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Homelessness Awareness Day and Memorial Vigil at the VT State House

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.

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Thursday, January 7th, 2016

 

 

 

Local elves help make annual mitten stuffing a huge success

By:

Leslie Black-Plumeau

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. 

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Nerds rule VHFA Halloween festivities

By:

Leslie Black-Plumeau

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! 

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VT Community Development Association Fall Conference: Work Force Housing

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

By:

Leslie Black-Plumeau

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.

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New England Housing Network Annual Conference

Where We've Been, Where We Are, and Where We're Going on Federal Housing Policy

An  “all star” team of national housing advocates will reflect on what has happened over the last two decades, and what we can do to shape policy and funding going forward.  The format will provide opportunity to interact with the advocates and other conference attendees, learn more about key areas for change through in-depth workshops, and help chart a course for future actions of the New England Housing Network.

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