Yearly Archives: 2013

NEW ORLEANS, LA - June 24, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Yesterday, the New Orleans City Council passed an ordinance at the request of Mayor Mitch Landrieu and the Ernest N. Morial New Orleans Exhibition Hall Authority that will make way for important infrastructure improvements in the French Quarter and Central Business District. Under a Cooperative Endeavor Agreement signed in March 2013, the Exhibition Hall Authority has agreed to finance $6.5 million in infrastructure improvements identified in the downtown area.

EW ORLEANS - June 20, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) - The Federal Emergency Management Agency recently announced nearly $13.6 million in additional funding to repair sewage systems, canal crossings and roads in St. Bernard Parish damaged by Hurricane Katrina.

Washington, DC - June 14, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., M.D., (R-South Louisiana) issued the following statement after the Louisiana Associated Builders and Contractors awarded him the “Champion of the Merit Shop” Award for his service in the 112th Congress

EUGENE, OR - June 10, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Baton Rouge, Louisiana real estate agent Janet Dicharry has teamed up with IDX, Inc. to enable her website with the revolutionary IDX Broker software. Dicharry, a member of the Baton Rouge MLS (BRMLS), has had the ability to access thousands of area listings as a benefit of being a subscriber to the BRMLS board. Now, her clients can experience the same levels of unprecedented access to detailed BRMLS listings on the IDX enabled website Dicharry hosts. IDX Broker software extracts raw listing data directly from the BRMLS database and seamlessly integrates it onto the website of Dicharry, creating a thorough, comprehensive and concise online real estate search page for Baton Rouge buyers

WASHINGTON, D.C. - June 5, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon and the Louisiana Department of Insurance (LDI) are advising property owners to review their homeowners’ policies and assess their flood insurance needs this hurricane season. Colorado State University forecasters predict an above average hurricane season this year with 18 named storms, nine of which are expected to become hurricanes. Four are expected to become intense hurricanes with Category 3 or higher wind speeds of 111 or greater miles per hour

WASHINGTON, DC - June 3, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congressman Bill Cassidy, M.D. today announced he will introduce an amendment to the FY 2014 Homeland Security Appropriations bill to protect America’s home owners from rate increases in the National Flood Insurance Program

NEW ORLEANS, LA - May 30, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Tomorrow, the City of New Orleans will host the Second Annual Conference on Housing and Community Development at the Lavin-Bernick Center on the campus of Tulane University from 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. This one-day conference will address such topics as increasing access to affordable housing, realities of home ownership, homelessness, and strategies to revitalize the Iberville/Tremé community as part of the Choice Neighborhood’s redevelopment

BATON ROUGE - May 24, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, Governor Bobby Jindal signed legislation that will assist and encourage Louisiana veterans, service members and their families to return to the Pelican State. This bill is part of the Governor’s 2013 Legislative Package

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - May 17, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- SANJOY BHATTACHARYA, age 56, a resident of New Orleans, was sentenced today in federal court by U. S. District Judge Carl J. Barbier to serve three years probation and pay a $15,000 fine, after pleading guilty to one count of making false statements to an agency of the United States, announced U. S. Attorney Dana J. Boente

WASHINGTON, DC - May 17, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, Congressman Bill Cassidy M.D., along with Co-Chairmen Senator David Vitter (R-LA) and Congressmen Cedric Richmond (D-LA), Michael Grimm (R-NY), Bill Pascrell (D-NJ) and Vice-Chairman Steven Palazzo (R-MS) announced the creation of the bi-cameral, bi-partisan Congressional Home Protection Caucus

NEW ORLEANS, LA - May 16, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, the City of New Orleans issued a reminder for the City-owned property auction scheduled for Friday, May 17 in the City Hall Council Chambers at 10:00 a.m. The Department of Property Management through the Division of Real Estate and Records will conduct the auction. Registration begins at 9:00 a.m

BATON ROUGE, LA - May 14, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Louisianians understand all too well the importance of building communities that can withstand what Mother Nature hurls at them.

WASHINGTON, DC - May 13, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Justice Department and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)announced today that St. Bernard Parish, La., has agreed to a settlement valued at more than $2.5 million to resolve separate lawsuits by the United States and private plaintiffs alleging that the parish sought to restrict rental housing to African Americans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

NEW ORLEANS, LA - May 9, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- On Friday, May 17, the City of New Orleans will auction six City-owned properties in the City Hall Council Chambers at 10:00 a.m. The Department of Property Management through the Division of Real Estate and Records will conduct the auction. Registration begins at 9:00 a.m.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - May 8, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, Congressman Cedric Richmond (LA-02) announced over $37 million in federal grants to repair damage related to Hurricanes Katrina and Isaac. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced grants that will be directed to St. John the Baptist, Jefferson and Orleans Parishes