FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 9, 2002

Release No. 2002-51 – Joint Release – Fannie Mae and Missouri Housing Development Commission

Contact:      Courtney Ronan Roush (Fannie Mae) 972-773-7350; Pager 1-800-759-8352 pin# 1147994

David W. Bryan, APR, (MHDC) 816.759.6692, (cellular phone)

MEDIA ADVISORY

Local Mayors Join Fannie Mae to Announce Launch of Socialserve.com; Comprehensive Rental Housing Database to Serve Kansas City MSA
 

WHEN:  Wednesday, December 11, 2002, 11:00 a.m.

WHO:

·        Kay Barnes
Mayor of Kansas City, Missouri 

·        Ron Stewart
Mayor of Independence, Missouri

·        Van Gottel
Executive Director, Socialserve.com

·        Jim Devine
President & CEO, Lee’s Summit Economic Development Council 

·        Ed Lowndes
Executive Director, Housing Authority of Kansas City, Missouri

·        Bill Brown
Director, Fannie Mae Kansas City Partnership Office

WHAT:

Individuals and families seeking rental housing in the Kansas City Metropolitan Area now have easy Internet access to a comprehensive, one-stop source of local rental housing information.  Mayors Kay Barnes and Ron Stewart will join Fannie Mae, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Local Initiative Support Corporation (LISC), the Missouri Housing Development Commission (MHDC) and other housing advocates Wednesday morning at the Library Lofts, 10th & Baltimore, to announce the launch of Socialserve.com, a nonprofit, Web-based service offering rental property listings from throughout the 11-county Kansas City Metropolitan Statistical Area.   

WHERE:  Library Lofts

10th & Baltimore

Kansas City, MO

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