Members of the Rockingham Area Community Land Trust (RACLT) in Springfield have voted to dissolve the organization.

Under the proposed plan, the more than 500 affordable housing units owned and managed by RACLT  would go to Windham Housing Trust (WHT), which will continue to serve the tenants.

RACLT cites difficult economic conditions as the reason for the change, which has been under consideration for more than a year.

One potential stumbling block is RACLT's mobile home parks, which WHT doesn't want to purchase.

Read more in the Brattleboro Reformer.

VHFA has listed for sale a home at 20 Stowell St., St. Albans. The price for the four-bedroom, one-and-three-quarters bath house is $109,000, after a $76,000 grant.

See this home in person during this weekend's open house: Sunday, April 17, 1 to 3 p.m.

This house is one of the latest to come through the Housing Acquisition & Rehabilitation Program (HARP), where VHFA acquires foreclosed properties from banks, renovates them, and resells them to income-eligible Vermonters.

VHFA staff begins its annual spring wellness program next week. This year, it's "The Five-Week Wellness Challenge," a progressive fitness program that encourages staff members to make small improvements to their health each week.

For week #1, beginning next week, staff are encouraged to get up and get moving. Here are some suggestions, if you'd like to play along at your office:

We've just completed our latest update to the "Vermont housing data profiles" section of Vermont Housing Data. We've added or updated: