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FORT WORTH, TX - October 15, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- Texas families facing foreclosure, seeking affordable rental housing, or hoping to buy their first home will have a greater opportunity to find housing, or keep the homes they have, because of $2,934,197 in housing counseling grants announced today by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

FORT WORTH, TX - October 15, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan today announced that 31 cities and four counties in Texas will receive a total of $76,571,141 to support community development and produce more affordable housing.

Washington, DC - October 13, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson today announced a total of $34,155,666 in U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development grants for the 30th Congressional District of Texas.

WASHINGTON, DC - October 14, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- The City of Georgetown will be able to continue improving energy alternatives as part of a $100,000 project to develop a solar panel facility, Congressman John Carter (TX-31) announced today.

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.

Houston, TX - October 3, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, Houston residents attended a housing foreclosure prevention workshop hosted by U.S. Congressman Al Green (TX-09) and learned about strategies they could use to avoid losing their home, such as loan modification, refinancing services and assistance from the federal government.

Washington, DC - October 2, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28) today announced that 30 low-income families in Hidalgo County are closer to reaching the American dream thanks to $1 million awarded to Affordable Homes of South Texas, Inc., by the U.S. Treasury Department.

Washington, DC - October 1, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson today announced that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has awarded 270 housing choice vouchers to the Dallas Housing Authority. The vouchers are a replacement for units in Rhoads Terrace, a public housing development that the Dallas Housing Authority demolished.

WASHINGTON, DC - September 25, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Rep. Solomon P. Ortiz (TX-27) announced more than $530,000 in funding to renovate public housing units in the Cameron County Housing Authority from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

Washington, DC - September 21, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congressman Silvestre Reyes (D-TX) today announced that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) will award a $8,248,000 competitive federal grant to the Housing Authority of the City of El Paso (HACEP).

FORT WORTH, TX - September 9, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan today announced that Denison, El Paso, Fort Bend County, Longview and Tyler will receive a total of $18,781,606 to support community development and produce more affordable housing.

HOUSTON, TX - September 3, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- A 16-count sealed indictment charging Melvin Lendall Brown, the owner of Brownstone Construction, with wire fraud arising from an alleged multi-million dollar mortgage fraud scheme has been unsealed, United States Attorney Tim Johnson and FBI Special Agent in Charge Richard C. Powers announced today.

AUSTIN, TX - September 3, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- Working to expand rental options for Orange residents struggling to secure affordable housing in the wake of hurricanes Rita and Ike, the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) and State Representative Joe Deshotel today announced a major funding award to the private developers of a new rental property designed to bring stability to the lives of low to moderate income tenants and much-needed benefits to the local economy.

AUSTIN, TX - September 3, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- Aiming to rebuild housing stock in the wake of Hurricane Ike and bolster the region’s economy, the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) and State Senator Tommy Williams today announced a major award of federal disaster recovery funds to Chambers County.

AUSTIN, TX - September 3, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- Aiming to rebuild housing stock in the wake of Hurricane Ike and bolster the region’s economy, the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) and State Senator Tommy Williams today announced a major award of federal disaster recovery funds to Liberty County.

AUSTIN, TX - September 3, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- Aiming to rebuild housing stock in the wake of Hurricane Ike and bolster the region’s economy, the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) today announced a major award of federal disaster recovery funds to a regional nonprofit housing organization serving a seven-county area of central Texas.

AUSTIN, TX - September 3, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- Aiming to rebuild housing stock in the wake of Hurricane Dolly and bolster the region’s economy, the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) and State Senator Juan “Chuy” Hinojosa today announced a major award of federal disaster recovery funds to the City of Mission.

AUSTIN, TX - September 3, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- Aiming to rebuild housing stock in the wake of Hurricane Dolly and bolster the region’s economy, the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (THDCA) and State Senator Eddie Lucio, Jr. today announced a major award of federal disaster recovery funds to Willacy County.

DALLAS, TX - September 3, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- A federal grand jury has indicted Eugene Lockhart, Jr., 48, a former player with the Dallas Cowboys, and eight others, on various charges related to a mortgage fraud scheme he and the others allegedly ran in the Dallas area from 2001 through 2005, announced U.S. Attorney James T. Jacks of the Northern District of Texas.

HOUSTON, TX - August 20, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Houston Association of Realtors® Board of Directors announced its decision to support Stephen Costello for Houston City Council, At-large, Position 1 and Noel Freeman for Houston City Council, At-large, Position 4.