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WASHINGTON, D.C. - October 3, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Weeks ago appointments were made by the Housing Alliance of Pennsylvania for a statewide collective of advocates and private citizens to meet with the state’s elected federal representatives. More than 50 concerned agency representatives converged on Harrisburg to advocate for their clients. Because the federal government has shut down, non-essential staff persons have been sent home and federal law makes it illegal for them to voluntarily keep this commitment. Those advocates hoping to speak with representatives of Senators Casey and Toomey will go home without being heard

HARRISBURG - September 30, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency, in collaboration with the American Society of Certified Housing Executives (ASCHE) and the National Real Estate Training Institute (NREI), today announces a day-long event for Westmoreland County residents in danger of losing their home or struggling with their mortgage. This special event will be held Oct. 10 at the Ramada Greensburg Hotel and Conference Center, 100 Ramada Inn Drive, Greensburg, from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m

Harrisburg - September 26, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Since taking office in January 2009, State Treasurer Rob McCord and his Return Team have reunited Pennsylvania’s 14 State System of Higher Education universities with more than $91,000. Today, the Treasurer highlighted a remaining $262,000 in unclaimed property that is up for claim by colleges and universities throughout the Commonwealth.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - September 24, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Housing Assistance Council invites you to join us in signing on to the letter below, urging President Obama and Secretary Vilsack to request reasonable funding levels for USDA's rural housing programs in the Administration's 2015 budget.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - September 24, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Campaign for What Works says "It's Time" to send legislation changing the name of the Department of Public Welfare to the Department of Human Services to Governor Corbett for his signature

WASHINGTON, D.C. - September 19, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Veterans Leadership Program has received $3 million in funding for housing, employment and other assistance for Veterans and their families residing in southwestern Pennsylvania

WASHINGTON, D.C. - September 19, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- There were nearly 6.7 million more poor people in 2012 than in 2008, a year deep in the Great Recession. Three years into the Great Unshared Recovery, poverty is worse than in 2008, median income is down, and people are slipping out of the middle class. More than one-third of our nation is near poor—106 million people live below twice the poverty line, one lay-off or crisis away from poverty

WASHINGTON, D.C. - September 4, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- This Insights report describes the New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) Program and the major considerations banks may need to address when using the tax credits to support community and economic development activities. The report examines the primary opportunities and risks associated with the use of NMTCs and discusses the methods used by national banks and federal savings associations (collectively, banks) to structure transactions and use the credits effectively. The report addresses banks’ participation in the NMTC Program as investors, as recipients of the tax credits (allocatees), and as leverage lenders

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 18, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Pennsylvania Keystone Home Energy Loan Program (HELP) has figured prominently in another national energy award, as the Council of Development Finance Agencies (CDFA) today named Bostonia Partners as the winner of the 2013 CDFA Excellence in Energy Finance Award.

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