of criteria, including architectural excellence, technical innovation, cost effectiveness, energy efficiency, and calendar days to complete

WASHINGTON, D.C. - March 28, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The two organisations will be delivering new seminars for housing and construction industry professionals. With innovative design and new technologies, retrofit can transform older homes – that seem inefficient and unsuited to 21st century living – into bright, modern, sustainable spaces. It can help address several current housing priorities, including

WASHINGTON, D.C. - March 28, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The study also revealed that more than half of housing associations (56%) and almost a third of local authority landlords (30%) worry that their tenants still know hardly anything or nothing at all about benefit changes, despite activities to raise awareness.

WASHINGTON, DC - March 28, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- ConsensusDocs released the new ConsensusDocs 498 Design-Build Teaming Agreement today, which provides a standard contract for parties desiring to form a team for the purpose of submitting a bid on a design-build project

WASHINGTON, D.C. - March 27, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Howard Hanna Real Estate Services Chairman and CEO, Howard W. “Hoddy” Hanna, III, announced today that the company’s 2012 donations to local children’s hospitals topped $760,000, up from $695,000 last year.

SAN FRANCISCO and COLUMBIA, MD - March 27, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) - National Center for Healthy Housing (NCHH), a national nonprofit dedicated to creating safe and healthy homes for children and their families, and Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC) today announced the Wells Fargo Housing Foundation has committed up to $850,000 over three years to help launch the “Healthy Housing Challenge.” This new initiative seeks to bring home improvement help to seniors, veterans and low-income families currently living in homes with potential safety and health threats. Rebuilding Together, a nonprofit dedicated to creating safe and healthy housing for America’s families, will lead the home improvement work on the 1,500 homes.

Boston, MA - March 27, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Hines and Boston Properties (NYSE: BXP) announced today that it will ceremonially break ground to celebrate the acquisition of 101 First Street, a land parcel sold by Transbay Joint Powers Authority (TJ...

CHICAGO, IL - March 25, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- RELO Direct®, Inc. has expanded its team with the addition of Patricia Tooman, CRP, GMS, as vice president, government services. In this role, Ms. Tooman will oversee sales and account management activities for RELO Direct’s U.S. government services group.

BOSTON - March 26, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- A Milton man was convicted today of bank and wire fraud charges in connection with a property flipping scheme. Edward Johnson, 52, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Denise J. Casper to bank fraud and six counts of wire fraud.

DES PLAINES, IL - March 26, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Spring forward on your long list of home repairs and renovations with helpful tips from the American Society of Home Inspectors (ASHI). Whether you’re doing it yourself or working with a contractor, an objective, comprehensive assessment of the condition of your home will guide homeowners through the renovations, helping to identify problem areas and prioritize repairs

DENVER - March 25, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Kentwood Real Estate, Colorado’s Premier Real Estate Company, celebrated its 32nd anniversary on Tuesday, March 19, 2013. Since the company’s inception, Kentwood Real Estate has been known for its highly experienced, knowledgeable real estate professionals who continue to establish sales records for the company as a whole and for average total sales volume and number of transactions per individual agent.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - March 25, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- On the eve of the third anniversary of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) today said the health care law continues to create uncertainty and confusion in the construction industry, making it difficult for the nation’s contractors to plan for the future