Few housing units in the U.S. are accessible for people with disabilities and even fewer are both affordable and accessible, according to a recent comprehensive study from HUD.   About a third of housing in the U.S. is potentially modifiable for a person with a mobility disability, currently less than five percent is accessible for individuals with moderate mobility difficulties and less than one percent of housing is accessible for wheelchair users.

The Vermont Community Loan Fund is recruiting a loan coordinator to support the Child Care Loan Program. The person selected will work in support of an experienced program director and other program staff in all aspects of loan processing and servicing. The position, based in Montpelier, VT, is full-time, 40 hours/week. 

A beautiful, new ranch-style home in St. Johnsbury and fully-renovated historic home in Rutland are for sale to qualified buyers at greatly reduced prices.  The Housing Acquisition & Rehabilitation Program (HARP), administered by VHFA, helps qualified home buyers purchase beautifully restored and energy efficient homes. We've just finished with the improvements to these homes and are now offering them at greatly reduced prices thanks to Vermont Neighborhood Stabilization Program funds. HARP's an economic stimulus success story — creating jobs for Vermont building contractors and more affordable homes for Vermont buyers.

About 3.5% of Vermont’s population moved out of the state in 2012-2013—about the same number as those moving in, according to Census estimates. This means that the number of people moving in and out of the state had no net effect on the state’s total population.

Having equal sized flows in and out of the state is not unique for Vermont. The earliest estimates available in this format (for 2004-2005) show that roughly the same number of people moved in and out of the state in that year. 

Vermont’s experience mirrors that of several New England states.  Both Rhode Island and New Hampshire had in- and out-migration rates in the 3-4% range.