Sen. Bernie Sanders issued a statement this afternoon saying he will "vote against a budget agreement that cuts public housing by $605 million and eliminates financial counseling when homeowners need it most."

According to the statement, the proposed cuts include a 16 percent reduction to the Community Development Block Grant program, which helps build affordable housing; and a 12 percent cut to the HOME program, which funds affordable housing for low-income families.

The cuts would cost Vermont $1.5 million in grant funding and another $500,000 to build affordable housing.

VHFA Homeownership Outreach Coordinator Erin Perrin appeared on WBTN-AM's "Real Estate Insights" program this morning.

We've archived Erin's segment on the show here: Listen to the program now.

You can also hear the show again on WBTN 1370 AM in the Bennington area, Monday at 2 p.m.

VHFA has listed for sale a home at 196 Franklin Road, Vernon. The price for the three-bedroom, 1.5 bath house is $105,200, after a $71,800 grant.

This house is one of the latest to come through the Housing Acquisition & Rehabilitation Program (HARP), where VHFA acquires foreclosed properties from banks, renovates them, and resells them to income-eligible Vermonters.

View the complete property listing.

Members of the Rockingham Area Community Land Trust (RACLT) in Springfield have voted to dissolve the organization.

Under the proposed plan, the more than 500 affordable housing units owned and managed by RACLT  would go to Windham Housing Trust (WHT), which will continue to serve the tenants.

RACLT cites difficult economic conditions as the reason for the change, which has been under consideration for more than a year.

One potential stumbling block is RACLT's mobile home parks, which WHT doesn't want to purchase.

Read more in the Brattleboro Reformer.