Organizing your schedule for next week? Check out the list below and the Events Calendar page on VHFA's website for the latest Vermont housing events.

Wednesday, Sept 11
VAHC Annual Meeting, Joint Meeting with VCEH & VCEH Monthly Meeting

On the shores of Lake Champlain yesterday afternoon, VHFA-ers celebrated summer.  

It was a great afternoon of catching up with colleagues and perfecting the fine art of cornhole.  Novices like this writer learned about “cow pies” (when the bag lands on the board for a point), sliders, and swishes.

Low-income communities are hit hard by extreme weather because they lack the resources required to evacuate and deal with the effects, says a new report from the Center for American Progress.

Among the report's recommendations are:

VHFA will buy an abandoned, deteriorating house from the town of St. Johnsbury for $1 and replace it with a new affordable single-family home through the HARP program. 

The town of St. Johnsbury acquired the dilapidated St. Mary Street house after it failed to sell at a tax sale.