Later this month, Vermont Resident Service Coordinators will publish the VRSC Resident Service Coordinators Guide for Vermont.
VRSC to publish new guide
New Americorps VISTA member joins VAHC staff
Abby Krause, an Americorps VISTA member and recent University of Vermont graduate, has joined the staff at the Vermont Affordable Housing Coalition (VAHC) in Burlington.
Vt Affordable Housing Coalition to hold annual meeting
The Vermont Affordable Housing Coalition (VAHC) will hold its annual meeting as a joint meeting with the Vermont Coalition to End Homelessness (VCEH) on Sept. 10.
VAHC will be holding elections for its steering committee and officers. All five current members are seeking re-election. The nominees are:
NERSC announces new President, Board
New England Resident Service Coordinators Inc. (NERSC) has announced its new President and Board of Directors.
Jean Benson Bernstein will lead the Massachusetts-based non-profit as President. She is Director of Resident Services for WinnResidential and has served on the NERSC Board for three years.
Requests for housing help increase in 2008
Officials at Vermont 2-1-1, the free referral service operated by the United Ways of Vermont, report more calls this year have been regarding housing assistance than in 2007.
An article in this morning's Burlington Free Press provides some numbers: Through last month, calls in 2008 regarding housing totaled 1,916, compared to a total of housing-related calls in 2007 of 2,089.
CVCLT names new Executive Director
Central Vermont Community Land Trust (CVCLT) has named Eileen Peltier Executive Director.
Eileen, who lives in Calais, has been the land trust's Director of Finance and Administration for the last year.
VHMA launches Web site
The Vermont Housing Managers Association's (VHMA) Web site went live this afternoon. You can access the site at www.vhma.net.
VHCB receives $1.43 million grant
Our friends at Vermont Housing & Conservation Board (VHCB) will receive a Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS Program (HOPWA) renewal grant for $1.43 million to continue a statewide HIV/AIDS housing and supportive services program.
New national housing trust modeled on Vermont
If the new National Affordable Housing Trust Fund, part of the housing relief initiative recently signed into law by President Bush, sounds familiar, it might be because the model for it was developed in Burlington more than 20 years ago.
Housing manager associations to meet in Vermont
Members of the Maine, Vermont and New Hampshire housing managers associations will come together for their triennial "Crossing the Line" conference this fall.
The event will be held at the Lake Morey Resort in Fairlee, Vt., Oct. 27-29, under the theme, "Housing: Are the Odds in Your Favor?"