A consortium of federal agencies recently released a guide entitled New Federal Resources for Sustainable Rural Communities.
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Your feedback needed for Vermont’s Plan to End Homelessness
Want to help end one of our state’s most serious housing problems? Take a look at the on-line version of Vermont’s draft plan to end homelessness and share your comments and ideas about solving homelessness among Vermonters.
Impediments to fair housing choice persist for some types of Vermonters
Vermont has many fair housing achievements under its belt but there is still more work to do, according to the recent statewide look at impediments to fair housing choice. The 2012 State of Vermont Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice identifies 12 public sector and 2 private sector impediments.
Down payment requirements often ignored in housing affordability discussions
A recent study by the mortgage risk analysis company Andrew Davidson & Company confirms what many borrowers have been experiencing first-hand during the past few years: lower mortgage interest rates do not make buying a home more affordable when significantly higher down payments are required at closing.&n
While housing market gradually recovers, severe cost burdens become entrenched
According to Harvard’s Joint Center for Housing Studies’ annual State of the Nation’s Housing report released earlier this week, 2012 is likely to mark the beginning of a true housing market recovery.
Federal HOME program is critical to Vermonters
Recent cuts to the federal HOME program hurt local families as well as the communities in which they live. In a recent publication from the U.S.
Incidence of underwater mortgages varies greatly by region
About 31 percent of American homeowners with mortgages owe more on their mortgages than their home is worth, according to a recent report from Zillow. The incidence of the problem ranges greatly by region, however.