The Vermont Downtown Board has designated Winooski's downtown as a "Vermont Neighborhood."
The designation, made possible by last year's housing legislation, makes Winooski eligible for help in the creation of affordable housing.
Read more about Winooski's designation at the Vermont Business Magazine site.
A number of Vermont media carried a story by the Associated Press this weekend regarding Vermont's tight rental market.
The story was picked up by the Rutland Herald/Times Argus, WPTZ-TV, WCAX-TV and Vermont Public Radio.
Read the story at the Herald site.
This morning's Burlington Free Press includes a story regarding affordability, specifically condominiums. VHFA Executive Director Sarah Carpenter is quoted in the piece.
Our friends at the U.S. Department of Agriculture/Rural Development (USDA/RD) have made changes to their Section 502 Guaranteed Loan Program so more Vermonters may be eligible.
USDA/RD has increased its income limits for the program, which help determine who might be eligible for a home loan. At the same time, they've moved to a two-tiered system — for families of one to four people and five to eight people — to simplify the process.
"This will have a huge impact for qualifying customers as it relates to income eligibility based on household size," according to USDA/RD Housing Program Director Bob McDonald.
A few more stories have appeared in local media regarding our release Tuesday of the latest edition of "Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Housing and Wages in Vermont."
Windham County has least affordable housing
Brattleboro ReformerVermonters struggle to afford renting a home
Fox 44-TVHousing still unaffordable for many in Vermont
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