Our friend Ludy Biddle of Neighborworks of Western Vermont was interviewed by NPR's Nina Keck last week about their successful weatherization loan program.
How does transportation planning affect the affordability of living in Vermont communities?
A community's transportation infrastructure has a profound effect on how affordable and feasible it is to live there.
To learn about this relationship, check out the recent Channel 17 telecast by local experts Ted Wimpey and Michelle Boomhower.
Housing and health: The importance of place
In the second of a series of papers on how affordable housing impacts other pieces of our lives, the connection between health and housing is becoming better understood. In Housing and Health: The Importance of Place, the authors delve into some of these impacts. As Megan Sandel, M.D., M.P.H., and Deborah Frank, M.D. writes, "For many of our patients, a safe, decent, affordable home is like a vaccine—it literally keeps children healthy.”