AARP

Washington, DC - February 21, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- AARP Foundation, in an effort to help seniors avoid foreclosure and remain in their homes, is launching a bilingual Housing Solutions Center help line that connects at-risk homeowners over the age of 50 to free HUD-certified counseling, resources and education. Millions of older Americans are carrying more mortgage debt than ever before. From 2007 to 2011, more than 1.5 million older Americans lost their homes as a result of the mortgage crisis and more than three million are at risk today of losing their homes.

Washington, DC - February 19, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- As Congress returns to their home districts this week they’ll find AARP volunteers and staff on their doorsteps fighting against the $129 billion in cuts to the Social Security COLA and veterans’ benefits that would occur if Chained CPI were adopted. The visits to Congressional offices by AARP volunteers will follow weeks of letters, events, advertisements, petitions, a new Chained CPI Calculator, e-mails and phone calls asking Congress not to cut Social Security benefits and to have a separate conversation about Social Security’s future.

Washington, D.C. - February 15, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- AARP Foundation Housing Impact Area announced today four organizations are receiving $780,000 in Home Repair Accelerator grants, resulting in the repair and modification of 1,179 homes The Home Repair Accelerator grant program launched last summer with the goal of identifying operational models for providing home repair services to struggling homeowners age 50 and older. As the current demand for home repair services for low-income households far surpasses what existing organizations are able to provide, the objective of the grant program is to pilot new models of efficiency and cost recovery that are scalable, able to be replicated, and that result in a sustained increase in the number of home repairs completed.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - July 26, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- AARP Foundation today announced their first housing grant program by issuing a formal request for proposal (RFP), targeted at identifying organizations that create better access to housing for the struggling 50+ population, by ensuring they are able to maintain their current homes as safe places to live and age. AARP Foundation is encouraging organizations to create new models of home modification that benefit households of older Americans who are affected by unaffordable and/or inadequate housing

New York, NY - February 24, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Lila Delman Real Estate, the Christie’s International Real Estate Affiliate in Rhode Island, is proud to announce that John Repoza, Paul Tobak, Kristin Parella, Tara Demyan, and Alyce Wright, were among a select group of sales associates who attended a one-day conference at Christie’s North American Headquarters at Rockefeller Center last week. Also in attendance, Geer Messinger, Director of Business Management. The by-invitation-only meeting provided special training for agents with records of success in marketing upper tier properties.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - August 10, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The latest Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) survey shows positive trends in the housing market, with delinquencies and foreclosures down from last year. However, the millions of foreclosures still ahead will continue to erode communities and slow economic recovery. The need for aggressive and fair loan modifications remains as strong as ever.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - October 3, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- AARP’s Public Policy Institute today released a new report that provides a nationwide snapshot of the changing housing landscape for boomers and elders. “The AARP State Housing Profiles” and its brief summary “Housing for Older Adults: The Impacts of the Recession” updates and expands on a 2007 report on housing for Americans 50+ with detailed findings parsed out state-by-state. Conditions have changed greatly for older households during the last decade. Housing has become less affordable for many older adults who currently devote an unsustainable amount of their budget to paying rent or for their home.

Washington, DC - August 5, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- AARP, Mehri & Skalet and Kerr & Wagstaffe today filed a class action on behalf of reverse mortgage borrowers and their survivors designed to head off illegal foreclosures and evictions.

WASHINGTON, DC - June 7, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- AARP today announced the launch of a new online Web portal—www.aarp.org/pride—dedicated to serving older lesbian, gay, bi-sexual, and transgender (LGBT) Americans. The organization’s first online home base for the LGBT community reinforces the fact that pride comes in all ages for LGBT members, friends and loved ones. The site features articles on news, personal finance, relationships, travel and other topics of concern to older gay Americans, and their family and friends, as well as a community forum