Monday, January 21, 2008

$5 Million in Grants to Fix-Up Homes in Small Towns


The Small Cities Program provides funding for the development of viable urban communities by providing decent housing, a suitable living environment, and expanding economic opportunities, principally for persons of low- and moderate-income. Small Cities develop their own programs and funding priorities. It could be acquisition, rehabilitation or construction of certain public works facilities and improvements, clearance, housing rehabilitation, code enforcement, direct assistance to facilitate and expand homeownership among persons of low and moderate income, relocation payments and assistance, administrative expenses, economic development, completing existing urban renewal projects, and certain public services with some restrictions. This program is only available to three counties in Hawaii. (14.219 Community Development Block Grants/ Small Cities Program (Small Cities)). Contact State and Small Cities Division, Office of Block Grant Assistance, Community Planning and Development, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20410; 202-708-1322; www.hud.gov/offices/cpd/about/cpd_programs.cfm and http://www.hud.gov/offices/cpd/communitydevelopment/programs/108/index.cfm
Application: http://www.hud.gov/offices/cpd/communitydevelopment/programs/108/appquestions.cfm
Income Eligibility: Determined on a case-by-case basis.

Money to Build or Renovate Single-Room Occupancy Units


Section 221(d)(3) and 221(d)(4) program insures mortgage loans for multi-family properties consisting of single-room occupancy (SRO) apartments. It is aimed at those tenants who have a source of income but are priced out of the rental apartment market. SRO projects generally require assistance from local governing bodies or charitable organizations in order to reduce the rents to affordable levels. Each SRO apartment can have its own kitchen or bathroom facilities, or these facilities may be shared by several apartments. Apartments can be designed to allow for more than one occupant. (14.184 Mortgage Insurance for Single Room Occupancy Projects) Contact your local HUD office or check out the program online at
www.hud.gov/offices/hsg/mfh/progdesc/progdesc.cfm
Application: Forms can be found at: www.hudclips.org
Income Eligibility: None

Thursday, January 17, 2008

Weeping on Lawn As She Burns Down Home in Foreclosure

With her husband and teenage children inside, 38-year-old Sheryl Christman set fire to her home in foreclosure in order to escape her mortgage…and her family.



Christman has pleaded no contest to charges of arson after torching her home in Grand Rapids Township, Michigan.

Although a no contest plea is not an admission of guilt, it is treated as such at sentencing.

According to prosecutors, Christman wanted to get out of her mortgage on the $150,000 by burning down the home before it went into foreclosure and collecting the insurance money.

She also wanted to leave her family to be with her boyfriend, say prosecutors.

Christman set fire to mattresses in the garage on September 1, 2007.

The 38-year-old woman stood outside weeping while the home began to burn with her unwitting husband and three children were inside, according to investigators.

Her family was able to escape without physical injury.

According to investigators, Christman “had her story straight regarding the fire” and expected to collect her insurance check within a few months.

A local fire inspector initially declared the fire of undetermined origin, but an insurance investigator later ruled the blaze was the result of deliberate arson.

The boyfriend she planned to move in with agreed to wear a wire and recorded a conversation in which she admitted to setting the home ablaze.

In District Court, Christman shed tears as she sat before her husband and children, agreeing to the plea of no contest.

She faces up to 20 years in prison for arson, but could walk away with less than two years in County Jail because of her lack of a prior criminal record.

Christman has been released on a $20,000 bond.

Saturday, January 5, 2008

Real Estate Investing is NOT....

Real estate investing is not flipping houses, condo contracts, or property management, those are just jobs and speculation bordering on gambling. Real estate investing is for the long term, and that is the true key to becoming wealthy.


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Monday, December 17, 2007

100 Christmas and Children's Tales- $1!!!!!!

Toinette and the Elves - Susan Coolidge
The Voyage of the Wee Red Cap. By Ruth Sawyer Durand
A Story of the Christ-Child (a German Legend for Christmas Eve) - Elizabeth Harrison
Jimmy Scarecrow's Christmas - Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
Why the Chimes Rang - Raymond McAlden
The Birds'Christmas (founded on fact) - F.E. Mann
The Little Sister's Vacation - Winifred M. Kirkland
Little Wolff's Wooden Shoes - Francois Coppee, adapted and translated by Alma J. Foster
Christmas in the Alley - Olive Thorne Miller
A Christmas Star - Katherine Pyle
The Queerest Christmas - Grace Margaret Gallaher
Old Father Christmas - J.H. Ewing
A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens
How Christmas Came to the Santa Maria Flats - Elia W. Peattie
The Legend of Babouscka - From the Russian Folk Tale
Christmas in the Barn - F. Arnstein
The Philanthropist's Christmas - James Weber Linn
The First Christmas-Tree - Lucy Wheelock
The First New England Christmas - G.L. Stone and M.G. Fickett
The Cratchits' Christmas Dinner - Charles Dickens
Christmas in Seventeen Seventy-Six - Anne Hollingsworth Wharton
Christmas Under the Snow - Olive Thorne Miller
Mr. Bluff's Experience of Holidays - Oliver Bell Bunce
Master Sandy's Snapdragon - Elbridge S. Brooks
A Christmas Fairy - John Strange Winter
The Greatest of These - Joseph Mills Hanson
Little Gretchen and the Wooden Shoe - Elizabeth Harrison
Big Rattle - Theodore Goodridge Roberts

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Wednesday, November 14, 2007

Loan Companies Preying on Seniors - Take Action Before the Vote!

f you're lucky, you'll own your dream home and enjoy good health right through retirement.

But millions of older Americans are not as fortunate. They are falling prey to abusive mortgage lenders as they draw on hard-earned home equity to cover increasing medical costs or home repairs.

A vote on the Mortgage Reform and Anti-Predatory Lending Act of 2007 is happening THIS WEEK. Tell your Representative to pass a strong bill that safeguards homeowners against abusive lending practices! >>

Older Americans are being hit especially hard by the predatory lending crisis because they're more likely to:

  • have substantial equity in their homes,
  • own older homes that need repairs, and
  • live on fixed incomes.

The mortgage industry is lobbying for a weaker federal bill that overrides state laws.

On behalf of the 2.2 million American families who may face foreclosure, Congress must vote no on any amendment that would override state predatory lending laws!

Thank you for signing today >>


Sincerely,

Robyn E.
Care2 and ThePetitionSite Team



Take Action!
Urgent: The House is slated to vote THIS WEEK.
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