WASHINGTON, DC - March 1, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) — Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that applications are being accepted to provide affordable rental housing to rural residents through the Guaranteed Rural Rental Housing Program. more »

Charleston, WV - January 19, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) — Attorney General Darrell McGraw today executed an Assurance of Discontinuance with American Neighborhood Housing Foundation, a Virginia company taking advance fees from West Virginia consumers to obtain loan modifications for consumers’ mortgages. more »

Fairmont, WV - January 12, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) — The Fairmont-Morgantown Housing Authority (FMHA) announced this evening that it will be able to further expand its successful owner-occupied housing rehabilitation initiative, thanks to a new grant from the Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh (FHLBank). more »

Washington,DC - December 28, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — U.S. Rep. Nick Rahall (W.Va.) sees a federal grant for the West Virginia Housing Development Fund as a boost for the State’s construction workers and families.  The Fund will receive a $25,165,944 Recovery Act   grant from the U.S. Department of Treasury to support construction or acquisition and rehabilitation of housing for low-income families and individuals throughout the state to create and preserve construction and non-construction jobs. more »

Washington,DC - November 6, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — U.S. Rep. Nick J. Rahall (D-W.Va.) worked to extend unemployment benefits, the homebuyers’ tax credit, and tax relief for military families and businesses to help stimulate the local economy and provide stability to American families hit hardest by the recession. more »

CHARLESTON, WV - October 14, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — Charleston 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 $143,401 in housing counseling grants announced today by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. more »

BECKLEY, W.Va. - October 7, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — U.S. Rep. Nick Rahall (W.Va.) announced today that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development agency has approved $175,600 in housing preservation funds for Greenbrier, Fayette, McDowell and Wyoming Counties. more »

Charleston, WV - August 24, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — Congresswoman Shelley Moore Capito (WV-02) marked the 20th Anniversary of the Affordable Housing Program (AHP) today with strong words of support for the program and recognized 16 West Virginia banks for helping to bring more than $10 million in housing assistance to the state. more »

CHARLESTON, WV - July 28, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan today awarded $16.5 million to jump start affordable housing programs in West Virginia that are currently stalled due to the current economic recession. Funded through American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act), HUD’s new Tax Credit Assistance Program (TCAP) will allow the West Virginia Housing Development Fund to resume funding of affordable rental housing projects across the state while stimulating employment in the construction trades. more »

Huntington, WV - July 27, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — U.S. Rep. Nick Rahall (D-W.Va.) today announced the release of $165, 746 in funds from the Omnibus Appropriations Act of 2009 to the Huntington Housing Authority to support veterans and prevent homelessness. more »