Funds Will Go To Weatherize Homes, Create Jobs and Save Colorado Residents Hundreds of Dollars Each Year Off Their Utility Bills

MacArthur Foundation Funding to Help Preserve and Create Affordable Rental Housing Near Rail Service and Bus Routes DENVER, CO - February 27, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — The City of Denver and Enterprise Community Partners were named today to receive $2.25 million in funding by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation to support affordable housing rental preservation for Denver families near mass transit.

February 17, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — Gov. Bill Ritter joined Colorado Attorney General John Suthers to announce a $6 million settlement with Countrywide Financial Corp. that will assist Coloradans facing foreclosure. Gov. Ritter and Rep. Mark Ferrandino also announced that a foreclosure-deferment bill will be introduced this week

GREAT SAND DUNES NATIONAL PARK, CO - February 17, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — In a visit today to the Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve in his native San Luis Valley in Colorado, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar described the opportunities for job creation afforded by President Obama’s economic recovery and reinvestment plan.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - February 17, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — Senator Mark Udall (D-CO) today joined Senator Tom Udall (D-NM) to introduce legislation to establish a federal Renewable Electricity Standard (RES) that would require electric utilities to produce 25% of their electricity from wind, solar and other renewable energy sources by 2025

January 09, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — According to today's Washington Post, members of the House and Senate Banking committees are backing provisions to help out with the housing situation, including a tax credit for first time home buyers and a government subsidy that would help lower the mortgage rates.

DENVER, CO - December 17, 2008 - (RealEstateRama) — Gov. Bill Ritter, Colorado Housing and Finance Authority (CHFA), and 12 non-profit housing counseling partners announced that Colorado has been awarded a $1.7 million federal grant from NeighborWorks America to continue foreclosure prevention efforts in the state through 2009

December 12, 2008 - (RealEstateRama) — Gov. Bill Ritter, Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper and area business leaders today announced state and local efforts to stimulate the economy by accelerating infrastructure projects and initiating rapid development of a business-led economic stimulus package to be introduced early next year.

IRVINE, CA - September 30, 2008 - (RealEstateRama) — Rick Sharga, senior vice president at RealtyTrac™, the leading online marketplace for foreclosure properties, will be a featured speaker during the Colorado Association of Mortgage Brokers Convention & Expo Friday, Sept. 26, 2008, at the Marriott Denver Tech Center.

DENVER, CO – September 4, 2008 - (RealEstateRama) — CHFA announces that it has closed over $100 million in mortgage loans for REO, Real Estate Owned, or previously foreclosed and bank-owned properties.

Denver, CO - September 1, 2008 - (RealEstateRama) — Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper helped dedicate the new 2-megawatt (MW) solar energy system at Denver International Airport (DIA) on August 19. The solar photovoltaic system, spanning 7.5 acres at the airport's entrance, will produce more than 3 million kilowatt-hours of electricity per year.

DENVER – The Colorado Housing and Finance Authority (CHFA) is pleased to announce that it has hired Natasha Weaver to serve as the Manager of Tax Credit Allocation, Mark Feilmeier as the Manager of Program Compliance, and Heather Staggs as Manager of Section 8 Compliance.

Gov. Bill Ritter today praised a new report that names Colorado to CNBC's prestigious annual list of America's Top States for Business, which ranks Colorado No. 5 and specifically cites the state's New Energy Economy.

Colorado consumers won greater protections today thanks to six bills signed into law by Gov. Bill Ritter, including measures to keep homeowners out of foreclosure, prevent health-care fraud and stop competition-killing business practices.

DENVER, – The Colorado Housing and Finance Authority (CHFA), Gov. Bill Ritter, and the Colorado Foreclosure Prevention Task Force announced today that CHFA has been awarded a $1.5 million federal grant to increase foreclosure prevention counseling services across the state