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WASHINGTON, D.C. - April 26, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The chairman and ranking member of the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs today proposed legislation to help the Department of Veterans Affairs meet its goal to eliminate veteran homelessness by 2015.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - April 16, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Unemployed workers and others facing temporary financial hardships in our area have a new avenue to seek mortgage help while they get back on their feet.

Washington, DC - April 9, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Senator Kay Hagan today announced that the Wilmington Army Corps of Engineers has received an additional $1.5 million for coastal storm damage reduction projects in New Hanover County. The announcement supplements the $16.07 million the Army Corps received Friday to repair inlets and waterways along the North Carolina coast damaged during Hurricane Sandy. The funding was secured through the Hurricane Sandy Supplemental Appropriations Bill, which Hagan fought to pass earlier this year.

ATLANTA - March 25, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Graham County, N.C. is now a participating community in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), which means property owners in unincorporated areas of Graham County can purchase federally-underwritten flood insurance

Washington, DC - March 13, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Senator Kay Hagan today introduced legislation that would fix a decades-old mistake by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service that prevents many residents of North Topsail Beach from participating in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). The bill corrects an inaccurate Coastal Barrier Resources Act (CBRA) map that mistakenly designated an area of North Topsail Beach as undeveloped.

Washington, DC - February 15, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Senators Kay Hagan (D-NC), Mary Landrieu (D-LA) and Johnny Isakson (R-GA) this week sent a bipartisan letter to banking regulators and housing officials urging them to act quickly to revise the Qualified Residential Mortgage (QRM) rule. Action on the rule is needed to ensure that responsible borrowers are not denied the opportunity to purchase a home under reasonable terms

Raleigh, N.C. - February 13, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory sent a letter to the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) requesting a disaster declaration for residents and business owners in Watauga County who suffered damages from the severe thunderstorms and flooding that stuck January 30. If approved, homeowners, renters and business owners could qualify for low-interest loans to help them recover from the winter flooding

February 4, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Raleigh: Homeowners whose mortgage loan is serviced by Bank of America can get free help Monday through Wednesday at an event in Raleigh, Attorney General Roy Cooper said today.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - January 31, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- A state-designed foreclosure prevention program made its 10,000th foreclosure prevention loan last month, providing workers who have lost jobs during the downturn a way to save their homes.

Raleigh: - January 31, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- A Florida company that is alleged to have robo-signed foreclosure documents will pay $120 million to North Carolina and 45 other states, fix incorrect documents and change its practices, Attorney General Roy Cooper announced Thursday

Washington, DC - January 30, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Senator Kay Hagan today announced that the Wade Community Fire Department will receive a low-interest loan for the purchase of a new fire truck through the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development program. The truck will provide dependable safety services for Wade and the surrounding areas.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - January 28, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Raleigh: Homeowners whose mortgage loan is serviced by Bank of America can get free help tomorrow through Thursday at an event in Charlotte, Attorney General Roy Cooper said Monday.

Washington, D.C. - January 08, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congresswoman Virginia Foxx, R-NC, today issued the following statement regarding her vote against H.R. 41, legislation that would increase federal deficit spending by granting additional borrowing authority to the government-run flood insurance program

December 19, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Gov. Bev Perdue today announced her proposed solution for the consequences of a change in the way residents in group homes qualify for Medicaid-funded personal care services (PCS). The change is a result of the General Assembly’s budget and will lead to a significant number of group home residents seeing their PCS funding eliminated. Without that funding, which makes up a significant part of group homes’ operating income, they will be forced to close, leaving countless homeless.

December 4, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The North Carolina Council of State today approved Gov. Bev Perdue’s proposal to lease the Dorothea Dix property to the City of Raleigh by a vote of 6 to 2, with one abstention.