Vermont's 2013 Point-in-Time (PIT) Count will take place next Tuesday, January 29 – Wednesday, January 30, 2013. The PIT count is a HUD-required annual count of sheltered and unsheltered homeless populations over the course of a 24-hour period.  

VHFA staff celebrated the new year last week with their traditional ugly sweater competition, Yankee gift swap and potluck lunch.   

Investing in thermal efficiency improvements—primarily air sealing, insulation, and heating system replacements—can dramatically reduce a home’s heating energy use.   An estimated 62,000 single and multi-family homes in Vermont will require energy efficient improvements by 2020, according to the state’s recent

Lower-income Vermonters experiencing home heating problems on these extremely cold days are encouraged to contact the Vermont Department for Children and Families (DCF) to request crisis heating assistance.