The Georgia Dream Homeownership Program is available to qualified borrowers statewide who meet certain income guidelines and who are purchasing homes within certain purchase price limits. In addition, borrowers must have modest assets and meet the flexible credit underwriting criteria for the loa
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04/26/2010
NEWS from CPSCU.S. Consumer Product Safety CommissionOffice of Information and Public AffairsWashington, DC 20207 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEApril 22, 2010Release #10-202 Firm's Recall Hotline: (800) 797-5912, ext. 108CPSC Recall Hotline: (800) 638-2772CPSC Media Contact: (301) 504-7908 Wood Burning St
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04/23/2010
A Home Energy Rating System (HERS) is a simulation-based method for calculating a house's energy-efficiency rating score, predicting its annual energy bills,and generating a tailored list of cost-effective energy improvements. Little research has been done on the subject of HERS accuracy. Therefo
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04/21/2010
May 7, 2009 the Agency for Toxic Substance and Diease Registry (ATSDR) contacted the EnironmentalRespones Team (ERT) office of Superfund Remediation for analytical assitance with the Chinese-DrwallManufactured and sent to Florida and Georgia. Drywall shortages during the building boom in 2004 an
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04/09/2010
Amidst a wave of Chinese import scares, ranging from toxic toys to tainted pet food, reports of contaminated drywall from that country have been popping up across the American Southeast. Chinese companies use unrefined "fly ash," a coal residue found in smokestacks in coal-fired power plants in t
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04/01/2010