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Merkley Applauds Creation of Office of Sustainable Housing and Communities
February 5, 2010 Posted by Oregon RealEstateRama
Portland, OR. - February 4, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) — Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley joined HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan, Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D- Ore.) and Governor Ted Kulongoski via video today to announce the creation of the Office of Sustainable Housing and Communities within HUD.
Lee Moore Elected Housing Authority of Portland Board Chair
January 26, 2010 Posted by Oregon RealEstateRama
PORTLAND, Ore. - January 25, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) — Lee Moore has been elected chair of the Housing Authority of Portland’s (HAP’s) Board of Commissioners for 2010, and Brian Lessler and Amie Pico have been appointed to the nine-member citizen commission.
State housing projects get funding boost
December 16, 2009 Posted by OHCS
Salem, OR - December 15, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — The State Housing Council approved additional funding to housing developers throughout the state, boosting the number of affordable housing units statewide.
Funds available for farmworker housing
December 9, 2009 Posted by OHCS
Salem, OR - December 8, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — Oregon Housing and Community Services (OHCS) today announced a funding opportunity for farmworker housing.
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.
Recovery Act awards address low-income housing tax credit financing gaps
September 3, 2009 Posted by OHCS
Salem, OR - September 2, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — Governor Ted Kulongoski announced awards totaling close to $19 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (Recovery Act) funds that will aid the completion of seven low-income housing projects.
Federal funding helps address foreclosure blightwith affordable housing
August 27, 2009 Posted by OHCS
Salem, OR - August 27, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — Governor Ted Kulongoski announced today that Oregon Housing and Community Services has awarded $4 million to nonprofit housing entities to purchase and rehabilitate foreclosed properties.
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.
Oregon’s $27.3 million Tax Credit Assistance Plan approved
July 1, 2009 Posted by OHCS
Salem, OR - June 30, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) – The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today approved Oregon’s Tax Credit Assistance Program (TCAP) application, awarding $27.3 million in federal funds to strengthen affordable housing projects throughout the state.
State approves housing funds, generating an estimated $844 million
June 12, 2009 Posted by OHCS
Salem, OR - June 11, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) – Nearly $26 million in combined grants, loans and tax credits to housing developers throughout the state will help fund 435 units of affordable housing, providing hundreds of low-income Oregonians a place to call home.
Blumenauer Responds to George F. Will’s Attack on LaHood and Portland, Sends Challenge to Debate
May 20, 2009 Posted by Oregon RealEstateRama
Washington, DC - May 19, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — Today, Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.), responded via Twitter to Newsweek Contributing Editor George F. Will’s article entitled Ray Lahood, Transformed in which Will attacks Portland. Referring to the city as the “P-word” Will asserts that the city’s government “has been, intermittently, as progressive as all get-out, trying to use zoning, light-rail projects and high-density housing to cool the planet by curbing automobile use.”
