Publications

VHFA's 2010 Annual Report is available online.

We'll be mailing a limited number of hardcopies in the coming weeks, but you can download a PDF copy of the report now.

The presentation of the City of Burlington's "Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice" report to the City Council has been rescheduled for Thursday, Dec. 6.

The presentation had been planned for Nov. 15, and then Nov. 22.

The Burlington Free Press today published a front page story about the City of Burlington's "Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice" report.

Writer Joel Banner Baird quotes VHFA Policy & Planning Manager Maura Collins, one of the authors of the report, in the article.

Northeast Public Radio aired a story today about the City of Burlington's "Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice" report.

VHFA Policy & Planning Manager Maura Collins appears in the news segment.

VHFA wrote the report under contract by the Burlington Community & Economic Development Office.

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.

VHFA has published "Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice" for the City of Burlington.

The 50-page report, required by Burlington’s consolidated planning process, was last published in 1999.

The Vermont Department of Labor released its Economic-Demographic Profile of Vermont, 2010 yesterday.

According to researchers at the Brookings Institution, the poverty rate among all Americans is likely to remain above 14 percent through 2020, due to the relationship between unemployment and poverty.

The situation will be even worse among children, with the poverty rate remaining above 21 percent through 2020.

The worst year is likely to be 2014, with at least 16 percent of all Americans and 26 percent of all children living in poverty.

VHFA has been hired by the Vermont Agency of Human Services (AHS) to write the state's 10-year plan to end homelessness.

VHFA expects to spend five to six months researching, writing, soliciting feedback and making final revisions to the report. We plan to release it during the next legislative season.

Approximately 70-80 additional housing units are needed in Hinesburg, Vt., to meet demand among current and prospective residents, according to a June 2010 report for the Hinesburg Affordable Housing Committee prepared by consultants from Development Cycles and Housing Strategies.