The Burlington Free Press today published a front page story about the City of Burlington's "Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice" report.
Writer Joel Banner Baird quotes VHFA Policy & Planning Manager Maura Collins, one of the authors of the report, in the article.
Yesterday's Vermont Statewide Housing Conference received a good deal of media attention.
The Vermont Statewide Housing Conference was the subject of a feature story in this Monday's Business Monday section of The Burlington Free Press.
VHFA Executive Director Sarah Carpenter appeared on WCAX-TV Channel 3 yesterday, to talk about affordable housing in Vermont and tomorrow's Vermont Statewide Housing Conference on the station's "The :30" program.
VHFA's Sarah Carpenter joined Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission (CCRPC) Executive Director Charlie Baker on Channel 17/CCTV's "Local Matters" program yesterday.
The topic was the Sustainable Communities Grant CCRPC recently received from the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development. VHFA is a partner in the grant.
If you missed the show, you can catch it several more times this month:
Northeast Public Radio aired a story today about the City of Burlington's "Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice" report.
VHFA Policy & Planning Manager Maura Collins appears in the news segment.
VHFA wrote the report under contract by the Burlington Community & Economic Development Office.
VHFA Executive Director Sarah Carpenter will join Charlie Baker, Executive Director of the Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission (CCRPC), and others on Channel 17 next Thursday.
They'll be speaking about the recently announced $995,000 Sustainable Communities Grant CCRPC was awarded by the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD). VHFA is a partner in the grant.
The upcoming Vermont Statewide Housing Conference was featured in the Rutland Herald and Times Argus yesterday.
The story quotes VHFA Executive Director Sarah Carpenter, Vermont Housing & Conservation Board Executive Director Gus Seelig, and Vermont Affordable Housing Coalition's Erhard Mahnke.
Last week, Vermont joined other states in examining complaints some mortgage firms have engaged in questionable practices during foreclosure proceedings.
At the center of the investigation is "robo-signing," when mortgage service employees with no knowledge of a particular case sign foreclosure documents.
VHFA Executive Director Sarah Carpenter appeared in a news segment aired by Vermont Public Radio yesterday and today about the Agency's low delinquency and foreclosure rates.