Grants

WASHINGTON, DC - January 11, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced today that it is making available $110 million in grants to transform public and assisted housing and to revitalize communities. Appearing in today’s Federal Register is the Notice of Funding Availability, the federal application, for the FY 2012 Choice Neighborhoods Implementation Program. Read HUD’s funding notice.

January 10, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu hosted a conference call today with Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) to announce that Wisconsin has surpassed its aggressive energy efficiency goal established with the U.S. Depa...

WASHINGTON, DC - January 10, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Shaun Donovan announced today that 13 communities across the U.S. will receive $3.6 million in Choice Neighborhoods Planning Grants. (See attached list (PDF)and project summary for this all of the grantees (PDF).)

December 29, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Planning Grants to 42 communities across the state to help them plan for a variety of forward thinking objectives including economic development, village revitalization and future housing needs. These grants of u...

ANCHORAGE, AK - December 28, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Alaska Housing Finance Corporation (AHFC) yesterday announced its annual Greater Opportunities for Affordable Living (GOAL) grants that will be awarded to five communities statewide for developing...

Washington, DC - December 28, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Senators Kent Conrad and John Hoeven and Congressman Rick Berg again today pressed U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Shaun Donovan for additional Community Development Block Gran...

RICHMOND - December 22, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Governor Bob McDonnell today asked the Federal Emergency Management Agency to approve disaster assistance for nine additional localities recovering from the 5.8 magnitude earthquake on Aug. 23 and the ...

New Haven, CT - December 22, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congresswoman Rosa L. DeLauro (CT-3) applauded the renewal of $4,523,659 in funding for 23 Continuum of Care Homeless Assistance programs in Connecticut’s 3rd District today. The Continuum of Ca...

San Francisco, CA - December 21, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) --Mayor Edwin M. Lee today announced that the U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has awarded San Francisco $18.9 million in HUD’s Continuum of Care grants to fund a wide variety of progra...

BOLTON, MS - December 21, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, United States Representative Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS) announced The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development has awarded FY 2011 Continuum of Care Homeless Assistance awards ...

Des Moines, IA - December 21, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Iowa Finance Authority Board of Directors recently approved a $50,000 grant to Habitat for Humanity of Marion County, Inc. to assist in the construction of an affordable home for a family in ...

WASHINGTON, DC - December 20, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-8) today announced a total of $584,259 in federal Housing and Urban Development (HUD) grants were awarded to local organizations and nonprofit agencies that ser...

Washington, D.C. - December 12, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva today highlighted the availability of $100 million in grants available to non-profit groups and consumer cooperatives who offer homeless prevention services to veterans a...

WASHINGTON, DC - December 9, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Kingsway Senior Housing Facility, Congressman Jim Himes (CT-4), and Senator Richard Blumenthal (CT) announced today that the retirement community in Norwalk will receive a grant of $2,836,302 to c...

WASHINGTON, DC - December 6, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Elderly Americans in Connecticut, Indiana, Minnesota, New York and Ohio will soon find themselves living in upgraded apartments equipped to meet their physical needs because of $23.7 million in grants from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. HUD today announced the grants to help convert existing multifamily projects into assisted living facility for the elderly. A detailed summary of each grant is attached to this release.

LANSING, MI - November 30, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Executive Director Gary Heidel of the Michigan State Housing Development Authority (MSHDA) today announced funding for Barry County United Way in the amount of $38,913 through its Emergency Solution...

SALT LAKE CITY - November 29, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Regional Administrator Rick Garcia will visit Salt Lake City tomorrow, November 29 at 10:30 a.m. to discuss the impact of HUD’s Neighborhood Stabilizati...

Washington, DC - November 29, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- NeighborWorks America, the nation’s largest provider of training to the community development industry today announced that it received a $3 million grant from Wells Fargo. The grant supports a range of NeighborWorks America training initiatives designed to strengthen the ability of non-profit community development professionals to help thousands of consumers understand the complex homeownership environment, and where necessary, potential options that can help consumers avoid foreclosure.

BOSTON, MA - November 22, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- MassHousing has awarded $300,000 in financing to help create or preserve affordable sober housing in Brockton, Lowell, Springfield and Worcester.

Washington, DC - November 22, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Housing Opportunity Program Grants, a National Association of Realtors® grant program, has presented $62,500 to 19 local and state Realtor® associations. Those associations will use the funds to promote and expand affordable housing opportunities in their communities.