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AUSTIN, TX - July 8, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) today announced a $37,500 award to help a regional community development organization access federal grant funds and enhance homeownership for low income residents in a six-county service area.

AUSTIN, TX - July 9, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) and State Senator Eddie Lucio, Jr. today announced a $49,500 award to help a local nonprofit housing organization access federal grant funds and enhance homeownership for low income residents in Cameron and Willacy counties.

DENTON, TX - July 6, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Texas Division of Emergency Management (TDEM) announced today that the Governor’s request for an extension of the temporary housing unit (THU) program has been granted for eligible Hurricane Ike survivors.

Houston, TX - June 24, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- DGM USA Houston, part of a global network that specializes in the classification, packing, documentation, training and consultation of services related to the safe and secure transport of dangerous good, has announced plans to build a new warehouse/distribution facility. The 68,000+ square foot facility will be constructed by Urban Construction Southwest, Inc. on a 6.5-acre tract located in north Houston at 1813 Greens Road

Washington, DC - June 21, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Rep. Rubén Hinojosa (TX-15) announced the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has awarded a total of $6,429,105 to Public Housing Agencies in his Congressional Texas District 15.

Irving, TX - June 16, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Days Inn & Suites DFW North, Irving Texas has been sold. Bert Stevens of CB Richard Ellis’ Hotels Group, announced that the sale of the 134-unit, rooms-and-suites hotel property occurred mid-May of this year. The Hotel, built in 1983, was marketed at a price of $4.3M, or approximately $32,000 per unit. Its proximity to Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) as well as the multiple business and corporate demand generators in the area helped to generate interest on a national level from a large investor base. The new owners, Ambe Hotels, will retain the Days Inn & Suites flag and will spend over $750,000 in upgrades and renovations that will provide opportunities for an increased market share

Austin, TX - June 11, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Texas State Affordable Housing Corporation (TSAHC) honors National Homeownership Month by announcing a rate reduction for our First-time Homebuyer Programs which help families achieve their dream of homeownership

June 7, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- The National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) joins Texas housing advocates in applauding the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s approval of a settlement between Texas advocates and the state of Texas that will assure that federal disaster recovery funds expended in Texas will protect and benefit people with low incomes, African Americans and Latinos as well as elder and disabled populations.

WASHINGTON, DC - May 25, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan today applauded a revised $1.7 billion disaster recovery plan by the State of Texas which proposes to dedicate more federal funding to higher need areas of East Texas and to devote more resources toward housing activities.

Washington, DC - May 28, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congressman Al Green’s (TX-09) “Veterans, Women, Families with Children, and Persons with Disabilities Housing Fairness Act of 2010” (H.R. 476) was unanimously voted out of the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity and forwarded to the Committee on Financial Services with a favorable recommendation.

Washington, DC - May 26, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Rep. Rubén Hinojosa (TX-15) was informed by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) that Secretary Tom Vilsack has authorized the issuance of Conditional Commitments for USDA’s Section 502 Single Family Housing Guaranteed Loan Program beginning immediately and continuing until $2.5 billion in loan limit is exhausted.

AUSTIN, TX - May 13, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) today announced a funding award to private developers constructing a new affordable rental property in Abilene that will help bring stability to the lives of older persons with disabilities while providing a shot in the arm to the local economy.

AUSTIN, TX - May 12, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Austin-based Mangum Custom Builders has launched a sister company, Mangum Modular Homes Inc., which will help Texans easily and quickly establish their homesteads without sacrificing quality or style

Washington, D.C. - May 7, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Rep. Rubén Hinojosa (TX-15) announced that part of a national grant for $10 Million was recently awarded to develop eleven units of affordable housing in San Juan, Texas.

HOUSTON, TX - May 5, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Last month, Rebuilding Together - Houston, a leader in preserving affordable housing for low-income homeowners, announced that it will be receiving a $400,000 grant from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), specifically designated for Rebuilding Together – Houston’s Veterans Housing program

Washington, D.C. - April 23, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Rep. Rubén Hinojosa (TX-15) this week, introduced the Housing Assistance Council Reauthorization Act of 2010 (H.R. 5122).

San Antonio, TX - April 14, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Kurt Hudspeth, a Texas real estate agent, has teamed up with Housing For Military.com ® to provide military housing relocation services to Randolph Air Fore Base personnel and other military installations in the San Antonio area

FORT WORTH, TX - March 24, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan announced today that 351 public housing authorities in Texas successfully met a critical funding deadline outlined in the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act of 2009 (Recovery Act).

HOUSTON, TX - March 15, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) --On Tuesday, March 9th, the Urban Land Institute (ULI) Houston District Council hosted a forum with Houston Mayor Annise D. Parker to gain her insights on the most pressing priorities for the City of Houston. The forum also provided an opportunity for more than 250 real estate professionals to report their own opinions about City priorities.

AUSTIN, TX - March 11, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) has announced funding awards totaling $955,000 to three statewide organizations, four local or regional nonprofit agencies, and one South Texas county working to reduce the number of households living in poverty and helping them transition toward greater self-sufficiency.