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Senator Chuck Grassley will hold eight town meetings in Poweshiek, Tama, Osceola, Plymouth, Clay, Palo Alto, Emmet and Dickinson counties during the week of August 24, 2015, as part of his annual 99-county meetings.

Sen. Chuck Grassley asked the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for a copy of an audit of the Omaha Housing Authority, following a series of Nebraska Watchdog stories.  HUD has released the audit at Grassley’s urging.  Grassley is a long-time advocate for government transparency and for making sure HUD conducts proper oversight of the billions of federal dollars deemed to provide safe, affordable housing for those in need.  Grassley made the following comment on the audit and its release

WASHINGTON, DC - September 28, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Senator Chuck Grassley today said that the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Office of Rural Development has awarded two grants totaling $465,000, and three loans totaling $828,000 to Iowa through the Rural Economic Development Grant and Intermediary Relending programs

WASHINGTON, DC - August 11, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Senator Chuck Grassley is urging the Department of Housing and Urban Development to do a better job of preventing lifetime convicted sex offenders from receiving federal housing benefits, as federal law requires. Grassley’s letter comes after an inspector general report determined that the federal government subsidizes housing for an estimated 2,094 to 3,046 lifetime registered sex offenders.

WASHINGTON,DC - June 22, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Senators Chuck Grassley and Kit Bond have sent a letter to the Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, or HUD, reiterating their concerns about possible waste, fraud and abuse in the Department’s distribution of stimulus funds to troubled Public Housing Authorities.

WASHINGTON, DC - May 19, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Chuck Grassley today said that the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Office of Rural Development has awarded 12 loans totaling $565,963 and 12 grants totaling $521,526 to Iowa through the Rural Energy for America Program (REAP)

WASHINGTON, DC - March 16, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Senator Chuck Grassley is asking the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to account for the way federal tax dollars obligated by the 2009 economic stimulus bill have been spent, including $312 million for public housing in Puerto Rico and program dollars to state housing authorities.

WASHINGTON, DC - January 27, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Senator Chuck Grassley today said that $1,045,000 from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development was released to Council Bluffs and Marshalltown through the regular appropriations process.

WASHINGTON, Dc - January 18, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Senator Chuck Grassley today said that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has awarded a $93,536 grant through a competitive process to the Iowa Civil Rights Commission in Des Moines through the Education and Outreach Initiative in U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Fair Housing Initiatives program.

WASHINGTON, DC - November 23, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa has introduced legislation giving Midwestern disaster victims more time to benefit from tax relief intended to help them repair or replace their devastated homes.

November 16, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- Sen. Chuck Grassley, ranking member of the Committee on Finance, today made the following comment on a new report saying that a $400 tax credit provided by the economic stimulus plan may leave more than 15.4 million Americans owing money to the IRS because of under-withholding from their paychecks. The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) today released its review of the IRS’ administration of the making work pay credit. Recent reports have documented administrative problems with the homebuyer tax credit and the existing health care tax credit

WASHINGTON, DC - September 18, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- Senator Chuck Grassley today said that $380,000 from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development was released to Scott County Housing Council through the regular appropriations process

WASHINGTON, DC - September 9, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- Senator Chuck Grassley today said that Iowa will receive grants totaling $2,377,626 from the Department of Housing and Urban Development. The funding comes from the Community Development Block Grants program and the HOME program

WASHINGTON, DC - September 3, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- Senator Chuck Grassley today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Office of Rural Development has awarded a $350,009 loan to Palo Senior Citizens Housing in Atkins through the Rural Rental Housing Direct Loan Program. "This money will help Palo Senior Citizens Housing as they continue to rebuild their facility after the flooding last year," Grassley said

WASHINGTON, DC - August 20, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- Senator Chuck Grassley today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Office of Rural Development has awarded two loans and a grant totaling $1,156,000 to the Southern Iowa Rural Water Association in Creston through a competitive process in the Water and Waste Disposal Loan and Grant program.