Ohio RealEstateRama

Columbus, OH - August 10, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Remediation plans for an old landfill located at the Diamond Shamrock Painesville Works site will be the focus of an Aug. 16, 2012, Ohio EPA public meeting. The information session and public hearing will begin at 6 p.m. at the Lake County General Health District located at 33 Mill Street, Painesville.

Cincinnati, OH - August 2, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Cincinnati Fire Department and Cincinnati Fire Foundation are participating in the Faces without Places' Yellow Bus Summer Camp TODAY to teach local homeless children about Fire Safety

DAYTON, OH - July 31, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- In advance of forum at Wright Patterson Air Force Base today, U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced a new effort to ensure our nation’s servicemembers’ and their families’ rights are protected.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - July 26, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Only 6,000 of the 140,000 eligible Ohioans have initiated a foreclosure review process which could put as much as $125,000 in their pockets. During a news conference call today, U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) alerted more than 140,000 Ohioans whose homes were foreclosed on in 2009 and 2010 to the Independent Foreclosure Review (IFR) process which awards financial assistance to borrowers who were foreclosed on because of errors or misrepresentations by lenders. Requests for review must be submitted by Sept. 30, 2012

WASHINGTON, D.C. - July 17, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- New federal resources will provide critical support services for homeless and low-income veterans in Cleveland. U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) today announced that Mental Health Services for Homeless Persons, Inc. in Cuyahoga County has been awarded a new federal grant from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Supportive Services for Veteran Families (SSVF) program. The $995,709 grant will be used to provide supportive services to low-income veteran families living in or transitioning to permanent housing

COLUMBUS, OH - July 2, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Residents across Ohio impacted by damaging winds and severe weather during storms the weekend of June...

Columbus, OH - July 10, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- In an effort to improve Ohio communities and benefit job creation, the Ohio Department of...

The Ohio Abilities Program gives Ohio man an opportunity of a lifetime Columbus, OH - July 6, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- A collaborative effort has made...

$10 million in tax credits to spur investments in Ohio's low-income communities Columbus, OH - July 2, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Ohio Department of Development...

WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE, OH - July 2, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today toured a successful rural housing development in South Central Ohio and highlighted USDA's long-standing partnership with income-eligible rural residents who want to become homeowners.

COLUMBUS, OH - June 26, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine today reminded local communities to file grant applications with the Moving Ohio Forward Demolition Program by next week’s July 2 deadline. The Demolition Program helps stabilize and improve communities by removing blighted and abandoned homes with funds from the national mortgage settlement reached earlier this year

COLUMBUS - June 25, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- In recognition of Homeownership Month, the Ohio Housing Finance Agency (OHFA) recognized Cincinnati-based Price Hill Will with the 2012 Spirit of Homeownership Excellence Awards (SHEA) during last week's Board meeting. The SHEA awards honor programs and initiatives across the affordable housing industry that demonstrate excellence and innovation. Winners are chosen on a number of factors including innovation, length of program, geographical reach, coordination with local, state and/or national partners and the ability to be replicated. The 2012 SHEA was presented to Ken Smith, Executive Director of Price Hill Will.

COLUMBUS, OH - June 7, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Attorney General Mike DeWine filed a lawsuit today against Platinum Protection, a home-security company. The lawsuit follows dozens of consumer complaints filed with the Attorney General’s Office against the company for alleged misrepresentation of the cost of system installation, the cost of monthly monitoring, and the duration of the monitoring contract, among other complaints. Consumer losses range from $40 to $2,200.

May 28, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Through the voluntary efforts of the Horsburgh & Scott Company, another Cleveland industrial site has been investigated and remediated under Ohio EPA’s Voluntary Action Program (VAP).

COLUMBUS, OH - April 4, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- With nearly 25 percent of Ohio homeowners underwater on their mortgages, U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) today unveiled a new plan to improve the housing market by addressing “short sale” home sales. Short sales are real estate transactions that must be approved by the bank because the seller owes more on their mortgage than the proposed sale price. Brown’s legislation, the Prompt Notification of Short Sale Act, addresses the lengthy closing process that often comes with a short sale—which can last months—by requiring banks to respond in a timely manner when prospective buyers are attempting to purchase such homes

COLUMBUS - April 4, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Ohio Housing Finance Agency (OHFA) joins Ohio Governor John Kasich and affordable housing leaders in observing April as Fair Housing Month. This year marks the 44th anniversary of the Fair Housing Act which provides housing opportunities for all regardless of race, color, nationality, familial and military status, disability or ancestry.

Northbrook, IL - January 26, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Boulder Group, a net leased investment brokerage firm, has completed the sale of a single tenant net leased CVS property located at 1001 East Main Street in Trotwood, OH for $1,950,000.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - December 19, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) today announced that Ohio is set to receive more than $165 million in home heating assistance funds during Fiscal Year 2012—more than $8 million more than it would have received under a House plan that made allocation changes that would have resulted in Ohio and other colder-weather states, like Michigan and Wisconsin, receiving a smaller fraction of the funds than they typically receive.

COLUMBUS, OH - December 12, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine today announced an agreement with American Home Mortgage Servicing Inc. (AHMSI) to settle a 2009 lawsuit filed in Franklin County Common Pleas Court that alleged AHMSI violated Ohio consumer law by providing inadequate services to consumers seeking loan modifications.

WASHINGTON, DC - December 6, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congressman Mike Turner (OH-3) has introduced the Senior Veterans Housing Assistance Act of 2011 (H.R. 3546). The bill would make sure that government regulations do not pose an impediment to providing access to affordable housing for seniors who have served our nation. This issue came to light because of conflicting rules and regulations between the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) during the planned construction of housing at the Dayton VA Medical Center (VAMC).