Housing & Development

WASHINGTON, DC - September 28, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) awarded $649,000 to seven local community organizations. These awards support local organizations serving diverse communities across the country that will help ensure persons who are limited English proficient (LEP) have access to information in their native languages on HUD housing, programs, services, and activities.

WASHINGTON, DC - September 28, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced today that it is charging Craig Robbins, a Springfield, Massachusetts landlord, with violating the Fair Housing Act for alleg...

WASHINGTON, DC - September 27, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The mayors of Kansas City, Oakland, Providence and Tampa, plus 12 additional local land use leaders from these cities, have been selected as the 2011-2012 class of fellows for the Urban Land Institute (ULI)

Washington, DC - September 27, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Corporation for National and Community Service today announced Nonprofit Capacity Building Program grants totaling $998,000 to increase the capacity of nonprofits to improve lives in communities facing economic hardships

Washington, DC - September 27, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Federal Housing Finance Agency today reported that the National Average Contract Mortgage Rate for the Purchase of Previously Occupied Homes by Combined Lenders, used as an index in some ARM contracts, was 4.56 percent based on loans closed in August. This is a decrease of 0.01 percent from the previous month.

BOSTON, MA - September 26, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The owner and landlord of a Cambridge apartment building has been sued for violating state anti-discrimination, lead paint, consumer protection, and housing laws, Attorney General Martha Coakley ann...

WASHINGTON, DC - September 26, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today announced that it has charged the owner and manager of a Lakewood, Washington trailer park with discriminating on the basis of di...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - September 26, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- DC The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has forged an exciting and unique partnership focused on the use of competitions and networks to discover and disseminate the most imaginative solutions for creating sustainable and livable communities.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - September 26, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Sales of newly built, single-family homes declined 2.3 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 295,000 units in August, according to newly released data from the U.S. Commerce Department. The decline is from an upwardly revised, 302,000-unit rate in the previous month.

September 26, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Most of the homeowners who were displaced will need to live somewhere else until their flood-damaged home is repaired and they can move back in. Those whose homes cannot be repaired or whose rental housing is go...

Newtown Square, Pa - September 26, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Balfour Beatty Communities, LLC announced today that 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 will begin a redevelopment phase covering the new construction 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

KANSAS CITY, KS - September 26, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development awarded the city of El Dorado a $500,000 grant today that will allow the city and its local partners to include affordable housing as it revitalizes its historic central business district or “Main Street.”

Boston, NY - September 23, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- CB Richard Ellis (CBRE) has been named Best Brokerage Firm by Multi-Housing News at its 2011 Excellence Awards reception in New York.

WASHINGTON, DC - September 23, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced today that it has charged a La Crosse, Wisconsin landlord with violating the Fair Housing Act for refusing to rent an apar...

OAKLAND, CA - September 23, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is announcing that Phase II of the American Samoan permanent housing construction program was completed on Septem...

WASHINGTON, DC - September 23, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The summer edition of Evidence Matters, HUD's quarterly publication that informs the public on issues related to housing and community development, is available today. This issue focuses on strengthening the evidence behind sustainability, a concept that while embraced by many businesses, government and families, still faces some skeptics.

McPherson, KS - September 23, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Officials from Kansas Housing Resources Corporation (KHRC), the State of Kansas, City of McPherson, McPherson Chamber of Commerce and Multi-Community Diversified Services (MCDS) celebrated the ...

SACRAMENTO, CA - September 23, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Driven by a substantial increase in the multifamily sector, California housing starts surged in August posting a 30 percent increase over the same month a year ago, the California Building In...

Washington, DC - September 23, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today NeighborWorks America announced $3.65 million in grant funding to nonprofit organizations that will enable them to expand their service areas and reach deeper within underserved communities

WASHINGTON, DC - September 23, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- As our population changes and more Americans choose to rent their homes, there is a growing disconnect between our national housing policy and our changing housing needs. A visually powerful PowerPoint presentation from the National Multi Housing Council (NMHC) aims to close that gap.