Following Toledo Blade Report on City’s Abandoned Home Crisis, Brown Raises Concerns With Federal Housing Administration Nominee, Renews Call to Pass Project Rebuild

WASHINGTON, D.C. – November 14, 2011 – (RealEstateRama) — Following a report in the Toledo Blade showing that the City of Toledo is on track to raze a record number of abandoned houses this year, U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) renewed his call for Congress to pass Project Rebuild, a key component of the American Jobs Act that is aimed at revitalizing neighborhoods hit hard by the foreclosure crisis. Brown also raised the abandoned home crisis in a meeting today with Federal Housing Administration (FHA) commissioner nominee Carol Galante. Galante was nominated by President Obama to serve as FHA commissioner in October.