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Congressman Al Green Announces New Job Training Grants to Assist Unemployed Workers in Houston
January 14, 2010 Posted by Congressman Al Green
Washington (DC) - January 14, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) — January 13, 2010 - Today, Congressman Al Green (TX-09) announced $3.1 million in new grant funding authorized by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to assist unemployed workers in Houston.
Reyes Announces Over $2.5 Million For El Paso Non-Profits To Combat Homelessness
January 11, 2010 Posted by Texas RealEstateRama
El Paso, TX - January 7, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) — Congressman Silvestre Reyes today announced that the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) will award over $2,544,944 in competitive federal grants to several El Paso non-profit organizations to combat homelessness.
Congressman Al Green Urges Mortgage Servicers to Address the Needs of Minority Borrowers
December 9, 2009 Posted by Congressman Al Green
Washington, DC - December 9, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — Today Congressman Al Green (TX-09) called on private mortgage servicers to better address the needs of struggling minority homeowners during a hearing of the House Committee on Financial Services regarding the current foreclosure crisis.
Houston Groups Win Funding To Aid Homeless Veterans
October 27, 2009 Posted by Texas RealEstateRama
Houston, TX - October 9, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — The Mayor’s Office of Veteran Affairs today hailed the awarding of $2.1 million in grants from the Veteran’s Administration to two local agencies to help house homeless veterans in Houston.
State housing agency awards $40.4 million to prevent homelessness, rapidly re-house homeless Texans
August 4, 2009 Posted by TDHCA
AUSTIN, TX - August 3, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — The Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) has announced a significant award of federal stimulus funding designed to mitigate and prevent the effects of homelessness both for those individuals who are homeless and for the communities in which they are located.
Ortiz Announces More Than $2.7 Million Awarded For Homeless Families
July 13, 2009 Posted by Texas RealEstateRama
WASHINGTON, DC - July 10, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) – Today, U.S. Rep. Solomon P. Ortiz (TX-27) announced more than $2.7 million awarded in federal funding to assist families who are homeless throughout the 27th Congressional District of Texas with housing expenses.
Dallas project cited as national model by HUD and the American Institute of Architects
May 4, 2009 Posted by Texas RealEstateRama
WASHINGTON - May 1, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — Four affordable housing developments are recipients of the HUD Secretary’s Housing and Community Design Award for excellence in residential housing design. The U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, in conjunction with the American Institute of Architects, selected Homeless Assistance Center of Dallas, Texas; Project Place - Gatehouse of Boston, Massachusetts; Bridgeton Neighborhood Revitalization of Bridgeton, New Jersey; and Irvington Terrace of Fremont, California.
State housing agency invests $5 million to fight, prevent homelessness in Texas
October 2, 2008 Posted by TDHCA
AUSTIN, TX - October 2, 2008 - (RealEstateRama) — With the goal of transitioning greater numbers of Texans out of homelessness, enhancing the stability and productivity of both the individual and community, the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) has announced a major funding award designed to help homeless people secure permanent housing and strive toward self-sufficiency.
HUD awards $20 million to revitalize public housing in Texarkana
September 23, 2008 Posted by Texas RealEstateRama
WASHINGTON - September 22, 2008 - (RealEstateRama) — U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Steven Preston today awarded the Housing Authority of the City of Texarkana (HATT), Texas a $20 million grant to support the revitalization of three public housing developments in the historic Rosehill neighborhood.
Foreclosure protection offered to displaced families in Texas and Louisiana
September 15, 2008 Posted by Texas RealEstateRama
WASHINGTON, DC - September 15, 2008 - (RealEstateRama) — U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Steve Preston today announced HUD will speed federal disaster assistance to dozens of counties and parishes in Texas and Louisiana following Hurricane Ike.
