Some photos from this morning's press event to release the 2011 edition of "Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Housing and Wages in Vermont."

We held the event in the Statehouse's Cedar Creek Room, with about 50 people attending.

You can download a press release about the event (PDF).

VHFA released its "Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Housing and Wages in Vermont" report this morning at a press event in Montpelier's Statehouse.

This 2011 update is the 10th edition of the annual report first published in 2002.

Vermont 2-1-1's analysis of calls to the helpline in 2010, shows calls related to homelessness were up 30 percent over the previous year.

Some other findings from the organization's recent report:

Sen. Bernie Sanders issued a statement this afternoon saying he will "vote against a budget agreement that cuts public housing by $605 million and eliminates financial counseling when homeowners need it most."

According to the statement, the proposed cuts include a 16 percent reduction to the Community Development Block Grant program, which helps build affordable housing; and a 12 percent cut to the HOME program, which funds affordable housing for low-income families.

The cuts would cost Vermont $1.5 million in grant funding and another $500,000 to build affordable housing.