Although Census surveys show a clear decline in the national homeownership rate, they don’t show a similar decline for Vermont. At least not yet. Second quarter 2015 estimates show Vermont’s rate at 72 percent, nearly eight and a half percentage points higher t
The lack of affordable housing in the U.S. has become a “silent crisis” says a new report from the J. Ronald Terwilliger Foundation for Housing America’s Families.
A new Appraisal Institute Registry has come out listing both Vermont residential and commercial appraisers who have successfully completed the Appraisal Institute's Valuation of Sustainable Buildings Professional Development Program.
The Brattleboro Co-op / Canal & Main Apartments building received the 2015 Creating Community Action Award through HUD Secretary's Housing and Community Design Awards.
The question of whether to rent or buy a home has been a huge issue facing many Vermonters.
NORTHFIELD—Governor Shumlin signed legislation today that will help Vermonters buying their first home through VHFA by providing up to $5,000 for qualified buyers to cover the costs typically faced at closing due to down payment and closing costs.
In addition to federal FHA mortgage insurance program modifications, President Obama announced this week his support for other ways to improve the availability of affor
This question was recently the focus of a Vermont-based consulting team under the direction of The High Meadows F
VHFA’s Leslie Black-Plumeau and Housing Vermont’s Kenn Sassorossi discussed Chittenden County’s affordable housing needs with CCTV reporter Mike Cohen last night
On May 5, the bill, S.1193, was introduced.