Local governments in Portland, Ore., Los Angeles, Calif., and Kirkland, Wash., have taken steps to promote small housing development, according to the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development's case studies clearinghouse.
Portland's Living Smart Program offers permit-ready "skinny home" plans — plans pre-approved by the city council that have already passed life, safety, and structural review — that developers can acquire to build on small, infill lots in the city's neighborhoods.
The ground breaking at Thayer Commons in Burlington's New North End yesterday was the subject of an article in today's Burlington Free Press.
The article cites Housing Vermont's Nancy Owens with a figure of about $760 for a two-bedroom rental in the facility, including heat and water, compared with a market rate of about $1,200.
VHFA Homeownership Outreach Coordinator Erin Perrin wrapped up her tenure at VHFA this week.
After five years with the Agency, she's off to Sugar Tree Mortgage, a new joint venture between Lang McLaughry Spera and Shelter Mortgage.
Good luck, Erin!
Sen. Patrick Leahy joined affordable housing developers and local, state and federal officials this morning to break ground on Thayer Commons in Burlington.
The project, in city's New North End, will create 33 new affordable apartments for seniors and 33 affordable apartments for families.
Cathedral Square Corp. plans to construct an additional 26‐32 senior apartments in a second phase of the development. Developer Eric Farrell is renovating the former Thayer School for commercial use and constructing a new building that'll add 47 more market rate apartments.