Tag: HUD

Washington D.C. - August 30, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer announced that the City of Jamestown has been awarded $1,940,046 in housing grants from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).

Washington, DC - July 13, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congressman Eliot Engel (D-NY-17) announced three U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) grants for Rockland County

Washington D.C. - July 1, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer announced today that the Hornell YMCA has been awarded a $400,000 grant by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).

WASHINGTON, DC - April 16, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congressman Charles B. Rangel on Friday praised the recent decision by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to award close to $23.5 million in funding for New York City's Section 8 voucher program.

Washington, DC - March 23, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer urged the Obama Administration to increase funding for fiscal year 2011 for the Section 202 Housing for the Elderly program. In a letter to Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Shaun Donovan, Schumer noted that in fiscal year 2010, Congress appropriated $825 million for Section 202 programmatic funding.

Albany, NY - February 19, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- The NYS Division of Housing and Community Renewal announced today that New York leads all other states in disbursing Tax Credit Assistance Program (TCAP) funds included in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).

New York, NY - January 14, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg announced today that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has awarded more than $20 million in Recovery Act funding to the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development under HUD's Neighborhood Stabilization Program 2.

Washington, DC - January 14, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer announced that Community Builders in Albany has been awarded $5,521,006 through the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Neighborhood Stabilization Program.

ALBANY, N.Y. - January 12, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congressman Paul Tonko today announces the Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) release of funding for the Family Self Sufficiency Program.

Albany, NY - December 8, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- Governor David A. Paterson today announced $60.3 million in federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funding for weatherization projects that will work to reduce the energy burden on low-income residents in 9,431 multi-family housing units around the State.

ALBANY, NY - November 5, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has awarded the New York State Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities (OMRDD) a grant for $49,716 to allow OMRDD to continue to provide comprehensive housing counseling to individuals with developmental disabilities, their income-eligible parents or legal guardians, and direct care professionals.

New York, NY - November 6, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- The New York Housing Conference (NYHC) and the National Housing Conference (NHC) announced today that Shaun Donovan, secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), will deliver the keynote address at the NYHC and NHC 36th Annual Awards Luncheon on December 10.

Albany, NY - October 22, 2009 - The State Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance (OTDA) today announced that it has awarded homelessness prevention grants of more than $1.3 million through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009 to Broome County and the City of Troy in Rensselaer County.

Brooklyn, NY - October 20, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- A civil complaint was filed today in federal court in Central Islip against Ideal Mortgage Bankers, Ltd. d/b/a/ Lend America, a mortgage lender located in Melville, Long Island, seeking a court-ordered injunction to prevent the company from making loans insured by the Federal Housing Administration (“FHA”). The complaint also seeks relief against Lend America’s Executive Vice President and Chief Business Strategist, Michael Ashley. The case has been assigned to United States District Judge Joseph F. Bianco.

WASHINGTON, DC - October 16, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congresswomen Nita Lowey (D-Westchester/Rockland) today announced that organizations in Westchester and Rockland Counties will receive tens of thousands in federal funding to support a variety of housing and homeownership services, and the City of White Plains will receive more than $900,000 in Community Development Block Grants (CDBG) from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).

MINEOLA, NY - September 22, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- Nassau County Executive Thomas R. Suozzi today announced that the County has received a grant totaling $6,458,35.00 that will provide rental assistance, housing relocation, and stabilization services for families and individuals during the economic crisis.

Albany, NY - September 3, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced that it will be providing the NY State Division of Housing and Community Renewal (DHCR) with more than $1.4 million in additional funding for a highly successful program that helps homeless veterans find the housing and clinical services they need.

Albany, NY - August 28, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- The State Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance (OTDA) today announced the award of nearly $25 million in homelessness prevention grants through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009. The funds will allow 25 agencies to provide services in 33 counties through the Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-housing Program (HPRP).

New York, NY- August 26, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- Commissioner VanAmerongen recently joined Governor Paterson and NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg to announce that New York City became the first City in the nation to begin construction of new affordable housing using funds from the Tax Credit Assistance Program (TCAP).

NEW YORK, NY - August 23, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congressman Charles B. Rangel called on Baruch Singer, landlord of Gloria Harding Apartments, to renew the project-based Section 8 contract at the 113 unit building complex to avoid the loss of affordable housing in Harlem.

New York, NY - August 17, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and Governor David A. Paterson today announced that New York City is first City in the nation to begin construction of new affordable housing using funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act’s Tax Credit Assistance Program (TCAP).

NEW YORK, NY - August 12, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, the New York City Housing Development Corporation (“HDC”) approved $70 million in Residential Revenue tax-exempt bonds. The Bonds will be used by Q Student Residences, LLC, for the purpose of refunding the Corporation’s Residential Revenue Bonds (Queens College Residences).

NEW YORK, NY - August 1, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- The board of the New York State Affordable Housing Corporation (AHC) today approved a $300,000 grant to the Onondaga County Community Development Division (OCCD) to renovate 50 homes in the county.

Washington, D.C. - August 10, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congressman Eliot Engel announced that Rockland County was awarded three housing grants totaling $3,273,306 from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).

Albany, NY - July 29, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- Governor David A. Paterson signed into law legislation that will extend affordable housing for another 30 years to the tenants of the 5,881-unit Starrett City housing complex in Brooklyn – the nation’s largest publicly assisted affordable housing complex.