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June 22, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Senate President Donald E. Williams, Jr. (D-Brooklyn) says action taken today in special session by the General Assembly will help neighborhoods and homeowners in Connecticut cope with the effects of the mortgage foreclosure crisis.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - June 18, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- With the support of Congressman Chris Murphy (CT-5), the federal Department of Energy (DOE) has announced it is awarding a $4.1 million grant to the "Neighbor to Neighbor Energy Challenge," a consortium of 14 Connecticut communities and nine project partners, which includes Cheshire

HARTFORD, CT - June 15, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Governor M. Jodi Rell announced today that a partnership led by the Connecticut Clean Energy Fund, a ratepayer fund to promote, develop and invest in clean energy sources, will receive $4.17 million in competitive federal stimulus funds for energy efficiency, conservation and renewable energy programs in Connecticut.

Wallingford, CT - June 7, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Thanks to robust sales of single family homes at The Willows and despite tough economic conditions, VW Homes has announced the opening of Phase 3, the final phase of construction at this community. This announcement comes months ahead of schedule. The final twenty-two homes are slated to be completed by the spring of 2011

Washington, DC - June 2, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congresswoman Rosa L. DeLauro (CT-3) announced today that the Waterbury and West Haven Housing Authorities have been awarded HUD-Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing (HUD-VASH) vouchers. The Waterbury Housing Authority will receive $188,526, and the West Haven Housing Authority will receive $196,470, part of $58,627,081 in housing support for homeless veterans being awarded nationwide

WASHINGTON, D.C. - May 28, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- In an effort to put Connecticut residents in control of their power needs, Congressman Chris Murphy (CT-5) secured passage in the House Energy and Commerce Committee of a bill to allow the town Canton to operate its dams, in cooperation with Avon and Burlington. The Collinsville dams, once retrofitted, are expected to produce about two Megawatts of power, enough to power more than 1,500 homes.

May 18, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- The City of Hartford will conduct a live public auction to sell city-owned properties on Thursday, May 27th at 6:30 PM. The auction will be held in the Atrium at City Hall, 550 Main Street, in Downtown Hartford. Bidder registration will begin at 5:30 PM. The auction is open to the public, and there is no cost to register as a bidder

Washington, DC - May 13, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-3) announced today the award of a $720,000 grant to the Housing Authority of the City of New Haven to help public housing residents become more financially self-sufficient. The funds are part of almost $28 million awarded nationwide by the Department of Housing and Urban Development as part of the Resident Opportunities and Self Sufficiency (ROSS) program.

EUGENE, OR - May 10, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX, Inc. happily welcomes the addition of IDX Broker to Mary LeBlanc Realty's very own Mary LeBlanc of Torrington, Connecticut's website. LeBlanc, with the use of this modernized and enhanced IDX service, is now able to easily and quickly provide property listing information to prospective home buyers, without the previously required time and investment. This custom IDX solution takes care of pulling the raw listing data from her local Multiple Listing Service (MLS), the Connecticut Statewide MLS (CTStatewide), and prominently displays the listing information in a user-friendly and easy-to-navigate format on LeBlanc's site, for home seekers to pursue.

May 6, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- The state Senate today took final action on legislation to extend the state’s highly successful foreclosure mediation program for an additional two years, a move shepherded by Banks Committee co-chair Senator Bob Duff (D-Norwalk)

May 3, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Governor M. Jodi Rell today is reminding residents that U.S. Census workers will begin visiting homes and apartments on May 1 to take data from those individuals who have not mailed back their Census 2010 forms.

WASHINGTON, DC - May 3, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan today announced HUD will speed federal disaster assistance to three counties in Connecticut and provide support to homeowners and low-income renters forced from their homes following last month's severe winter storms and snowstorms

April 30, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Connecticut Conference of Municipalities today, April 30, expressed its gratitude to the leaders of the State House of Representatives for passing much-needed mandates relief, local revenue diversity, and help in stemming health insurance increases.

Team from New Haven submitted design for green-energy homes. Washington, DC - April 29, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congresswoman Rosa L. DeLauro (CT-3) welcomed students from New Haven and Branford to her office to celebrate their success in a national design competition organized by the Construction Industry Round Table and the ACE Mentor Program of America.

Norwalk, CT - April 19, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- It’s only been a few short weeks since heavy rainfall caused widespread flooding in Connecticut, especially in shoreline communities. State Senator Bob Duff (D-Norwalk) today urged property owners in Norwalk and Darien who experienced damage from torrential rains, floods and heavy winds to be cautious and do their homework when hiring workers to do repairs and clean-up.