Vermont's Commission on Financing and Delivery of Affordable Housing and Conservation has issued its report. Its conclusion: Vermont’s housing delivery system is efficient and produces desirable results that can be a model for other states.

The eight-person commission was created by the Legislature last season to study the work of Vermont's four statewide housing organizations, including VHFA, responsible for funding organizations and individuals who provide or receive affordable housing.

At question is the impact of a possible merger of the organizations on the production of affordable housing, land conservation, and historic preservation.

The recovery is progressing well for the U.S. and Vermont, according to presenters at the Vermont Economic Outlook Conference last Friday. Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody’s Analytics, listed five reasons he expected the economy to continue improving well:

Central Vermont Community Action Council invites you to an open house for its most energy efficient homes yet: the new building at 5 Church Street in Randolph.

Built on the site of a previous structure destroyed by fire last year, the new building is the most energy-efficient building of its kind in the state.

The event's Thursday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Ribbon cutting at 10, with tours and refreshments.

R.S.V.P. to [email protected] or 802.477.5237.

Jennifer Hollar has joined VHFA's Board of Commissioners.

Jennifer, the state’s new Deputy Commissioner of the Vermont Department of Economic, Housing and Community Development (DEHCD), has worked at the Vermont Department of Housing and Community Affairs, Vermont Housing and Conservation Board, and a Washington, D.C., municipal development organization.

For 10 years, she served as a Commissioner of the Montpelier Housing Authority and has been on the Board of the Central Vermont Community Land Trust for six years.