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AUSTIN, TX - August 20, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) has released $81 million in mortgage loan funds available to help qualifying households purchase their first home. Homeownership promotes stable families and neighborhoods, generates local economic development with construction jobs, and supports local governments with increased tax revenue.

Houston, TX - August 17, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- Tax Masters, Inc. has signed a deal to relocate its office from 900 Town and Country Lane to 2020 Dairy Ashford, part of a two building complex located on Dairy Ashford, just north of Westheimer Road in west Houston. The Houston-based, IRS tax relief representation firm leased the entire six story building totaling 107,890 square feet.

WASHINGTON, DC - August 10, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, U.S. Rep. Solomon P. Ortiz (TX-27) announced $367,436 in funding for the Kingsville City Housing Authority from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

AUSTIN, TX - August 5, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- Striving to increase the state’s stock of affordable rental housing, strengthening families and communities in uncertain economic times, the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) has announced a funding plan to help finance affordable rental properties across the state bringing stability to young working families and retired individuals while providing a boost to local economies.

AUSTIN, TX - August 4, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- Understanding the enormously positive and cost-effective impact weatherization can have on a home, the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) has announced a major award designed to generate a wide array of jobs that will help jump start the state’s construction industry, while increasing home energy efficiency for low income households, reducing their cost burden, and creating a healthier environment.

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.

HOUSTON, TX - July 29, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- Richard Bell, 50, president and CEO of Harborside Mortgage Corporation, was sentenced to 121 months in prison late yesterday by U.S. District Judge Gray Miller for bank fraud and money laundering, United States Attorney Tim Johnson announced today.

Washington, DC - July 21, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson today announced that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has awarded a grant of $721,000 to the City of Dallas, through the Housing Opportunities for People with AIDS (HOPWA) Program.

HOUSTON, TX - July 21, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- An 11-count sealed indictment charging conspiracy and wire fraud has been unsealed following the arrests of Claymon "Butch" Trammell, Michelle Trammell and Jeannettea Williams, United States Attorney Tim Johnson announced today.

Houston, TX - July 20, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- Mayor Bill White today announced he is appointing businessman/attorney David Mincberg to the Houston Housing Authority (HHA) Board of Commissioners. Mincberg, CEO of Flagship Properties Corp., will fill an open seat on the board. He is expected to replace Timothy F. Seckinger in the chairman’s position. Seckinger will remain on the board during a transition period.

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.

HOUSTON, TX - July 9, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) – Gov. Rick Perry today ceremonially signed House bills (HB) 8 and 3613, which will help slow the pace of increasing property appraisals, provide additional oversight for the appraisal process, and grant a total exemption for the homes of veterans who are disabled due to their service for our country.

AUSTIN, TX - July 7, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — Do you consider yourself a would-be first time homebuyer eager to take advantage of current market conditions and the new federal homebuyer tax credit but don’t have enough ready cash on hand to make a down payment? The Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) has a solution for you.

NEW BRAUNFELS, TX - June 30, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — To call the manager at the New Braunfels McCoy’s Building Supply store new may be a bit of a misnomer. With more than 30 years of experience in the lumber business, newly appointed manager Bill Aldrich brings a wealth of knowledge to his team

San Antonio, TX - June 17, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) - John E. Murphy, Acting United States Attorney, announced that a federal jury this morning returned a guilty verdict against a San Antonio woman, who claimed to be a foreclosure prevention specialist, on seven counts each of criminal contempt and mail fraud.

SAN ANTONIO, TX - June 15, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — Gov. Rick Perry today joined lawmakers in highlighting the importance of House Joint Resolution (HJR) 14 that allows Texans to vote on a constitutional amendment to strengthen land owners’ rights.

AUSTIN, TX - June 15, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott today welcomed state and local authorities, law enforcement officials, prosecutors and other interested Texans to the Office of the Attorney General’s (OAG) Mortgage Fraud Summit.

AUSTIN, TX - June 11, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) – Brooke Boston, an executive with the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA), has been named to the list of 2009 Young Leaders by Affordable Housing Finance magazine. Boston currently serves as Deputy Executive Director for Community Based Programs, and also leads the Department’s Office of Recovery Act Accountability and Oversight.

FORT WORTH, TX - June 10, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) – U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan today announced HUD is allocating $1,743,001,247 in disaster aid to help the State of Texas recover from Hurricanes Ike and Gustav.

HOUSTON, TX - June 1, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott has charged O’Connor & Associates, which purports to be the state’s largest property tax consultant, with violating the Texas Property Tax Code and the Deceptive Trade Practices Act.