Yearly Archives: 2010

FRANKFORT, KY - September 13, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Gov. Steve Beshear announced today that Kentucky will receive $500,000 to support energy efficiency projects that will lower energy bills for Kentucky families and businesses, boost job growth, and increase investment in companies that deliver energy-saving technologies. The funding comes from grants awarded by the U.S. Department of Energy to 12 states totaling $28.5 million

Louisville, KY - August 31, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, Congressman John Yarmuth (KY-3) joined community partners from the New Directions Housing Corporation, HUD, NeighborWorks America, and PNC Bank to announce that final funding is now is place for the renovation and renewal of the Jackson Woods Apartments in Louisville. At the announcement, Congressman Yarmuth presented $475,000 to New Directions – which is the final amount needed for the $7.7 million project. “By working together in partnership with local agencies and the private sector, we’ve achieved something special here at Jackson Woods,” said Congressman Yarmuth. “The investments in this project are not going to provide vitally-needed affordable housing for Louisville families - they are helping create new jobs for Louisville workers.

LOUISVILLE, KY - August 19, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- In front of the former St. Bartholomew school, Congressman John Yarmuth announced $3 million for Catholic Charities of Louisville and co-developer, The Housing Partnership, Inc., to develop the structure into 24 units of senior housing.

FRANKFORT, KY - August 11, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Gov. Steve Beshear, along with Kentucky Housing Corporation (KHC) Chief Executive Officer Richard L. McQuady, today announced that Kentucky will share $2 billion in federal assistance to help unemployed and underemployed homeowners pay their mortgages as they seek work, along with 16 other states and the District of Columbia. Kentucky is eligible for this assistance as a result of having sustained unemployment rates at or above the national average during the last 12 months.

WASHINGTON, DC - August 11, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Justice Department today filed a lawsuit against the owners, developers, architects and civil engineers of Park Place Apartments, a 276-unit complex in Louisville, Ky., for failing to provide accessible features required by the Fair Housing Act.

LEXINGTON, KY - August 2, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- For many Kentuckians recovering from the July storms, flooding and mudslides, completing a disaster loan application is an essential step

LEXINGTON, KY - July 30, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) mitigation specialists are offering Kentuckians free advice on making their homes more disaster-resistant

WASHINGTON, DC - July 27, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan today announced HUD will speed federal disaster assistance to Pike County in Kentucky and provide support to homeowners and low-income renters forced from their homes following severe storms, flooding and mudslides

EUGENE, OR - July 9, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Greg Fleischaker of Housing Associates Realtors has adopted the premier IDX Broker software from IDX, Inc. to make Louisville, Kentucky real estate listings more accessible and easier to search through on his professional website. Metro Search MLS listings are now displayed directly on the website, thanks to the unique IDX solution, which extracts raw listing data from Metro Search. Home seekers in and around Louisville can now experience the quickest and most thorough online property search, conveniently on the website of Fleischaker

July 5, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Kentucky Housing Corporation (KHC) has announced the latest recipients, outside of Fayette and Jefferson Counties, of Emergency Shelter Grant (ESG) funds. Forty-six projects proposed by nonprofit agencies and local governments will receive a total of $1,338,030 from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to assist the homeless in Kentucky

FRANKFORT, KY - June 25, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Gov. Steve Beshear today announced 38 recycling and 10 household hazardous waste grants totaling over $3.5 million to expand recycling in Kentucky, reduce the amount of solid waste going into landfills, and sustain the environmental management of hazardous waste from homes, including electronic scrap and mercury.

FRANKFORT, KY - June 14, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Kentucky Department of Financial Institutions (DFI) today issued a cease and desist order against a mortgage company called Home Ownership Possibilities for Everyone LLC (HOPE) in Louisville, Ky.

FRANKFORT, KY - June 11, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Kentucky Department of Financial Institutions (DFI) today issued a cease and desist order against a mortgage company called Home Ownership Possibilities for Everyone LLC (HOPE) in Louisville, Ky. The order prohibits HOPE from engaging in the mortgage business in Kentucky. The order states the company operated as a mortgage loan broker, but was not licensed or exempt from licensure; charged illegal upfront fees; and made misrepresentations, concealed facts or engaged in business that has tended to work as a fraud.

EUGENE, OR - May 26, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- The newly added IDX Broker software has revolutionized Tyler Ertel's real estate website by combining his listings with properties listed on the Northern Kentucky MLS (NKAR). Ertel is a member of The Jim Huff Realty group, which has chosen to create an easy-to-use website where potential buyers can be matched with their perfect property. This change has simplified not only the way Ertel conducts business, but also the way his clients find the property that is right for them.

OWENSBORO, KY - May 19, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- First Lady Jane Beshear, along with Department for Local Government (DLG) Commissioner Tony Wilder and Kentucky Housing Corporation (KHC) Chief Executive Officer Richard L. McQuady, participated in a ribbon-cutting event today for Owensboro Regional Recovery, Ltd., one of ten recovery centers that works to reduce the state’s drug and homelessness problems. Owensboro Regional Recovery, Ltd., will provide counseling, support, and hope for up to 100 men at a time who are recovering from drug and alcohol addiction.