CURLEY RECEIVES CERTIFIED OCCUPANCY SPECIALIST DESIGNATION

BURLINGTON—The National Center for Housing Management awarded VHFA Tax Credit Compliance Specialist Kathy Curley the Certified Occupancy Specialist (COS) designation. The COS designation indicates mastery of occupancy requirements of subsidized multifamily housing programs. Curley received the honor following completion of a three-day course and an exam on the newly revised U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development Handbook 4350.3. Curley joined VHFA in November 2000 as an Administrative Assistant. She was promoted to her current position in November 2002. VHFA was established by the Vermont Legislature in 1974 to finance and promote affordable housing opportunities for low- and moderate-income Vermonters. Since its inception, the agency has provided low-cost homeownership financing to more than 24,000 Vermont families, and financed the construction or rehabilitation of more than 6,700 affordable apartments.