Champlain Housing Trust (CHT) played host to approximately 100 guests at a ribbon cutting ceremony Saturday morning for their new headquarters on King Street in Burlington.

The building, a stone's throw from VHFA's location on Saint Paul Street, also contains 20 new units of housing.

U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy, Vermont Sen. Susan Bartlett, and representatives from CHT, Housing Vermont, and NeighborWorks America spoke in a crowded second floor meeting room before things moved outside for the official ribbon cutting.

Champlain Housing Trust (CHT) and King Street Housing celebrate their grand opening this Saturday starting at 10 a.m.

The newly completed building at 88 King Street in Burlington is the new headquarters of CHT. The green building was developed by CHT and Housing Vermont and is also home to 20 apartments.

VHFA allocated $410,000 in Tax Credits to 17 of those units.

U.S. Sen. Pat Leahy, City of Burlington officials, private investors, and state and national funding organizations will be on-hand for the event.

This weekend, the Burlington Free Press highlighted some incentives to get first-time homebuyers into a new home, including the homebuyer tax credit.

Writer Sky Barsch quotes VHFA Public Affairs Manager John Fairbanks in her story.

Read the story online.

Vermont Public Radio's "Vermont Edition" aired a segment last week exploring the question of whether or not housing in Vermont is becoming more affordable.

Host Jane Lindholm spoke with Rutland Herald reporter Bruce Edwards about the debate spurred by a recent report published by two Vermont economists.

Listen to the segment online.