An increasing share of Vermont’s housing stock is occupied by only one person, reports today's Burlington Free Press. This is a national trend that is likely to continue into the future, as the portion of the population who are elderly increase.
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Primary home sales in January through June of 2013 are occuring at a 4 percent higher pace in Vermont, when compared to 2012, according to the recently updated Vermont Housing Data website. The median price statewide was $205,000 during the first six months of year, compared to $196,000 in 2012, a 5 percent increase.
Mark your calendars for VHFA’s Friends and Family night at Centennial Field on Sunday, August 11th. Tickets are on sale now for a discounted rate of $6 each with half of all proceeds being donated directly to the United Way.
When Joe Erdelyi first walked through VHFA’s doors as an intern from the University of Vermont, he had little inkling that he would ultimately become such an integral part of affordable rental housing development in Vermont. Erdelyi, VHFA’s Development Director, has spent the past twenty years helping non-profit and for-profit developers around the state build and renovate much needed rental housing by overseeing the allocation of housing