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Washington, D.C.) - January 25, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- A Government Accountability Office (GAO) report released today showed that the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has had difficulty in planning for and meeting the unique needs of a growing n...

Destin, FL - January 24, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Despite the troubled U.S. economy, pent up buyer demand in the real estate market promises that 2012 will provide a major rebound in home sales, according to a new Housing Predictor poll.

WASHINGTON, DC - January 19, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development today awarded $6.8 million to help local communities across this country to assess the nature and scope of their homeless challenge as part of a broader Administration goal of preventing and ending homelessness. The technical assistance grants awarded today will ultimately help state and local planning organizations or ‘continuums of care’ to improve data collection and reporting that is a critical part of designing their responses to homelessness.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - January 12, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Funders Together to End Homelessness today announced the formation of a special working group focused on veterans homelessness. All grantmakers with an interest in the welfare of America’s veterans are invited to join.

Washington, DC - January 11, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congressman Mike Thompson (CA-1) today announced more than $5.5 million for homeless programs across California’s First Congressional District. The funding comes through the U.S. Department of H...

BOISE, ID - January 4, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Home Partnership Foundation announces the 22 Idaho nonprofit recipients of its challenge and leadership grants from the Avenues for Hope Housing Challenge, an online campaign, which ran Nov. 14 thro...

Boston, MA - December 23, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, Mayor Thomas M. Menino presented an affordable housing voucher to a homeless family who will move into a new home this New Year and announced that 500 additional homeless families are receivin...

Seattle, WA - December 22, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Federal homeless assistance funds totaling more than $21.8 million have been awarded to the City of Seattle and King County for 2012-2013, making it possible to continue to provide a range of housin...

San Francisco, CA - December 21, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) --Mayor Edwin M. Lee today announced that the U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has awarded San Francisco $18.9 million in HUD’s Continuum of Care grants to fund a wide variety of progra...

WASHINGTON, DC - December 21, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Shaun Donovan today awarded $1.47 billion to renew funding to more than 7,100 local homeless programs operating across the country. The funding announced today will ensure these housing and service programs remain operating in 2012 and are a critical part of the Obama Administration’s strategic plan to prevent and end homelessness.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - December 20, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Rep. Nick Rahall (D-W.Va.) Tuesday announced southern West Virginia has been awarded more than $1.4 million for homeless housing and support initiatives. “We all know what having a home ...

PROVIDENCE, RI - December 20, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) today announced that Rhode Island will receive $4.6 million in federal Continuum of Care funding to combat homelessness. These funds were made available through the...

WASHINGTON, DC - December 20, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-8) today announced a total of $584,259 in federal Housing and Urban Development (HUD) grants were awarded to local organizations and nonprofit agencies that ser...

Funding supports Obama Administration strategy to prevent and end homelessness WASHINGTON – U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Shaun Donovan today awarded $1.47 billion...

Destin, FL - December 20, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The best real estate markets for 2012 have been released by Housing Predictor, which forecasts the 25 best and 25 worst housing markets annually. The cities selected have the highest probability of reaching their forecasts.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - December 16, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) reported a 2.1 percent decline in the number of people experiencing homelessness on a given night in January 2011. The number of homeless people, based on counts conducted by localities and states across the nation (called Point-In-Time [PIT] counts), decreased from 649,917 to 636,017. Among the other notable findings presented in the PIT report was a 12 percent decrease among veterans experiencing homelessness between 2010 and 2011.

>Washington, D.C. - December 16, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva today highlighted a new report from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) showing a nearly 12 percent reduction in the nation’s veteran homeless popula...

Destin, FL - December 16, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Housing Predictor is releasing its annual housing market forecasts for 2012. The online real estate research firm issues forecasts for more than 230 local U.S. markets in all 50 states, and keeps readers up to date on real estate news and analysis throughout the entire year.

WASHINGTON, DC - December 15, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan and U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric K. Shinseki announced today that HUD will provide $2.4 million to public housing agencies to supply permanent housing and case management for homeless veterans in the U.S.

Washington D.C. - December 14, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray, Chairman of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee, issued the following statement after the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Housing and ...