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.

The Burlington Free Press reported on Vermont's real estate scenario yesterday. The front page story featured VHFA Policy & Planning Manager Maura Collins.

This is the first of many profiles we'll be publishing over the coming weeks shining the spotlight on VHFA's participating lenders. People’s United Bank is a subsidiary of People's United Financial Inc., a diversified financial services company with $25 billion in assets.