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Denver, CO - June 26, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Colorado Coalition for the Homeless and its subsidiary Renaissance Housing Development Corporation have just completed a newly constructed, 101 unit, mixed-use, supportive housing development at West...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - June 22, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- New analysis of government data by the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) reveals a connection between rising student loan debt and the onset of the housing slump, and offers yet another example of how lower home values have hurt millions of middle class households and threatens the fragile economic recovery

BOSTON - June 21, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Senators John Kerry and Scott Brown, along with Congressmen James McGovern and William Keating, announced today that five organizations across Massachusetts will receive over $1.5 million from the U.S. Depar...

STATE HOUSE - June 21, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Being homeless in Rhode Island does not deny a person basic rights, access to necessary services or fair treatment in the workplace or polling place.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - June 20, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congressman Paul Tonko announced today that the federal government has awarded a grant of $118,800 to the Albany Housing Coalition through the U.S. Department of Labor’s Homeless Veterans Reinteg...

WASHINGTON, DC - June 20, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis today announced the award of 64 grants totaling more than $15 million that are aimed at providing approximately 8,600 homeless veterans nationwide with job training to help them succeed in civilian careers. The grants are being awarded under the U.S. Department of Labor's Homeless Veterans Reintegration Program.

WASHINGTON, DC - June 14, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Senators Frank R. Lautenberg (D-NJ) and Robert Menendez (D-NJ) today announced more than $300,000 in federal funding to provide homeless veterans in Camden with housing assistance and medical tr...

WASHINGTON, DC - June 13, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan and U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric K. Shinseki announced today that HUD will provide an additional $2.5 million to public housing agencies to supply housing and case management for 380 homeless veterans. (See list below.) This funding is part of a total $75 million the Obama Administration is investing this year to house 10,450 homeless veterans who might otherwise be living on the streets.

Destin, FL - June 11, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Respondents to an online poll have given the U.S. government a no confidence vote when it comes to helping the real estate market. An over-whelming majority of 83% say the government will not take major steps to help the housing market.

WASHINGTON, DC - June 6, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) today joined JBJ Soul Foundation Chairman, Jon Bon Jovi, to announce the five finalists of Project REACH (Real-time Electronic Access for Caregivers and the Homeless) during the Health Data Initiative Forum in Washington, D.C., sponsored by the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS).

Washington, DC - June 4, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- T he White House, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), U.S. Department of the Treasury, and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) hosted a Nevada White House Forum on Housing to discuss programs and initiatives promoted by the Obama Administration that help responsible homeowners and struggling communities hit hardest by the housing crisis.

WASHINGTON, DC - May 31, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs announced that it will collaborate with the “100,000 Homes” Campaign and its 117 participating communities to help find permanent housing for 10,000 vulnerable and chronically homeless Veterans this year.

Baltimore, MD - May 30, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler and Governor Martin O'Malley today outlined details of how the Attorney General will allocate nearly $60 million in funding that is part of the nearly $1 billion in ...

STATE HOUSE - May 29, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- “It is sad that in a nation as rich as ours, there are still so many homeless people,” said Sen. John J. Tassoni Jr. (D-Dist. 22, Smithfield, North Smithfield). “Whether that is a long-term or shor...

CHICAGO, IL - May 25, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- After years of struggling with substance abuse and shuttling between relatives’ homes, veteran Steven G. Brooks finally has a stable place to call home and access to the training he needs to launch a n...

TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE - May 21, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Attorney General Kamala D. Harris and Holly Petraeus, Director of the Office of Service Member Affairs at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), today met with Airmen and their famili...

SACRAMENTO, CA - May 17, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Attorney General Kamala D. Harris today testified in support of the California Homeowner Bill of Rights, a package of legislation designed to protect homeowners from unfair practices by banks and mort...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - May 16, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The foreclosure and economic crisis significantly increased homelessness and the number of families at risk of homelessness in cities and counties across the nation.

WASHINGTON, Dc - May 15, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Department of Veterans Affairs is once again hosting a nationwide 2K “Walk and Roll” event at more than 130 VA facilities on May 16 to coincide with National Employee Health and Fitness Day. The event will also encourage employee and local community support of homeless Veterans.

Destin, FL - May 8, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- For the second time in less than a year, respondents to a Housing Predictor poll say that banks and other mortgage lenders should be forced to reduce mortgage principal and cut loan payments for underwater homeowners.