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Encourages Mainers who were wronged to call DOJ
WASHINGTON, DC - March 7, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, Congressman Mike Michaud, Ranking Member of the Veterans’ Affairs Health Subcommittee, praised the announcement that servicemembers and veterans hurt by mortgage abuses will be provided reli...
REP. MIKE THOMPSON ANNOUNCES $960,000 INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT FOR PORT OF WEST SACRAMENTO
Washington, DC - March 7, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congressman Mike Thompson (CA-1) today announced that The Port of West Sacramento has been awarded a grant of more than $960,000 from the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) for construction of a r...
CONGRESSMAN BACHUS USA TODAY COLUMN ON PRESIDENT’S NEW HOUSING PLAN
WASHINGTON, DC - February 9, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congressman Spencer Bachus (AL-6) said that more jobs and more private-sector investment, not more failed government programs, are what's needed to help struggling homeowners.
Bipartisan Group of Lawmakers Call on Obama to Increase Home Energy Assistance Funding in...
Washington, DC - January 31, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congressman Edward J. Markey, Congressman John Tierney, and a bipartisan group of more than 100 lawmakers sent a letter urging President Barack Obama to fund the Low Income Home Energy Assistance ...
Markey, Bipartisan Group of Lawmakers Call on Obama to Increase Home Energy Assistance Funding...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - January 30, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congressman Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), longtime Congressional champion of providing assistance to low-income families to heat and cool their homes and dean of the Massachusetts Congressional de...
REP. MIKE THOMPSON WELCOMES PRESIDENT’S HOUSING PROPOSAL, BUT SAYS IT’S ONLY HALF OF THE...
Washington, DC - January 26, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congressman Mike Thompson (CA-1), joined by Democratic Members of the California Congressional Delegation, today welcomed the President’s proposal from the State of the Union to provide responsi...
Reyes Announces $3.1 Million USDA Grant to Provide Water for 80 Homes
Washington, D.C. - January 24, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congressman Silvestre Reyes (D-TX) announced today that the U. S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) through the Water and Waste Disposal Program awarded a $3,111,500 grant and a $500,000 loan to ...
Rep. Mike Thompson Announces More Than $5.5 Million For Homeless Programs In First Distric
Washington, DC - January 11, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congressman Mike Thompson (CA-1) today announced more than $5.5 million for homeless programs across California’s First Congressional District. The funding comes through the U.S. Department of H...
Markey, Kerry Praise Release of $21 Million in Home Heating Funds for Massachusetts
WASHINGTON, D.C. - December 23, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congressman Edward J. Markey (D-Malden) and Senator John Kerry (D-Mass.) today praised the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)’s release of $845 million to states throughout the cou...
Housing Subcommittee Unanimously Approves Congressman Al Green’s Homes for Heroes Act.
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...
Turner Introduces Bill to Aid Housing Construction for Senior Veterans
WASHINGTON, DC - December 6, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congressman Mike Turner (OH-3) has introduced the Senior Veterans Housing Assistance Act of 2011 (H.R. 3546). The bill would make sure that government regulations do not pose an impediment to prov...
Congressman Gary Miller Meets with HUD Secretary Donovan and FHA Commissioner Galante to Discuss...
Washington, DC - December 1, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- This morning, the House Financial Services Committee held a hearing on the health of the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) Insurance Fund. Prior to this morning’s hearing, Congressman Gary Mi...
Hinchey Announces Federal Grant to Help Binghamton Revitalize Main Street
Washington, DC - November 22, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congressman Maurice Hinchey (D-NY) today announced that the City of Binghamton has been awarded a $485,058 U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Affairs Sustainable Housing and Communities grant t...
Ruppersberger to Host Foreclosure Prevention Workshop
Owings Mills, MD - November 18, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congressman C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger (D-MD) will host a foreclosure prevention workshop in Owings Mills tomorrow, Saturday, November 18, 2011, to help keep Maryland families in their homes. The...
REP. ENGEL – PUBLIC HOUSING PROTECTED FROM SEVERE CUTS
Washington, DC - November 17, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congressman Eliot Engel (D-NY-17) is pleased to announce the removal of a provision that would have denied operations and Section 8 funding for 12,000 public housing units in New York City. The ...
Lawmakers Agree With McIntyre Call to Support Homeowners and Help Spur Economy
Washington, D.C. - November 16, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Congressman Mike McIntyre announced today that he has helped restore recently reduced home loan limits for the Federal Housing Administration.
Veterans Day is celebrated as HELP USA’s Brady Center opens to provide services for...
Philadelphia, PA - November 14, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Veteran’s Day was celebrated by Congressman Bob Brady (D., PA) at the dedication of the brand new Robert G. Brady Veterans Center at the HELP Philadelphia Homes, in Southwest Philadelphia.
Rangel Applauds Raise In Vets Mortgage Insurance
WASHINGTON, D.C. - November 14, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congressman Charles Rangel praised the announcement made by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) today that the maximum amount of Veterans Mortgage Life Insurance (VMLI) increased from $90,0...
Boswell urges House Conferees to protect taxpayers against housing loan limit changes
Des Moines, IA - November 7, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congressman Leonard Boswell (IA-3) sent a letter to House Conferees to H.R. 2112 urging them to reject language contained in the legislation that would restore the currently expired Federal Housin...
Kucinich: Protecting Your Rights
Washington, DC - November 2, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), a longtime advocate for homeowners in Ohio, today released the following statement upon the news that the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency will move fo...
