New England Resident Service Coordinators Inc. (NERSC) has announced its new President and Board of Directors.

Jean Benson Bernstein will lead the Massachusetts-based non-profit as President. She is Director of Resident Services for WinnResidential and has served on the NERSC Board for three years.

NERSC, incorporated in 2004, provides professional development and networking opportunities for resident service coordinators in all six New England states.

Read about the other Board members in NERSC's press release.

We've posted our latest official bond statement online for download as a PDF document.

The document pertains to VHFA Multipurpose Bond Series 2008C.

Read the official statement (845kb; PDF).

Officials at Vermont 2-1-1, the free referral service operated by the United Ways of Vermont, report more calls this year have been regarding housing assistance than in 2007.

An article in this morning's Burlington Free Press provides some numbers: Through last month, calls in 2008 regarding housing totaled 1,916, compared to a total of housing-related calls in 2007 of 2,089.

In Chittenden County, housing-related calls through last month totalled 590, compared with a total of 669 for last year.

The article quotes Vermont 2-1-1 Director MaryEllen Mendl as saying, "It's not just that people can't afford housing anymore; they can't keep what they have."

This is the latest of several quick bios we'll blog of speakers scheduled to appear at the Vermont Statewide Housing Conference, Nov. 18 in South Burlington.

Read about other speakers scheduled to present at the event and register to attend at the conference Web site.