During our recent sale of single family bonds, Vermonters’ own investment decisions helped ensured the success of the deal and the continuation of low interest rate VHFA-financing to qualified home buyers.  These AAA-rated, tax exempt bonds, which also benefited from favorable interest rates in late November, totaled $12 million. 

On January 4, 2012, the state's homeless shelters and service providers will commemorate the thousands of Vermonters who received housing and/or services this past year.    A memorial vigil will be held at noon on the State House steps in Montpelier. 

This event is sponsored by Vemont Coalition to End Homelessness.    For more information, contact Linda Ryan at [email protected] or 802.373.6505

Are you wondering about how climate change will impact the world's housing needs?   A recent report entitled, Adapting to Climate Change: Cities and the Urban Poor, by the International Housing Coalition, brings a wealth of information together about the effects of rising sea levels, increased temperatures, increased storm  activity, and other climate change dynamics on housing world-wide. 

The report also summarizes action steps that can be taken to reduce climate change risks to the world's housing stock, such as hardening infrastructure to make it more resilient to extreme weather and building seawalls.