Friday, October 22nd marks the last day to register for the Vermont Statewide Housing Conference at the reduced rate of $60. Register online today at www.vhfa.org/conference.
Events
Seeking housing photos/quotes
We're putting together a slide show to play at the Nov. 18 housing conference, and are looking for contributions.
If your group or organization has photos and quotes of people who have benefited from the programs and services of Vermont's housing community, please get in touch.
Meet the conference speaker: Heidi Hayward Urish
Now through the Vermont Statewide Housing Conference, Nov. 18, we’re spotlighting speakers planning to participate in the day’s bevy of workshops. Next up: Heidi Hayward Urish, Spruce Mortgage.
Heidi has been in mortgage lending since 1991 and is a licensed Certified Mortgage Professional.
She was the founding loan officer of Spruce Mortgage in 1995 and currently serves as Secretary of the company. Since that time, she and her team have been the top producers at Spruce.
Meet the conference speaker: Molly Dugan
Now through the Vermont Statewide Housing Conference, Nov. 18, we’re spotlighting speakers planning to participate in the day’s bevy of workshops. Next up: Molly Dugan, Cathedral Square Corp., Burlington.
Molly is coordinating the development and design of the Seniors Aging Safely at Home (SASH) model at Cathedral Square and assisting in its statewide roll-out.
Meet the conference speaker: Jeff Carr
Now through the Vermont Statewide Housing Conference, Nov. 18, we’re spotlighting speakers planning to participate in the day’s bevy of workshops. Next up: Jeff Carr, President/Economist, Economic & Policy Resources Inc., Williston.
For the past 22 years Jeff's served in a number of capacities focusing on macro-economic analysis, economic forecasting, forensic economics, economic impact analysis, and fiscal policy analysis for federal, state, and local governments.
More conference sponsors
A quick "thank you" to a few more sponsors of the 2010 Vermont Statewide Housing Conference, coming Nov. 18.
The Vermont Agency of Human Services has come on-board as a platinum sponsor of the event. Platinum is the highest level of sponsorship for the conference.
Vermont Affordable Housing Coalition has joined as a gold sponsor, the second highest level of support.
Meet the conference speaker: Shaun Gilpin
Now through the Vermont Statewide Housing Conference, Nov. 18, we’re spotlighting speakers planning to participate in the day’s bevy of workshops. Next up: Shaun Gilpin, Program Director of the Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity; Mobile Home Project.
At the Mobile Home Project Shaun works with residents to increase control over and improve their living situation within the mobile home parks across Vermont. This encompasses organizing resident associations, educating residents about their rights and advocating for the protection of mobile home park tenants.
World Habitat Day
This Monday, Oct. 4, Habitat for Humanity joins efforts around the world to mark World Habitat Day.
World Habitat Day's a day the United Nations has set aside to call attention to the dire need for affordable, adequate housing.
Meet the conference speaker: Jesse Kayan
Now through the Vermont Statewide Housing Conference, Nov. 18, we’re spotlighting speakers planning to participate in the day’s bevy of workshops. Next up: Jesse Kayan, Community Services Coordinator, Westgate Housing Inc., Brattleboro, Vt.
At Westgate, Jesse works with an enthusiastic tenant body to create a vibrant community and a healthy non-profit that's controlled by the residents of Westgate.
Before working at Westgate, he ran a women's shelter in New Orleans, La., where resident empowerment and leadership was at the core of the shelter's mission.
Meet the conference speaker: Sheila Crowley
Now through the Vermont Statewide Housing Conference, Nov. 18, we’re spotlighting speakers planning to participate in the day’s bevy of workshops. Next up: Sheila Crowley, President/CEO, National Low Income Housing Coalition.
Sheila joined the staff of the coalition in December 1998, after two decades in Richmond, Vir., in organizational leadership, direct service, policy advocacy, and scholarship. She's a social worker with a bachelor's (1976), master's (1978), and Ph.D. (1998) from the School of Social Work at Virginia Commonwealth University.