The U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) has made a grant of nearly a quarter-million dollars to improve energy efficiency at Windsor Village.

The $243,500 grant will be used to improve the 77-unit housing development in Windsor.

Housing Vermont began work on the $5 million improvement project last month. It's expected to be completed in about a year.

Brenda Howley of South Burlington has joined VHFA as Legal Coordinator.

Vermont's Commission on Financing and Delivery of Affordable Housing and Conservation has issued its report. Its conclusion: Vermont’s housing delivery system is efficient and produces desirable results that can be a model for other states.

The recovery is progressing well for the U.S. and Vermont, according to presenters at the Vermont Economic Outlook Conference last Friday. Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody’s Analytics, listed five reasons he expected the economy to continue improving well: