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Idaho Housing and Finance Association will hold a free workshop for landlords at 2:30 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 29, at the North Central District Health Department office, 215 10th St., Lewiston.

Twenty Twin Falls-area REALTORS® and lenders were honored Thursday for connecting homebuyers to affordable home loans through Idaho Housing and Finance Association. In the past year, REALTORS® and lenders in the Magic Valley have teamed up with Idaho Housing to help 685 new homebuyers purchase homes, representing a $56 million investment in the community.

The Idaho Fair Housing Forum and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development will host a Fair Housing Accessibility FIRST training session on May 15 in Boise. This free program also will be availablethroughout the state via webcast.

April is Fair Housing Month. Several events throughout Idaho and a series of new videos will put the spotlight on the 1968 law that guarantees equal access to housing. The Fair Housing Act prohibits discrimination regardless of race, color, religion, sex, disability, familial status or national origin

Idaho Housing and Finance Association (IHFA) recently received a $97,000 grant from the National Foreclosure Mitigation Counseling Program that will bolster its efforts to provide counseling to Idaho homeowners in danger of foreclosure.

A $120,000 grant will help make older mobile homes in Idaho safer and more livable. The Idaho Community Reinvestment Corporation and Idaho Housing and Finance Association contributed $60,000 apiece to the Home Safety Grant Program to inspect and repair mobile homes built before 1976

Idahoans have a new resource to help them understand their rights and responsibilities under the federal Fair Housing Act. Four animated videos commissioned by Idaho Housing and Finance Association (IHFA) help viewers understand the basics of fair housing, recognize discrimination, report possible violations and promote accessibility

The prices of existing single-family homes in Idaho rose 9.6 percent in the past year, according to data from the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) released Tuesday. Idaho had the 13th-highest rate of appreciation from the third quarter of 2012 to the third quarter of 2013, according to the FHFA’s House Price Index. Nationally, home prices jumped 8.4 percent over the same period

The Housing Company is one of only 17 organizations nationwide to earn full Green Organizational Accreditation by the Sustainable Performance Institute and the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

The Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) Housing Commission will host a public forum on pressing local and national housing issues at the Sun Valley Resort in Sun Valley, Idaho on Thursday, August 22, 2013. Idaho ranks among the top five states with the highest increase in home prices. Over the first quarter of last year, home prices in Idaho climbed 15 percent. Other states topping the list include Arizona, California, Nevada and Hawaii.

Washington, D.C. - August 16, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) Housing Commission will host a public forum on pressing local and national housing issues at the Sun Valley Resort in Sun Valley, Idaho on Thursday, August 22, 2013. Idaho ranks among the top five states with the highest increase in home prices. Over the first quarter of last year, home prices in Idaho climbed 15 percent. Other states topping the list include Arizona, California, Nevada and Hawaii

Washington, DC - August 9, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- “In Idaho, we know the impacts of catastrophic wildfires firsthand. During fire season, many of us are impacted indirectly, and some have felt the heat of the flames as they have fought to protect their homes and livelihoods. As a lifelong Idahoan, I have seen where catastrophic fires have scorched the land so badly that nothing will grow. That’s why, as Chairman of the House Interior and Environment Appropriations Subcommittee, it’s easy for me to understand the value of providing land managers and firefighters with the resources they need to manage and put out fires.

COEUR D’ALENE - August 6, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Idaho Housing and Finance Association (IHFA) will hold a free workshop for landlords at 3 p.m., Monday, Aug. 19, at its branch office, 915 W. Canfield Ave., Coeur d’Alene.

Boise - June 5, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Attorney General's Consumer Protection Division has rescheduled an informational presentation on foreclosure issues in Fort Hall, Attorney General Lawrence Wasden said. The Fort Hall presentation originally scheduled for January was canceled due to weather conditions

WASHINGTON, D.C. - May 24, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The prices of existing single-family homes in Idaho rose 15 percent in the past year, according to data from the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) released Thursday. Idaho had the fourth-highest rate of appreciation from the first quarter of 2012 to the first quarter of 2013, according to the FHFA’s House Price Index. Only Nevada, Arizona and California had higher rates. Nationally, home prices jumped 6.7 percent over the same time period.