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IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF FEDERAL CLAIMS ______________________________________________________________________________ ALLEGRE VILLA, A LIMITED Partnership, et al. Plaintiff, v. THE UNITED STATES Defendant. ______________________________________________________________________________ ANTHONY GARDENS APARTMENTS Plaintiff, v. THE UNITED STATES Defendant. ______________________________________________________________________________ ASPEN GREEN II File No. 04-1309 (Judge Christine O.C. Miller) File No. 98-823 (Judge Christine O.C. Miller)

Plaintiff, v. THE UNITED STATES

File No. 05-647 (Judge Christine O.C. Miller)

Defendant. ______________________________________________________________________________

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______________________________________________________________________________ EL PASEO, LTD. Plaintiff, v. THE UNITED STATES Defendant. ______________________________________________________________________________ FAIRVIEW PROPERTIES, LTD. Plaintiff, v. THE UNITED STATES Defendant. ______________________________________________________________________________ FORT FAIRFIELD REALTY ASSOCIATES Plaintiff, v. THE UNITED STATES Defendant. ______________________________________________________________________________ File No. 05-1375 (Judge Christine O.C. Miller) File No. 05-1298 (Judge Christine O.C. Miller) File No. 04-1285 (Judge Christine O.C. Miller)

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______________________________________________________________________________ HOLCOMB RURAL HOUSING Plaintiff, v. THE UNITED STATES Defendant. ______________________________________________________________________________ KALISPELL INVESTMENT GROUP Plaintiff, v. THE UNITED STATES Defendant. ______________________________________________________________________________ LAKE HAVASU INVESTMENT GROUP Plaintiff, v. THE UNITED STATES Defendant. ______________________________________________________________________________ File No. 04-1291 (Judge Christine O.C. Miller) File No. 05-1253 (Judge Christine O.C. Miller) File No. 06-8 (Judge Christine O.C. Miller)

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______________________________________________________________________________ MOJAVE VILLA APARTMENTS, A Limited Partnership Plaintiff, v. THE UNITED STATES Defendant. ______________________________________________________________________________ ONE EIGHTY-TWO HOUSING PARTNERS, Limited Partnership Plaintiff, v. THE UNITED STATES Defendant. ______________________________________________________________________________ RIPON ASSOCIATES 82, A LIMITED Partnership Plaintiff, v. THE UNITED STATES Defendant. ______________________________________________________________________________ File No. 05-808 (Judge Christine O.C. Miller) File No. 06-20 (Judge Christine O.C. Miller) File No. 05-819 (Judge Christine O.C. Miller)

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______________________________________________________________________________ STEPHENS ASSOCIATES LIMITED Partnership Plaintiff, v. THE UNITED STATES Defendant. ______________________________________________________________________________ UNION HOUSING PARTNERSHIP Plaintiff, v. THE UNITED STATES Defendant. ______________________________________________________________________________ YORK APARTMENTS Plaintiff, v. THE UNITED STATES Defendant. ______________________________________________________________________________ JOINT STATUS REPORT Pursuant to the Court's Order of March 17, 2006, the parties respectfully submit the following Joint Status Report to apprise the Court of the status of their efforts to resolve this and numerous closely-related cases through the Court's Alternative Dispute Resolution ("ADR") File No. 05-670 (Judge Christine O.C. Miller) File No. 05-1361 (Judge Christine O.C. Miller) File No. 05-846 (Judge Christine O.C. Miller)

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pilot program. As previously reported to the Court, the parties have resolved all principal issues and the attorneys for both sides have reached a proposed settlement agreement, subject to final approval by both parties. This settlement agreement, which was reached during the ADR conferences held before Judge Horn on May 8 through 9, 2006, is the product of the parties' efforts through the ADR process over the past eighteen months. The parties' agreement encompasses over 250 Section 515 prepayment cases pending before the Court involving approximately 800 properties ­ including this case. The parties are close to finalizing the numerous documents that comprise the terms of their agreement and plan to begin the approval process within the Department of Justice in the near future. As part of this effort, the parties also held further status conferences with Judge Horn on June 7, 2006, June 28, 2006, and August 1, 2006. A further status conference is scheduled for August 25, 2006, by which time the parties hope that the form approval process within the Department of Justice will be underway. Thus, the parties request that this matter continue to be stayed until the agreement has been approved and executed by all parties. The parties will report to the Court once the approval process is complete.

Respectfully submitted, s/ Jeff H. Eckland JEFF H. ECKLAND Mark J. Blando, Of Counsel ECKLAND & BLANDO LLP 500 Lumber Exchange 10 South Fifth Street 2 PETER D. KEISLER Assistant Attorney General s/ David M. Cohen DAVID M. COHEN Director

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Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402 Telephone: (612) 236-0160 Facsimile: (612) 236-0179 Jerry W. Snider, Of Counsel William L. Roberts, Of Counsel Mark D. Savin, Of Counsel FAEGRE & BENSON LLP 2200 Wells Fargo Center Minneapolis, MN 55402 Telephone: (612) 766-7000 Facsimile: (612) 766-1600 Attorneys for Plaintiffs Dated: August 16, 2006 Filed Electronically With the consent of the Attorney for Defendant

s/ Shalom Brilliant SHALOM BRILLIANT Senior Trial Counsel Commercial Litigation Branch Civil Division Department of Justice 1100 L Street, N.W. Attn: Classification Unit Room 8012 Washington, D.C. 20530 Telephone: (202) 305-7561 Facsimile: (202) 305-7643 Attorneys for Defendant

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