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$69,600 awarded to homeless shelters and service providers across Idaho
February 11, 2010 Posted by IHFA
Home Partnership Foundation responds in time of need. BOISE, ID - February 11, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) — The Home Partnership Foundation, brought to you by Idaho Housing and Finance Association, has awarded 13 emergency response grants in the amount of $69,600 to homeless shelters and service providers across the state. These funds are intended to support the greatest needs of housing service providers statewide including shelter operations and capital improvements, funding for motel vouchers (when shelters are full), as well as homelessness prevention efforts.
$6,000 contributed to Finally Home! Homebuyer Education
December 21, 2009 Posted by Idaho Department of Finance
BOISE, ID - December 21, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — Wells Fargo Foundation recently contributed $6,000 to the Finally Home!® Homebuyer Education Program administered by the Idaho Partners for Home Buyer Education, Inc. (IPHBE, Inc.). In total, Wells Fargo has contributed $100,000 to the program, $5,000 of which was dedicated to translation of the course textbook into Spanish.
Qualified homebuyers can now benefit from tax credit extension
December 21, 2009 Posted by IHFA
BOISE, ID - December 21, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — Qualified homebuyers can now take advantage of the recent extension and expanded provisions of the federal homebuyer tax credit of $8,000 for first-time homebuyers and $6,500 for homebuyers who have lived in their home for the past five years. To be eligible for this tax credit, homebuyers must sign a contract for a new home by April 30, 2010 and close on the home by June 30, 2010.
Commission rules on building contractors’, highway districts’ petitions
December 3, 2009 Posted by Idaho RealEstateRama
December 3, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — The Idaho Public Utilities Commission is granting in part and denying in part petitions for reconsideration filed by area highway districts and, in the same case, denying a petition for reconsideration by the Building Contracts Association.
DEFENSE BILL CONTAINS IDAHO HOUSING PARTNERSHIP
July 24, 2009 Posted by Idaho RealEstateRama
Washington, DC - July 24, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — A groundbreaking partnership to transfer unneeded housing units from the Mountain Home Air Force Base to members of the Shoshone-Paiute Tribes may soon be law, thanks to language added to a defense authorization bill. An amendment based on legislation written by Idaho Senator Mike Crapo (S. 390), was included in the final passage of the FY 2010 Defense Authorization Act (S. 1390). Crapo supported the authorization bill, which passed the Senate on a vote of 87 to 7.
