Enterprise Community Partners Inc. is holding a free webinar for builders: "Green Communities: Radon-Resistant Construction Strategies."
The session, being held Thursday, 2-3:30 p.m. EST, will review the importance of radon mitigation and focus on strategies for radon-resistant construction in affordable housing through case studies.
The Vermont Department of Economic, Housing and Community Development (DEHCD) is looking for assistance in determining Vermont's Consolidated Plan for 2010-2015.
Vermont’s Consolidated Plan, revised every five years, guides the investment of more than $13 million the state receives each year from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. The money funds three grant programs: Community Development Block Grants (CDBG), Home Investment Partnerships (HOME) and Emergency Shelter Grants (ESG).
The lowest-income families in the nation had an even more difficult time in 2008 finding affordable housing.
That's the conclusion of the National Low Income Housing Coalition's (NLIHC) analysis of 2008 American Community Survey data.
For every 100 extremely low-income households — those earning 30% or less of their area median income — there were 37 affordable rental units in 2008. That number is down from 39 the previous year.
Put another way, the shortage of afffordable units for these households grew from 2.7 million in 2007 to 3.1 million in '08.
The Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission (CCRPC) is looking for comments on its 2011 plan.
You can sign up to receive drafts of the plan as they're written, so you can provide comments to help shape the final document: Go to the CCRPC Web site and complete the form.
Initial comments are being taken through Dec. 23.