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Brown Announces that Ohio Will Receive More Than $165 Million in Home Heating Assistance...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - December 19, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) today announced that Ohio is set to receive more than $165 million in home heating assistance funds during Fiscal Year 2012—more than $8 million more than it wo...
Hartley Welcomes State Funds for Waterbury Housing, Stadium Upgrades
December 19, 2011 – (RealEstateRama) — State Senator Joan V. Hartley (D-Waterbury) today announced final approval for—and allocation of—state funding to assist with two Waterbury projects. One grant—for $1.38 million—will result in ...
Leahy, Sanders And Welch Announce $4.8 M. Housing Grant For Cathedral Square Thayer Commons...
WASHINGTON, DC - November 17, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Senator Patrick Leahy (D), Senator Bernie Sanders (I) and Congressman Peter Welch (D) Wednesday announced that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has awarded Burlington's ...
Shelby: If Congress Had Acted, Housing Market Would Look Different
November 15, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Senator Richard Shelby, ranking Republican on the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, today made the following statement at a Committee hearing on oversight of the Federal Housing Finance...
Corker Introduces Bill to Responsibly Unwind Fannie and Freddie, End Dependence on Government for...
WASHINGTON, DC - November 14, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Senator Bob Corker, R-Tenn., a member of the Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, today introduced the Residential Mortgage Market Privatization and Standardization Act to responsib...
Boxer, Isakson Urge Federal Housing Finance Agency to Act Now to Help Homeowners Refinance
Washington, D.C. - September 20, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Senators Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and Johnny Isakson (R-GA) today urged the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) to expedite its efforts to help millions of responsible homeowners refinan...
Conrad and Hoeven Meet With Bismarck-Mandan Area Homeowners Impacted By Flooding
Bismarck, ND - August 9, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Senator Kent Conrad and Senator John Hoeven visited with homeowners in the Bismarck-Mandan region today that have been impacted by Missouri River flooding. The Senators were joined by local leader...
Udall: $10 Million in Federal Funds Available to Help Struggling New Mexicans Keep Their...
WASHINGTON, DC - July 18, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Senator Tom Udall (D-NM) today urged New Mexicans who are at risk of foreclosure to take advantage of a new federal program that has made more than $10 million available in interest-free, for...
Reed Announces Nearly $115,000 to Help Homeless Vets
WASHINGTON, DC - July 15, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) today announced that Rhode Island will receive $114,275 in federal funding to provide housing assistance to homeless veterans
RI Receives Almost $12.7 Million to Improve Affordable Housing
WASHINGTON DC - July 14, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) today announced that twenty-five Rhode Island cities and towns will receive a total of nearly $12.7 million in federal funding to develop, finance, and/or modernize pu...
News Releases HOMELESS VETERANS: Senator Murray Announces Funding for Public Housing Authorities in Washington...
Washington, D.C. - July 14, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chairman of the Senate Housing Appropriations Subcommittee and the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee, announced that a total of 175 housing vouchers w...
Merkley, Snowe, Reed, Whitehouse Offer Amendment to End Worst Mortgage Abuses
WASHINGTON, DC - June 14, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Olympia Snowe (R-ME), Jack Reed (D-RI) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) offered the Regulation of Mortgage Servicing Act of 2011 as an amendment to the Public Works...
CARIBOU HOUSING AGENCY TO RECEIVE NEARLY $50,000
Washington, DC - June 8, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Senator Susan Collins today announced that the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has awarded the Caribou Housing Agency a grant in the amount of $48,729 to support its Housing ...
Reed Announces Additional $138,000 HUD Grant to Help More RIers Achieve Self-Sufficiency
WASHINGTON, DC - May 19, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) today announced that several communities throughout the state will receive $138,735 in federal funding to help more Rhode Islanders develop job skills and achieve econ...
Senator Snowe Welcomes Maine Housing Authorities to Washington
WASHINGTON, D.C. - March 30, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Senator Olympia J. Snowe (R-Maine) today welcomed members of Maine’s Housing Authorities to Washington to discuss their concerns and priorities regarding affordable housing opportunities through...
Begich, Klobuchar, Bipartisan Group of Senators Introduce Bill to Fight Homelessness Among America’s Veterans
Washington, D.C. - February 24, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Scott Brown (R-MA), Mark Begich (D-AK), James Inhofe (R-OK), Bill Nelson (D-FL), Robert Casey (D-PA), and John Cornyn (R-TX) have introduced bipartisan leg...
Snowe, Feinstein, Bingaman Applaud White House Support for Increasing Energy Efficient Commercial Building Tax...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - February 4, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Senators Olympia J. Snowe (R-Maine), Dianne Feinstein (D-California) and Jeff Bingaman (D-New Mexico) applauded President Obama’s support for provisions in S. 1637, the Expanding Build...
Bipartisan Affordable Housing Bill for Individuals with Disabilities Sent to President Obama to be...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - December 22, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- After quick approval in the U.S. Senate on Friday, ushered through by Connecticut Senator Chris Dodd (D-CT), today the U.S. House of Representatives passed and sent to President Obama to sign Congressman Chris Murphy’s (CT-5) legislation to provide thousands of new affordable housing units for low income, disabled individuals across the country.
