Yearly Archives: 2013

DENVER - October 10, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- To help limit damage from future severe weather, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) mitigation specialists will be stationed in Boulder, Firestone and two locations each in Ft. Collins and Loveland to provide free rebuilding information Thursday, Oct. 10 through Tuesday, Oct. 15.

DENVER - October 9, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) makes flood insurance available to homeowners, business owners and renters in participating communities.

DENVER - October 3, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Mitigation specialists from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will be in Greeley, Littleton, Longmont, Louisville, Monument and N Lakewood to provide free rebuilding information Thursday, Oct. 3, through Tuesday, Oct. 8

DENVER - October 1, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Wildfire Insurance and Forest Health Task Force today presented a report to Gov. John Hickenlooper and General Assembly leadership that calls for developing a map of the Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI), calculating risks for individual properties in high hazard areas, and facilitating mitigation and prevention measures at the local level.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - October 1, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet today welcomed the Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) announcement that it is waiving certain low-income housing limitations for victims of Colorado’s recent floods. The decision will allow owners and operators of low-income housing facilities to provide temporary emergency housing to Colorado families who have been displaced by the recent disaster.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - September 30, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Mark Udall, who has worked tirelessly to help Colorado rebuild in the wake of the recent, devastating flooding, welcomed the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation's work with the town of Estes Park to restore road access. Udall's swift intervention cleared the way for the Bureau of Reclamation to draw down Lake Estes by 10 feet to allow the town to secure gravel for road repairs

DENVER - - September 30, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Mitigation specialists from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will be in Greeley, Longmont and Louisville to provide free rebuilding information Saturday, Sept. 28, through Tuesday, Oct. 1.

DENVER - September 27, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Colorado Attorney General John Suthers warned any potential looters of homes or property impacted by the floods to expect lengthy prison sentences for their crimes.

DENVER - September 27, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- FEMA Individual Assistance is not only for homeowners. It is also be available for eligible renters, and it could include a grant to help pay for temporary emergency housing.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - September 26, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Senator Mark Udall and the Colorado Congressional delegation urged the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today to expedite assistance for rebuilding efforts after the recent floods that devastated communities along Colorado’s Front Range. The lawmakers wrote to HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan asking him to make disaster recovery funds available through the Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) program, which would supplement assistance already provided by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Small Business Administration (SBA)

DENVER - September 25, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Jamie and Brian Harris, leading broker associates and a husband/wife real estate team with Kentwood City Properties, are helping support the Fifth Annual “Ante-Up” Charity Poker Tournament to fight hunger through SAME Café. Jamie and Brian made a monetary contribution to the tournament that allows the team’s logo to appear on one of the poker tables

DENVER - September 25, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Colorado Attorney General John Suthers has written to U.S. Secretary of the Department Agriculture and all members of the Colorado Congressional delegation demanding that the federal government end the sequestration of payments made to western states that are available to rural counties with national forest lands. The funds are owed to the states in lieu of revenue from timber sales on federal lands and help finance rural school programs, roads and wildfire-related education or wildland fire mitigation assistance to homeowners.

DENVER - September 25, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Boulder and Larimer counties will now have additional Public Assistance for permanent repair and replacement of disaster-damaged infrastructure. The counties were previously designated for Public Assistance covering Categories A and B; debris removal and emergency protective measures

DENVER - September 24, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- After Colorado survivors apply for federal help that includes aid for damage to their homes, housing inspections are the next step.

DENVER - September 24, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Homeowners returning to flood-damaged homes should use caution – structural damage may have made the house unsafe, electricity and gas may pose a threat, and animals may have taken up residence in the house. A careful and systematic approach is recommended when returning to any area after a severe storm or flood.