Yesterday Mortgage Orb published an article by Phil Hall, Editor of Secondary Marketing Executive, recalling VHFA's Sugar Mae program from the early '90s.
"If Sugar Mae wasn't the right idea for its time, then at least it showed willingness to address thorny local issues in a creative manner," Hall writes. "On that point, it deserves to be remembered."
A new report from Children's HealthWatch in Boston indicates children living in subsidized housing are less likely to be hungry.
The report, "Rx for Hunger: Affordable Housing," is covered in a short article in this month's issue of Affordable Housing Finance magazine.
"The study makes the case that food-assistance programs alone cannot address childhood hunger," the article states. "Affordable housing is part of the solution."
Thanks to attorneys Gensburg, Atwell & Broderick for signing on as the latest sponsor of the 2010 Vermont Statewide Housing Conference.
Signing up early gets your organization more bang for its buck. All sponsorships include your logo on the conference Web site.
Vermont affordable housing advocates, including VHFA Executive Director Sarah Carpenter, are testifying to the House Ways and Means Committee today.
The subject is the House tax expenditure budget bill, which proposes to eliminate the state Affordable Housing Tax Credit, along with the Charitable Housing Tax Credit and Mobile Home Park Sale Credit.
Federal housing credits have been responsible for most of the affordable housing development in the nation, including Vermont, since Congress created the program in 1987.