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Washington, DC - June 20, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) today announced the release of the comprehensively updated LEED Demand Response Pilot Credit. Originally launched in 2010, the revised and enhanced Demand Response Pilot Credit establishes guidelines that are anticipated to increase participation in automated demand response programs. Leading industry experts from the Demand Response Research Center at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab (LBNL), Schneider Electric and Skipping Stone contributed to the development of the credit.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - June 17, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Homelessness in the United States did not increase significantly during the height of the recession, according to the Annual Homeless Assessment Report to Congress (AHAR) released by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) yesterday. The flat numbers, in spite of an idling economy, are a testament to improved homeless assistance systems and the adoption of housing-based strategies to end homelessness. However, budget cuts at the federal, state, and local levels threaten to destabilize the efforts made to avert increases in homelessness.

AUSTIN, TX - June 17, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) today announced that the state has secured a $619,696 federal grant that will significantly further its efforts to reduce the number of home foreclosures across Texas and help stabilize families, declining home values, and local government coffers.The grant, awarded through the National Foreclosure Mitigation Counseling (NFMC) Program – Round 5, will provide counseling to potentially as many as 1,500 Texas homeowners in or facing a home foreclosure and help them avoid foreclosure

Wilmington, DE - June 17, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Attorney General’s Mortgage Fraud Task Force is sponsoring free statewide housing workshops on June 17 in Georgetown and Dover and June 18 in Wilmington to help Delawareans who are at risk of l...

West Sacramento, CA - June 17, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The State of California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) has awarded the City of West Sacramento $2,488,625 in federal Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funding to provide public infrastructure in support of a new metals recycling facility proposed for the Port of West Sacramento.

NASHVILLE, TN - June 17, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The vast majority of Tennesseans displaced from their homes by recent disasters have found places to live as they recover. This means there is no need to provide manufactured homes as temporary liv...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - June 17, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- A rural appropriations bill passed in the House of Representatives today by a vote of 217 to 203 would result in severe hardship for low income people in rural America. This bill, H.R. 2112, the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food & Drug Administration and Related Agencies Appropriation Act of 2012, would cut funding to three crucial housing assistance programs.

TRENTON, NJ - June 16, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Attorney General Paula T. Dow and Division of Criminal Justice Director Stephen J. Taylor announced that two Pennsylvania men and a construction company have been charged in a state grand jury indictment for their alleged roles in an insurance fraud scheme that targeted homes purportedly damaged by hail.

TRENTON, N.J. - June 16, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- New Jersey Department of Community Affairs (DCA) Commissioner Lori Grifa and New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency (HMFA) Executive Director Anthony Marchetta today urged prospective homebuyers to take advantage of The Road Home New Jersey, a new consumer education tool that will help guide them in the home buying process

West Hartford, CT - June 16, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Building cleaners who have been picketing against a Goodrich Corp. cleaning contractor stepped up their protest Wednesday with a rally that drew more than 100 workers and area residents. The protest was aimed at cleaning contractor Jani-King of Hartford, which took over cleaning at the plant in May and refused to hire any the previous contractor's eight custodians, many of whom had worked at the facility for years.

NEW YORK, NY - June 16, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Halstead Property Development Marketing today announced that 30 percent of the units at Kirkman Lofts, a new residential condominium in DUMBO, Brooklyn, are currently under contract after just six weeks of sales.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - June 16, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Rising energy prices, government incentives and enhanced public image are driving energy efficiency in buildings to new heights as a growing number of building owners race to reduce energy consumption, according to the results of the fifth annual, global Energy Efficiency Indicator survey

FRANKFORT, KY - June 16, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Governor Steve Beshear today announced that during his administration the Commonwealth has generated $7.45 million in revenue by selling surplus state-owned real estate – evidence of further effic...

CLEVELAND, OH - June 16, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) --The Ohio Civil Rights Commission (OCRC) and Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine today announced the settlement of a discrimination claim against the developers, designers, owners, and builders of Stonebridge Waterfront Apartments, Stonebridge Towers and Stonebridge Plaza (collectively, Stonebridge properties) located in Cleveland, Ohio.

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LANSING, MI - June 16, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Governor Rick Snyder today announced the appointment of Creighton Weber to the Michigan Manufactured Housing Commission.

WASHINGTON, Dc - June 16, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- All across the U.S., public housing authorities are gearing up for Father’s Day weekend. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development is excited that approximately 200 agencies across the nation answered HUD’s call to host Father’s Day 2011events this Saturday– the day before the official Father’s Day – to celebrate fatherhood, family and to support dads in staying connected with their children. To see what housing authorities are hosting events in your area, visit Father’s Day 2011 Housing Authorities.

NEW YORK, NY - June 16, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Halstead Property Development Marketing and RGS Holdings, LLC, in conjunction with Goldman Sachs Urban Investment Group and JP Morgan Chase Community Development, today released data that shows 2280 FDB, a 12-story, 89-unit residential development on Frederick Douglass Boulevard between 122nd and 123rd Streets, commands the highest price paid per square foot at closing among Harlem developments

June 16, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Housing and Economic Recovery Act (HERA) of 2008 made statutory changes to how income limits are calculated for LIHTC and bond-financed properties. HERA protected owners from rent decreases in 2009, and established a new system for owners to hold their income limits and rents harmless beginning in 2010.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - June 16, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Nationwide housing starts rose 3.5 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual pace of 560,000 units in May, according to newly released figures from the U.S. Commerce Department. The gain partially offsets a larger decline that was registered in April."While the upward movement registered in today's report is somewhat good news, housing production continues to bounce along the bottom near historic lows, and is only running at a level necessary to replace dilapidated or destroyed units," said Bob Nielsen, chairman of the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) and a home builder from Reno, Nev. He also noted that "Amidst this fragile marketplace, the nation's policymakers should be aware of a recent poll that confirms the strong value that most American voters continue to place on homeownership and housing choice.