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SEATTLE - June 18, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Thanks to financing from the Washington State Housing Finance Commission, 228 affordable apartments will soon be built in unincorporated Snohomish County—including four- and five-bedroom units for large families

WASHINGTON, D.C. - June 12, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- A bill sponsored by Congressman Denny Heck (D-WA) to enact commonsense reforms to fix the federal reverse mortgage program will be considered by the U.S. House tomorrow. The bill is co-sponsored by Congressman Mike Fitzpatrick (R-PA)

WASHINGTON, D.C. - June 11, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- OLYMPIA...The Office of Secretary of State’s Corporations & Charities Division is sponsoring a homeowners association workshop in Tumwater on June 28.

OLYMPIA, WA - June 5, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Borrowers who submitted a valid foreclosure payment claim through the National Mortgage Settlement will receive a check this month for approximately $1,480, much higher than the amount of $840 first announced.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - June 4, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Washington Low Income Housing Alliance (Housing Alliance) has announced the 2013 awardees for their annual advocacy awards dinner

Vancouver, WA - May 31, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- A proposal for election of a 15-member Board of Freeholders to draft a home rule charter is on the June 4 hearing schedule for the Board of County Commissioners

Washington, D.C. - May 29, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray, Chairman of the Senate Housing Appropriations Subcommittee and senior member of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee, announced that 260 housing vouchers will be allocated to eight different state Housing Authorities in order to help get Washington homeless veterans into housing. The Department of Housing and Urban Development and Department of Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing (HUD-VASH) Program vouchers announced today are part of $75 million Senator Murray included in the 2013 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (THUD) Appropriations bill to support the housing needs of homeless veterans across the country.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - April 26, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, Thursday, April 25th, 2013, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) announced the introduction of the Improving Access to Child Care for Homeless Families Act of 2013, legislation which aims to address the difficulties homeless families face in accessing reliable child care. She also introduced the Educational Success for Children and Youth Without Homes Act of 2013, which amends the McKinney-Vento Act’s Education for Homeless Children and Youth program to better allow school districts to identify and address the needs of children and youth affected by homelessness and to bolster opportunities that help them succeed in school

WASHINGTON, D.C. - April 17, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Property owners have several options to pay the first half of 2013 property taxes by the Tuesday, April 30, deadline. They are

Vancouver, WA - April 16, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Ideas about home modification, energy efficiency and green building will be topics of a Wednesday, April 24, presentation sponsored by the Commission on Aging.

Washington, D.C. - April 11, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray, a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, questioned Shaun Donovan, Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, on the impacts of sequestration on housing vouchers in King County. The King County Housing Authority recently announced that it will not be re-issuing vouchers, leaving low-income Washington families without access to affordable housing.

Auburn - April 3, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Books crowd classroom shelves, art projects spill across tables, and a bank of state-of-the art computers with Internet access signal that the new community facility at Burndale Homes, a 50-unit public housing complex owned by the King County Housing Authority, is open for business. The Burndale Homes community center provides a welcome setting for children participating in after-school programs and for adults using the array of employment-related programs. A community celebration for the new facility will be held at 4 p.m. on April 4, 2013

WASHINGTON, D.C. - March 21, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Federal homeless assistance funds totaling more than $21.2 million have been awarded to the City of Seattle and King County for 2013-2014, making it possible to continue to provide a range of housing and supportive services for individuals and families who are homeless or at risk of homelessness. Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn and King County Executive Dow Constantine announced the renewal grants on March 20, 2013, following the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announcement of $1.5 billion awarded nationwide

WASHINGTON, D.C. - March 20, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Parks and Green Spaces Levy Oversight Committee has rescheduled the public hearing to gather public comments on the proposed second round of Opportunity Fund projects for Monday, April 22, 2013. The hearing at Miller Community Center, 330 19th Ave. E, will take place from 6 – 9 p.m.

SEATTLE - March 18, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- If you make minimum wage in Washington State, you’ll need to work 64 hours a week to afford a decent rental home.

WASHINGTON, DC - March 18, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) WaterSense program encourages Americans to check and replace leaky plumbing fixtures and sprinkler systems, helping households save more than 10,000 gallons of water per year and as much as 10 percent on utility bills.

SEATTLE - March 1, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Mayor Mike McGinn and Councilmember Richard Conlin today announced the introduction of a resolution directing the Department of Planning and Development and Office of Housing to convene an advisory group to review the City's affordable housing incentive programs.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - February 28, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- In the face of sequestration, the automatic across-the board budget cut that will hit all federal programs starting March 1, the King County Housing Authority has suspended issuance of Section 8 Housing Choice vouchers to the thousands of families that have applied to its general waiting list

WASHINGTON, D.C. - February 27, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The public meeting for the Parks and Green Spaces Levy Oversight Committee to gather input on proposed Levy Opportunity Fund projects, scheduled for Monday, March 18, 2013 at Miller Community Center, has been postponed.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - February 25, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Mayor Mike McGinn today provided an update on affordable housing in Seattle, including a plan to guide the City’s work in promoting new housing, including affordable housing. McGinn also announced the creation of a new advisory group to review the City’s affordable housing incentive programs