Pennsylvania RealEstateRama

Philadelphia, PA - August 29, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Philadelphia Housing Authority (PHA) hereby extends the public review and comment period by an...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - August 19, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congress is deliberating on key issues that affect Pennsylvanians who experience homelessness and is seeking to identify how local communities succeed at ending homelessness. The McKinney Vento Homeless Assistance Program, the Low Income Housing Tax Credit and other key parts of the federal budget have a profound influence on how local communities successfully manage strategies to end homelessness. What is not well known by national decision makers is the actual scale of homelessness within their constituencies. This policy brief provides data that national decision makers can use when deliberating on critical issues

Philadelphia, PA - August 13, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Philadelphia Housing Authority (PHA) has launched a revamped Pre-Apprenticeship Program for its residents. This comprehensive job training course teaches participants skills in maintenance and repairs. Upon completion of the program, graduates will become full-time PHA employees.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - August 12, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congressman Mike Fitzpatrick (PA-8) joined President Obama in the Oval Office Friday for the signing of Fitzpatrick’s Reverse Mortgage Stabilization Act [HR 2167] into law.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - August 12, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has allocated more than $1 million to the McKeesport Housing Authority for large-scale improvements to its public housing units

Harrisburg - August 8, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Corbett administration today awarded a $250,000 Keystone Communities Accessible Housing grant that will help Allegheny County residents living with permanent physical disabilities to make modifications to their homes

WASHINGTON, D.C. - July 31, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congressman Mike Fitzpatrick (PA-8) released the following statement following the Senate’s passage of his Reverse Mortgage Stabilization Act of 2013

Harrisburg - July 16, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Pennsylvanians who open their mailboxes and find a letter from the State Treasury in coming weeks may have unclaimed property waiting for them, Treasurer Rob McCord announced today as his department issued more than 60,000 notification letters to the owners of the newest unclaimed property in its database

HARRISBURG - July 12, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The board of the Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency today approved $19.5 million in tax credits for the construction of affordable multifamily housing developments located in suburban and rural areas of Pennsylvania. PHFA has also provided more than $81 million in tax exempt volume cap funding this year, to date, for the new construction and preservation of six developments in the Commonwealth.

Harrisburg - June 27, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- About $232 million in property tax and rent rebates will soon be headed to nearly half a million Pennsylvania seniors, widows, widowers and people with disabilities, according to State Treasurer Rob McCord

Philadelphia - June 19, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- More than $467 million in lost and forgotten money and valuables are up for claim in southeastern Pennsylvania, State Treasurer Rob McCord stressed today during a visit to a Philadelphia health care advocacy group that claimed its cash earlier this year. The Treasurer encouraged residents, businesses and organizations to visit www.patreasury.gov, where they can search and claim property for free

WASHINGTON, D.C. - June 13, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Reverse Mortgage Stabilization Act of 2013 [HR 2167] – introduced by Congressman Mike Fitzpatrick (PA-8) and Congressman Denny Heck (WA-10) – passed the House Wednesday by a voice vote.

WASHINGTON, DC - June 10, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today U.S. Rep. Matt Cartwright announced a U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Grant in the amount of $131,007.00 has been awarded to the Wilkes-Barre Housing Authority.

Harrisburg - June 10, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- State Treasurer Rob McCord today announced that Treasury’s unclaimed property program recently reached the $1 billion mark in collection of lost and forgotten money and valuables since he took office in January 2009. New innovations and efficiencies implemented by his administration have produced higher collections – his office took in 41 percent more property in 2012 than in 2008, the year before he became treasurer

Washington, D.C. - June 6, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Keystone Home Energy Loan Program (Keystone HELP®) is the winner of the Alliance to Save Energy’s 2013 Andromeda Star of Energy Efficiency award. The Pennsylvania Treasury Department and AFC First Financial Corporation (AFC), along with their partner the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, will be honored for Keystone Help® during the Alliance to Save Energy’s Annual Dinner on October 2 at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium in Washington, D.C.

HARRISBURG - May 31, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Attorney General Kathleen Kane is reminding contractors to re-register with the Attorney General's Office, in order to comply with the Home Improvement Consumer Protection Act, which took effect July 1, 2009. The majority of contractors' registrations will need to be renewed by July 1, 2013 so they may legally continue to perform home improvement services

HARRISBURG - May 23, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Attorney General Kathleen G. Kane announced today the settlement of a case against Hilltop Mobile Home Park in State College, PA. Under the terms of the deal, the owners of the park will pay $26,700 to the Commonwealth. $21,700 will be distributed to residents of the park, and $5,000 will go to the state to pay court costs and attorney's fees. An additional $10,000 will initially be set aside in case other residents file valid claims in the next 30 days, and this additional fund will be supplemented if valid claims exceed the initial set aside.

Pittsburgh - May 17, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- During a visit today to the headquarters of Goodwill of Southwestern Pennsylvania, State Treasurer Rob McCord presented officials with a mock check representing the more than $3,000 in unclaimed property the organization claimed earlier this year. The Treasurer noted that $180 million in lost and forgotten money and valuables is available to claim by residents, businesses and organizations in the eight-county region served by Goodwill of Southwestern Pennsylvania

Harrisburg - May 15, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- State Treasurer Rob McCord expressed appreciation to State and Local Energy Report for recognizing the achievements of Pennsylvania’s Keystone Home Energy Loan Program (Keystone HELP) as the magazine announced the winners of its fifth annual Residential Energy Efficiency Awards today.

Harrisburg - May 7, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- SeniorCare Network, Inc., of Oakmont, today was awarded the state’s annual Supportive Housing Award for its many programs and initiatives that provide Pennsylvania seniors with quality, affordable housing and services that help them live independently.