Burlington's Committee on Temporary Shelter (COTS) is looking for donations of winter coats to help its clientele of homeless Vermonters prepare for the cold weather.

VHFA's Socially Responsible Committee has started a campaign to encourage employees to purge their closets of unneeded coats and jackets to donate to the cause.

Some photos from Saturday's event at Northgate housing complex in Burlington.

Residents of Northgate celebrated 20 years of resident leadership. The Northgate Residents’ Ownership Corp. recently acquired ownership of the property, making it 100 percent resident-owned.

In light of $2.34 million in federal stimulus funding coming to help restore Forest Park in Rutland — Read our previous post — the Rutland Herald has published a story looking at the history of that early-'70s housing development.

VHFA Executive Director Sarah Carpenter is quoted in the piece by staff writer Stephanie Peters.

In an article published in yesterday's Barre-Montpelier Times Argus, writer Bruce Edwards quotes a number of housing insiders about the effects of the first-time homebuyer tax credit on home sales in Vermont.

Opinions vary.

VHFA Executive Director Sarah Carpenter is one of many people quoted.