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SACRAMENTO, CA - June 3, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congresswoman Doris Matsui (CA-06) today announced that Sacramento County will receive $368,568 from the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing (VASH) Program. This funding will make 50 housing vouchers available to local homeless veterans through the Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Agency (SHRA)

SACRAMENTO, CA - November 15, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congresswoman Doris Matsui (CA-05) today announced that Sacramento County’s Department of Health and Human Services has received a continuation of their $962,901 grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The grant will support the county’s Health Care for the Homeless Program (HCH), which provides primary medical care for low income, uninsured, and underinsured residents in the Sacramento region.

SACRAMENTO, CA - September 9, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-Sacramento) announced that the Sacramento area will receive $8.2 million in Federal funding to help support and stabilize our local housing market. Funding will be used to purchase and redevelop foreclosed and abandoned homes. The funding was made available by the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) as part of the third round of grant funding announcements under the Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP3), and includes $4.5 million for Sacramento County and $3.7 million for the City of Sacramento. NSP3 funding is designed to assist communities that have suffered from high rates of home foreclosures and abandonment

SACRAMENTO, CA - September 1, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (CA-05) issued a letter in response to the most recent display of uncertainty by the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) in their handling of the Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) program – a program funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) which could have provided thousands of good American jobs and helped meet our nation’s energy efficiency goals – if properly enacted

SACRAMENTO, CA - August 23, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-CA) announced that the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report on the current situation of mortgage foreclosure scams occurring around the country, and an analysis of the government’s efforts to prohibit such deceptive financial practices.

SACRAMENTO, CA - August 20, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-Sacramento) announced that Sacramento Neighborhood Housing Services has received $750,000 to help provide financing for low-income housing projects in Sacramento. Awarded through the Treasury Department’s Community Development Financial Institution Program (CDFI), this funding is awarded to nonprofit certified community development financial institutions that serve low-income people and communities that lack adequate access to affordable financial products and services.

WASHINGTON, DC - July 30, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-Sacramento) announced that the fiscal year 2011 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (THUD) Appropriations Bill, which was approved by the House of Representatives Thursday, includes over $1 million in funding secured by Rep. Matsui for important local transportation and housing development initiatives. Beneficiaries include the County of Sacramento, the City of Sacramento, and My Sister’s House domestic violence shelter. “The appropriations bill passed by the House will invest significantly in our nation’s infrastructure while also spurring our country’s economic growth,” stated Congresswoman Matsui. “New jobs will be created by this legislation by making our roads safer and our public transit more secure.”

WASHINGTON, D.C - June 14, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-Sacramento) voted to help families realize the dream of homeownership, save taxpayers money, and protect Americans from mortgage fraud by passing H.R. 5072, legislation that institutes reforms to the Federal Housing Administration (FHA). The Federal Housing Administration Reform Act is part of a larger commitment of Rep. Matsui and her colleagues to provide working Americans and small businesses in Sacramento with the tools to drive our economic recovery.

Recovery Act Funding Will Create Local Construction Jobs, Improve Learning Facilities for Sacramento Students. SACRAMENTO, CA - March 17, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D – Sacramento) announced the award of a $19,342,000 qualified school construction bond, administered by the Department of Treasury and authorized by the Recovery Act, which Rep. Matsui supported last year. Qualified school construction bonds can be used to finance the construction, rehabilitation or repair of a public school facility or for the acquisition of land where a school will be built.

Fights to Keep American Families in Their Homes. WASHINGTON, DC – The House of Representatives passed an amendment offered by Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D–California) to the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (H.R. 4173) yesterday, which requires mortgage servicers or lenders participating in the Making Home Affordable Program to publicly report their progress in helping responsible homeowners stay in their homes. The amendment was introduced by Congresswoman Matsui with Rep. Betty Sutton (D–Ohio) and Rep. Kathy Castor (D–Florida), and debated on the House floor. Passage of H.R. 4173 is expected today.

Funds Will Provide Housing for Disabled Families Throughout Sacramento. WASHINGTON, DC - July 8, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — Congresswoman Doris Matsui (CA-05) today announced $878,784 in federal funds for low-income housing initiatives has been allocated to the Sacramento region. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) will provide $878,784 to the Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Agency through the Housing Choice Vouchers Program to provide housing for local disabled families.

Funds Will Provide Housing for Disabled Families; Housing Assistance for Native Americans. WASHINGTON, DC - July 7, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — Congresswoman Doris Matsui (CA-05) today announced an additional $928,364 in federal funds for housing initiatives in Sacramento. Two grants, awarded by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, will provide $878,784 to the Sacramento County Housing Authority, and $49,580 to the Buena Vista Rancheria. The Sacramento County Housing Authority will receive funding under the Designated Housing Fund, to provide housing for disabled families. Buena Vista Rancheria, home to the Me-Wuk Indian Tribe, will receive funding through the Indian Housing Block Grant Program to provide decent, safe and affordable housing for lower-income Native Americans.