Journalist and noted curmudgeon H.L. Menken once observed, "For every complex problem, there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong."

Such is the case with claims we're seeing recently that investment in affordable homeownership triggered the current global fiscal crisis.

This is the latest of several quick bios we'll blog of speakers scheduled to appear at the Vermont Statewide Housing Conference, Nov. 18 in South Burlington.

Pre-registrations for the Nov. 18 Vermont Statewide Housing Conference are past 350 now, and workshops are beginning to fill up.

State Housing Policy reached capacity this morning. It's the second workshop to fill up after The Economy and Housing, which maxed out a few weeks ago.

Bring a non-perishable food good to the Nov. 18 Vermont Statewide Housing Conference, and drop it off at the registration desk.