On the shores of Lake Champlain yesterday afternoon, VHFA-ers celebrated summer.  

It was a great afternoon of catching up with colleagues and perfecting the fine art of cornhole.  Novices like this writer learned about “cow pies” (when the bag lands on the board for a point), sliders, and swishes.

Low-income communities are hit hard by extreme weather because they lack the resources required to evacuate and deal with the effects, says a new report from the Center for American Progress.

Among the report's recommendations are:

VHFA will buy an abandoned, deteriorating house from the town of St. Johnsbury for $1 and replace it with a new affordable single-family home through the HARP program. 

The town of St. Johnsbury acquired the dilapidated St. Mary Street house after it failed to sell at a tax sale. 

For workers in certain industries, especially tourism and service jobs, the cost of renting or buying a home in the Burlington metropolitan area is out of reach given average wages paid in these fields.