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SPRINGFIELD - August 13, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Illinois Department on Aging (IDoA) will host activities for seniors and their families to attend during the Illinois State Fair, which runs August 10 - 19. IDoA is offering a lineup of special event...

DICKINSON, ND - August 13, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Beyond Shelter, Inc. (BSI) and the North Dakota Housing Finance Agency (NDHFA) co-hosted a ground breaking today for Patterson Heights Apartments. Located at 700 Dakota Boulevard, the affordable hou...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - August 13, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Interstate Renewable Energy Council, Inc. (IREC) announced today that ­­­eight organizations and trainers nationwide have been recognized in the past few months with the prestigious IREC ISPQ credential.

August 10, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The seminar is being presented by MSHDA-certified housing counselors. Homeowners will also have the opportunity to work one-on-one with a housing counselor after completion of the seminar. Macomb MSUE is also a Dep...

LOS ANGELES, CA - August 10, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Higher home prices offset record-low interest rates and lowered housing affordability in California in the second quarter of 2012, the CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® (C.A.R.) said today

San Jose, CA - August 10, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) - Kitchen & Bath Remodeling Seminar Saturday, August 25, 2012, 10:00am-12:00pm Case Design/Remodeling Office: 6155 Almaden Expressway Ste. 400 San Jose, CA 95120

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 ...

New York, NY - August 10, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- With more than 120,000 members in eight states and Washington, D.C., including 70,000 members in New York, 32BJ SEIU is the largest union of property service workers in the country and the largest pr...

WASHINGTON, DC - August 10, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- ConsensusDocs announces today that the National Utility Contractors Association (NUCA), the national trade association representing utility and excavation contractors, joined the coalition, and has become the 37th member of this unique coalition that produces best practice contracts for the design and construction industry.

WASHINGTON, DC - August 9, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced today that it has reached an agreement with Huntsville Utilities in Huntsville, Alabama, settling an allegation that the utility company discriminated against prospective customers based on national origin by requiring that Hispanic applicants apply for residential utility service in person, while offering non-Hispanic applicants the option of applying in person or online. In addition, the company’s application required individuals requesting residential service to provide their Social Security number. Huntsville Utilities provides water, natural gas and electric services to approximately 170,000 households in Huntsville, Madison County and northern Marshall County, Alabama.

WASHINGTON, DC - August 9, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- With less than two weeks to go before the next NeighborWorks Training Institute, courses designed to help nonprofits build homes with greater energy efficiency, develop housing near transit and transform homes into healthier places to live, are near capacity. The NeighborWorks Training Institute (NTI) is a week-long signature community development education event sponsored four times each year by NeighborWorks America, a national nonprofit corporation that creates opportunities for people to live in affordable homes, improve their lives and strengthen their communities. The next NTI is August 13-17 in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Cincinnati, OH - August 9, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today NeighborWorks America, which creates opportunities for people to live in affordable homes, improve their lives and strengthen their communities, announced it will hold its quarterly Training Institute in downtown Cincinnati August 13-17, 2012. The weeklong event will provide training to more than 1,800 affordable housing and community development professionals from around the country. The Training Institute is expected to deliver an estimated $2 million in economic impact citywide

New York, N.Y. - August 9, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Regional Administrator Judith A. Enck was joined today by New Jersey Senator Frank R. Lautenberg, Senator Robert Menendez and Congressmember Bill Pascrell, Jr. a...

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 9, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Builder confidence in the 55+ housing market for single-family homes showed improvement in the second quarter of 2012 compared to the same period a year ago, according to the National Association of Home Builders’ (NAHB) latest 55+ Housing Market Index (HMI) released today. The index more than doubled year over year from a level of 13 to 29, which is the highest second-quarter reading since the inception of the index in 2008.

Kansas City, MO - August 8, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Unified Government Board of Commissioners is waiving all building permit fees, inspection fees and sewer connection fees for new single family home construction beginning this month through Dec...

LANSING, MI - August 8, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Gov. Rick Snyder today signed legislation clarifying the criteria for landowners building homes in privately held areas of Michigan's lakeshore dunes.

WASHINGTON, DC - August 8, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today the U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) are hosting the Obama administration’s 75th free event for struggling homeowners at the Show Pla...

WASHINGTON, DC - August 8, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is charging the owners and managers of Heritage Point Mobile Home Park in Montgomery, Alabama, with violating the Fair Housing Act for refu...

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