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Texas’ long-standing status as a state with affordable housing continued in 2014, according to the Real Estate Center’s latest Texas Housing Affordability Index (THAI) (http://www.recenter.tamu.edu/data/hs/afford.asp). In fourth quarter 2014, the state had an index value of 1.7

Rep. Randy Neugebauer (R-TX), Chairman of the Financial Services Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit, today questioned Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Julian Castro regarding the financial health of the Federal Housing Administration.

On Friday, May 23, 2014, Congressman Al Green released the following statement on the nomination of San Antonio Mayor Julián Castro to be the Director of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)

Mayor Annise Parker and Harry J. Hayes, Director of the Solid Waste Management Department (SWMD), are pleased to announce the addition of 62,000 to the City’s popular automated curbside recycling program. As part of the expansion, residents in neighborhoods throughout Houston will receive a new 96-gallon green automated cart similar to the black automated garbage cart they already have. The green carts will take paper, plastics, metals and glass out of the waste stream.

Today, members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee voted to pass an amended version of H.R. 3301, the North American Energy Infrastructure Act authored by Congressman Gene Green (D-TX) and Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI). The bill will create a structural process for the approval of cross-border oil pipelines and electric transmission facilities while protecting the environment, creating jobs and providing businesses certainty

Researchers continuously monitor an ever-evolving Texas economic landscape. A new online report from the Real Estate Center at Texas A&M University reveals which important economic indicators are being monitored and why

Houston City Council today approved another five percent increase in the Houston Residential Energy Conservation Code. With this increase the local minimum energy efficiency requirements for new construction of one and two family homes, townhouses and apartments up to three stories in height is 15 percent above what is mandated by state law. This is the third year in a row the local code has been increased by five percent

San Antonio, TX: - December 19, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Representative Pete P. Gallego (TX-23) today announced a $4,281,450 federal grant to replace water piping, rehabilitate ground storage tanks and renovate a pump station in Reagan County. The funds are made available through the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Rural Development division.

Torrance, CA - December 10, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Partner Engineering and Science, Inc. (Partner), a national engineering, environmental and energy consulting firm with offices in Dallas and Houston, has been rated the number one service provider of Phase I Environmental Site Assessments (ESAs) in Texas and nationally for the third-quarter of 2013 by Environmental Data Resources, Inc. (EDR) ScoreKeeper– the nationwide market monitor for the environmental due diligence industry.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - November 6, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today approved a $5 million State of Texas disaster plan to primarily assist Bastrop County to recover from devastating wildfires in 2011. This disaster recovery plan will rely on grants provided earlier this year through HUD’s Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program.

San Antonio, TX - October 22, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- An affiliate of USAA Real Estate Company and a Cencor Realty Services’ joint venture have acquired an investment stake in the H-E-B-anchored Culebra Market, a 232,126-square-foot grocery-anchored retail center in San Antonio, Texas. Cencor Realty Services is the property management and development affiliate of The Weitzman Group, which leases the center. Cencor developed the property and will continue to operate it under the new joint venture arrangement

WASHINGTON, D.C. - October 15, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX), Chairman of the Joint Economic Committee of Congress, released the following statement upon the announcement of the winners of the Nobel Prize in economics.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - September 30, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today-Congressman Rubén Hinojosa (D-TX-15) announced the McAllen-Miller International Airport was awarded a Small Community Air Service Development grant of $750,000 by the U.S. Department of Transportation. The purpose of the Small Community Air Service Development Grant program is to provide funding support to help small airports, such as McAllen, attract air service to locations not being served by other airlines at this time

AUSTIN, TX - September 5, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, the Austin Board of REALTORS® (ABoR) announced plans to begin construction on an approximately 33,000-square-foot new member facility. The new building will provide multiple new technologies and member services for ABoR’s nearly 9,000 members across Central Texas, along with staff offices

AUSTIN, TX - August 12, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, the Austin Board of REALTORS® (ABoR) announced its support of affordable housing initiatives by partnering with Keep Austin Affordable, a coalition of business and community leaders who support a $65 million bond package on the November 13 ballot. If approved, the bonds would create needed affordable housing for low-income households and protect Austin’s economy

Washington, D.C. - August 8, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today-Congressman Rubén Hinojosa (D-TX-15) announced the Alamo Housing Authority was awarded $113,829 in federal grant funding by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - August 2, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-TX28), along with representatives from the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development and the United States Department of Agriculture, Rural Development division, held a videoconference today on federal housing loans and grants opportunities. This informational session provided attendees with an overview of federal housing assistance grants and programs, as well as federal resources and funding opportunities available to facilitate affordable housing projects.

Washington, DC - July 11, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Leaders on the Financial Services Committee today announced the PATH Act – the Protecting American Taxpayers and Homeowners Act – to create a sustainable housing finance system. The proposal

Katy, TX (Covering Katy) - June 10, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Katy single-family homes market has low inventory heading into the summer months that are typically the most active for home sales.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - June 5, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Residents living at Houston Housing Authority’s Kelly Village Apartments can expect to have a park right outside their front doors in a couple of months. Today, Mayor Annise Parker and the Houston Housing Authority completed the first step in creating a community park on the property by demolishing 63 vacant units, which were offline as a result of hurricane damage. Construction of the park is expected to begin this fall. When completed, the three-acre park will feature new playground equipment, jogging/walking trail, exercise stations and a community garden area.