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WASHINGTON, DC - November 2, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Justice Department has filed a lawsuit against the owners of Yorkshire Apartments, Thackeray Ledges and Wales Ridge Apartments in Massillon, Ohio, for discriminating on the basis of race and f...

WASHINGTON, DC - November 2, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The National Housing Conference, known as the united voice for housing, voiced strong support for the HOME Investment Partnerships program, which is under scrutiny by the House Subcommittee on Insurance, Housing and Community Opportunity and the House Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations. NHC Vice President for Policy and Advocacy Ethan Handelman said the federal block grant program provides critical funding for state and local governments to create affordable housing for low-income families.

WASHINGTON, DC - November 1, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Mortgagee Review Board (MRB) today immediately suspended Allied Home Mortgage Corporation, thereby preventing the company from originating and underwriting new mortgages insured by the Federal Housing Administration (FHA). HUD is also suspending the company’s president and chief executive officer, James C. Hodge, and proposing to debar him as well as the company’s executive vice president, Jeanne L. Stell.

JERSEY CITY, N.J. - November 1, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- A spectacular two-bedroom Penthouse home with unrivaled views of the Hudson River and Jersey City will highlight the debut of two new professionally-decorated models at Crystal Point, the upscale collection of 269 condominiums rising directly on Jersey City’s Hudson River waterfront.

IRVINE, CA - November 1, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Award-winning KTGY Group, Inc., Architecture and Planning, is pleased to announce that KTGY Principals Ken Ryan and Manny Gonzalez, AIA, LEED AP have been invited to speak at the 22nd Annual Building Industry Association of Southern California’s Building Industry Show (BIS) 2011 on November 9-10 at the Long Beach Convention Center. BIS is the official tradeshow of the Building Industry Association of Southern California and has been the number one trade show for the region’s building industry professionals.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - October 31, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Ohio public agencies and non-profit organizations in Meigs, Portage, Pickaway, and Pike counties will receive federal resources to improve rural housing in Ohio. U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), ...

Torrance, CA - October 31, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Huff + Gooden Architects have been selected as lead design architects and HGA Architects and Engineers (HGA) as the executive architect for the expansion and renovation of the California African Ame...

October 31, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Montgomery County’s Office of Human Rights and the Interagency Fair Housing Coordinating Group will host an educational forum about fair housing on Thursday, November 10 from 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., at the Silver ...

Las Vegas, NV - October 31, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- In a city like Las Vegas, there are very few absolutes. Always split aces and eights. Never bet more than you can afford to lose and never wise-off to the bouncer. For Las Vegas homeowners consider...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - October 28, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The current state of the national economy continues to affect the remodeling industry, according to the latest National Association of Home Builders' (NAHB) Remodeling Market Index (RMI). The index dropped to 41.7 in the third quarter from 43.9 in the second quarter, after having reached a four-year high of 46.5 in the first quarter. An RMI below 50 indicates that more remodelers report that market activity is declining than report that it is increasing.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - October 28, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) --Home builder Chip Smith and his company Blue Ridge Log Cabins of Campobello, S.C., were recognized from the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives by Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.) on Oct. 26 for building a home for women veterans. The home was donated to the Steps-N-Stages Jubilee House, a non-profit agency that provides housing for homeless and disabled women veterans and their families in Fayetteville, N.C.

SELMA, AL - October 28, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today selected recipients in 50 states and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico for grants to make critical repairs and improve housing conditions for low- and very-low-income rural residents. Rural Development Deputy Under Secretary Doug O'Brien announced the recipients today on Secretary Vilsack's behalf while attending a local Farm Bill listening session in Selma, Ala.

WASHINGTON, DC - October 28, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley joined 33 of his colleagues in asking the Obama Administration and the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) to swiftly develop an efficient and effective real esta...

Pittsburgh, PA - October 28, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Board of Directors of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh (FHLBank) has approved $2.99 million in grants under its Affordable Housing Program (AHP). The grants will help finance 14 housing projects – one in Delaware, six in Pennsylvania and seven in West Virginia – creating 260 units of housing for very-low, low- and moderate-income individuals and families as well as those with special needs.

BATON ROUGE, LA - October 28, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, Governor Bobby Jindal made six appointments to the board of the Louisiana Housing Corporation (LHC), the state’s streamlined housing agency created in the 2011 Legislative Session to un...

WASHINGTON, DC - October 28, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- In an effort to boost the economy, create jobs, and stabilize neighborhoods, 33 U.S. Senators are asking the Obama Administration and the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) to swiftly develop an efficient and effective real estate owned (REO) management strategy to make better use of vacant foreclosed homes.

October 28, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The North Carolina Housing Finance Agency announces four new members for its Board of Directors. Board members for the self-supporting public agency are appointed to serve two- to four-year terms by the Governor, ...

WASHINGTON, DC - October 28, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- In an effort to boost the economy, create jobs, and stabilize neighborhoods, 33 U.S. Senators are asking the Obama Administration and the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) to swiftly develop a...

Minot, ND - October 28, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- With another North Dakota winter around the corner, Senator Kent Conrad returned to Minot today to inspect the progress being made at temporary group housing sites in Minot to support families still re...

NEW YORK, NY - October 27, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Marketing Directors, Inc. continues to expand their impressive leasing portfolio with their second Brooklyn assignment this year: Midwood Investment & Development’s newest luxury rental development at 285 Broadway, located just steps from the Marcy Avenue J/M subway station in the borough’s ever-gentrifying Williamsburg neighborhood.