Helping Responsible Homeowners Across America Congress Must Pass Responsible Legislation To Help American Families Stay In Their Homes

Today, President Bush will visit North Little Rock, Arkansas, and participate in a roundtable discussion with counselors and individuals who have been helped by the Family Service Agency’s Consumer Credit Counseling Service (CCCS).   more »

The President today declared a major disaster exists in the State of Arkansas and ordered Federal aid to supplement State and local recovery efforts in the area struck by severe storms, flooding, and tornadoes beginning on May 2, 2008, and continuing. more »

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Property inspections are a necessity for Arkansas residents rebuilding following recent severe storms, tornadoes and flooding according to officials of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Arkansas Department of Emergency Management (ADEM). more »

Little Rock, AR – The Arkansas Development Finance Authority (ADFA), Arkansas’s state housing finance agency, on April 17, approved the allocation of $467,500 in HOME Investment Partnerships Program (HOME) funds for the Crowley’s Ridge Development Council (CRDC). more »

Little Rock, AR – The Arkansas Development Finance Authority (ADFA), Arkansas’s state housing finance agency, on April 17, approved the allocation of $467,500 in HOME Investment Partnerships Program (HOME) funds for the Chicot County Housing Assistance Council. more »

Little Rock, AR (April 18, 2008) – The Arkansas Development Finance Authority (ADFA), Arkansas’s state housing finance agency, on January 17, approved the allocation of $335,476 in HOME Investment Partnerships Program (HOME) funds for the Drew County Public Facilities Board (DCPFB). more »

Little Rock, AR (April 18, 2008) – The Arkansas Development Finance Authority (ADFA), Arkansas’s state housing finance agency, on January 17, approved the allocation of $173,053 in HOME Investment Partnerships Program (HOME) funds for the West Central Arkansas Planning and Development District. more »

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — The first mobile homes will be delivered to eligible Arkansas residents affected by the Feb. 5 tornadoes beginning Saturday, April 5. The units will be transported from the Hope staging area to commercial and private sites throughout the state.  more »

U. S. home foreclosure filings jumped 60 percent and bank seizures more than doubled in February over the same month the year before as rates on adjustable mortgages rose and property owners were unable to sell or refinance amid falling prices. more »

Foreclosure protection offered to displaced families in ten counties

WASHINGTON - U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Alphonso Jackson today announced HUD will speed federal disaster assistance to ten tornado-ravaged counties in Arkansas and provide support to homeowners and low-income renters forced from their homes following severe storms, high winds and flooding. This assistance includes foreclosure relief for families whose homes are insured through HUD’s Federal Housing Administration (FHA). more »

Foreclosure protection offered to displaced families in ten counties
WASHINGTON - U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Alphonso Jackson today announced HUD will speed federal disaster assistance to ten tornado-ravaged counties in Arkansas and provide support to homeowners and low-income renters forced from their homes following severe storms, high winds and flooding. This assistance includes foreclosure relief for families whose homes are insured through HUD’s Federal Housing Administration (FHA). more »

Thursday, Jan 24, 2008 - LITTLE ROCK – Governor Beebe today joined with community leaders and energy officials in calling for additional funding for the federal Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, also known as LIHEAP. Next week, advocates for low-income assistance will converge on Washington, DC, encouraging Congress to increase LIHEAP funding by $800 million to help elderly, disabled and low-income Americans offset increasing energy costs. more »

Estimate of Number of Homeowners Who Could Save Home Based on Publicly Available Data from Center for Responsible Lending; Rep. Snyder Urged to Support Pending Bills to Eliminate Unfairness in Mortgage Foreclosure Process

LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Nov. 26 /PRNewswire/ — There is promising news today for distressed homeowners in the Little Rock area. The National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys (NACBA) is estimating that Congressman Vic Snyder can give 519 homeowners in his Congressional District a fighting chance to save their homes from foreclosure during the current mortgage crisis. more »

 The Baxter County Quorum Court heard some appeals from the Baxter County Planning Commission and heard speakers supporting a land use management ordinance which will be considered at the December meeting. more »

LITTLE ROCK - Deltic Timber Corp. announced Monday that its third-quarter net income fell 96.8 percent to $200,000, compared to earnings a year ago of $6.3 million. more »