About 140 people from across the state gathered in Montpelier for Gov. Peter Shumlin's Housing the Homeless summit yesterday.

Advocates said the state's focus should be on preventing homelessness and avoiding emergencies.

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Vermont Public Radio aired a 10-minute interview with homelessness advocate Morgan Brown.

Morgan blogs about policy and politics that affect homeless people, and has sometimes found himself among their ranks.

Members of Vermont Interfaith Action (VIA) met last night to consider options to encourage the University of Vermont (UVM) to create more affordable housing for its staff and faculty.

The Burlington Free Press reports about 80 people attended the meeting at the College Street Congregational Church to hear a report about the area's affordability challenges and UVM's past promises to help create more housing.

Existing home sales remain depressed and new home sales are at near record lows, according to The State of the Nation’s Housing. The report was released today by Harvard University's Joint Center for Housing Studies.