Fair Market Rents revised upward by 24% for Burlington-S. Burlington metro area By: Leslie Black-Plumeau April 30, 2013 HUD announced today that a recent in-depth survey revealed that rents for modest units in the greater Burlington area are 24% higher tha Read more
Today’s Burlington Free Press covers varying aspects of housing affordability By: Leslie Black-Plumeau March 28, 2013 VHFA’s creative role in serving the needs of low and moderate-income home buyers is the focus of the Read more
VHFA websites down for maintenance Thursday, March 21 By: Leslie Black-Plumeau March 19, 2013 VHFA is welcoming the official change of seasons this week with some spring cleaning. This means that the Read more
Emergency housing requests rise amidst news of continued high Vermont rents By: Leslie Black-Plumeau March 18, 2013 Calls fielded by Vermont 2-1-1 operators for emergency housing increased dramatically during January and February 2013. Calls Read more
Housing affordability reports released this week show differing prospects facing Vermonters By: Leslie Black-Plumeau March 14, 2013 Yesterday, Vermont Public Radio’s Steve Zind explored how to make sense of two recent reports that show vastly different housing a Read more
Mortgage payment affordability improved for married-couple home buyers in 2012 By: Leslie Black-Plumeau March 12, 2013 Historically low mortgage interest rates continued to improve home buying affordability in 2012, according to an i Read more
Long commutes less prevalent in Vermont than other parts of the country By: Leslie Black-Plumeau March 6, 2013 An estimated 14,400 Vermont workers (4.8 percent) commute an hour or longer, according to a recent Read more
Housing cost burden more prevalent among renters in Chittenden County than rest of New England By: Leslie Black-Plumeau March 4, 2013 Read more
Vermont home sales rebounded in 2012 By: Leslie Black-Plumeau January 30, 2013 After a trough in 2009, volumes and median prices of primary homes in Vermont are on an upswing. The median sales price jumped two pe Read more
Annual count of Vermont homeless to take place January 29-30, 2013 By: Leslie Black-Plumeau January 25, 2013 Vermont's 2013 Point-in-Time (PIT) Count will take place next Tuesday, January 29 – Wednesd Read more