President-elect Barack Obama named New York City Commissioner of Housing Preservation and Development Shaun Donovan next Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).

Friday afternoon, we posted our 200th entry to Housing Matters.

Here are some statistics about the blog's first several months online:

VHFA's holiday card comes courtesy of VHFA Loss Management Specialist Polly Thibault.

Polly has painted original artwork for VHFA's holiday card for the last several years.

VHFA is participating in the Lund Family Center's "Adopt-a-Family" program this holiday season.

The program matches organizations, families or individuals with needy families in the Burlington area that don't have the resources to celebrate the season the way others might.