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Today, U.S. Congressman Paul A. Gosar, D.D.S. (AZ-04) released the following statement after Senator Mike Lee (R-Utah) announced his plans to introduce a companion amendment that would prohibit the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) from implementing its proposed Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Rule.

On Saturday, the president signed into a law a bill introduced by U.S. Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick, D-Ariz., to correct a decades-old land-survey error that placed private properties inside the boundaries of U.S. Forest Service property. This is Kirkpatrick’s second piece of legislation to become law in the 113th Congress. At the end of 2013, her VA backlog legislation became law as an amendment to the Defense reauthorization bill.

U.S. Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick, D-Ariz., released the following statement in response to last night’s U.S. Senate passage by unanimous consent of her bill, H.R. 862, the Coconino National Forest Land Conveyance Act

After an audit by the Arizona Department of Real Estate (ADRE) of Maricopa Properties, LLC revealed a shortage in the company’s statutorily mandated trust account, Attorney General Tom Horne obtained an indictment against owner Dawn Anderson. Maricopa Properties is a property management company based in the City of Maricopa, Arizona. Anderson has been charged with theft, forgery, and fraud schemes and practices

Attorney General Tom Horne today announced the award of over $600,000 to fund job training and employment search services programs for individuals impacted by foreclosure. These programs are funded by the national mortgage settlement reached with the nation’s five largest mortgage loan servicers (Ally/GMAC, Bank of America, Citi, JPMorgan Chase and Wells Fargo). The Attorney General’s Office bargained hard to the last minute, and bought $2 billion into Arizona from this settlement, to keep people in their homes and help the Arizona economy

WASHINGTON - January 16, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick, D-Ariz., today introduced legislation to permanently authorize the Payment-in-Lieu-of-Taxes (PILT) program, which is critical to rural counties that suffer losses in property taxes due to nontaxable federal land within their jurisdictions. PILT was not included in the FY14 Omnibus Funding bill.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - January 15, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva today highlighted $600 million in newly available grants being offered by the Department of Veterans Affairs to reduce and hopefully eliminate veteran homelessness across the country. The department is offering $300 million in fiscal year 2014 and $300 million in fiscal year 2015 in nationally competitive bid offers.

SAN FRANCISCO - December 10, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Pacific Southwest Region today announced that Stardust Non-Profit Building Supplies has won a 2013 environmental award for its creative re-use of building materials. The award was presented at one of the company’s thrift stores in Phoenix, Ariz. The regional environmental awards acknowledge significant contributions made in the past year to protect the environment and support communities

WASHINGTON, D.C. - November 22, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources passed HR 862, legislation introduced by U.S. Reps. Ann Kirkpatrick, D-Ariz., and Paul Gosar, R-Ariz., to correct a 40-year-old land-survey error that placed private properties inside the boundaries of U.S. Forest Service property. The legislation can now be scheduled for a vote by the full Senate.

PHOENIX, AZ - November 19, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Lee & Associates Arizona is pleased to announce the promotion of Matt McDougall to Principal. Matt joined Lee as an Associate nearly three years ago and has garnered the respect of his peers as well as having achieved several sales benchmarks to achieve his promotion.

SCOTTSDALE, AZ - November 7, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- A 7,707 SF offi ce building located at 7000 E. 1st Ave. in Old Town Scottsdale was recently sold for $2,150,000. Price per square foot was calculated at $278.97.

Phoenix, AZ - November 6, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Attorney General Tom Horne is announcing the settlement of a consumer fraud case against Stan Nii-Addo Allotey, Jr., owner of Mortgage Relief Group, d.b.a. Mortgage Assistance Group, for engaging in deceptive loan modification services. Mr. Allotey and his company are now barred from conducting any foreclosure consulting business and engaging in telephone solicitation sales.

PHOENIX, AZ - October 8, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Lee & Associates Arizona is pleased to announce the hiring of Will Barnard to the company. He will be reporting to Todd Braun, Principal and head of the Braun Apartment Group and will focus on apartment and land sales in the Phoenix area

WASHINGTON, D.C. - October 1, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva congratulated several Southern Arizona recipients of recent grants and federal awards that will improve the lives of local constituents and highlighted upcoming grant application deadlines. Details are below

Phoenix, AZ - September 18, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Attorney General Tom Horne has filed a consumer fraud lawsuit against Phoenix-based Making All Homes Affordable, LLC (MAHA), its owner and manager, Albert Figueroa, and one of its salespersons, Steve Villanueva.

SCOTTSDALE, AZ - September 18, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Occidental Fire & Casualty has signed a 7-year lease for 18,100 SF at Canyon Village, Building B, 18867 N. Thompson Peak Pkwy. in Scottsdale. The new lease offers IAT an upgraded facility opportunity to grow compared with their previous space.

Washington, D.C. ­- September 18, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Senator John McCain (R-AZ) today sent a letter to Thomas S. Winkowski, Acting Commissioner of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection, seeking information on the recently completed $12.8 million housing complex for Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents in Ajo, Arizona. Each of the 21 housing units cost the American taxpayer roughly $605,000 – a staggering amount when compared to the unit cost of $100,000 for similar area housing

TUCSON - August 19, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Rep. Ron Barber has asked the Department of Homeland Security to explain why it paid $15 million to build 21 houses and buy 20 mobile homes in Ajo for Border Patrol and Customs officers – in a community where comparable homes cost far less.

San Luis, AZ - August 12, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva today announced a $1,361,760 U.S. Department of Agriculture grant to the non-profit social assistance group Comite de Bien Estar to identify, screen and prepare candidates for USDA’s Mutual Self-Help Housing Program. Under the program, families provide a substantial portion of the labor involved in building their own homes, reducing the purchase cost putting affordable housing within reach for low-income families

WASHINGTON, D.C. - August 7, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) --Today, in reaction to President Obama's speech on housing in Arizona, NCRC President and CEO John Taylor made the following statement