The Housing Vermont Scholarship Fund will award up to $10,000 to residents of housing affiliated with Housing Vermont. Students are eligible for a renewable scholarship of up to $2,500 for tuition, books, childcare, transportation, or other expenses related to enrolling in a program.
Legislature learns how to turn temporary down payment assistance program into self-funding tool for future home buyers
Vermont's House Committee on Ways and Means learned this morning about opportunities to transform a temporary statewide down payment assistance program enacted last year into a self-funding program that can help first-time home buyers for years to come. VHFA's Executive Director, Sarah Carpenter, met with the committee this morning to explain how a legacy program could be created with the addition of four ye
Temporary housing available for Vermonters at risk of homelessness during weekend's extreme cold
Vermonters at risk of homelessness should call 2-1-1 to arrange for temporary housing during the extreme cold this weekend, Governor Peter Shumlin advised Friday.
The Vermont Division of Emergency Management & Homeland Security is issuing wind chill warnings for most of the state from 4 a.m. Saturday through 7 p.m. Sunday, with wind chill temperatures expected to plunge to between 25 and 40 below zero.
Business leaders consider housing challenges in Chittenden County
Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission Executive Director Charlie Baker joined area business leaders this week to discuss the region's growing jobs-housing imbalance. Although the number of people working in Chittenden County has grown to approximately 99,800, there are 11,300 fewer employees living here than in 2002.