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WASHINGTON, D.C. - January 24, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) Director Dan Ashe today announced $16.5 million in grants to support 21 critical coastal wetland projects in 12 states and Puerto Rico under the National Coastal Grants Wetlands Conservation Grants Program

WASHINGTON, D.C. - January 14, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has announced the availability of up to approximately $600 million in grants for non-profit organizations and consumer cooperatives that serve very low-income Veteran families occupying permanent housing through the Supportive Services for Veteran Families (SSVF) program.

DES MOINES - December 20, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Wells Fargo, the nation’s leading home mortgage lender today announced that 59 nonprofits were awarded grants totaling $11.4 million from the UrbanLIFTSM Community Grant Program to help strengthen neighborhoods in 25 metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs)

WASHINGTON, D.C. - December 17, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- In accordance with the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act, HUD published a Notice in the Dec. 13, 2013, 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 California

WASHINGTON, D.C. - November 25, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The state has awarded $18.3 million in grants and loans to help fund 13 affordable housing developments across the state, including projects in Westport and Danbury, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy announced Thursday. “Increasing the availability of affordable housing is a top priority because the benefits extend far beyond the families and communities immediately impacted,” Malloy said in a statement.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - November 25, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan announced that HUD will award $1.7 billion to support homeless assistance programs with the Continuum of Care (CoC) Homeless Assistance Program Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA). Due to a record number of existing programs requesting funds to continue operating, flat funding from Congress and sequestration, this amount represents a 5% cut to existing programs and risks halting or even reversing recent reductions of homelessness in communities across the country.

WASHINGTON - November 15, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Department of Veterans Affairs has approved $8.8 million in grants to fund 164 projects in 37 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico to rehabilitate currently operational transitional housing projects and acquire vans to facilitate the transportation needs of homeless veterans

WASHINGTON, D.C. - November 14, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Department of Veterans Affairs has approved $8.8 million in grants to fund 164 projects in 37 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico to rehabilitate currently operational transitional housing projects and acquire vans to facilitate the transportation needs of homeless veterans.

Wherever you may stand on the climate change debate (cue the angry comments!), it’s undeniable that Mother Nature has grown a bit unpredictable in exacting her revenge for hairspray and Styrofoam. Superstorms in New Jersey. Mudslides in Colorado. Cyclones in India. But while we may not know where the next natural disaster is going to hit, one House Republican is doing his best to encourage people to be prepared

CHICAGO - November 6, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Seventeen grants totaling $250,000 have been awarded to Urban Land Institute (ULI) district and national councils through ULI’s Urban Innovation Grant program. The recipients were announced today at ULI’s Fall Meeting in Chicago

Washington, D.C. - November 6, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The jury for the American Institute of Architects (AIA) Upjohn Research Initiative, a joint program of the College of Fellows and the Board Knowledge Committee to support knowledge sharing between practitioners and academicians, has announced the five projects selected to receive grants.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - October 31, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Building on two years of grantmaking aimed at strengthening American democracy, the MacArthur Foundation today announced nine grants totaling more than $1.2 million to support information sharing and research on the role of money in politics and efforts to improve election administration.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - October 30, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced $400,000 to help six communities across the country, including Spartanburg, S.C., expand their use of green infrastructure. The funding is in support of President Obama’s Climate Action Plan, which directs federal agencies to identify climate-resilient investments such as agency grants and technical assistance for communities across the country.

Washington, DC - October 25, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- A $1.5 million grant from the JPMorgan Chase Foundation will help NeighborWorks America substantially increase its work to help NeighborWorks network members and nonprofit community development corporations around the U.S. build stronger and sustainable mortgage lending operations, expand affordable homeownership opportunities, enhance the availability of financial capability programs and strengthen community stabilization efforts. The grant is part of a $6.3 million overall commitment to affordable housing this year from the JPMorgan Chase Foundation

WASHINGTON, D.C. - October 24, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Corporation for Enterprise Development (CFED), a nonprofit dedicated to expanding economic opportunity for low-income families and communities in the U.S., announced today that it will deploy $500,000 to strengthen the capacity of state and local nonprofits to ensure greater access to products, programs and policies that expand financial asset-building opportunities for low-to moderate-income consumers. The expansion is made possible by the JPMorgan Chase Foundation, and is part of the firm’s broader efforts to provide $1.4 million in grants to leading nonprofits that promote the financial capability of consumers.

Bergen County, NJ - October 17, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Rebuilding Together Bergen County and the American Red Cross have joined forces to help bring 30 Bergen County homes flooded by Hurricane Sandy back to safe and healthy housing conditions. Thanks to a $500,000 Red Cross grant, homeowners in Little Ferry and Moonachie will finally be rebuilding their lives and returning to their homes. Part of this funding will go to making critical repairs on homes in Moonachie in October and next January as part of Kickoff to Rebuild, an NFL-sanctioned event hosted by Rebuilding Together, in advance of next year’s Superbowl XVIII in the Meadowlands

WASHINGTON, D.C. - September 30, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC) is pleased to announce the opening of the South Carolina Fair Housing Center in Columbia, South Carolina on September 30, 2013. The center will be established in South Carolina to address the growing need in that community, and is funded by a one million dollar federal grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) under the Fair Housing Initiatives Program.

WASHINGTON - September 30, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today awarded over $28 million in grants to public housing authorities, resident associations, Indian tribes, and non-profit organizations across the nation to hire or retain service coordinators to help public housing residents find jobs and achieve economic and housing independence. The funding will also link the elderly and people with disabilities with supportive services that allow them to maintain independent living and age-in-place

WASHINGTON, - September 26, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today the Equal Rights Center (ERC)—a national non-profit civil rights organization — announced that it has been awarded two federal grants from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Fair Housing Initiatives Program (FHIP)

WASHINGTON, D.C. - September 26, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Morris County Heritage Commission has received a grant of $18, 684 from the New Jersey Historical Commission, a division of the New Jersey Department of State, to provide re-grants for local history projects and General Operating Support to history organizations and other non-profit groups that have a history-based project.