The average student loan balance is $30,000 among Chittenden and Windsor county residents between the ages of 18 and 44. Only three counties in New England rank higher, according to recent research from the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston--Suffolk and Norfolk counties in MA and Grafton County in NH.  

We updated hundreds of estimates pertaining to the housing in Vermont’s communities on the Vermont Housing Data website last week.  Many of these estimates originate from the Census Bureau’s annual American Community Survey.

Executive Director Sarah Carpenter announced Matthew Harder, Vergennes, VT has joined VHFA as Staff Accountant.

Matt is a recent graduate of the Community College of Vermont and is on course to be awarded a second degree, an AS in Accounting, this July..

Located in the heart of downtown Burlington, VHFA is a socially responsible employer with approximately 38 employees.

The amount of income needed to afford a modest apartment puts Vermont among the most expensive states in the country, according to today’s Out of Reach 2015 report, jointly released by the National Low Income Housing Coalition and the Vermont Affordable Housing Coalition.