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BATON ROUGE, LA - August 3, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- Governor Bobby Jindal announced the appointment of Sara Simmonds to the White Lake Property Advisory Board.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - July 24, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- Last night, the U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation that includes $800,000 in earmarks Congressman Charlie Melancon (LA-03) secured for projects in the Third Congressional District. The funding was included in the fiscal year 2010 Transportation and Housing and Urban Development Appropriations bill (H.R. 3288).

BATON ROUGE, LA - July 22, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- Governor Bobby Jindal announced the appointment of Neal Miller to the Louisiana Housing Finance Agency. The Louisiana Housing Finance Agency serves to undertake various programs to assist in the financing of housing needs in the state of Louisiana for persons of low to moderate incomes.

BATON ROUGE, LA - July 2, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — Today, Governor Bobby Jindal announced the appointment of Craig LeBouef to the Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corporation Board of Directors.

BATON ROUGE, LA - June 12, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — Governor Bobby Jindal announced three Louisiana Community Development Block Grants (LCDBG) totaling $1,289,850 today. The governor said the grants have been awarded to communities throughout the Greater Baton Rouge area in the form of public facilities grants to be used for infrastructure projects.

BATON ROUGE, LA - June 12, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — Governor Bobby Jindal announced nine Louisiana Community Development Block Grants (LCDBG) totaling $4,656,862 today. The governor said the grants have been awarded to communities throughout Northeast Louisiana in the form of public facilities grants to be used for infrastructure projects.

Meets with local CDFIs, CDEs, small businesses, non-profits, entrepreneurs, and affordable housing developers supporting the recovery efforts. Washington, DC - June 10, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — The U.S. Treasury Department's Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) Fund Director Donna J. Gambrell traveled to New Orleans, Louisiana this week on a two-day trip to highlight how the CDFI Program and New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) Program have provided needed resources to support the revitalization and rebuilding efforts following Hurricane Katrina.

BATON ROUGE, LA - June 5, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — Today, Governor Bobby Jindal announced the reappointment of Karl Connor to the White Lake Property Advisory Board. The White Lake Property Advisory Board serves to administer, control, and manage the White Lake Property, which is a conservation area encompassing more than 70,000 acres in Vermilion Parish.

New Orleans, LA - January 09, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — DOE announced on December 19 that four newly constructed homes in New Orleans, Louisiana, are the first in that city to meet the energy performance goals of the Builders Challenge.

New Orleans, LA - December 23, 2008 - (RealEstateRama) —This month NeighborWorks America helped Lower Ninth Ward homeowners celebrate a special holiday homecoming. Ken...

Construction begins at first of Big 4 slated for historic transformation HUD also to host Gulf Coast housing symposium at Tulane NEW ORLEANS, LA -...

New Orleans, LA - October 30, 2008 - (RealEstateRama) — In response to a request from the state of Louisiana, the Federal Emergency Management...

Housing bill includes tax relief provisions for Gulf Coast WASHINGTON -- The United States Senate today to move forward on a housing bill that includes...

WASHINGTON D.C. - Rebuilding Together, the nation’s lead nonprofit working to preserve affordable homeownership, today announced that it has partnered with NeighborWorks® America. The...

The special elections for Louisiana’s first and sixth congressional races will feature a new election format. All future federal races will also follow this...