VHFA is soliciting proposals from independent, nationally- or regionally-recognized public accounting firms for the purpose of auditing its financial statements beginning with the fiscal year ending June 30, 2011.
VAHC urges "Yes" on Burlington's question #8
The Vermont Affordable Housing Coalition (VAHC) urges Burlington voters to vote "Yes" on Question #8 in tomorrow's Town Meeting Day vote.
The question asks whether or not to send a message to the Legislature to pass a bill protecting at-risk assisted Vermonters and their housing.
VAHC used donated funds to distribute more than 15,000 flyers to Burlington residents and post lawn signs to help get out the vote.
In addition to asking residents to vote "Yes" tomorrow, VAHC is looking for people to hold signs at the polls and help spread the word online about the vote.
Housing, population data bare closer examination
Today's story on the front of the Burlington Free Press, "Census sense: Housing, population data in Chittenden County crisscross," tells us what a lot of people working with housing data already knew: Numbers can be difficult to interpret.
Writer Joel Banner Baird ponders housing numbers that seem to be growing faster than population.
Report: Housing affordability down for workers
A new report by the Center for Housing Policy (CHP) says housing affordability has significantly decreased for working owners and renters.
The annual report, "Housing Landscape 2011," looks at housing affordability trends for working households between 2008 and 2009 focusing on the effects of employment, income and housing costs.
According to the report, nearly one in four working households had a severe housing cost burden in 2009, spending more than half of its income on housing costs.