Housing

News Releases

11/4/2009
Murray Applauds Passage of Homebuyer's Tax Credit, Unemployment Benefits Extension

11/3/2009
Murray Pushes for Extension of Homebuyer's Tax Credit, Unemployment Benefits in Speech on Senate Floor

9/23/2009
Senator Murray Announces $25M in Recovery Funding for Affordable Rental Housing, Improving Energy Efficiency in Washington State Homes

9/17/2009
Senate Passes FY 2010 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Bill

9/3/2009
Senator Murray Announces $10 Million in Recovery Funding for Seattle Public Housing Improvement Project

7/29/2009
Murray Secures Funding for Community Priorities, Job Creation in King County

7/29/2009
Murray Secures Funds to Provide Housing for Clallam County Veterans

7/29/2009
Murray Secures Funds for Waterfront Redevelopment in Vancouver, Key SW Washington Priorities

7/29/2009
Murray Delivers Opening Remarks at Markup of THUD Spending Bill

7/10/2009
Senator Murray Announces $23 Million to Weatherize 5,000 Washington State Homes

6/18/2009
HOMELESS VETERANS: Senator Murray Announces Over $3 Million in Funding to Help House Veterans Across Washington State

6/11/2009
Murray Questions HUD Secretary Donovan on Housing Crisis, Supporting Washington State Families Hurt by Recession

6/4/2009
Senator Murray Announces $11 Million for Affordable Housing in Washington State

5/15/2009
Senator Murray Announces Over $6 Million for Lead Paint Cleanup in Washington State

5/6/2009
Senator Murray's Statement on Passage of Major Housing Bill to Help Stem the Tide of Foreclosures

4/23/2009
Senator Murray's Statement Introducing Ron Sims at Nomination Hearing

4/10/2009
Senator Murray Announces Almost $12 Million in Recovery Funding for Washington State Community Service Block Grants

4/2/2009
Senator Murray Questions Washington State Realtor and Mortgage Lender on State Housing Market and the Importance of Federally Guaranteed Loans

3/24/2009
Senator Murray Announces Over $40 Million for Public Housing Improvement Projects Across Washington State in Economic Recovery Act

3/5/2009
PHOTO: Affordable and Environmentally Sustainable Housing Efforts

2/23/2009
Senator Murray Delivers Millions for Central Washington Housing, Community Development, and Transportation Projects in Yearly Spending Bill

2/23/2009
Senator Murray Delivers Millions for Spokane and Eastern Washington in 2009 Spending Bill

2/23/2009
Senator Murray Delivers Hundreds of Millions for King County in 2009 Federal Spending Bill

2/23/2009
Senator Murray Delivers Millions for Pierce County Housing, Transportation, and Law Enforcement Projects in Yearly Spending Bill

2/23/2009
Senator Murray Delivers Millions for Snohomish County Housing, Community Development, and Transportation Projects

2/20/2009
Senator Murray Announces over $600,000 to get Washington State Homeless Families into Permanent Housing Quickly

2/18/2009
Senator Murray's Statement on President Obama's Plan to Help Homeowners

2/2/2009
Murray Statement on Ron Sims Nomination to HUD

1/28/2009
Senator Murray Announces Investments for Washington State Workers in Senate Economic Recovery Package

12/13/2008
Murray Calls HUD Secretary Nominee "Uniquely Qualified" to Address the Nation's Housing Crisis

12/3/2008
As Washington State Foreclosure Rates Rise, Murray Helps Secure Additional Funding for Foreclosure Counseling "Lifeline"

9/26/2008
Senator Murray's Statement on Purchase of WaMu by J.P. Morgan

9/19/2008
Senator Murray Announces $20 Million in Hope VI Housing Support for Bremerton

9/19/2008
Murray Announces $30.5 Million in HOPE VI Funding for King County Housing Redevelopment Projects

7/29/2008
Murray Urges Passage of Bill to Extend Sales Tax Deduction for WA Residents, Create Jobs, and Shore Up Highway Trust Fund

7/25/2008
Murray Applauds Key Senate Vote for Housing Package to Help Struggling Homeowners

7/24/2008
Murray Urges Support for Housing Package to Help Struggling Homeowners, Strengthen Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac

7/14/2008
Murray Statement on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac

7/10/2008
Senator Murray Delivers Millions for Olympic Peninsula Transportation Projects

7/10/2008
Senator Murray Delivers Millions for Snohomish County Transportation and Housing Projects

7/10/2008
Senator Murray Delivers Millions for Southwest Washington Transportation, Housing, and Community Development Projects

7/10/2008
Senator Murray Delivers Millions for Pierce County Transportation and Housing Projects

7/10/2008
Senator Murray Delivers Millions for Tri-Cities Transportation Projects

7/10/2008
Senator Murray Delivers Millions for Central Washington Housing, Community Development, and Transportation Projects

7/10/2008
Senator Murray Delivers Millions for Eastern Washington Transportation, Housing and Community Development Projects

4/18/2008
Senator Murray's Statement on Bush's Nomination of Steve Preston as Secretary of HUD

4/10/2008
Murray, Schumer, Brown And Casey Succeed In Adding $80 Million For Mortgage Counseling To Senate-Passed Housing Bill

4/4/2008
Murray, Schumer Pledge To Revisit Housing Amendment Adding $100 Million For Mortgage Counseling

4/3/2008
Murray, Schumer, Brown And Casey Offer Amendment To Housing Bill Adding $100 Million In Mortgage Counseling Funds

3/31/2008
Senator Murray on the Resignation of HUD Secretary Alphonso Jackson

3/31/2008
Murray Urges President Bush, Republicans to Support Foreclosure Prevention Act

3/24/2008
PHOTO: Listening to Southwest Washington Residents Affected by the Mortgage Crisis

3/21/2008
Senate Housing Leaders Call for HUD Secretary Jackson's Resignation

2/28/2008
Murray: Republicans Recklessly Block Help for Americans in Need

2/26/2008
Murray Announces $130 Million in Grants That Will Support Families Facing Foreclosure

2/26/2008
PHOTO: Helping Families Facing Foreclosure

2/7/2008
Murray Helps Pass Economic Relief for Struggling Families

2/4/2008
Murray Statement on Bush Budget

2/4/2008
BUDGET: Murray on Cuts to Washington State Priorities in Bush Budget

1/31/2008
Murray Calls For Financial Jumpstart, Long-term Economic Planning

1/28/2008
Reaction to State of the Union Address, Murray Urges Bush to Put America First

12/14/2007
Murray Helps Pass Bill that Gives More Washingtonians Access to Safe and Affordable Mortgages

12/5/2007
Murray Brings Up Critical Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development Spending Bill; Republicans Block Senate Consideration Again

11/15/2007
Senate Democrats Discuss Efforts To Address Nation's Subprime Housing Crisis

11/8/2007
Senator Murray Includes More Than $153 Million for Washington State Transportation, Housing, and Economic Development Projects

7/12/2007
King County: Murray Adds $131.7 Million for Transportation, Housing and Community Development Priorities in King County

7/10/2007
Chairman Murray Moves $104.6 Billion Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Bill Forward

7/10/2007
Statement of Chairman Patty Murray - Subcommittee Markup of the FY08 Appropriations Bill

6/5/2007
Housing: Senator Murray Helps Honor Two Outstanding Seattle Low-Income Housing Properties at Capitol Hill Ceremony

5/3/2007
Housing: Murray Chairs Hearing to Examine HUD Budget for 2008

4/6/2007
Senator Murray Spotlights Collaboration to Address Housing Affordability in Puget Sound Region

4/6/2007
PHOTO: Finding Collaborative Solutions to Puget Sound Crisis

3/22/2007
Murray Votes for Over $4 billion in Funding to Care for Wounded Veterans and Returning Iraq and Afghanistan Service Members

3/20/2007
PHOTO: Meeting with Housing Leader Andrew Lofton

3/20/2007
PHOTO: Meeting with Housing Leader Christina Pegg

3/20/2007
PHOTO: Meeting with Housing Leader Renée Rooker

3/15/2007
Murray's Statement - Hearing on the Federal Housing Administration

2/14/2007
Murray Votes for Joint Funding Resolution that Invests in Critical National Priorities

2/12/2007
Senator Murray Warns that Housing, Aviation Safety, and Highway Safety Will Suffer Unless the Senate Passes the Joint Funding Resolution (H.J. Res 20)

2/12/2007
Murray Warns Law Enforcement and Veterans Healthcare Will Suffer Unless the Senate Passes the Joint Funding Resolution (H.J. Res 20)

2/5/2007
Murray Statement on President's Shortsighted Budget Request

1/30/2007
Murray, Bond Voice Bi-Partisan Support for Transportation and Housing Increases in Joint Funding Resolution

1/9/2007
Senator Murray Discusses Her Priorities for the 110th Congress

1/9/2007
PHOTO: Murray Sets Forth Agenda to Help Washingtonians in the Upcoming Congress

11/9/2006
Statement by Senator Patty Murray on the Democratic Victory in the U.S. Senate

9/27/2006
PHOTO: Politics Over Progress at HUD

9/22/2006
Murray Blasts Administration for Partisan Favoritism in Contract Awards

7/18/2006
Senator Murray's Statement on the TTHUD Subcommittee Bill

5/10/2006
Senator Tells HUD Secretary that Political Message on Contracts was "Grossly Unprofessional"

4/26/2006
HOUSING: Senator Murray Addresses Housing Leaders at 2006 NAHRO Pacific Northwest Regional Council Conference

4/25/2006
Farmworker Housing: Senator Murray Applauds Washington State Farmworker Housing Trust Board for Reaching Historic Agreement on Grower-Sponsored Housing

4/11/2006
PHOTO: Saving Community Development in Kitsap

3/21/2006
Senator Murray and Community Leaders Rally Against Cuts to Community Development Block Grants

3/21/2006
PHOTO: Community & Housing Groups Stand Together to Fight Budget Cuts

3/15/2006
Republicans Say "No" to Affordable Housing and Community Development

3/14/2006
PHOTO: Fighting for Housing and Community Development

3/2/2006
HOUSING: Senator Murray Warns that the President's Housing Budget Will Hurt Families and Undermine Community Development

2/7/2006
Senator Murray Warns that Budget Decisions Made Today Will Limit Our Ability to Help Families Tomorrow; Murray Says Budget Must Reflect Our Values & Priorities

12/18/2005
Senator Murray Sees Affordable Housing Progress in Tacoma

12/15/2005
Senator Murray Warns an Across-the-Board Budget Cut Will Hurt Aviation Safety, Transportation and Housing

12/8/2005
Senator Murray Secures $500,000 to help Low-Income Families in Kitsap County

8/2/2005
PHOTO: Celebrating Our Progress on Farmworker Housing

8/2/2005
PHOTO: Celebrating Our Progress on Farmworker Housing - Washington State Farmworker Housing Trust Board

8/2/2005
PHOTO: Celebrating Our Progress on Farmworker Housing - Touring a Buena Nueva Home

8/2/2005
PHOTO: Celebrating Our Progress on Farmworker Housing - Juan Aguilar

8/2/2005
PHOTO: Celebrating Our Progress on Farmworker Housing - WA State House Speaker Frank Chopp

8/2/2005
PHOTO: Celebrating Our Progress on Farmworker Housing - State Representative Phyllis Kenney

8/2/2005
PHOTO: Celebrating Our Progress on Farmworker Housing - Mike Gempler

8/2/2005
PHOTO: Celebrating Our Progress on Farmworker Housing - Eric Nicholson

8/2/2005
PHOTO: Celebrating Our Progress on Farmworker Housing - Mario Villanueva

8/2/2005
PHOTO: Celebrating Our Progress on Farmworker Housing - Maria Aguiar

8/2/2005
PHOTO: Celebrating Our Progress on Farmworker Housing - Isabel Suarez

8/2/2005
PHOTO: Celebrating Our Progress on Farmworker Housing - Ruthanna Rebman

8/2/2005
PHOTO: Celebrating Our Progress on Farmworker Housing - Children Present Drawings of Their Homes

7/20/2005
Murray, DeWine Introduce Legislation to Help Homeless, Foster Kids Achieve in Higher Education

7/19/2005
Senator Murray's Statement at Transportation, Treasury, the Judiciary and Housing and Urban Development Subcommittee Mark-Up

4/14/2005
Housing Secretary Promises Senator Murray that King County will Receive Funding Fix

4/14/2005
PHOTO: Murray Questions HUD Secretary About Section 8 Housing Funding Error in King County

3/3/2005
Murray Gains New Position to Help Washington’s Veterans, Military Families and Housing Needs

6/30/2004
Senator Murray Meets with Affordable Housing Advocates and Tenants to Protect Washington's Families from Bush Administration Policies

6/30/2004
PHOTO: Working to End the Affordable Housing Crisis in Washington State

1/5/2004
Celebrating the Work of Hope Home - Helping Teen Parents

8/16/2002
PHOTO: Habitat for Humanity Groundbreaking

8/16/2002
PHOTO: Habitat for Humanity Groundbreaking in Bremerton

7/25/2002
Murray Secures Funding for Puget Sound Community and Environmental Initiatives

5/28/2002
Murray Promotes New Effort to Boost Home Ownership for Low Income Families

5/28/2002
PHOTO: Murray Welcomes New Homeowners

6/20/2001
Senator Murray Announces $950,000 for Seattle-Area Housing Project to Help Those with AIDS/HIV

5/10/2001
Senator Murray Announces $1.75 Million for Farmworker Housing

3/9/1999
Murray Announces Grant to Build Affordable Housing in Yakima