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CAP Calls for Energy Department to Finalize Net-Zero Building Rules as Congress Considers Doubling...

In 2007, Congress decided that the federal government would lead by example and improve the efficiency and carbon footprint of all new and majorly renovated federal buildings. Congress set the ambitious but achievable goal of ensuring that all federal buildings constructed in 2030 or later would be net-zero consumers of fossil fuels.

Court Halts Mortgage Relief Operation that Targeted Homeowners Facing Foreclosure

At the Federal Trade Commission’s request, a federal court halted a sham operation that allegedly told financially distressed homeowners it would help get their mortgages modified, but instead effectively stole their mortgage payments, leading some to foreclosure and bankruptcy. The FTC seeks to permanently stop the scheme and its participants’ illegal practices. It also filed a contempt action against one of the scheme’s principals, Brian Pacios, who is under a previous court order that prohibited him from mortgage relief activities

Knight Prototype Fund invests in 20 new projects focused on data-driven storytelling and community...

The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation today announced funding for 20 new projects through the Knight Prototype Fund, which helps people explore early-stage media and information ideas with $35,000 in funding.

Godwill® and Uber Team Up for Nationwide Mobile Donation Campaign

For one day this spring, donating clothes will be even easier thanks to an innovative partnership between Goodwill and the popular on demand transportation platform, Uber. On Saturday, May 2, donors can open the app and request a pickup for their donations to be delivered by an Uber directly to their local Goodwill, free of charge

Groups Oppose Special Interest Effort to Subvert Energy Efficiency Legislation

The American Institute of Architects (AIA) and nearly 500 businesses from across the country today urged Congress to reject special interest efforts to repeal the law setting goals for reducing fossil fuel use in federal buildings by 2030

Bill McKibben Responds to Gov. Brown’s New Greenhouse Gas Targets

In response to new greenhouse gas emissions targets announced by California Governor Jerry Brown, 350.org Co-Founder Bill McKibben issued the following statement:

MBA Chairman Bill Cosgrove Commends Introduction of SAFE Transitional Licensing Act

Bill Cosgrove, CMB  President & CEO Union Home Mortgage Corp. and Chairman of the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) issued the following statement in response to the introduction of bipartisan legislation amending the SAFE Mortgage Licensing Act, by Representatives Steve Stivers (R-OH), Terri Sewell (D-AL), Lynn Westmoreland (R-GA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Luke Messer (R-IN), and Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ)

House FY 2016 THUD Bill Cuts Critical Housing Programs

Earlier today, the House Transportation-Housing and Urban Development (THUD) Appropriations Subcommittee held its mark-up of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2016 THUD funding bill. The bill provides $55.3 billion in discretionary spending for transportation and housing programs, but falls $1.5 billion short of what HUD says it needs just to maintain current programs in FY 2016 and is $9.7 billion less than the Administration's budget request.

Subcommittee Discusses Impact International Regulatory Standards Could Have on U.S.Insurance Competitiveness

The Financial Services Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance, chaired by Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO), held a hearing on Wednesday to examine the impact international regulatory standards could have on the competitiveness of U.S. insurers.

Community-development conference coming to Kansas City will attract 2,100+ professionals, $1.7 million in economic...

A $1.7 million boost is coming to the Kansas City economy when more than 2,100 community-development professionals from around the country convene in the city for the NeighborWorks Training Institute (NTI) May 4-8. The week-long event is hosted by NeighborWorks America, a national, Congressionally chartered nonprofit that creates opportunities for people to live in affordable homes, improve their lives and strengthen their communities

NREL Announces Participants for Executive Energy Leadership Program

The Energy Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has selected 21 leaders to participate in its 2015 Executive Energy Leadership program (Energy Execs), which empowers executives to integrate clean energy solutions in their communities.

Pending Home Sales Increase in March for Third Consecutive Month

Pending home sales in March continued their recent momentum, rising for the third straight month and remaining at their highest level since June 2013, according to the National Association of Realtors®.

Mortgage Applications Decrease 2.3 Percent in Latest MBA Weekly Survey

Mortgage applications decreased 2.3 percent from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association's (MBA) Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending April 24, 2015.

Norton Public Meeting to Seek a Lasting Solution to Neighborhood Airplane Noise, May 5

Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will host a community discussion on airplane noise affecting neighborhoods in the District of Columbia, including the Palisades, Foxhall, and Bellevue, on Tuesday, May 5, at the Palisades Recreation Center (5200 Sherier PL NW), from 7:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m. The public meeting will feature officials from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA), who will also hear residents’ concerns and answer questions.

THUD House Appropriations Bill Deeply Underfunds Housing Programs, Defunds National Housing Trust Fund

The proposed FY16 appropriations bill for Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies released today by the House Appropriations Committee would do serious damage to federal housing programs that aid some of the poorest and most vulnerable families in the nation and would zero out the only new funding targeted to expand rental housing that is affordable for these families

EPA Recognizes Austin Federal Building for Significant Energy Reductions and Cost Savings

Today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recognized the JJ Pickle & Homer Thornberry Federal Building for reducing its environmental impacts. As part of the Federal Green Challenge (FGC), more than 400 federal facilities, representing nearly 1.3 million federal employees, took steps to reduce pollution, support renewable energy, and operate more efficiently in 2014, resulting in an estimated cost savings of more than $24 million to U.S. taxpayers.

Norton Decries House Appropriations Committee for Slashing WMATA Safety Funds

Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Ranking Member of the House Highways and Transit Subcommittee, today decried the House Appropriations Committee’s fiscal year 2016 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development appropriations bill, released today, for cutting in half federal funding to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) from $150 million to $75 million.

National Park Champions Honored on Capitol Hill

Today, the nonpartisan National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA) will present 81 members of Congress with the National Park Heritage Award. This award commemorates their support of the major public lands bills included in the Fiscal Year 2015 National Defense Authorization Act, which included the largest expansion of the National Park System in nearly three decades.

EPA, Justice Department, and State of California to announce major San Francisco Bay Clean...

Tomorrow, April 29, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Department of Justice, and the State of California will announce a major Clean Water Act settlement with Lehigh Southwest Cement Co. and Hanson Permanente Cement Inc. to protect water quality in Permanente Creek and San Francisco Bay.

Cantwell Calls for Upgrades to U.S. Energy Infrastructure

Today, U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, (D-Wash.) ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, heard testimony from Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz on the agency’s release of the first installment of the Quadrennial Energy Review.

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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.

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