Vermont Public Radio aired a story today about Champlain Housing Trust's winning a United Nations World Habitat Award.

Read the script or listen to the story.

We received word this afternoon that two more of our housing conference workshops have been approved for continuing education credit by the American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP).

"Planning/Zoning: Getting Communities Housing-Ready" and "Green Building" join the four previously announced workshops in offering planners 1.25 hours of AICP credit each.

You can register for the conference online.

Our 200th attendee registered for the 2008 Vermont Statewide Housing Conference today.

If you haven't yet signed up for our Nov. 18 event, register online now. The early-bird registration fee of just $40 is still in effect for a couple more weeks, until it goes up to $50 on Oct. 17.

This is the latest of several quick bios we'll blog of speakers scheduled to appear at the Vermont Statewide Housing Conference, Nov. 18 in South Burlington.

Read about other speakers scheduled to present at the event and register to attend at the conference Web site.