Yearly Archives: 2016

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently called upon the National League of Cities to move forward with sound investment to combat climate change. The Portland Cement Association (PCA) believes that a good way to do this is to make a sound investment to combat our nation's deteriorating infrastructure

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Julián Castro today awarded $1.6 billion in grants to provide funding to 6,400 local homeless housing and service programs across the U.S., Puerto Rico, Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands. 

The renter population grew in both central city and suburban areas while more renters struggled to find affordable housing in the 11 largest metropolitan areas in the U.S., according to the newly-released

To help public housing residents find jobs and educational opportunities, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today awarded nearly $32 million in grants to public housing authorities and non-profit organizations across the nation to hire or retain service coordinators to help residents achieve economic and housing independence. See list of funding by states below

At an event today in Denver, Colorado, the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Under Secretary for Science and Energy, Dr. Franklin Orr, joined Mayor Michael Hancock to announce Denver as the host city for the next U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon competition in the fall of 2017.

The National Association of Realtors®’ Center for Realtor® Technology recently participated in Koding Inc.’s 2016 global virtual hackathon and took second place out of more than a thousand teams.

IA growing share of homebuyers are millennials, and more of them are purchasing single-family homes outside of urban areas, according to the2016 National Association of Realtors® Home Buyer and Seller Generational Trendsstudy, which evaluates the generational differences1 of recent home buyers and sellers. The survey additionally found that although student loan debt is more prevalent among millennial buyers, they aren’t the generation with the largest student debt balances.

State, county, and local officials joined Community Investment Strategies, Inc. (CIS) for a ribbon cutting ceremony to unveil Heritage Village at Bloomfield – an 82-apartment affordable 55-plus housing community in Bloomfield, Essex County that serves seniors on a fixed income.

he Justice Department announced today that the owners and developers of 71 multi-family housing complexes in four states with more than 2,500 ground-floor units have agreed to pay $350,000 to settle claims that they violated the Fair Housing Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act by building apartment complexes that were inaccessible to persons with disabilities.

As the world continues to urbanize, cities will grow rapidly with the number of people in need of decent housing increasing faster than ever before. To combat this growing trend, Habitat for Humanity is launching Solid Ground, a three-year global advocacy campaign focused on promoting land policies, laws and systems to improve access to adequate shelter.

Consumers Energy is supporting the efforts of Michigan International Speedway to be the “greenest” NASCAR track in the country with a $29,460 energy efficiency incentive check.

Consumers Energy today presented a $46,348 Business Solutions incentive rebate check to West Branch Regional Medical Center for participating in the company’s energy efficiency program for commercial and industrial customers

Consumers Energy, Michigan’s largest utility and the fourth-largest U.S. combination utility, announced today changes to its senior leadership team. “We are pleased to announce changes to our Company’s senior leadership team, which builds on successful execution of our strategy, continuity, and our collective ‘all in’ commitment to provide safe, reliable and affordable electric and natural gas service to our customers and the State of Michigan,” said Patti Poppe, incoming president and chief executive officer.

A packaging manufacturer investing in Michigan with energy-saving equipment is receiving more than $400,000 in incentives from Consumers Energy. Graphic Packaging International Inc., a global producer of paperboard and folding cartons, received a $416,370 incentive check Wednesday from Consumers Energy executives for their recent improvements, which are saving the company money and energy.

A report released today by the NYU Furman Center, Fifty Years of Historic Preservation in New York City, shows the extent of preservation in New York City and compares the land use, housing stock, demographic characteristics, and commercial property in historic districts with those in areas that are not regulated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC)

The A Call To Invest in Our Neighborhoods (ACTION) Campaign, which NCSHA co-chairs with Enterprise Community Partners, is circulating a national sign-on letter calling on Congress to address the nation’s severe shortage of affordable rental housing by increasing Housing Credit authority by at least 50 percent.

Realtor® University, the only advanced online education institution centered exclusively on real estate, has received accreditation from the Distance Education Accrediting Commission, or DEAC, an organization recognized by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation and the U.S. Department of Education.

On March 3, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) published in the Federal Register combined final regulations amending the Housing Credit utility allowance rules to provide greater clarity for Housing Credit properties that submeter to account for actual tenant energy consumption, and temporary regulations for properties in which an owner acquires energy directly from renewable sources, rather than from a utility company.

Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today will travel to Flint, Michigan as part of a congressional delegation with Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), Assistant Democratic Leader Jim Clyburn (D-SC) and leaders of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) and Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC). Norton is particularly interested and concerned about the Flint water crisis because of the District of Columbia’s own lead-in-water crisis in the early 2000s.

Adding to federal response efforts, the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS), the federal agency that administers AmeriCorps, dispatched dozens of additional national service members to support state and local efforts addressing the water emergency in Flint, Mich.