There's still time to register for the 2015 Green Real Estate Symposium on October 29, 2015, at the Lake Morey Resort.
The symposium features powerhouse speakers and leading instructors in the real estate industry.
Read more or download the conference flyer.
Earlier this week, Executive Director Sarah Carpenter appeared on CCTV to discuss Vermont's new down payment assistance program for first-time home buyers. Interviewed by host Erhard Mahnke of the Vermont Affordable Housing Coalition, Carpenter described how the program works, its creation by the Vermont Legislature and the affordability hurdles that have plagued would-be first-time buyers in recent years.
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.
Last week's press conference at VHFA launched a new statewide down payment assistance program enacted by the Vermont Legislature in May 2015. Since the conference, the program has been in the news across the state, helping to reach Vermonters who might be able to use the program to buy their first home.
Recent local media coverage of the program includes:
Governor Shumlin joined Woodstock residents, local officials, and statewide housing partners yesterday to celebrate the creation of 28 new affordable rental apartments at the Safford Commons complex. Safford Commons is on the site of the former Grange Hall and church on Route 4 in Woodstock. While 24 of the new apartments are in newly-constructed buildings, four are in the buildings that already stood on the site
Renewable Energy 2015 (RE 2015) is Vermont’s annual convention bringing together key players in the renewables sector. This year's conference, slated for October 8 & 9, highlights current energy challenges, Vermont’s leadership role in the energy industry, and the steps needed to implement an integrated energy infrastructure.
Governor Shumlin joined leaders from VHFA, the Vermont Legislature and the business community today to launch a bold new effort to help the state’s first-time home buyers. Each qualified buyer will receive up to $5,000 for down payment and closing costs. There is mounting evidence that the escalation of these costs in recent years, combined with other economic hardships lingering from the recession, are preventing many young Vermonters from buying their first home.
Governor Peter Shumlin will join VHFA, as well as legislative and business leaders, to announce the launch of VHFA’s down payment assistance program. Passed by the legislature as a part of the economic development bill, the state increased its existing Vermont Housing Tax Credit program to allow VHFA to sell tax credits to an investor to raise funds to create the program.
Brattleboro Housing Partnership and Housing Vermont broke ground this past Monday on a 55-unit affordable housing project. These two organizations have partnered together to build Red Clover Commons, a three-story senior housing complex located on a 2.8-acre site in Brattleboro.
Governor Shumlin, VHFA’s Sarah Carpenter and many others gathered yesterday to celebrate the opening of South Main Apartments in Waterbury.
When Ladd Hall was hit by Tropical Storm Irene in 2011, few would have imagined the remarkable transformation that would take place over the next four years. Originally constructed in the 1890s and then converted to state agency offices, Irene’s flood waters invaded the building through heating system tunnels.