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Washington, DC - May 12, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — Congressman Loebsack announces $8.6 million in FEMA funds from the Hazard Mitigation Program for Iowa City. These funds will be used to help Iowa City acquire 39 homes and one vacant lot affected by last year’s flood. This acquisition will protect the community from future damages while reducing emergency response and evacuation costs. The properties, which include 39 homes and one vacant lot, are located on Taft Speedway, Park Road, Normandy Drive, and Eastmoor Drive in the Parkview Terrace neighborhood.

April 30, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — Gordon Drive - The Iowa Department of Transportation has reduced traffic to one lane in each direction for HMA Patching on IA 12 (Gordon Drive) from US 20 west to Pearl Street. Construction is anticipated to be complete May 29th.

Washington, DC - April 29, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — Iowa Congressman Tom Latham is pleased to announce that the Iowa Veterans Home in Marshalltown will receive more than $29 million in federal funds for a building replacement project.

WASHINGTON, DC - April 22, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — Senator Chuck Grassley today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Office of Rural Development has awarded loans and grants totaling $8,449,700 to five Iowa communities through a competitive process in the Water and Waste Disposal Loan and Grant program.

DES MOINES, IA - March 31, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — Governor Chet Culver announced today that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will allocate $10.1 million in federal funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to three Iowa airports in Iowa City, Sioux City, and Waterloo.

March 24, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — Congressman Dave Loebsack (IA-02) announced the Department of Transportation awarded a $2,536,062 grant to the Eastern Iowa Airport Commission. The funding will be used to rehabilitate the primary runway. These funds are available through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

State to fund housing and economic development in the wake of 2008 storms WASHINGTON - March 17, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan today accepted a $125 million plan to support long-term disaster recovery in Iowa following last year's series of devastating storms and flooding.

March 13, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — For the second consecutive year, the Sioux City metro ranks first in the nation for economic development, according to results released this morning by Site Selection magazine, a leading corporate real estate and economic development publication based in suburban Atlanta, Georgia

March 06, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — Iowa Congressman Tom Latham announced on Thursday his support of a housing initiative that will help ease the current turmoil in the market while encouraging the flow of credit and economic recovery.

WASHINGTON - March 05, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — Senator Chuck Grassley announced today that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has awarded grants totaling $93,517 to the Des Moines Municipal Housing Agency and the Eastern Iowa Regional Housing Authority through the Family Self Sufficiency Program.

March 02, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — Iowa Congressman Tom Latham continued his steadfast support of renewable energy by securing $1.4 million in federal funds for an Iowa based revolutionary wind energy production plant project that explores new methods of storing wind energy.

Des Moines - March 02, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — The Iowa Mortgage Help Hotline has modified hundreds of loans and helped thousands of Iowans in its first year -- but Attorney General Tom Miller said there are many more Iowans who might be able to avoid foreclosure by calling the Hotline

Iowa Finance Authority Granted Prestigious Funds to Preserve Affordable Housing for Families, Seniors, and Persons with Disabilities in Rural Iowa Communities

WASHINGTON - February 19, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — Senator Chuck Grassley has asked the Treasury Secretary to describe how the new federal loan modification program will avoid providing assistance to mortgages that were fraudulently obtained

WASHINGTON, D.C. - February 16, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — Federal legislation introduced today by Senator Chuck Grassley would make it easier for states to provide Medicaid home and community-based services to seniors and Americans with disabilities, and empower individuals to manage the financial burdens that come with caregiving needs