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WASHINGTON, D.C. - December 14, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Nan Roman, President and CEO of the National Alliance to End Homelessness has been selected as one of the 17 members serving on the Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) Housing Commission

Albany, - December 14, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) $194 Million Plan Will Create More Than 6,000 jobs Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today travelled to Stony Brook to sign the Stony Brook University 2020 challenge grant application that proposes a $194 million p...

New York, NY - December 14, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- With only two weeks left until a possible citywide strike, thousands of New York City office cleaners and other commercial building workers will march and rally through the streets of Midtown Man...

SEATTLE, WA - December 14, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Impact Capital, a non?profit community development financial institution (CDFI) operating in Washington State, has named Judith Olsen as its new Executive Director. Olsen, currently Vice President and Community Development Officer at Wells Fargo in Oregon, will succeed Heyward Watson, who is retiring at the end of 2011. Olsen will start in her new position on January 9, 2012.

WASHINGTON, DC - December 14, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- On a single night last January, 636,017 people were homeless in the United States, a 2.1 percent decline from the year before. That’s the key finding of a new count on homelessness announced today by U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan. Donovan made the announcement at a meeting of the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness where he was joined by HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and Labor Secretary Hilda Solis.

December 13, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The California Building Industry Association (CBIA) released the following statement today on the recent Field Poll conducted on behalf of the Association of California Water Agencies (ACWA) which asked Californi...

UNION CITY/WEST NEW YORK, N.J. - December 13, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency (HMFA) Executive Director Anthony L. Marchetta today joined Congressman Albio Sires, Mayors Brian Stack of Union City and Dr. Feli...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - December 13, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Bob Nielsen, chairman of the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) and a home builder from Reno, Nev., today issued the following statement on a congressional plan to raise fees charged by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and use them to help pay for an extension of this year’s payroll tax cut through 2012:

December 12, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today the Seattle Planning Commission released Housing Seattle, a report that analyzes housing information from the Census, American Community Survey as well as market data.

WASHINGTON, DC - December 12, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Urban Land Institute (ULI), a global research and education organization dedicated to responsible land use, is celebrating 75 years of leadership in community building this week with a series of events in communities throughout the United States and abroad that highlight the institute’s legacy of shaping and enhancing the built environment.

December 12, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Kay Jean Axel, 56, of Erie, Michigan, pleaded guilty today to stealing more than $32,000 from the Luna Pier Housing Commission (LPHC) while she was employed as its Executive Director, announced United State Attor...

Scottsdale, AZ. - December 12, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Quicken Loans Inc., the nation’s largest online home lender and top-five retail mortgage lender, today announced it ranked #1 on the Phoenix Business Journals’ ‘Best Places to Work in the Valley’ list for large-sized companies.

WASHINGTON, DC - December 12, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Californians’ housing preferences are changing rapidly—outpacing the rate at which the housing stock can be adapted. This will lead to a dramatic mismatch between housing supply and demand that could last through the next two decades, according to a new report released today by the Urban Land Institute (ULI).

WASHINGTON, D.C. - December 12, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The U.S. Green Building Council's Center for Green Schools, working in conjunction with its founding sponsor, United Technologies Corp., today released its inaugural Best of Green Schools 2011 list recognizing school administrators and government leaders in 10 categories for their efforts to create sustainable learning environments.

Jericho, NY, and New York City - December 12, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Nixon Peabody LLP is pleased to announce that the Long Island Coalition for the Homeless has presented Deborah VanAmerongen with the “Key of Excellence Award.”

WASHINGTON, D.C. - December 9, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Congressmen James Langevin (RI-02) and David Cicilline (RI-01), are taking a lead role in trying to preserve heating assistance for struggling families this winter. Rhode Island’s two representatives were original co-sponsors of legislation, just introduced with Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (ME-01), that would allocate $4.7 billion for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) in Fiscal year 2012, ensuring resources equal to the previous year’s levels. The bill matches the measure sponsored by Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse.

Washington, DC - December 9, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- This week, the House Financial Services Committee, Subcommittee on Insurance, Housing and Community Opportunity passed H.R. 3298, the Homes for Heroes Act. The bill establishes a Special Assistant...

WASHINGTON, DC - December 9, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Kingsway Senior Housing Facility, Congressman Jim Himes (CT-4), and Senator Richard Blumenthal (CT) announced today that the retirement community in Norwalk will receive a grant of $2,836,302 to c...

BOSTON, MA - December 9, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- MassHousing announced today that it has closed $2.7 million in loans for the first phase of the Tri-Town Landing Apartments, a 66-unit rental development in a Smart Growth District in Lunenburg.

Washington, DC - December 9, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- A recent survey by Houselogic.com, the consumer website from the National Association of Realtors®, finds that jobs and the housing market will be two of the most important issues for voters in the 2012 election. Nearly one-third of respondents said housing will be the top issue on their mind when they head to the polls next November.