The Vermont Department of Economic, Housing, & Community Development and CVOEO's Fair Housing Project present "Removing Barriers to Strengthen Communities: Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing at the Local Level" next month.
The workshop will offer important information to municipal planners, realtors, lenders, affordable housing developers, property managers and town officials. Topics include:
Nearly $77,000 is coming to Vermont from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to help families find decent housing and to prevent future foreclosures.
Green Mountain Habitat for Humanity has been given the Clarence Jordan Award for a home its building in Charlotte.
Habitat for Humanity International honors just two local chapters a year with the award. There are approximately 1,500 local Habitat affiliates nationwide.
Chip Sawyer from the Center for Rural Studies (CRS) at the University of Vermont appeared on TV and radio yesterday, talking about the release of the 2010 Census numbers. (See our post from yesterday: "Census: Vermont population up 2.8% over past decade.")
Governor-elect Peter Shumlin appointed Noelle MacKay (pictured) Commissioner of the Department of Economic, Housing and Community Affairs.
The Champlain Housing Trust (CHT) announced the TD Charitable Foundation has awarded the organization a $50,000 capital grant.
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:
Representatives from VHFA will join people from Burlington Community & Economic Development Office (CEDO) and the Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity (CVOEO) Fair Housing Project (FHP) in presenting the new "Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice" report to the Burlington City Council.
The Housing Resource Center, part of the Burlington Committee on Temporary Shelter (COTS), is now open at its new location: 294 N. Winooski Ave., Burlington.
Watch for the large black and red sign that reads "294," then go to the side door at the far end of the parking area. The center is through the door by the vending machines on the left.
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.