Previous Next   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 People in mortgage crisis get advice Jul 13, 2008  - Jose Lopez has five mouths to feed and a mortgage to pay. His pregnant wife was recently laid off her job, and they're a month behind their mortgage payments. He brought his family to the Hunt Community Center at Al Lopez Park on Saturday, where financial advisers, bank representatives and nonpr... More Castor on housing: People 'crying for help' Jan 25, 2008  - With 350 townhomes and a 97 percent occupancy rate, Bradenton Village is the biggest local success story for the federal HOPE VI program. The colorful homes were built in the late 1990s just west of U.S. 41 and north of 17th Avenue West, replacing the crime-ridden public housing units known as R... More Castor Fights for Affordable Housing Oct 10, 2007  -   U.S. Representative Kathy Castor (D-FL) led the fight today on the House floor for passage of the National Affordable Housing Trust Fund of 2007. The landmark affordable housing trust fund established under this bill will provide over 1.5 million new affordable homes for hardworking famil... More Castor Targets Housing Crisis Sep 17, 2007  -   U.S. Representative Kathy Castor (D-FL) today announced local, state and federal initiatives to address the housing crisis. At a press conference in East Tampa, Castor highlighted the efforts of local organizations like the Corporation to Develop Communities (CDC) of Tampa, St. Petersbu... More   Previous Next

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September 11, 2008
Florida Democrats reminded House leaders of no-drilling protections enacted in a 2006 law

July 30, 2008
U.S. Rep. Castor: Landmark Consumer Product Safety Act Provides Important New Protections for Children and Consumers