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Washington, D.C. - July 22, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva today highlighted a free workshop on foreclosure prevention and home finance taking place in Tucson on Saturday, July 23. The event is jointly hosted by the Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco, Don’t Borrow Trouble Pima County, the City of Tucson, Fannie Mae, Pima County, and the Southwest Fair Housing Council.

Phoenix, AZ - June 20, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Where will we be in five years regarding sustainability and the job market as they pertain to personal lifestyle, customer loyalty, and employee expectations?

Tucson, AZ - April 26, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva last week introduced the Right to Rent Act of 2011 (H.R. 1548), an updated version of a bill he introduced in 2009 to allow families facing foreclosure to remain in their homes as renters by paying fair market value each month. Approximately one in 175 homes in Arizona received a foreclosure filing in January, second highest in the nation behind Nevada.

Tucson, AZ - March 25, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva today congratuled the City of Tucson and the Housing Authority of the City of Yuma on receiving $138,000 and $249,500 grants, respectively, from the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The funding comes through HUD’s Housing Choice Voucher – Family Self Sufficiency (FSS) program.

Washington, D.C. - March 9, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva today congratulated three Southern Arizona recipients of new grants from NeighborWorks America, a nonprofit group created by Congress in 1978 as a public/private partnership to provide grants, training and technical assistance to community organizations. Comite de Bien Estar, Inc., located in San Luis, was awarded $49,350, Housing Services of Southwestern Maricopa County was awarded $23,500, and The Primavera Foundation in Tucson was awarded $79,700.

TUCSON, AZ - March 7, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords’ office worked with a homeowner to successfully communicate with a mortgage company to reduce home loan payments for the Tucson woman who was facing foreclosure and eviction.

Washington, D.C. - February 25, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Small businesses facing maturity of commercial mortgages or balloon payments before Dec. 31, 2012, may be able to refinance their mortgage debt with a Small Business Administration (SBA) loan through a new program that begins Monday, Feb. 28.The program, authorized under the Small Business Jobs Act, will be in effect through Sept. 27, 2012

Tucson, AZ - February 4, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The federal Small Business Administration (SBA) today announced that it will offer loans of up to $2 million to businesses and non-profit organizations to replace or repair property and equipment damaged in recent winter storms. The agency will also offer loans of up to $200,000 to homeowners to repair damaged real estate and up to $40,000 to homeowners and renters to repair or replace personal property.

Washington, D.C. - January 20, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Department of Energy (DOE) today announced the offer of a loan guarantee worth up to $967 million to Agua Caliente Solar to support the construction of a major new solar power plant in Yuma County. The plant will employ approximately 400 people during construction, expand the county tax and employment base when completed, and provide energy to approximately 100,000 homes through a contract with Pacific Gas & Electric Company

Washington, D.C. - January 6, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva today congratulated Pima County on receiving a new $158,601 grant from the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) through the Rental Assistance to Non-Elderly Persons With Disabilities program. The funds will help qualifying families access affordable housing through public housing agencies

WASHINGTON, DC - December 1, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords today issued the following statement after the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office reported that the U.S. Department of the Treasury will spend less than a quarter of the $50 billion it promised to help homeowners facing foreclosure.

PHOENIX, AZ - November 26, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Arizona Community Foundation and its partner, the Phoenix office of the Local Initiatives Support Corporation, today hosted a celebration of two important milestones for the ACF Affordable Housing Fund: more than $1 million raised for the fund, and more than $1 million granted to support the development of affordable housing in Arizona.

November 19, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- It doesn't rain much in Arizona, but when it does, rainwater harvesting experts Ann Audrey and Greg Shinn want people to use every drop. They know about the art of capturing and saving rainwater, and they want to teach others how they can do the same.<

November 19, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Eight homeowners and more than 120 residents of a multi-family senior complex will receive landscape and home maintenance assistance this Saturday, Nov. 20. The effort is a partnership between the city’s Code Cares program, local churches and the non-profit group Arizona City Fest

TUCSON, AZ - October 19, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords is welcoming an $8.9 million federal grant to help pay for construction of a new main clinic for the Marana Health Center

Congresswoman’s 40th Solar Power 101 event will be held Tuesday in Green Valley. TUCSON, AZ - October 19, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords today announced that the 40th of her popular Solar Power 101 events will be held Tuesday in Green Valley, with future events held in Marana, Sierra Vista and Tucson.

Tucson, AZ - October 19, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva today announced his call for a full audit of three major mortgage lenders in the wake of revelations about improper foreclosures nationwide based on dubious paperwork and legally suspect lender behavior. Grijalva sent a letter Oct. 15 alongside Reps. John Conyers, Marcy Kaptur and Alan Grayson to the inspector general for the Troubled Assets Relief Program (TARP) asking him to conduct an audit of Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and GMAC, which together control millions of mortgages around the country.

FLAGSTAFF, AZ - October 13, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Representative Ann Kirkpatrick announced today that her Indian Veterans Housing Opportunity Act has been signed into law. This major success on behalf of tribal communities will prevent Native American Veterans, their families and survivors from being denied low-income housing assistance through the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act (NAHASDA) due to their military service. The law takes effect immediately.

SCOTTSDALE, AZ - October 11, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Rep. Harry E. Mitchell today commended Bank of America for halting foreclosure sales in all 50 states in order to address flaws in their foreclosure process. [Source: CNN, October 8, 2010]"I commend Bank of America for doing the responsible thing and halting their foreclosure sales around the country in order to address flaws in their foreclosure process," said Mitchell. "As we hear more about current flaws in the foreclosure process, it is even more important that banks slow down and figure out the root of the problem I urge others to swiftly follow suit so that families will not have to worry about losing their home because of a clerical error."

Congresswoman urges all other mortgage services companies to take similar action until flaws are addressed. TUCSON, AZ - October 8, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords welcomed a move today by Bank of America to halt all foreclosures nationwide as it addresses potential problems in foreclosure documents