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Today, US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Regional Administrator Ron Curry and Shreveport Mayor Ollie Tyler will outline how a $400,000 EPA cleanup grant will help the city address contaminated properties known as brownfields sites.

Pending home sales continued to rise in May and are now at their highest level in over nine years, according to the National Association of Realtors®. Gains in the Northeast and West were offset by small decreases in the Midwest and South.

FY 2016 Application Workshop is open to applicants who wish to submit a fiscal year 2016 application for 9% and 4% Low Income Housing Tax Credits, HOME funds or MHDC Fund Balance. We strongly recommend that developers who are interested in submitting a FY 2016 Rental Production Application attend. Registration will be open soon.

The Sacramento Promise Zone and Downtown Housing Forum

The Mine Safety and Health Administration announced today that federal inspectors issued 176 citations during special impact inspections in May at 10 coal mines and seven metal and nonmetal mines.

Longtime cleaners of Crosspoint Towers, Lowell’s premier office building, will  go on strike Tuesday morning to protest unfair labor practices committed by the building’s cleaning contractor Emerald Green Cleaning.

The national search is on for IREC’s 2015 3iAwards – the prestigious annual awards for innovative people, projects and programs that promote and accelerate the sustainable growth of clean energy. The IREC 3iAwards honor innovation, ingenuity and inspiration from the nation’s best in both renewable energy and energy efficiency.

Once again, NMHC is pleased to work with National Real Estate Investor (NREI) magazine as the media partner for our Student Housing Conference, scheduled this year at the Arizona Biltmore for September 28-30.

Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) today announced the committee’s hearing schedule for the week of June 8 A Full Committee hearing to examine the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s budget, operations, and programs

Professional builders and construction experts across the U.S. are plying their skills and talents to build homes and hope in partnership with nearly 200 low-income families during Habitat for Humanity’s annual Home Builders Blitz, June 8-12

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) officials will deliver remarks about the agency’s study on potential impacts on drinking water resources in the United States from hydraulic fracturing activities, as requested by Congress, on a media call today at 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time

A panel of nationally renowned land use and urban planning experts has been convened by the Urban Land Institute (ULI) to make recommendations to the City of Memphis regarding the redevelopment and reuse of the Mid-South Coliseum and Fairgrounds site in the center of the city. ULI is a global, multidisciplinary research and education institute whose 35,000-plus members are dedicated to responsible land use and creating thriving communities around the world.

Perpetual Industries Inc. (OTC:PRPI), a developer of new and innovative energy efficient products, today announced that the Company is building a custom Jaguar D-Type using their innovative XYO Technology in an attempt to set a new 200MPH world land speed record at Speed Week 2015 scheduled to take place August 8-14, at the Bonneville Salt Flats International Speedway in Utah

 On June 6-14, NeighborWorks America and its network of local organizations kicks off the 32nd annual NeighborWorks Week, a weeklong celebration in which thousands of volunteers come together to help make their communities healthy, sustainable places. Nearly 200 affordable housing and community development organizations are holding events across the country, that range from rehabbing and repairing homes, beautifying parks, conducting neighborhood tours, recognizing successful partnerships, and hosting events that educate and train others. “Celebrating Community” is this year’s NeighborWorks Week theme

LEED is the world’s foremost program for the certification of design, construction, maintenance and operations of green buildings, with more than 1.85 million square feet of commercial building space certified daily. There are currently more than 69,000 LEED building projects located in over 150 countries and territories, with approximately 44 percent of all square footage outside the U.S.

Energy Department is announcing $32 million in funding to help train American workers for the solar energy workforce and to further drive down the cost of solar by developing innovative low-cost concentrating solar power collectors and increasing access to critical solar data.

There is still time to share your building industry priorities. The National Institute of Building Sciences Consultative Council is seeking input from all members of the building industry as it begins to compile its 2015 report to the President of the United States. All building industry stakeholders—including individuals, corporations, professional groups, trade associations and advocacy groups—are welcome to provide input. To ensure everyone has an opportunity to share comments, the Council has extended the deadline to Friday, June 5.

The national search is on for IREC’s 2015 3iAwards – the prestigious annual awards for innovative people, projects and programs that promote and accelerate the sustainable growth of clean energy. The IREC 3i Awards honor innovation, ingenuity and inspiration from the nation’s best in both renewable energy and energy efficiency

The Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA) International will offer attendees of the upcoming 2015 BOMA International Annual Conference & Expo, which takes place June 28-30 in Los Angeles.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), together with the United States Attorney’s Offices for the Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of North Carolina, announces a press conference to discuss the sentencing of three Duke subsidiaries on May 14, 2015 at the United States Courthouse in Greenville. The press conference will begin shortly after the 10:00 a.m. hearing is completed