Yearly Archives: 2012

Harrisburg - December 21, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- This holiday season, whether you are Ellen Naughty from Canonsburg or Samuel Nice of Tamaqua, the Pennsylvania Treasury could have unclaimed property waiting for you, State Treasurer Rob McCord said today as he highlighted holiday-themed names in his department’s online unclaimed property database.

Harrisburg - December 19, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Ongoing efforts by the Pennsylvania Treasury to reunite community service organizations with unclaimed property have led to claims for more than $13,000 by food banks, shelters and Salvation Army chapters, said State Treasurer Rob McCord today, but at least $6,500 remains to be claimed by these types of organizations – funds that can help to meet increased demand during the holiday season.

HARRISBURG - December 18, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Board of Directors of the Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency on Thursday approved the recipients of funding for projects to improve the availability and affordability of housing in the Marcellus Shale region of the state.

Harrisburg, PA - December 7, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Pennsylvania HUD and VA Homeless Veterans Collaboration Team, which have established a unique, efficient and effective collaboration focused on eliminating veterans’ homeless in Pennsylvania by 2015, were honored as one of four PNC Housing Hero awardees during this week’s Homes Within Reach conference in Harrisburg.

Harrisburg, PA - December 4, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Pennsylvania HUD and VA Homeless Veterans Collaboration Team, which have established a unique, efficient and effective collaboration focused on eliminating veterans’ homeless in Pennsylvania by 2015, were honored as one of four PNC Housing Hero awardees during this week’s Homes Within Reach conference in Harrisburg

HARRISBURG - November 29, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- A Berks County man, who owns three mobile home parks in Berks, Dauphin and York counties was charged today by the Attorney General's Environmental Crimes Section after allegedly illegally discharging untreated sewage into a tributary of the Schuylkill River and allegedly falsifying permit applications.

November 21, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- CFED is a 33-year-old national nonprofit with a mission of empowering low- and moderate-income households to build and preserve assets by advancing policies and programs that help them achieve the American Dream, including buying a home, pursuing higher education, starting a business and saving for the future.

November 15, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- At certain historic moments, new ideas about domesticity have given form to radically different configurations of home and community. With worldwide interest in housing affordability, green design and the necessity for sustainable communities, a powerful opportunity to design affordable housing that responds to current economic, social and environmental challenges presents itself.

November 8, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Given a February deadline to vacate the park land, residents of the Hilltop Mobile Home Park in State College, PA are using a website to advocate for the preservation of the park and the rights of manufactured housing owners statewide.

HARRISBURG - November 7, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency today celebrated the work of the state’s housing counselors with an awards ceremony at the Hilton Harrisburg. The state’s private sector counseling agencies support the mission of PHFA by assisting state residents with questions about homeownership and home foreclosure.

November 5, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- After the November 6 elections, Congress will reconvene for a “Lame Duck” session to tackle some very difficult issues related to the federal budget. As things stand now, significant, across-the-board cuts known as “sequestration” will go into effect on January 1, 2013, on all “discretionary” spending, including housing, homelessness and community development programs that many Housing Alliance members rely on to address the most pressing housing needs in our communities.

HARRISBURG - October 26, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Brian A. Hudson Sr., executive director and CEO of the Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency, has been elected president of the National Council of State Housing Agencies (NCSHA). He will serve for two years in that capacity.

Harrisburg - October 22, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- In recognition of National Fire Prevention Month, State Treasurer Rob McCord today said nearly $700,000 in unclaimed property is available for Pennsylvania’s emergency responder organizations to claim in order to supplement their budgets and provide need valuable life-saving services.

October 19, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- This is a MAJOR VICTORY for manufactured home community residents. Residents in manufactured housing communities (mobile home parks) are in a unique situation in terms of their housing tenure. While most own their homes, they rent the land on which the home is situated. They are homeowners, but without the stability of homeownership, being subject to rent increases, changes in community rules, and in some instances being forced to relocate their homes when the community closes.

Radnor, PA - October 12, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The nation’s oldest “no-kill” shelter now has nearly $35,000 in additional resources to support routine and unexpected medical treatments for the animals in its care after State Treasurer Rob McCord today reunited the Francisvale Home for Smaller Animals with property that belonged to the organization, but had gone unclaimed for years.

PHILADELPHIA - October 2, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Anthony J. DeMarco III, 33, of Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, was sentenced today to serve 25 years in prison for conspiracy and fraud charges in connection with a mortgage fraud scheme involving more than $30 million in loans. Between 2006 and 2009, DeMarco owned and operated DeMarco REI Inc., a foreclosure rescue company.

WASHINGTON, DC - September 28, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced today that it is charging the owners and manager of an apartment complex in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with discriminating against families with children. HUD’s charge alleges that the manager discouraged families from applying for housing by making biased statements and placing discriminatory advertising on craigslist.org.

HARRISBURG - September 25, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Attorney General Linda Kelly today announced that official notifications are being sent to approximately 29,000 Pennsylvania borrowers who lost their homes to foreclosure between January 1, 2008 and December 31, 2011 and who may be eligible for payment as part of the $25 billion national mortgage foreclosure settlement.

PHILADELPHIA, PA - September 14, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced $650,000 in funding to Northampton County, Pa. This is the fourth EPA brownfields grant awarded to the County to clean up contaminated properties for potential redevelopment.

Harrisburg - September 10, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- This Grandparents Day, State Treasurer Rob McCord encouraged Pennsylvanians to take a moment and search to see whether their loved ones are owed a portion of $1.9 billion in unclaimed property. A free online search at www.patreasury.gov may turn up a nice Grandparents Day gift for grandma or grandpa, said Treasurer McCord.