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WASHINGTON, DC - September 6, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today announced that it is charging Merline and Clifton Hylton, the owner and manager of a rental home in Windsor Locks, Connecticut with violating the Fair Housing Act for denying a request by biracial tenants to sublease their home to an African American family. The current tenants allege that Mr. Hylton told them he was rejecting the prospective sub-tenants because he “did not want too many blacks at the property.”

August 31, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Senate President Donald E. Williams, Jr. (D-Brooklyn) is urging homeowners who are grappling with property damage due to Hurricane Irene to use caution when hiring home contractors or arborists.

Washington, DC - August 17, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Representatives Jim Himes (CT-04) and Rosa L. DeLauro (CT-03) announced today that The Workplace, Inc., Southwestern Connecticut’s Regional Workforce Development Board, will be receiving a one year grant of $299,670 to provide local, homeless veterans with job training aimed at helping them succeed in civilian careers. The grant has the potential for up to three additional years based on funding availability.

August 3, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Senate Majority Leader Martin Looney (D-New Haven / Hamden) joined state elected leaders, officials with Operation Fuel and the Connecticut Association for Community Action (CAFCA) at a news conference to urge Congress to protect the federal Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP).

July 1 30, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Early Friday morning, on the first day of the new fiscal year, Senate Democratic leaders led passage of a budget bill that ensures Connecticut will have a balanced budget for the next biennium. As a result of the failure of the state employee unions to ratify the $1.6 billion concessions package, the General Assembly worked with the Malloy Administration to craft legislation that closes the budget gap—$700 million in the current fiscal year.

June 16, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Senate Majority Leader Martin Looney (D-New Haven / Hamden), Senator Carlo Leone (D-Stamford), and Senator Eileen Daily (D-Westbrook) say passage of Senate Bill 377 will give municipalities the option to waive interest owed on property taxes by members of the armed services who are on active duty.

Washington, DC - June 14, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congresswoman Rosa L. DeLauro (CT-3) and West Haven Mayor John Picard announced a Housing and Urban Development Community Development Block Grant of $689,865 to the City of West Haven today.

New Haven, CT - May 2, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congresswoman Rosa L. DeLauro (CT-3) announced a grant from the Department of Housing and Urban Development to Columbus House, a non-profit based in New Haven that provides meals, housing, support programs, and job training services to the local homeless and disadvantaged population.

Washington, DC - March 31, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-3) announced two Housing and Urban Development (HUD) grants, totaling $123,914, for the towns of Derby and New Haven today. Part of the Housing Choice Voucher- Family Self Sufficiency Program, these funds will be used to support the development of local strategies to help families increase their income potential and become more self-sufficient.

March 11, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- State Senator Joseph J. Crisco, Jr. (D-Woodbridge), Senate chair of the legislature’s Insurance and Real Estate Committee, today praised committee approval of a bill meant to prohibit ‘private transfer fees’ in Connecticut. The relatively new financing plan, already restricted or subject to outright bans in 19 states, amounts to a private sector conveyance fee, adding undue cost to the sale of property, Senator Crisco said.

March 8, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Amidst national reports of shoddy paperwork processing that led to suspended foreclosure proceedings at many major lenders, state Senator Anthony Musto (D-Trumbull) is pushing legislation that would require banks to perfect their legal right to property before they can file a foreclosure action.

February 14, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Senate Majority Leader submits testimony in support of proposal that would give towns discretion; says this is a simple ‘matter of fairness’. Hartford: Senate Majority Leader Martin Looney (D-New Haven / Hamden) submitted testimony this week in support of a bill that would give municipalities the option to waive interest owed on property taxes by members of the armed services who are on active duty

Washington, DC - January 20, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-3) announced several federal grants, totaling $2,725,292, for organizations in Connecticut’s 3rd District from the Continuum of Care Homeless Assistance program today.

January 4, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- State Senator Joseph J. Crisco, Jr. (D-Woodbridge) has been re-appointed by Senate President Pro Tempore Donald E. Williams, Jr. (D-Brooklyn) to serve as Senate Chair of the legislature’s Insurance and Real Estate Committee. According to legislative documents, “the Insurance and Real Estate Committee has cognizance of all matters relating to insurance law and real estate law,” and is charged with oversight of the state Department of Insurance.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - December 21, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- After quick approval in the U.S. Senate on Friday, ushered through by Connecticut Senator Chris Dodd (D-CT), today the U.S. House of Representatives passed and sent to President Obama to sign Congressman Chris Murphy's (CT-5) legislation to provide thousands of new affordable housing units for low income, disabled individuals across the country.