North Dakota RealEstateRama

Minot, ND - September 6, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Senators Kent Conrad and John Hoeven led a group of community officials and representatives from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) today to examine the progress being made to build temporary housing for those who lost their homes in the Souris River flood. The group inspected a temporary housing site on the east side of Minot before viewing student housing being built at Minot State University.

BISMARCK, ND - September 6, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- As a part of the state’s flood recovery efforts, the Industrial Commission of North Dakota has approved a plan by the North Dakota Housing Finance Agency (NDHFA) to make an advance commitment of up to $650,000 of its 2012 low income housing tax credits (LIHTC) to build or buy and rehabilitate rental units for lower-income households in flood-ravaged Minot. This advance commitment would be 25 percent of the state’s 2012 credits.

Bismarck, ND - August 9, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Senator Kent Conrad and Senator John Hoeven visited with homeowners in the Bismarck-Mandan region today that have been impacted by Missouri River flooding. The Senators were joined by local leaders and officials from FEMA and the Army Corps of Engineers to survey damaged homes and discuss how to avoid massive flooding in the future.

BISMARCK, ND - July 8, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The North Dakota Housing Finance Agency (NDHFA) has awarded more than $4.2 million through the federal Neighborhood Stabilization Program for the redevelopment of foreclosed, abandoned or vacant properties into affordable housing

BISMARCK, ND - June 20, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Industrial Commission of North Dakota has approved increases in the maximum income limits for the North Dakota Housing Finance Agency’s (NDHFA) FirstHome™ program. The homeownership program offers reduced interest-rate loans to first-time buyers.

BISMARCK, ND - June 2, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Six North Dakota teams recently attended a Supportive Housing Academy sponsored in part by the North Dakota Housing Finance Agency (NDHFA) and the North Dakota Coalition for Homeless People (NDCHP). Led by the Corporation for Supportive Housing, the training focused on the development of permanent housing with services to prevent and end long-term homelessness

BISMARCK, ND - April 22, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Industrial Commission announced today that the North Dakota Housing Finance Agency (NDHFA) has granted conditional commitments for $2.9 million in Low Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTC) for construction or rehabilitation of 258 affordable housing units.

BISMARCK, ND - April 22, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Industrial Commission announced today that the North Dakota Housing Finance Agency (NDHFA) has granted conditional commitments for $2.9 million in Low Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTC) for construction or rehabilitation of 258 affordable housing units.

BISMARCK, ND - April 22, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Industrial Commission today approved distribution of more than $200,000 by the North Dakota Housing Finance Agency (NDHFA) through the Helping Housing Across North Dakota (Helping HAND) program.

BISMARCK, ND - April 13, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The North Dakota Housing Finance Agency (NDHFA) is soliciting pre-applications for funding that can be used to purchase foreclosed, abandoned or vacant property in targeted communities in order to redevelop that property into safe, decent and affordable housing. The Agency is giving preference to applications that create rental units.