The American Lung Association announced a new online resource on the issue of smokefree multi-unit housing, Smokefree Policies in Multi-Unit Housing: Steps for Success. These tools are targeted to public health advocates fairly new to the topic, property managers, residents and others will find the .
The Federal Reserve Board has announced that borrowers who think they may have been financially harmed in the mortgage foreclosure process in 2009 and 2010 can now request an independent review and potentially receive compensation. Servicers are required to compensate borrowers for financial injury resulting from deficiencies in their foreclosure processes. Below is a list of participating servicers.
Read more here. To apply borrowers may call 888-952-9105 and visit http://www.independentforeclosurereview.com/ for details.
What more do we need to know to improve housing and community development policy and practice? The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Office of Policy Development and Research (PD&R) is formulating its research agenda for the next 5–10 years and would like your input.
Think critically and provide input about the above question as it relates to four targeted topic areas:
Ten affordable apartments have been renovated and upgraded thanks to a variety of funders and construction professionals. VHFA provided both construction financing and housing credits. Improvements were made to the buildings’ drainage system and included constructing a new retaining wall—both of which were already tested by Tropical Storm Irene and held up well.
Lamoille Housing Partnership and Housing Vermont joined with community members and state officials to celebrate the completion of extensive renovations to five apartment buildings in Morrisville and Stowe. The renovations focused primarily on improving energy efficiency and the durability of the buildings. The rehabilitation included repairing slate roofing and replacing asphalt shingles, improving insulation, installing new windows and heating systems, and upgrading apartment interiors.
September 28 is the Vermont Affordable Housing Coalition’s Annual Meeting, as well as its annual joint meeting with the Vermont Coalition to End Homelessness (VCEH), and the VCEH’s monthly meeting. As always, this year’s agenda is packed and exciting:
The ECOS (Environment, Community, Opportunity, & Sustainability) Project (www.ecosproject.com) includes municipalities, the State and a large number of organizations working to improve our community’s most important planning documents and implement the highest priority actions. The first phase of the ECOS Project is to review and improve the draft goals. Please visit http://ecosproject.com/goals to read more and submit comments on the goals.
Vermont will be able to permanently house 15 more homeless Veteran households in affordable housing with supportive services available thanks to a recent award to the Vermont State Housing Authority. The funding is from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing Program (HUD-VASH) program and is a coordinated effort by HUD and the Veteran’s Administration (VA) providing funding to local housing agencies.
The Chittenden Continuum of Care (CoC) is seeking grant writing services to prepare an application under HUD’s Fiscal Year 2011 Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) for the Continuum of Care (CoC) Homeless Assistance Competition. As of the issuance of this RFP, HUD has not yet published the NOFA. However, this RFP is being issued in anticipation of the NOFA being published in the summer or early fall of 2011. Proposals are due by 12:00 p.m., Friday, July 22, 2011.
The national average rent for a modestly priced one-bedroom apartment is more than the entire Supplemental Security Income (SSI) of a person with a disability, according to a study released today by the Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities Housing Task Force and the Technical Assistance Collaborative (TAC).
"Priced Out in 2010" reveals people with disabilities receiving SSI need to pay 112 percent of their monthly income to rent a modest one-bedroom unit at the published fair market rent (FMR) determined by the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD).