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WASHINGTON, D.C. - October 5, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- On October 6th, D.C. Councilmember Jim Graham will join residents, neighbors, and community developers to celebrate the Grand Opening of the St. Dennis Apartments in Washington, D.C.’s Mt. Pleasant neighborhood. Low income working families, many of whom had endured deplorable living conditions at the property, can now enjoy fully renovated, energy efficient affordable apartments. The preservation and renovation of the St. Dennis was made possible due to the tenacity of the Martinez family who refused to be forced from their neighborhood when their landlord sought to convert their apartment building to luxury condominiums.

>WASHINGTON, DC - October 5, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The National Multi Housing Council’s National Student Housing Council (NSHC) today released its 2011 income and expense benchmarking survey, the only such survey specifically targeting the growing off-campus student housing sector.

NEW YORK, NY - October 5, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Cogswell Realty, LLC announced today that Ricky’s NYC has signed a two-month lease for 5,180 square feet of retail space for a seasonal pop-up store, Ricky’s Halloween, Inc., at 55 West 125th Str...

Washington, DC - October 5, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- We need to keep housing first on the nation’s public policy agenda, because housing and homeownership issues affect all Americans, and a housing recovery is necessary for the nation’s economic well-being

Atlanta, GA - October 4, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- GoFightForeclosure.com announced today using an expert witness helps resolve foreclosure disputes. The company offers Kyle Ransom’s nationwide expert witness Affidavit on their website for homeowners challenging foreclosures, foreclosure defense attorneys, mortgage servicers, and lending institutions

LOS ANGELES, CA - October 4, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- An Eagle Rock resident who worked as an inspector for the Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety was sentenced this afternoon to 18 months in federal prison for taking thousands of dollars ...

WASHINGTON, DC - October 4, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today announced a commitment to insure a mortgage loan to St. Francis Hospital in Columbus, Georgia. The $210 million loan is made possibl...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - October 4, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) today urged Congress to proceed with caution and conduct a cost-benefit analysis before implementing any new regulations or requirements that call for the federal government to develop a National Ocean Policy, which the Administration is now contemplating.

ALBANY, N.Y. - October 4, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- A state and federal Disaster Recovery Center (DRC) in Essex County will close on Friday, October 7, according to officials from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

WASHINGTON, D.C. - October 4, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu today applauded the launch of the City of New Orleans' NOLA Wise, one of the Department's Better Buildings Neighborhood projects. The $1.7 million initiative, funded by the Recovery Act, will allow participants to increase the comfort, safety, and affordability of their homes through energy-saving home improvements. Through DOE's Better Buildings Neighborhood Program, 41 projects are bringing state and local governments and partnering organizations together to provide high quality, accessible and affordable energy improvements to homes and businesses across the nation to reduce energy use and save families money on their energy bills.

NEW YORK, NY - October 4, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- ADG Langsam CEO Perry Finkelman has been named the Real Estate Development Award winner by the Young Jewish Professionals. In bestowing the award, the group cited Finkelman’s work at ONE48, a new l...

San Francisco, CA - October 3, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Mayor Edwin M. Lee today issued the following statement after touring the construction job site of the HOPE SF Hunters View public housing rebuild with Leader Nancy Pelosi:

Charlotte, N.C. - October 3, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- NAIOP, the Commercial Real Estate Development Association, today announced that it has selected North Carolina-based Bissell as the recipient of its annual Sustainable Development Award.

NEW YORK, NY - October 3, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Halstead Property Development Marketing today announced that Harlem Sol 121 and 123, a new two-building condominium development in Harlem, are both 50% sold. Harlem Sol is a combination of two adjace...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - October 3, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- AARP’s Public Policy Institute today released a new report that provides a nationwide snapshot of the changing housing landscape for boomers and elders. “The AARP State Housing Profiles” and its brief summary “Housing for Older Adults: The Impacts of the Recession” updates and expands on a 2007 report on housing for Americans 50+ with detailed findings parsed out state-by-state. Conditions have changed greatly for older households during the last decade. Housing has become less affordable for many older adults who currently devote an unsustainable amount of their budget to paying rent or for their home.

MT. PLEASANT, MI - September 30, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Michigan State Housing Development Authority (MSHDA), the United States Department of Agriculture Rural Development (USDA-RD) and the United States Department of Housing and Urban Developm...

ALBANY, N. Y. - September 30, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has initiated a program, in coordination with State and local governments, to provide Temporary Housing Units (THUs) to New York communities hard hi...

Newtown Square, PA - September 30, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Balfour Beatty Communities, LLC announced that it recently broke ground on its Fort Leonard Wood military housing public-private partnership (PPP or P3) project within the U.S. Department of the Army’s Residential Communities Initiative (RCI) Program on the redevelopment construction phase of 160 duplex homes at Fort Leonard Wood. Balfour Beatty Communities will oversee the design, construction, and overall management, maintenance and operational responsibilities for the housing units, which are expected to be completed in 2013.

WASHINGTON, DC - September 30, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development today awarded $600,000 to increase hiring of low-income individuals and public housing residents. HUD is awarding twelve housing authorities, cities, and states $50,000 each to hire full-time Section 3 Program Coordinators for one year. These grants will maximize a HUD program that ensures HUD dollars are used to hire low-income individuals and to contract with businesses that hire them.

September 29, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, Mark Udall called on Colorado homebuilders to use beetle-killed trees from our forests to build homes, thus clearing local forests of hazardous trees and creating homegrown jobs in the process. At an eve...