Need an affordable apartment or know someone who does? There are vacancies in 11 different apartment complexes across the state, according to the Vermont Directory of Affordable Rental Housing. Find out more about particular units by visiting the vacancy profiles on line.
Job openings in VHFA's homeownership department
VHFA is growing our homeownership staff and has immediate openings in our Burlington office for an Operations Coordinator and Mortgage Loan Underwriter.
Recently named one of the Best Places to Work in Vermont, VHFA offers a competitive salary and excellent benefits package. Please send resume, salary requirement and references by March 11, 2016 to Steve Gronlund, HR Manager ([email protected]).
Read position descriptions.
Scholarships available for students in housing financed through Housing Vermont
The Housing Vermont Scholarship Fund will award up to $10,000 to residents of housing affiliated with Housing Vermont. Students are eligible for a renewable scholarship of up to $2,500 for tuition, books, childcare, transportation, or other expenses related to enrolling in a program.
Applications are due to the Vermont Student Assistance Corporation by March 4. Read more from Housing Vermont.
Legislature learns how to turn temporary down payment assistance program into self-funding tool for future home buyers
Vermont's House Committee on Ways and Means learned this morning about opportunities to transform a temporary statewide down payment assistance program enacted last year into a self-funding program that can help first-time home buyers for years to come. VHFA's Executive Director, Sarah Carpenter, met with the committee this morning to explain how a legacy program could be created with the addition of four years of state housing credit funding.