We're always encouraging new homebuyers to attend a class given by the NeighborWorks® HomeOwnership Centers of Vermont. The knowledge you'll gain will be well worth the modest price.
Ludy Biddle, Executive Director of NeighborWorks of Western Vermont, has outlined the nine topics covered by her organization's "Housing 101" course in an article that appeared in the Rutland Herald this weekend.
More than $2.3 million in federal stimulus money is coming to help the Rutland Housing Authority (RHA) redevelop Forest Park.
"We're one of just a handful of communities that were awarded these public housing transformation dollars and I think that really speaks to the work the community has done," RHA executive director Kevin Loso said in a recent Rutland Herald article.
Seven Days, the Burlington area's alternative weekly newspaper, made Burlington's tight rental market its cover story this week.
The September/October issue of Livin' the Vermont Way magazine features a story titled "Hunkering Down: Vermont's banks weather the economic storm."
In this morning's edition the Burlington Free Press made mention of the $1.4 million in federal funds coming to Vermont for Blake Commons in Swanton.
Yesterday's announcement by the U.S. Department of the Treasury was covered by Vermont Public Radio (VPR).
After a couple weeks (mostly) off, Housing Matters is catching up with what happened recently in housing-related news.
Champlain Housing Trust (CHT) turns 25
Our friends at Champlain Housing Trust — formerly the Burlington Community Land Trust — were featured in the Burlington Free Press for their 25th anniversary. Congratulations!
Burlington Co-Housing East Village (pictured) and other Vermont co-housing developments are written up in this month's issue of Champlain Business Journal.
In an opinion piece that appeared recently in the Rutland Herald, Vermont Land Trust Executive Director Gil Livingston and Rutland County Community Land Trust Executive Director Elisabeth Kulas thanked legislators for funding the Vermont Housing & Conservation Board.
A few Vermont media reported over the weekend on the growing demand for Section 8 housing vouchers.
The most extensive story appeared in the Rutland Herald.
"Local housing authorities are finding themselves caught in a balancing act as they try to accommodate the demand for the program — as the economy has faltered, more and more applications are being received," writes Stephanie Peters.