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Local leaders from the cities of Albany, Douglasville, Perry, Porterdale and Rincon were recognized for their communities’ completion of the Georgia Initiative for Community Housing (GICH) program at the annual retreat held September 20-22 in Gainesville.

Washington, DC - March 11, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, Congressman Westmoreland joined a bipartisan group of his colleagues in the House to terminate the Federal Housing Authority Refinance Program Termination Act. In March 2010, without an act of Congress, the Obama administration announced the creation of the FHA Refinance Program to refinance underwater loans into the FHA using $8 billion in TARP funds. As of February 3, 2011 – almost one year into the program – only $50 million had been disbursed and only 44 loans have been refinanced.

Washington, D.C. - March 11, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- House Republican Policy Committee Chairman Tom Price, M.D. (R-GA) issued the following statement after the House of Representatives voted this week to end two expensive and ineffective government foreclosure programs. The FHA Refinance Program Termination Act (H.R. 830) and the Emergency Mortgage Relief Program Termination Act (H.R. 836) would save taxpayer dollars while rolling back irresponsible government intervention in the housing market.

Atlanta, GA - April 27, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — The Georgia Department of Community Affairs (DCA) requests public comment on the State’s Substantial Amendment to its FFY 2008 Consolidated Plan to include provisions for a new Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Program (HPRP). The Consolidated Plan describes Georgia’s existing housing conditions and how the state, local, private and federal resources will be used to address the identified needs.