Affordable housing development organizations should plan to attend the Oct. 29 training on the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act/Section 104(d) of the Housing and Community Development Act.

If you're working on a HUD-funded project (HOME, CDBG, and Section 108 Loan Guarantees) that involves acquisition of real estate or rehabilitation of existing occupied residential or commercial property, you're obligated to comply with these requirements.

Trainer Frank Bangor has nearly three decades of experience in housing and community development compliance issues.

This is the latest of several quick bios we'll blog of speakers scheduled to appear at the Vermont Statewide Housing Conference, Nov. 18 in South Burlington.

Read about other speakers scheduled to present at the event and register to attend at the conference Web site.

John Fairbanks is Public Affairs Manager for Vermont Housing Finance Agency, supervising communications activities and working in government relations, as well as one of the coordinators of our biennial conference.

Vermont Resident Service Coordinators has published a new resources guide.

Read our previous post about this publication, or download the document (PDF).

Rick DeAngelis at Vermont Housing & Conservation Board in Montpelier has released more details about the fuel assistance workshop taking place Oct. 1 in Montpelier.

The workshop is for owners and managers of affordable rental housing, and will focus on how those people can assist their very low income residents take advantage of the Vermont Fuel Assistance program.

The agenda will be: