Richmond Terrace, a 16-unit affordable rental housing complex for seniors, was awarded the Major Renovation Honor award from Efficiency Vermont last week. The complex underwent a deep energy retrofit and capital improvement program in 2014.

The Vermont Division of Fire Safety in the process of updating the 2015 International Plumbing Code and Vermont Plumbing Rules.

Check out the annotated, proposed 2015 Vermont Plumbing Rules on-line.

After a multi-year period of stagnancy, home prices statewide are expected to increase by at least 2 percent each year for the next three years, according to Vermont’s Joint Fiscal Office and state economists.  By 2017, annual home price appreciation is likely to reach 3.4 percent.  Read more in the Vermont Revised Fiscal 2015-17 Revenue Outlook.

Thinking about buying a home before prices head north?  Learn how VHFA’s mortgage programs can help.  

Celebrating VHFA’s 40^th anniversary made 2014 a great opportunity to take stock of the impact of its activities across the state.