A recent report by Rutgers University, entitled "No End in Sight: The Agony of Prolonged Unemployment," describes the pervasive nature of unemployment among people who lost their jobs during the recent recession.
Even though the state’s economy is recovering by many indicators, economists project a continued decline in Vermont home prices and foreclosure rates hovering at an all-time high through at least mid-2011.
The number of homeless families in the U.S. rose for the second year in a row, according to The 2009 Annual Assessment Report to Congress recently completed by HUD.
This rise shows the impact of the economic downturn “on the housing stability of low-income and vulnerable Americans,” the report explains.
Statistical research confirms unaffordable housing has broad impacts for local economies.
Recent New York City-based research demonstrates residents of tax credit-financed apartments pay $500 less than monthly market rents, more than doubling the discretionary income available to each household for other necessities.
A couple more chances to see the press conference we held a couple weeks ago to announce publication of "Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Housing and Wages in Vermont" on Channel 17/Town Meeting TV:
Channel 17 serves the communities of Burlington, South Burlington, Essex, Essex Junction, Winooski, Williston, St. George, and parts of Colchester.
News from our friends across the street at Champlain Housing Trust (CHT): A new study shows community land trust homeowners have lower foreclosure and delinquency rates.
Channel 17/Town Meeting TV has added two more airings of last week's press conference for the “Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Housing and Wages in Vermont" report:
The New England Public Policy Center published a report this month that shows Vermont's housing is some of the least affordable of all New England states.
Channel 17/Town Meeting TV has added three more airings of yesterday's press conference for the "Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Housing and Wages in Vermont." You now have four chances to see it: