This will be an opportunity for organizations to talk with state legislators about the importance of the Vermont Housing & Conservation Board's balanced and sustainable investments in Vermont communities.
Events
The State of Vermont’s Department of Housing and Community Development is conducting a public hearing in preparation for developing its 2016 HUD Consolidated Plan Action Plan. The purpose of the hearing is to obtain citizens' views about housing, homelessness, public facilities and services, and non-housing community development needs in the state, development of proposed grant activities, and to review past performance of programs included in the plan.
The state's homeless shelters and service providers will commemorate the thousands of homeless and at-risk Vermonters who received housing and/or services this past year. For more information, contact Linda Ryan, (602) 373-6505.
Sponsored by the Vermont Coalition to End Homelessness and the Vermont Affordable Housing Coalition.
Thursday, January 7th, 2016
Local elves help make annual mitten stuffing a huge success
A bus from The Edge Kids & Fitness after school program brought 25 young helpers to VHFA yesterday for the Agency’s annual mitten stuffing. Aliya (pictured) and her fellow elves got right to work in VHFA’s board room, helping to stuff 175 sets of mittens, hats and gloves with candy. VHFA will deliver the bounty this afternoon to the Sara Holbrook Center and King Street Youth Center for distribution to local kids and teens in need.
VHFA sends out a big thanks to all of the knitters and shoppers who donated such high quality outerwear for this wonderful holiday event!
Nerds rule VHFA Halloween festivities
The finance and accounting experts on VHFA's second floor showed their true colors today, creatively attired as a band of geeky nerds. They had the company of most VHFA staff, who joined the fun of competing in the "Best Costume" competition with get-ups ranging from Dumbledore and cat burgler to someone dressed as an HTTP error and another as jelly beans.
From all of us at VHFA to all of Vermont's ghosts and goblins, have a safe and happy Halloween!
WORK FORCE HOUSING – SPRINGBOARD TO ECONOMIC VITALITY
Economic Reality of Developing Workforce Housing
....for those in the middle….
- What is realistic and possible in creating residential communities for middle-income earners?
- What do older neighborhoods need to attract investment by middle-income earners?
- How can a community be competitive?
- What is being done successfully and on what scale?
Hear from developers, builders, funders, planners, local officials, state and federal resources.
Taking a walk becomes a learning experience in Burlington's King Street neighborhood
There is no better way to learn about Burlington's land-mark affordable housing preservation efforts of the early 1980s than to take a walk around VHFA's offices. More than 200 apartments in the King Street area were renovated and preserved as affordable housing through partnerships between VHFA, HUD, the City of Burlington and local housing providers.
VHFA's Multifamily Management Director Sam Falzone realized he could show staff first-hand the benefits of this initiative by leading small-group lunch time tours of the neighborhood. All but six of the apartments renovated through this initiative 33 years ago remain critical components of Burlington's affordable rental housing stock today.
Join AARP, along with national experts, to discuss state and local efforts in Vermont to make communities more livable and learn more about a new tool - the AARP Livability Index: Great Neighborhoods for All Ages - and how it can support this work. Register and read more.
Agenda
VHFA tests “Mission Possible” teams on their housing issue knowledge
Photo by S. Gronlund. For more photos, see our Facebook page.
“What proportion of renters in Chittenden County are cost burdened?” “How much in closing costs and taxes do Vermonters pay on average when they buy a home?”