August 18, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- Lack of state action on a state bond package is delaying millions of dollars statewide to municipalities, slowing local projects and threatening to cost property taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars, according to the Connecticut Conference of Municipalities (CCM), the statewide association of towns and cities.

WASHINGTON, DC - August 13, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- Senator Joe Lieberman (ID-CT) today praised the release of $25,724,201 to weatherize approximately 7,400 homes and re-weatherize an additional 100 homes throughout Connecticut. The Connecticut Department of Social Services administers the Weatherization Program, assisting low-income persons in minimizing energy-related costs and fuel usage in their residences. The funds were released by the Department of Energy as a part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act

August 7, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Chairman Chris Dodd (D-CT) today introduced legislation to help towns and regions across the country plan and implement development projects that integrate their community’s needs for transportation, housing, land use, and economic development.

More Families Eligible for Governor’s Mortgage Assistance Programs. August 5, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- Governor M. Jodi Rell today announced that more Connecticut families facing foreclosure will be able to get the financial help they need to stay in their homes thanks to new legislation she has signed into law.

WASHINGTON, DC - August 3, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- Representative Joe Courtney announced today that he will host a "Housing Resource Expo" on Wednesday, August 5 from 4:00 PM – 7:00 PM at Connecticut College’s Crozier Williams Building located at 270 Mohegan Avenue in New London, to provide information for both first time homebuyers and responsible homeowners concerned about keeping up with their mortgages because of the economic downturn.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - July 22, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- Within months of Congressman Chris Murphy (CT-5) visiting Chamberlain Heights in Meriden to announce legislation to provide thousands of new affordable housing units for low income, disabled individuals across the country, today the House of Representatives passed the bill, 376-51.

July 10, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — Governor M. Jodi Rell today announced she has signed three important bills that will help more Connecticut families who are struggling to pay their mortgages keep their homes, including a bill making the state’s foreclosure mediation process mandatory – rather than optional – for all foreclosures that began after July 1. The bills also set new standards for mortgage professionals, expand eligibility for state mortgage assistance programs and create the crime of residential mortgage fraud.

July 10, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — Today Senate Banking Committee Chairman Chris Dodd (D-CT) and House Financial Services Chairman Barney Frank (D-MA) sent a letter to the heads of the bank regulatory agencies asking them to address whether banks are inflating the value of 2^nd mortgages on their balance sheets, thereby discouraging proactive efforts to modify and restructure mortgage loans and crippling programs designed to prevent foreclosures.

WASHINGTON, DC - July 10, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — Senator Joe Lieberman (ID-CT) today praised the release of $16,960,432 to rapidly find housing...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - July 10, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — Today, the Connecticut Congressional delegation announced that the Connecticut Housing Finance Authority (CHFA) will receive $34 million from the U.S. Treasury Department from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) to spur the development of affordable housing across the state. In Connecticut, fewer houses are under construction, which means job losses in the building trades and related industries. And as more people are out of a job, affordable housing is in increasing demand.

July 9, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — State Senator Edith G. Prague (D-Columbia), Senate Chair of the legislature’s Select Committee on Aging, and Senate Majority Leader Martin M. Looney (D-New Haven) today welcomed final action on the bill that committee initiated to create a Nursing Home Bill of Rights for Connecticut. Senator Prague said Governor Rell’s signature indicates formal enactment into law

July 2, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — Senator Chris Dodd (D-CT), the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, praised the release of $26 million for affordable housing projects and programs throughout Connecticut. The funding, which was announced today by the Department of Housing and Urban Development, is made possible by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and will allow the Connecticut Housing Finance Authority to jumpstart affordable rental housing projects across the state while creating construction jobs.

WASHINGTON, DC - June 30, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — Senator Joe Lieberman (ID-CT) today applauded the release of $26,170,888 for affordable housing projects and programs throughout Connecticut. The funds were released by the Department of Housing and Urban Development as a part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - June 29, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — Congressman Jim Himes (CT-4) last week helped pass sweeping, bipartisan energy reform that will create jobs, strengthen national security, protect Connecticut consumers, and push back the tide of global warming. President Obama’s American Clean Energy and Security Act (ACES Act) passed the United States House Friday and includes a provision written by Congressman Himes to make energy-efficient housing more affordable

June 9, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — Governor M. Jodi Rell today announced that her plan to distribute $3.6 million in federal stimulus block grants to help small cities and towns rebuild their neighborhoods hit hardest by the foreclosure crisis will be the subject of a public hearing Wednesday at the Legislative Office Building.