The Champlain Housing Trust (CHT) presented awards and selected Board members at its annual meeting this past Saturday.
The event was attended by 150 CHT members.
CHT presented U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders with the Tim McKenzie Award for his commitment to the community land trust model for nearly 30 years in public office.
Heads up: Our friends at the Champlain Housing Trust (CHT) in Burlington are moving to new headquarters next week.
CHT will be relocating from its 179 South Winooski Avenue address in Burlington to the new building at 88 King Street, a stone's throw from VHFA's headquarters at the corner of King and Saint Paul streets.
The Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity (CVOEO) Fair Housing Project and VHFA have published a short report titled "Sub-Prime Lending in Vermont."
The Rutland Herald reports today that the Rockingham Area Community Land Trust and NeighborWorks of Western Vermont received grants to expand their foreclosure prevention counseling programs.
The money comes from the Federal Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008.
President-elect Barack Obama named New York City Commissioner of Housing Preservation and Development Shaun Donovan next Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
Our friends at the Vermont Affordable Housing Coalition (VAHC) have put up a photo gallery of affordable housing projects.
Liz Curry of NeighborWorks Alliance of Vermont had a letter published in this week's Seven Days newspaper.
You can read her response to the paper's housing issue published last week at the Seven Days Web site.
VHFA honored Andy Gurley, recently-retired from UBS, for his decades of work with the Agency.
VHFA Executive Director Sarah Carpenter spoke about Andy's long history with the Agency at the 2008 Vermont Statewide Housing Conference, held last Tuesday.
Robert McBride (center, right) and Richard Ewald (center, left) received the 2008 Vermont Community Leadership Award from the Vermont Council on Rural Development (VCRD).
Melinda Bussino (right), Executive Director of the Brattleboro Area Drop-In Center, has received the Housing Hero award.