About 3.5% of Vermont’s population moved out of the state in 2012-2013—about the same number as those moving in, according to Census estimates. This means that the number of people moving in and out of the state had no net effect on the state’s total population.

Having equal sized flows in and out of the state is not unique for Vermont. The earliest estimates available in this format (for 2004-2005) show that roughly the same number of people moved in and out of the state in that year. 

Vermont’s experience mirrors that of several New England states.  Both Rhode Island and New Hampshire had in- and out-migration rates in the 3-4% range.  

The average aging baby boomer plans to “age in place” which will create new levels of demand for remodeling of the currently inaccessible homes they live in, confirms a recent report from Harvard’s Joint Center for Housing Studies. 

The lack of affordable housing in the U.S. has become a “silent crisis” says a new report from the J. Ronald Terwilliger Foundation for Housing America’s Families.  The foundation, formed just last month, is led by a  bi-partisan group of business leaders, policy makers and financial and housing experts. 

Executive Director Sarah Carpenter announced Joseph Brouard, Richmond, VT, has joined VHFA as SQL Server Report Writer and Analyst. 

Joe has previously worked at IBM for 14 years and most recently at Norwich University for 8.