RISMEDIA, March 21, 2009-U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) secretary Shaun Donovan and U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) secretary Ray LaHood announced a new partnership to help American families gain better access to affordable housing, more transportation options, and lower transportation costs. ...

RISMEDIA, March 19, 2009-(MCT)-As the economy continues to suffer and jobs are lost and business owners continually push to keep things moving forward so they are in the right place at the right time when the market turns, President Barack Obama is doing his job to help small businesses get on the right track. Working to jumpstart the economy's engine of job creation, Obama announced that the Treasury Department would spend up to $15 billion to boost lending to credit-hungry small businesses.

RISMEDIA, March 16, 2009-The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) awarded nearly $12 million in grants to 207 public housing agencies across the U.S. to help public housing residents find jobs that lead them toward economic independence. ...

RISMEDIA, March 13, 2009-The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) told Congress that the housing sector is still being significantly affected by the upheaval in the financial and mortgage markets that started in 2007, and there is deep concern that these financial dislocations will increase the depth and length of ...

RISMEDIA, March 13, 2009-In testifying before Congress yesterday, the Appraisal Institute told lawmakers that mortgage reform legislation is needed to address structural weaknesses in mortgage industry regulation. Calling current regulatory oversight "feeble," the Appraisal Institute called upon Congress to provide state and federal appraisal oversight agencies with greater enforcement power, ...

RISMEDIA, March 13, 2009-The House Committee on Small Business submitted its recommendations for the Small Business Administration's (SBA) Fiscal Year 2010 budget, doubling previous budgets by proposing $1.43 billion in funding for agency programs that will help local businesses stay afloat and promote economic recovery. The recommendations submitted by the ...

RISMEDIA, March 12, 2009-The National Council of La Raza (NCLR), the largest civil rights and advocacy organization in the United States, will testify before the U.S. House Committee on Financial Services today on Latino wealth-building priorities and reforming the nation's broken mortgage system. Since the hearing will look at consumer ...

RISMEDIA, February 2, 2009-The U.S. House of Representatives has taken a significant step toward economic recovery in passing H.R. 1, The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. ...

By Kevin G. Hall RISMEDIA, January 29, 2009-(MCT)-Economists think the stimulus plan at hand, while far from perfect, will help stimulate the moribund U.S. economy.

RISMEDIA, January 22, 2009-Following the inauguration of President Barack Obama, National Association of Realtors(R) President Charles McMillan issued this statement: ...

RISMEDIA, January 20, 2009-On Friday, U.S. Representative Al Green introduced a bill, H.R. 600, that would reinstate downpayment assistance (DPA). ...

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Realtors Reiterate Keys to Housing Recovery By Steven Thomma and David Lightman RISMEDIA, January 15, 2009-(MCT/RISMedia)-A week before taking office, President-elect Barack Obama worked Tuesday to ensure that he'll have more than a trillion dollars at his disposal within weeks

Obama Asks for Rest of Bailout Money, Pledges Tougher Rules By Kevin G. Hall and David Lightman RISMEDIA, January 14, 2009-(MCT/RISMedia)-President-elect Barack Obama asked the Bush administration on Monday for the remaining $350 billion in Wall Street rescue money, hoping to have the funds available

RISMEDIA, January 13, 2009-A bill that embraces the need for righting the housing market-the first big step toward economic recovery-was introduced Friday in the U.S. House of Representatives. ...