VHFA Policy and Planning Manager Maura Collins will teach a graduate-level housing policy course at the University of Vermont in Burlington.
The course will be offered in the Fall 2010 semester.
A syllabus from her '09 course is available online.
For more information, contact Maura.
Granted, Vermont isn't Boston, but a recent story in the Boston Globe shows people in Boston who move distances in search of affordable housing often sacrifice those savings in higher transportation costs.
The story, based on a study from the Urban Land Institute, a Washington, D.C., research group, quotes Henry Cisneros (pictured), Secretary of Housing and Urban Development in the Clinton administration and an institute board member:
According to U-Haul International Inc., Vermont was one of the most moved-to states in the nation for 2009.
The company's annual "Top 10 U.S. Growth States" report shows Vermont is at the top of the list for states receiving 5,000 to 20,000 new families — with 16.67 percent more families moving in than moving out.
Vermont overtook Maine, which held the top spot for the two previous years.
For states receiving more than 20,000 families in 2009, Kentucky experienced the greatest growth: 5.76 percent.
Haven't received your 2010 U.S. Census form in the mail? You should have by now. Don't be left out of the count: Call toll-free to get your form: (866) 872-6868.
You might not have yet received your form because the Census Bureau might want to count your household in person. Or the Bureau might not know about your housing unit.
To be safe, call the Census today and make sure you're not being missed.
Census data is used, among other things, to help determine allocation of vital federal funding, so an accurate count is very important.