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Merkley and Wyden Highlight Housing Renovation Grant to Save Energy, Create Jobs in Portland
August 23, 2010 Posted by Oregon RealEstateRama
Portland, OR – August 23, 2010 – (RealEstateRama) — Oregon’s Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden commended a federal Recovery Act grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development today that will help fund “green” renovations at a housing development for Portlanders afflicted by mental illness.
Oregon Housing and Community Services Receives $284,988 to Support Foreclosure Prevention Counseling
May 4, 2010 Posted by OHCS
Salem, OR – May 3, 2010 – (RealEstateRama) — Oregon Housing and Community Services (OHCS) recently received $284,988 to support local foreclosure prevention counseling efforts across Oregon.
Four Oregon organizations win housing counseling grants
October 19, 2009 Posted by Oregon RealEstateRama
PORTLAND, OR – October 14, 2009 – (RealEstateRama) — Oregon families facing foreclosure, seeking affordable rental housing, or hoping to buy their first home will have a greater opportunity to find housing, or keep the homes they have, because of $191,424 in housing counseling grants announced today by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Recovery Act reservations totaling $28.6 million approved for low-income housing
October 1, 2009 Posted by OHCS
Salem, OR – September 30, 2009 – (RealEstateRama) — Governor Ted Kulongoski announced reservations totaling $28.6 million in federal Recovery Act dollars that will reinvigorate and aid completion of 17 low-income housing projects in Oregon.
Housing Authority of Portland Receives $3.3 Million in Recovery Act Funds to Help Finance Resource Access Center
October 1, 2009 Posted by Oregon RealEstateRama
PORTLAND, OR – September 30, 2009 – (RealEstateRama) — The Housing Authority of Portland (HAP) has been awarded $3,278,370 in competitive American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
HUD Awards $5.4 Million in Recovery Funds to Portland, Vancouver & King County Housing Authorities
September 29, 2009 Posted by Oregon RealEstateRama
WASHINGTON, DC – September 23, 2009 – (RealEstateRama) — U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan today competitively awarded a total of $5,397,130 in Recovery Act funds to permit the Portland, Vancouver and King County housing authorities to make improvements that address the needs of seniors and persons with disabilities.
HUD Awards $18.4 Million for Native American Housing
July 31, 2009 Posted by Oregon RealEstateRama
WASHINGTON, DC – July 28, 2009 – (RealEstateRama) — U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan announced today that HUD is awarding competitive grants totaling $18,399,323 to 10 tribes, Alaskan native villages and tribal organizations in Alaska, Idaho, Oregon and Washington to improve housing and stimulate community development.
Oregon Receives Almost $15 Million in Recovery Act Homeless & Rapid Re-Housing Funds
July 17, 2009 Posted by Oregon RealEstateRama
PORTLAND, OR – July 9, 2009 – (RealEstateRama) — U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan today awarded $14,977,177 to six grantees in Oregon to rapidly re-house families who fall into homelessness, or prevent them from becoming homeless in the first place.
Technical Advisory – Fall 2009 CFC: Preservation
May 7, 2009 Posted by OHCS
Salem, OR – May 6, 2009 – (RealEstateRama) — The long-awaited federal guidance this week for implementing key elements of the stimulus bill creates the opportunity for Oregon Housing and Community Services to move forcefully ahead with a large spring round of its Consolidated Funding Cycle, now underway.
Thousands of affordable rental homes to be preserved with MacArthur Foundation support
February 27, 2009 Posted by MacArthur Foundation
Salem, OR – February 26, 2008 – (RealEstateRama) — Governor Ted Kulongoski announced today that Oregon was selected to receive $5 million from the MacArthur Foundation’s $150 million Window of Opportunity Initiative to preserve thousands of affordable rental housing units for people of modest means
