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YOUNGSTOWN, OH - August 23, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine today thanked local communities throughout the state that are beginning to take advantage of Moving Ohio Forward grants to demolish abandoned homes. DeWine gave hi...

PHILADELPHIA, PA - August 21, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced a $600,000 Brownfields Coalition Assessment Grant to the Turtle Creek Valley Council of Governments to identify and assess potentially con...

Madison - August 21, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Regional Administrator Susan Hedman today announced EPA brownfields grants totaling $800,000 to clean up contaminated properties in Madison, Wisconsin.

NASHVILLE - August 21, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam announced today the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has granted his disaster declaration request for Washington and its surrounding counties after severe storms and f...

Washington, D.C. - August 21, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, Representative David Price (NC-04), the Ranking Member of the House Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee, announced that North Carolina localities will receive a total of $4,256,4...

WASHINGTON, DC - August 15, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today awarded nearly $35 million in grants to public housing authorities, resident associations and non-profit organizations across the U.S. 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. Read more about local impact of HUD’s grant funding.

WASHINGTON, DC - August 14, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Rebuilding Together and Wells Fargo recently have joined efforts to help communities across the country transition Real Estate Owned (REOs) properties into safe, affordable homes while continuing to help existing homeowners with repair or renovation needs through a new REO homes program.

Morgantown, WV - August 14, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- State Director Bobby Lewis announced that USDA Rural Development approved a Community Facilities Grant in the amount of $20,000 for South Central Educational Development, Inc., Mercer County, WV.

RICHMOND - August 10, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Governor Bob McDonnell today announced more than $1.3 million in Community Development Block Grants (CDBG) funding through the Urgent Needs Open Submission program and the Community Economic Development ...

Washington, D.C. - August 9, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, Congressman Silvestre Reyes (D-TX) announced that the U.S. Department of the Treasury will award the El Paso Credit Union Affordable Housing LLC (El Paso CU) a $98,400 federal grant to assi...

Washington, D.C. - August 8, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, Representative David Price (NC-04) announced that three Fourth District lenders are the recipients of a total of $3.86 million in funding through the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) Fund. Durham based Latino Community Credit Union and Self-Help Federal Credit Union will both receive an award of $1,453,806 through the fund. The Support Center, also based in Durham, will receive a $953,806 award

PROVIDENCE, RI - August 8, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Capital Good Fund (CGF), a non-profit financial services organization based in Providence, will receive an $81,273 Community Development Financial Institutions Technical Assistance grant to help rev...

WASHINGTON, DC - August 7, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today announced more than $363 million in grants to fund a wide variety of highway improvements, from interstate rehabilitation and reconstruction to technologies that result in improved safety and reduced construction congestion.

DENTON, TX - August 7, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) recently approved requests from the state of Oklahoma for Fire Management Assistance Grants (FMAGs) for fires burning in multiple counties. This includes t...

WASHINGTON, DC - July 31, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Detroit will receive $4.2 million in federal funding to promote affordable housing, fight homelessness and boost the local economy, Sen. Carl Levin announced Monday.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - July 31, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Rep. Nick Rahall (D-W.Va.), along with Senators Jay Rockefeller and Joe Manchin (both D-W.Va.), Tuesday announced that federal funding has been awarded to improve the quality and number of eme...

AUSTIN, TX - July 27, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) today announced that it has awarded a $1.2 million contract to Webb County to continue funding operations of the county’s Colonia Self-Help...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - July 26, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- AARP Foundation today announced their first housing grant program by issuing a formal request for proposal (RFP), targeted at identifying organizations that create better access to housing for the struggling 50+ population, by ensuring they are able to maintain their current homes as safe places to live and age. AARP Foundation is encouraging organizations to create new models of home modification that benefit households of older Americans who are affected by unaffordable and/or inadequate housing

ATLANTA - July 25, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that it is providing $950,000 to help 17 communities expand green infrastructure use to improve water quality and protect people’s health and benefit communities. The City of Atlanta, Ga., and the City of Beaufort, S.C., were among those selected for funding, and each received $50,000 grants.

July 20, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, Congressman Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS) announces that the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development has provided funding for the following State programs: