Yearly Archives: 2009

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

WASHINGTON, DC - July 10, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan today awarded a total of $ 10.1 million in grants to 4 grantees in West Virginia to rapidly re-house families who fall into homelessness, or prevent them from becoming homeless in the first place.

SOUTH CHARLESTON, W. Va. - July 6, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- More than $11.6 million in disaster relief is approved for West Virginia, according to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the West Virginia Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management. Another $3.1 million in low interest loans has been approved by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA).