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More than $100,000 donated to support safe, stable housing in Idaho
January 11, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- More Idaho families will have warm, safe places to call home in the coming year thanks to collaboration between the Home Partnership Foundation and nonprofits throughout the state.
Iowa Finance Authority Awards more than $900,000 in Grants for Homelessness Services in Iowa
Des Moines - January 10, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Iowa Finance Authority Board of Directors today awarded $900,776 in grants to twenty-seven organizations to assist homeless and domestic violence shelters with costs associated with providing esse...
Annual Bowl-A-Thon Grants 3 Wishes for Make-A-Wish Foundation
ATLANTA, GEORGIA - January 10, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Three wishes will come true for Atlanta area children with severe medical conditions this holiday season thanks to the help of the Make-A-Wish Foundation and the Harry Norman, Realtors’ Young Realtors Council. For the past seven years, the Young Realtors Council has held a bowl-a-thon at Midtown Bowl to raise funds for the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Georgia
USDA AWARDS LOANS AND GRANTS TO BUILD RURAL, MULTI-FAMILY RENTAL PROPERTIES
Washington, DC - January 09, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Agriculture Under Secretary for Rural Development Dallas Tonsager today announced that USDA has awarded loans and grants to 12 organizations to construct, purchase and rehabilitate rural, multi-family, farm labor housing properties.
New and Upgraded Housing for Teachers, Health Professionals and Public Safety Workers Thanks to...
Anchorage, AK - December 21, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Helping people feel safe, earn a good education and have access to affordable healthcare are all benefits of Alaska Housing Finance Corporation’s (AHFC’s) Teacher, Health Professional and Publ...
Sen. Brown Announces New Resources To Provide More Than 300 Affordable Housing Units For...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - December 17, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- A Cincinnati neighborhood received new resources to redevelop blighted and abandoned property while providing safe, affordable housing for seniors. U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) today announce...
Encore Housing Project Receives $30 Million Grant
Tampa, FL - December 13, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor announced today the award of a $30 million grant for the revitalization of northern downtown Tampa and the Encore redevelopment. Tampa is one of only four communities nationwide...
FEMA Awards more than $254 million to Rebuild New York
NEW YORK, NY - December 10, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- This week, the Federal Emergency Management Agency announced three new Public Assistance (PA) grants to New York, bringing the total awarded since Hurricane Sandy to $254 million. PA grants will be...
The New York City Housing Authority Receives a $7.1 Million Grant from the U.S....
New York, NY - December 6, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) has received a $7.1 million National Emergency Grant from the United States Department of Labor to hire residents for post-Sandy recovery jobs in NYCHA de...
Governor Kim Guadagno Announces $285,000 Grant to Support Salvation Army’s Perth Amboy Transitional Residence...
Trenton, NJ - December 6, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Continuing the Christie Administration’s Season of Service outreach to those in need, Lt. Governor Kim Guadagno today visited the Salvation Army Perth Amboy Corp to announce that the organization h...
OFFICE OF SUSTAINABLE HOUSING AND COMMUNITIES ACCOMPLISHMENTS REPORT DEMONSTRATES HOW SUSTAINABILITY GRANTS ARE HELPING...
WASHINGTON, DC - November 30, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Office of Sustainable Housing and Communities (OSHC) today released its 2012 Accomplishments Report, Helping Communities Realize a More Prosperous Future, which highlights how grantees of the 2010 and 2011 HUD Sustainability Grants are working to support locally led collaborative efforts that are building stronger regional economies.
Attorney General Kamala D. Harris Announces Homeowner Assistance Grant Program
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - November 22, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Attorney General Kamala D. Harris today announced a $10.4 million grant program for organizations that provide housing counseling and legal services to homeowners. The grant funds were secure...
State Housing Trust Fund grant to assist Habitat for Humanity of Central Iowa Build...
Des Moines, IA - November 15, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Iowa Finance Authority Board of Directors today approved a $50,000 grant to the Habitat for Humanity of Central Iowa to assist in the construction of an affordable home for a family in Nevada...
Mortgage industry pushes for broad legal protections for high-cost loans
Chicago, IL - November 12, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- A mortgage industry-backed legislative push to weaken an effort to encourage lenders to make safe and sustainable loans is likely to kick off in the weeks following the election.
Gov. Bev Perdue Announces Grant Awards for 13 Water Resources Projects
November 8, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Gov. Bev Perdue announced today that $750,000 in grants have been awarded for 13 projects that will help North Carolina towns and counties restore streams, reduce erosion, study storm water management and benefit ...
Governor Cuomo Announces PepsiCo to Modernize and Expand Its Worldwide Headquarters in Westchester, Retaining...
Albany, NY - October 26, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that PepsiCo will renovate its worldwide headquarters in Purchase, keeping the food and beverage company’s 1,100 jobs in New York State. Throughout the durat...
USDA PARTNERS WITH NORTH DAKOTA TRIBAL COLLEGES
BISMARCK, ND - October 26, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Jasper Schneider, USDA Rural Development state director, today announced that all five Tribal colleges in North Dakota were awarded grants to improve campus infrastructure. Through the Tribal College Initiative Grant program, each college will receive a $158,656 grant.
ROCKEFELLER, MANCHIN & RAHALL APPLAUD FEMA FOR GRANTING 16 ADDITIONAL WEST VIRGINIA COUNTIES INDIVIDUAL...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - October 24, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Senators Jay Rockefeller and Joe Manchin, along with Congressman Nick Rahall, today applauded the Federal Emergency Management Agency for granting 16 additional West Virginia counties individual...
CITY OF YONKERS, MUNICIPAL HOUSING AUTHORITY OF YONKERS AND THE COMMUNITY BUILDERS AWARDED $300,000...
YONKERS, NY - October 23, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Mayor Mike Spano announced today the City along with the Municipal Housing Authority of Yonkers and The Community Builders have been awarded $300,000 by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Devel...
MADIGAN ANNOUNCES $620,000 GRANT FROM NATIONAL FORECLOSURE SETTLEMENT FUNDS FOR ONLINE LEGAL AID RESOURCES
Chicago, IL - October 19, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Attorney General Lisa Madigan today announced that $620,000 in funding from the national foreclosure settlement has been awarded to Illinois Legal Aid Online
