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Boustany Announces $94k+ HUD Grant for Lafayette Housing Authority
Washington, DC - April 2, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., M.D. (R-South Louisiana), released the following statement after the Housing Authority of the City of Lafayette received a grant of $94,818.00 through the U.S. D...
Governor Bobby Jindal Announces the Appointment of Lynda Nugent Smith to the Louisiana Real...
BATON ROUGE - March 27, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Governor Bobby Jindal announced the appointment of Lynda Nugent Smith to the Louisiana Real Estate Commission. The commission serves to protect the public interest in real estate transactions and other...
Vitter Says Reforms to FHA, Not a Bailout, Needed to Revive Housing Market
Washington, D.C. - February 28, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Sen. David Vitter today offered the following statement after a hearing in the U.S. Senate Banking Committee on the state of the housing market.
365 Connect CEO Named to Silicon Bayou 100 List of Most Influential Technology Innovators
NEW ORLEANS, LA - January 10, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- 365 Connect, the New Orleans based, award-winning online technology platform provider for the multifamily industry, announced today that its President and CEO, Kerry W. Kirby, was named in the Si...
Vitter Introduces Bill to Reform Federal Housing Administration, Prevent Bailout
Washington, D.C. - December 16, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Sen. David Vitter has introduced a bill to reform the Federal Housing Administration by requiring its mortgage insurance fund to be recapitalized, and to prevent secret bailouts by the U.S...
Vitter: Congress Needs to Reform Mortgage Entities, End Taxpayer Bailouts
Washington, D.C. - November 15, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Sen. David Vitter today made the following statement after a hearing of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, of which he is a member, regarding oversight of the Fede...
Governor Jindal Appoints Six to Louisiana Housing Corporation Board of Directors
BATON ROUGE, LA - October 28, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, Governor Bobby Jindal made six appointments to the board of the Louisiana Housing Corporation (LHC), the state’s streamlined housing agency created in the 2011 Legislative Session to un...
Governor Bobby Jindal Announces Appointments to the Louisiana Real Estate Appraisers Board
BATON ROUGE, LA - October 25, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Governor Bobby Jindal announced appointments to the Louisiana Real Estate Appraisers Board. The Louisiana Real Estate Appraisers Board serves to regulate the issuance of real estate appraiser and...
Governor Bobby Jindal Announces the Appointment of Sterling Joe Ory to the Louisiana Real...
BATON ROUGE, LA - September 30, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, Governor Bobby Jindal announced the appointment of Sterling Joe Ory to the Louisiana Real Estate Commission.
365 Connect Launches Leasing Center Integration With The Housing Block
NEW ORLEANS, LA - September 14, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- 365 Connect, the New Orleans based, award-winning online technology platform for the multifamily industry, announced today the integration of its Marketing Syndication Platform with The Housing...
Governor Bobby Jindal Announces Reappointments to the Louisiana Real Estate Appraisers Board
BATON ROUGE, LA - August 23, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, Governor Bobby Jindal announced reappointments to the Louisiana Real Estate Appraisers Board. The Louisiana Real Estate Appraisers Board serves to regulate the issuance of real estate app...
Scalise receives ‘Champion of the Merit Shop’ award and ‘Defender of Economic Freedom’ award
Washington, DC - July 7, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congressman Steve Scalise was recently named a Champion of the Merit Shop by the Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) and a Defender of Economic Freedom by the Club for Growth in its latest ro...
Gov. Jindal Signs New Law Creating Louisiana Housing Corporation
BATON ROUGE, LA - July 6, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, Governor Bobby Jindal signed Senate Bill 269 by Senator Neil Riser, creating the Louisiana Housing Corporation, a consolidated organization for the state’s housing policy and programs. Th...
Governor Bobby Jindal Announces the Appointment of Rodney Noles to the Louisiana Real Estate...
BATON ROUGE, LA - June 15, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, Governor Bobby Jindal announced the appointment of Rodney Noles to the Louisiana Real Estate Commission. The commission serves to protect the public interest in real estate transactions and o...
Governor Bobby Jindal Announces the Reappointment of Jerry Carlisle to the Louisiana Citizens Property...
BATON ROUGE, LA - April 29, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, Governor Bobby Jindal announced the reappointment of Jerry Carlisle to the Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corporation Board of Directors.
Scalise: CPSC, HUD, Announce Updated Remediation Guidelines for Toxic Chinese Drywal
Washington, DC - March 21, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congressman Steve Scalise today announced that the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) have issued an updated remediation protocol to assist homeowners in ridding their property of toxic Chinese drywall. The updated protocol sites an in-depth study done by Sandia National Laboratories in New Mexico which determined it unnecessary to replace wiring and electrical systems.
Governor Jindal Announces Streamlining of State Housing Agencies and Programs into Single ‘Louisiana Housing...
BATON ROUGE, LA - March 17, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, Governor Bobby Jindal announced an effort to reform and streamline the state’s disparate housing agencies, including the Louisiana Housing Finance Agency (LHFA), into one streamlined Louisiana Housing Corporation that would oversee all housing funds in the state, uniting almost 30 separate programs currently managed by five organizations.
CRE Consulting Corps Panel to Map Strategy for School Board Properties
New Orleans, LA - January 12, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- A panel of distinguished national real estate experts from the Consulting Corps of The Counselors of Real Estate (CRE) will be working with the Orleans Parish School Board (OPSB) this week to map strategy for 37 properties in the school board’s portfolio
Governor Jindal and Affiliated Mortgage Company Announce Major Expansion in Monroe
MONROE, LA - December 23, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, Governor Bobby Jindal joined Benchmark Bank Chairman and CEO Mike Barnett, Affiliated Mortgage Co. President Dan Hastings and Monroe Mayor Jamie Mayo to announce that Benchmark Bank’s subsidiary, Affiliated Mortgage Company (AMC) of West Monroe, has committed to retain and expand its operations in Northeast Louisiana.
Boustany Applauds FEMA’s Efforts to Assist Hurricane Rita Survivors with Long-Term Housing
Washington, D.C. - November 24, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Representative Charles W. Boustany, Jr., (R-Southwest Louisiana), today commended the Federal Emergency Management Agency for their efforts to assist Hurricane Rita survivors’ transition into long-term housing. FEMA announced today they are initiating a plan to help relocate the remaining residents still in temporary housing from the 2005 storms through federal, state, local and voluntary agency efforts
