Residential energy efficiency projects are underway around the state as a result of $6.5 million allocated last year by the Vermont legislature to create lending opportunities that encourage smart energy use.   State Treasurer Beth Pearce announced today the significant progress made during the early months of the Vermont Clean Energy Loan Fund signed into law last June which made these initiatives possi

Burlington’s Certified Local Government will be hosting Nick Artim (Heritage Protection Group) and Jack Watts Ph.D. (Fire Safety Institute) for a daylong seminar on Fire Risk Management and Protection Strategies March 6, 2014 at Main Street Landing.  

VHFA's Executive Director, Sarah Carpenter, received the Tim McKenzie Award at Champlain Housing Trust’s annual meeting and dinner on Saturday.   The award recognized Carpenter’s outstanding contributions to permanently affordable housing during the past thirty years.  Carpenter is a long-time Burlington resident.  

The Vermont Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) program, administered by the state Office of Economic Opportunity, provides a blend of state and federal (HUD) funding in all regions of the state for homeless shelters as well as non-profit programs engaged in work to prevent homelessness.  The purpose of the federal Emergency Solutions Grant program is to help individuals and families quickly regain stability in permanent housing after experien