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.
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.
Rep. Blumenauer and U.S. Transportation Secretary LaHood Announce Greenlight for Portland Streetcar
April 30, 2009 Posted by Oregon RealEstateRama
Washington, DC - April 29, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — Today, Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.) joined U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood on a press conference call to announce that the Federal Transportation Administration has issued a project construction grant agreement for the Portland Streetcar Loop.
Eleven Count Federal Indictment Charges Former Portland Loan Officer with Mortgage Fraud
March 1, 2009 Posted by Oregon RealEstateRama
Portland, Ore. - February 20, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — U.S. Attorney for the District of Oregon, Karin J. Immergut, announced a federal indictment was filed in U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon charging Kamau Herndon, 37, of Portland, with six counts of wire fraud, one count of mail fraud, three counts of money laundering, and one count of aggravated identity theft in connection with a mortgage fraud scheme.
OREGON’S LARGEST HOME BUILDER ANNOUNCES GROUND BREAKING OF SW PORTLAND’S STERLING CREEK
June 2, 2008 Posted by Oregon RealEstateRama
LAKE OSWEGO, Ore. - Buena Vista Custom Homes has announced the ground breaking of its newest neighborhood, Sterling Creek, located in Southwest Portland.
The forested site will feature six-craftsman style homes on large lots that look onto a wooded green space and Sterling Creek. Home buyers can pick from floor plans that range from 2,206 to […]
Realtor and Loan Broker Admit Participating in Scheme As Part of Pretrial Diversion Agreements
April 9, 2008 Posted by Oregon RealEstateRama
Portland, Ore. – 04/08/2008 - After considering over three hours of testimony and legal arguments, Judge Michael Mosman today sentenced Ryan Bonneau, 31, of Portland, to 30 months in prison for his role in a mortgage fraud scheme involving two residential real estate transactions in 2004. He will serve a period of five years supervised […]
OREGON HOME BUILDER ANNOUNCES SECOND HOME AUCTION
February 9, 2008 Posted by Oregon RealEstateRama
LAKE OSWEGO, Ore. - February 7, 2008 - Buena Vista Custom Homes announced today that it will conduct a second action of the company’s inventory of completed homes.
Greenest Condo in the U.S. Opens in Portland
December 3, 2007 Posted by Oregon RealEstateRama
First LEED Platinum Residential Tower Sets New Standard for Smart Living
PORTLAND, Ore., Nov. 30 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Residents began this week moving into The Casey condominiums, on track to be the first multifamily residential building in the United States to receive LEED Platinum certification, the highest level of green building.
Contracts awarded for designing, building new state psychiatric facilities
November 21, 2007 Posted by Oregon RealEstateRama
A nationally recognized architectural and engineering firm with offices in San Francisco has been awarded a contract to design new state-operated psychiatric facilities in Salem and Junction City that will replace aged Oregon State Hospital.
And an award-winning construction company based in Portland has been named construction manager and general contractor on the Salem portion of […]
Portland Resident Pleads Guilty to Wire Fraud and Money Laundering in Connection with Real Estate Transactions
November 15, 2007 Posted by Oregon RealEstateRama
Portland, OR, November 14, 2007- Ryan Bonneau, 31, of Portland, pleaded guilty today before United States District Court Judge Michael W. Mosman to wire fraud and money laundering charges in connection with two residential real estate financing transactions. Bonneau was charged along with two others by a federal grand jury in Portland in September, […]
State approves housing funds generating over $256.6 million in economic activity across Oregon
November 13, 2007 Posted by OHCS
Salem, November 6, 2007 – Fourteen low-income housing projects throughout Oregon will receive funding through the Oregon Housing and Community Services autumn 2007 funding cycle, OHCS Director Victor Merced announced Tuesday
