The Chittenden Continuum of Care (CoC) is seeking grant writing services to prepare an application under HUD’s Fiscal Year 2011 Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) for the Continuum of Care (CoC) Homeless Assistance Competition. As of the issuance of this RFP, HUD has not yet published the NOFA. However, this RFP is being issued in anticipation of the NOFA being published in the summer or early fall of 2011. Proposals are due by 12:00 p.m., Friday, July 22, 2011.
VHFA hiring for two finance positions
VHFA has two exciting job openings for a Director of Bond Financing and Investments and a Controller.
Read the job descriptions on our Web site and apply by July 29.
Neighborhood Census 2010 data coming next week
Next week, the U.S. Census Bureau will release the most detailed information available so far from the 2010 Census, including tables on age, sex, households, families, relationship to householder, characteristics of owners and renters, and race and Hispanic or Latino origin groups. The information will be available for a variety of geographic areas, with most tables available down to the neighborhood block or census tract level.
Affordable housing adds to vitality of St. Albans
We couldn't help but notice reference to a couple VHFA housing projects in this weekend's Burlington Free Press story exploring St. Alban's new Census numbers.
The article talks about the 1880s Willard Mill Apartments building (pictured), converted from a brownfield site to 27 units of mostly affordable housing with VHFA's assistance in 2008.
The historic Waugh Opera House is also mentioned in the article.