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  • Castor Requests Housing Loan Modification Details
    Oct 22, 2009  - As thousands of Floridians continue losing their homes to foreclosure, U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor is calling on the Treasury Department to provide detailed information about the number of trial loan modifications offered to at-risk homeowners. Castor joined with Chairwoman Maxine Waters demanding that T... More
  • Local Housing Authorities To Receive $13 Million Through Recovery Act
    Mar 24, 2009  - WASHINGTON – Congresswoman Kathy Castor announced today that the Tampa Housing Authority will receive more than $10.5 million through the Recovery Act to upgrade and renovate existing housing units. This funding will enable the housing authority to make critical capital improvements, such as repairi... More
  • Housing Plans To Help Tampa Bay Area
    Mar 5, 2009  -   “President Obama’s Housing Affordability and Stability Plan will allow millions of homeowners to refinance their mortgages even if they are severely “underwater.” We finally have the most aggressive tools necessary to aid hardworking families hammered by the economic downturn when we couple ... More
  • El Plan Financiero del Presidente Ayudara Las Familias
    Mar 5, 2009  - “El Plan Financiero del Presidente Obama de mantener las Viviendas mas Económicas y Establecidas van darle la oportunidad a millones de dueños de viviendas para poder refinanciar su casa aunque se encuentren en una situación supremamente difícil. Por fin tenemos los métodos necesarios para poder ayu... More
  • Congresswoman Kathy Castor’s Statement On President Obama’s Housing Plan
    Feb 18, 2009  - Congresswoman Kathy Castor’s Statement On President Obama’s Housing Plan “Responsible homeowners will have an opportunity to refinance. The thousands of Tampa Bay area families I have served at my foreclosure workshops have been looking for breathing room to stay in their homes and had trouble mere... More
  • Castor Urges Action On Housing Crisis
    Feb 2, 2009  - U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor has written a letter to Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, outlining her recommendations to combat the housing crisis.   Castor has held three foreclosure assistance workshops and has heard from more than 1,000 families about how the economic crisis is affecting them. Base... More
  • Castor Amends TARP Bill To Focus On Homeowners
    Jan 15, 2009  - CONTACT: Ellen Gedalius (813) 871-2817 Jan. 15, 2009   Congresswoman Kathy Castor successfully amended the new TARP Reform and Accountability Act by providing extensive new conditions on the future use of the next $350 billion in recovery funds and tackling the housing crisis. The amendment call... More
  • Castor Talks About Neighborhood Stabilization Program
    Nov 13, 2008  - Contact: Ellen Gedalius (813) 871-2817   Tampa, Fla. – U.S. Congresswoman Kathy Castor announced the details of the federal Neighborhood Stabilization Program today, joined in Sulphur Springs by Mayor Pam Iorio.   “This is exactly what Congress intended,” Castor said of money being spent in the... More
  • New Housing Law Is Ray Of Hope For Tampa Area's Gloomy Market
    Aug 5, 2008  - New federal help for the big mortgage lenders and first-time homebuyers could help revive Tampa's housing market. The quicker markets stabilize, the less taxpayers will have to pay in the complex bill with an unknown price tag. President Bush signed it last week, but we don't blame him for doing... More
  • Castor Leads Passage of Historic Housing Bill
    Jul 23, 2008  - U.S. Representative Kathy Castor today led off the congressional debate on the American Housing Rescue and Foreclosure Prevention Act on the floor of the United States House of Representatives. Castor recently held the first Foreclosure Assistance Workshop in Tampa, where hundreds of people came... More