Our friend Ludy Biddle of Neighborworks of Western Vermont was interviewed by NPR's Nina Keck last week about their successful weatherization loan program.
A community's transportation infrastructure has a profound effect on how affordable and feasible it is to live there.
To learn about this relationship, check out the recent Channel 17 telecast by local experts Ted Wimpey and Michelle Boomhower.
As summer fades, now is the perfect time to share advice on making our homes more energy efficient and comfortable. The Button Up Video Contest is looking for short videos that inspire viewers to take action to lower their heating costs.
In the second of a series of papers on how affordable housing impacts other pieces of our lives, the connection between health and housing is becoming better understood. In Housing and Health: The Importance of Place, the authors delve into some of these impacts. As Megan Sandel, M.D., M.P.H., and Deborah Frank, M.D. writes, "For many of our patients, a safe, decent, affordable home is like a vaccine—it literally keeps children healthy.”