Friday, December 2, 2011
8:30 AM – 3:30 PM
Sheraton Needham Hotel, Needham, MA
Featured Speakers:
Events
Sept. 28 - VAHC Annual Meeting, VAHC/VCEH Joint Meeting & VCEH Monthly Meeting
September 28 is the Vermont Affordable Housing Coalition’s Annual Meeting, as well as its annual joint meeting with the Vermont Coalition to End Homelessness (VCEH), and the VCEH’s monthly meeting. As always, this year’s agenda is packed and exciting:
Input needed on Chittenden County goals
The ECOS (Environment, Community, Opportunity, & Sustainability) Project (www.ecosproject.com) includes municipalities, the State and a large number of organizations working to improve our community’s most important planning documents and implement the highest priority actions. The first phase of the ECOS Project is to review and improve the draft goals. Please visit http://ecosproject.com/goals to read more and submit comments on the goals.
Discussion on Vermont mobile home parks
The Vermont Housing and Conservation Board has invited Paul Bradley of ROC USA and Andy Danforth of the Cooperative Development Institute to Vermont to discuss a range of issues relevant to existing non-profit-owned mobile home parks and potential purchase opportunities, including:
ECOS Project event: Transportation
Todd Litman of the Victoria Transport Policy Institute (VTPI) of Victoria, BC, Canada, will be the first expert speaker in the "Environment, Community, Opportunity, Sustainability" (ECOS) Speaker Series.
Todd's VTPI's founder and Executive Director. He's worked on numerous studies that evaluate transportation costs, benefits and innovations. His part of the team is currently working on the Transportation Study for Burlington's Downtown & Waterfront Plan.
Comment on the Governor's Housing the Homeless Summit
As a follow-up to Gov. Shumlin's June 7 "Housing the Homeless Summit," the Agency of Human Services is seeking your comments.
The Agency has created a Web site to accept your comments about the summit and the topics covered.
You'll also find a number of proposals presented at the summit available for download as PDFs.
Reception for HUD's Barbara Fields
The Vermont Affordable Housing Coalition is holding a reception for U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development Regional Administrator Barbara Fields, Monday, June 27 from 5 to 6 p.m.
The event takes place at Northgate Community Hall in Burlington.
R.S.V.P. to Santina Leporati or Abby Russell.
Vergennes Senior Housing groundbreaking
Join Addison County Community Trust, Housing Vermont, Sen. Bernie Sanders and U.S. Housing & Urban Development Regional Administrator Barbara Fields at a groundbreaking celebration for Vergennes Senior Housing.
It takes places next Monday, June 27, at 9:30 a.m., Armory Lane, Vergennes.
R.V.S.P. to [email protected].
Homelessness summit draws crowd
About 140 people from across the state gathered in Montpelier for Gov. Peter Shumlin's Housing the Homeless summit yesterday.
Advocates said the state's focus should be on preventing homelessness and avoiding emergencies.
Read more about the event:
VHFA on CCTV/Channel 17
VHFA Executive Director Sarah Carpenter joined U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development's Mike McNamara on his "Housing and Communities" program yesterday.
The 30-minute show will re-air:
- Thursday June 2, 2011 at 7:00 PM
- Monday June 6, 2011 at 3:00 PM
- Monday June 13, 2011 at 3:00 PM
- Monday June 20, 2011 at 3:00 PM
It'll also be available for streaming at the CCTV site soon.