The Vermont Department of Economic, Housing and Community Development (DEHCD) will hold a public hearing regarding the third phase of the Neighborhood Stabilization Program.

The hearing will be tomorrow from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. in the Calvin Coolidge Conference Room, National Life Building, 1 National Life Drive in Montpelier.

NSP funds the Housing Acquisition and Rehabilitation Program (HARP) that allows VHFA to purchase foreclosed properties, renovate them, and resell them to income-eligible Vermonters using grants to assure the homes stay affordable in the future.

For information on tomorrow's hearing, contact DEHCD's Ann Karlene Kroll at 802.828.5225, [email protected].

Vermont Public Radio (VPR) has put online yesterday's "Vermont Edition" program covering the topic of subsidized housing units in Vermont at risk of expiring.

VHFA Executive Sarah Carpenter was a guest on the show.

The station's also put online a story reported by "Vermont Edition" Producer Patti Daniels and culled from yesterday's program.

Listen to "Vermont Edition" online and hear Daniels's report, too.

VHFA has listed for sale a home at 51 Water St., Orleans. The price for the three-bedroom, two-bath house is $89,000, after a $20,000 grant.

This house is the latest to come through the Housing Acquisition & Rehabilitation Program (HARP), where VHFA acquires foreclosed properties from banks, renovates them, and resells them to income-eligible Vermonters.

View the listing now.

The Vermont Affordable Housing Coalition's Erhard Mahnke and Housing Vermont's Kenn Sassorossi discussed affordable housing on Channel 17/CCTV yesterday.