On March 4, HUD released a Notice of Funding Availability for the Section 811 Housing for Persons with Disabilities Program. VHFA will be applying on behalf of Vermont in partnership with the Agency of Human Services.
Ever wonder what can be done at the municipal level to improve housing affordability? VHFA recently expanded the Vermont Housing Data website to include a page to answer just this question.
An important roundtable discussion will take place on Tuesday, April 15, 2014 on the needs of housing and support service collaboration.
Thanks to the recent development of a menu of indicators and targets by the Vermont Agency of Human Services and the Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission, describing how Vermonters are doing has become easier.
Residential energy efficiency projects are underway around the state as a result of $6.5 million allocated last year by the Vermont legislature to create lending opportunities that encourage smart energy use. State Treasurer Beth Pearce announced today the significant progress made during the early months of the Vermont Clean Energy Loan Fund signed into law last June which made these initiatives possi
VHFA's Executive Director, Sarah Carpenter, received the Tim McKenzie Award at Champlain Housing Trust’s annual meeting and dinner on Saturday. The award recognized Carpenter’s outstanding contributions to permanently affordable housing during the past thirty years. Carpenter is a long-time Burlington resident.
The websites managed by Vermont Housing Finance Agency, including the Vermont Housing Data , Directory of Affordable Rental Housing, Vermont Housing Managers Association, and Vermont Resident Services Coordinators sites are on line and available.
We are experiencing difficulties with the Vermont Housing Data website today, including with the online Vermont Directory of Affordable Rental Housing.
At 9:30 AM on Friday, January 17, VHFA’s websites, email and phones will be down briefly while we take care of some technical maintenance. We expect that all will be back up and running smoothly by noon that day.
At Thursday’s vigil on the Statehouse steps and joint legislative hearing on homelessness, Vermonters who have experienced homelessness and service providers were among the voices urging lawmakers to consider long-term solutions. Linda Ryan, co-chair of the Governor’s Council on Pathways out of Poverty, asked the state to fund more rental subsidies, in light of declining federal support.