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ANCHORAGE, AK - September 1, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Board of Directors for Alaska Housing Finance Corporation meeting approved a $2,577,250 loan for the second phase of the Weeks Field affordable family housing complex in Fairbanks.

Grants bring total HUD's Recovery Act investment in Native American and Alaskan communities to over a half billion dollars WASHINGTON, DC - August 27, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan today announced that HUD is awarding five grants, totaling $2.5 million, to Native American and Native Alaskan communities across the country to improve housing and stimulate community development (see below for detailed grant list)

ANCHORAGE, AK - August 25, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- United States Attorney Karen L. Loeffler announced that on August 21, 2009, lead defendant Lance Lockard was sentenced to 70 months in prison for his leadership of a large-scale mortgage fraud scheme

Anchorage, AK - August 13, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu today announced up to $13.6 million in multi-year funding for new clean energy projects on tribal lands. Thirty-six Native American tribes and Alaska villages have been selected to receive awards that will advance renewable energy technologies and energy efficiency and conservation projects on tribal lands and rural Alaska villages.

Grants bring total HUD’s Recovery Act investment in Native American and Alaskan communities to a half billion dollars. ANCHORAGE, AK - August 12, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- During a visit to an Anchorage, Alaska community today, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan announced that HUD is awarding 61 grants, totaling $132 million, to Native American and Native Alaskan communities across the country to improve housing and stimulate community development (see below for detailed grant list). The announcement came during a visit to the Mountain View community in Anchorage, which has received Recovery Act funding. The Secretary was joined by U.S. Senator Mark Begich (D-AK), Anchorage Mayor Dan Sullivan, and other local elected and housing officials

ANCHORAGE, AK - July 9, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — Broker-dealers interested in serving as a senior or co-manager for Alaska Housing Finance Corporation’s negotiated bond sales over the next three years have until July 29, 2009 to submit their qualifications to the Corporation.

Anchorage, AK - June 30, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — Tuesday, June 30, 2009 –The non-profit Retirement Community of Fairbanks last week secured the final piece of the $5 million needed to accomplish the first phase of its goal to offer safe, quality and accessible housing for Fairbanks area seniors. The organization received approval from the Alaska Housing Finance Corporation’s board of directors for $2.2 million in loans to develop a 20-unit, elderly multi-family apartment building to be named Raven Landing Apartments.

Anchorage, AK - June 26, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — Governor Sarah Palin today made appointments to the Alaska Commission on Postsecondary Education and the Alaska Housing Finance Corporation Board of Directors.Alaska Commission on Postsecondary Education

Energy Department Reveals Strings Attached, Asks States to Comment. Anchorage, AK - June 5, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) confirmed today there are strings attached to stimulus package funds. DOE is now inviting states to comment on a draft document that they developed for measuring and demonstrating compliance with those strings attached to universal building code provisions of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). Last month, Governor Sarah Palin vetoed the $28.6 million in federal stimulus funds tied to adoption of building codes by municipalities.

Alaska Housing Finance Wins 48 More Vouchers & King County Housing Authority Wins 100 More Vouchers for the Non-Elderly Disabled. SEATTLE, WASHINGTON - June 5, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has awarded funds $1.078.064 for an additional 100 Housing Choice rental assistance vouchers to the King County Housing Authority and $296,881 for 48 additional vouchers to the Alaska Housing Finance Corporation.

Washington, D.C. - July 31, 2008 - (RealEstateRama) — Alaskan Congressman Don Young spoke this morning at the Arctic Energy Summit organized by the Fairbanks Economic Development Corporation. Rep. Young, the Ranking Member on the House Committee on Natural Resources which has oversight on OCS and ANWR, spoke on the importance of utilizing the abundance of energy potential in our nation, from coal, oil, and natural gas to biomass, geothermal, and hydropower

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Senate Appropriations Committee today approved the Fiscal Year (FY) 2009 Homeland Security Appropriations bill, which includes a series of provisions secured for Alaska by Senator Ted Stevens (R-Alaska). Senator Stevens, the most senior Republican on the Committee, worked with Senators from both parties to ensure Alaska received its fair share of federal funding and projects.

Anchorage, Friday, May 16, 2008 - Effective today, Alaska Housing Finance Corporation will reimburse homeowners for energy ratings done on their homes, up to $500 per home. Ratings are a prerequisite for Alaskans who wish to participate in the state’s revitalized home energy rebate program.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff announced that on January 31, 2008, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will no longer accept oral declarations as proof of citizenship to gain entry into the United States by land or sea. Border crossings will require possession of a passport, other approved single documents, or a combination of two documents such as a driver’s licenses and birth certificate.

Mayor Mark Begich revealed his latest private-public business partnership last week, when he announced plans for the Municipality of Anchorage to purchase Valley River Center Building A along with Andrew Eker, the president of the Alaska Club, from Hickel Investment Co.