Yearly Archives: 2014

WASHINGTON, D.C. - May 6, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- "While Creative Loafing's recent editorial on homelessness shines a light on a critical issue facing our city, the piece does readers a disservice by omitting the significant strides the City of Atlanta has made toward reducing chronic homelessness.

Tours to Follow Ribbon Cutting of the 22,000-SF Equine Referral and Specialty Center WASHINGTON, D.C. - May 6, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- Cornell University’s College...

New York, NY - May 5, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today at 5 pm, approximately a hundred tenants and tenant advocates representing rent-stabilized tenants citywide will rally for a rent rollback for rent-stabilized tenants at the preliminary Rent Guidelines Board vote. On the same day that Mayor de Blasio releases his affordable housing plan, tenants will call for a rent rollback as a course correction for the high increases approved by a Mayor Bloomberg-appointed Rent Guidelines Board.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - May 5, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- Andrea Levere, president of the Corporation for Enterprise Development (CFED), commentary on today's affordability of manufactured housing, Going Mobile, appeared in the New York Times Sunday Review. Below is an excerpt.

Vancouver, WA - May 5, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- With warmer weather arriving and the economy improving, Clark County is moving forward with new and improved services in its expanding parks program.

COLUMBUS - May 5, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Ohio Housing Finance Agency (OHFA) encourages first-time buyers to take advantage of multiple savings through the Agency's First-Time Homebuyer program. Qualified buyers receive down payment assistance of up to 2.5 percent of the home's purchase price, a new mortgage tax credit, and a special interest rate reduction of .25 percent on all home loans. The special mortgage rate is limited to the first 250 loans reserved through a participating OHFA lender.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - May 5, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- Members of the New Jersey Congressional Delegation plan to meet with Secretary Shaun Donovan of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) May 8, announced Congressman Chris Smith (NJ-04), Dean of the N.J. Delegation, to discuss questions and concerns from the delegation and state lawmakers as to why the process for helping homeowners recovering from Superstorm Sandy is taking so long. The lawmakers want to discuss the best way forward to assist thousands of homeowners who still waiting to fix and return to their homes nearly a year and half after the October 2012 storm.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - May 5, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congressman Walter B. Jones (NC-3) is speaking out in opposition to a proposed rule that would aggressively expand federal authority over private property. The rule, proposed by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, would broadly redefine waters subject to EPA regulation. Existing rules limit EPA jurisdiction to “navigable” waters of the United States. The Obama administration’s new rule would expand the definition of waters to include nearly all areas that have any connection to downstream navigable waters, including man-made ditches.

PEARL - May 5, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- As Mississippians begin the clean-up process around the state from the tornadoes and severe weather, there are a few things they need to know that will expedite debris removal.

TALLAHASSEE - May 5, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- Florida Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater is urging Florida panhandle residents whose homes and property were damaged by recent storms to call the Florida Department of Financial Services’ Insurance Consumer Helpline at 1-877-MY-FL-CFO (693-5236) for insurance assistance.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - May 5, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- In accordance with the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act, HUD published a Notice in the May 2, 2014, Federal Register identifying Federal buildings and other real property HUD has reviewed for suitability for use to assist the homeless. The properties were reviewed using information provided to HUD by Federal landholding agencies or by GSA regarding their inventories of excess or surplus property. The list includes buildings and properties in Alabama, California, Hawaii, Idaho, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Washington and Wisconsin

PEARL, Miss. - May 5, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- Homeowners, renters and business owners affected by the recent severe storms, tornadoes and flooding in Mississippi are urged to register with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), as they may be eligible for disaster assistance.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - May 5, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- The unemployment rate in construction dropped to the lowest April level in seven years as contractors added 32,000 workers to payrolls in April, bringing industry employment to 6.0 million, the highest level since June 2009, according to an analysis of new government data by the Associated General Contractors of America. Association officials warned that it is essential to revive and expand training opportunities before the industry runs short of workers.

New York - May 2, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- Warburg Realty®, one of Manhattan’s leading residential real estate companies, has announced that Christine Miller Martin and Susanne Rhow will host The Smart Woman’s Guide to Building and Protecting Wealth

SAN DIEGO, CA - May 2, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- Downtown San Diego’s East Village neighborhood soon will see 201 new units of affordable rental housing in Alpha Square, to be built and leased out with assistance from the San Diego Housing Commission (SDHC) as part of a transit-oriented, mixed-use development

WASHINGTON, D.C. - May 2, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- Attorneys from the law firm Ballard Spahr reported that fracking, which is the practice of accessing natural gas reserves from shale, can cause property values to decrease by 4 to 15 percent, HousingWire reported April 22

Albany, NY - May 2, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today requested federal funding from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Emergency Watershed Protection Program for the purchase of 77 properties—75 homes and two vacant parcels—in the communities of Midland Beach and New Dorp Beach on the East Shore of Staten Island.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - May 2, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- Assemblyman Chris A. Brown was honored today by the ArtPride New Jersey Foundation with its Distinguished Arts Advocate Award at the organization’s Arts Day 2014 event held in Trenton.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - May 2, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- Members of the New Jersey Congressional Delegation plan to meet with Secretary Shaun Donovan of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) May 8, announced Congressman Chris Smith (NJ-04), Dean of the N.J. Delegation, to discuss questions and concerns from the delegation and state lawmakers as to why the process for helping homeowners recovering from Superstorm Sandy is taking so long. The lawmakers want to discuss the best way forward to assist thousands of homeowners who still waiting to fix and return to their homes nearly a year and half after the October 2012 storm.

NEW ORLEANS,LA - May 2, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, UNITY of Greater New Orleans announced that homelessness in Orleans and Jefferson parishes dropped 15 percent over the past year. Chronic homelessness dropped even further, by 30 percent, according to UNITY, a collaborative of more than 60 agencies working to prevent and solve homelessness in the two parishes.