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WASHINGTON, D.C. - September 25, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) is now accepting submissions for its 2013 NAHBGreen Awards. Each year, NAHB recognizes individuals, companies and organizations for excellence in residential green design and construction practices and for green building program and advocacy efforts.

WASHINGTON, DC - September 24, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- HouseLogic.com, a comprehensive website about all aspects of homeownership from the National Association of Realtors®, has won Content Marketing Institute’s (CMI) 2012 Content Marketing Orange Award for the Content Marketing “Program of the Year” in the online channel. The Orange Awards are presented to the best examples of content marketing projects, content marketing professionals and content marketing agency innovation.

AUGUSTA, DC - September 13, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Governor Paul LePage joined with 13 other Governors across the country to submit a letter requesting Congress fully fund the federal government’s Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHE...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - September 6, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Families with young children now account for 40% of the nation's homeless population and in the course of the year, more than 1.3 million children are homeless. At the Law Center, we aim to end family homelessness in America.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - September 3, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- At its August 30, 2012 meeting, the Connecticut Housing Finance Authority’s Board of Directors adopted a resolution to publish for public comment drafted revisions to the Rental Housing – Multifamily Housing Program Procedures and the Rental Housing – Housing Management Procedures (see attached)

Allentown - August 31, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- State Treasurer Rob McCord today marked a major milestone in Pennsylvania’s nationally recognized Keystone Home Energy Loan Program, which recently issued its 10,000th loan to make homes more energy e...

WASHINGTON, DC - August 28, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Realtors® help people achieve the dream of homeownership, but are often also homeowners themselves. A new offer through the REALTOR Benefits® Program will help members of the National Association of Realtors® who own homes prolong the life of their air conditioning and heating systems.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - August 24, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- At the request of the Federal Trade Commission, a U.S. district court ordered the marketers of three get-rich-quick systems, including “John Beck's Free & Clear Real Estate System,” to pay a record $478 million for deceiving close to one million consumers with phony claims that they could make easy money using their programs. The Order also imposes a lifetime ban that puts three of the defendants permanently out of the infomercial and telemarketing businesses.

WASHINGTON, Dc - August 23, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Since its inception, the nation’s Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) Program helped produce more than 2.2 million affordable apartments, accounting for roughly one-third of all multi-family rental housing constructed between 1987 and 2006. A new report by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Developmentfinds that after an initial 15-year required ‘affordability period,’ the vast majority of these LIHTC properties remain affordable for working families.

Washington, DC - August 22, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) has partnered with Pearson to launch USGBC’s online workforce education program for the LEED Green Associate credential. The program includes online courses to help learners successfully prepare for the LEED Green Associate exam and learn green building strategies and techniques.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - August 22, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Energy Department on August 20 announced a new partnership between its Challenge Home program and the Passive House Institute US (PHIUS) on a voluntary certification process for energy-efficient homes. The partnership will streamline certifications for homes that can offset most or all of their utility bills with a small renewable energy system. These homes are referred to as "zero net-energy ready" homes. Home builders participating in these certification programs gain a competitive advantage in the marketplace by providing their customers with homes featuring energy savings, among other benefits.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - August 13, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Interstate Renewable Energy Council, Inc. (IREC) announced today that ­­­eight organizations and trainers nationwide have been recognized in the past few months with the prestigious IREC ISPQ credential.

WASHINGTON, DC - July 25, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Energy Star program launched the 2012 National Building Competition: Battle of the Buildings with a record 3,200 buildings across the country going head to head to improve energy efficiency, lower utility costs and protect health and the environment.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - July 23, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- CHFA has been notified by the State Commission on Education regarding changes to the listing of Priority and Transitional School districts and Subject-matter Shortage areas that go into effect on July 1, 2012 for the Teachers Mortgage Assistance Program. The changes are as follows

Vancouver, WA - July 19, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The number of things office workers plug into the socket is growing rapidly. To help commercial building owners and occupants get control of the energy used by office equipment and other electronic devices, New Buildings Institute (NBI) today released the Plug Load Best Practices Guide. The guide, based on research by Ecova and NBI for the California Energy Commission's Public Interest Energy Research (PIER) Program, offers actionable information on how to save money by reducing plug load energy use in office spaces.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – July 18, 2012 – (RealEstateRama) — Congressman Leonard Boswell (IA-3) today announced the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has awarded $362,170 to Primary Health Care, Inc. in Urbandale to help serve homeless vet...

Federal Investment from VA Will Help Keep Vets and Families on Stable Ground Washington, D.C. – July 18, 2012 – (RealEstateRama) — U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today announced federal grants worth $1,206,025 to help prevent homeles...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - July 16, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The American National Standards Institute (ANSI), coordinator of the U.S. voluntary standardization system, and the Interstate Renewable Energy Council, Inc. (IREC) are pleased to announce the four certificate-awarding entities that are currently participating in the ANSI-IREC pilot accreditation program for energy efficiency and renewable energy.

Washington, DC - July 16, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- In anticipation of its likely publication in the Federal Register on July 19, 2012, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund) released today its 2012 Notice of Allocation Availability (NOAA) which officially opens the 2012 round of competition under the New Markets Tax Credit Program (NMTC Program)

WASHINGTON, DC - July 12, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, Congressman Mike Michaud announced that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has awarded the State of Maine $10,581,799 under the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG)...