Housing law workshop Wednesday
Tomorrow there’s an exciting opportunity to dive into the details of Vermont’s housing laws. Billed as “an advanced workshop for planning professionals exploring Vermont housing laws,” this event will cover an overview of fair housing laws, changes to Title 9, and the Federal Fair Housing Act. “Case studies will be presented, followed by a discussion of potential future amendments to housing laws in Vermont,” the flyer reads.
Vermont tops list of targeting Housing Credits to most vulnerable
Yet again VHFA has topped all other states in using Housing Tax Credits – a program designed to serve low income households earning up to 60 percent of the area’s median income (AMI) – for extremely low income households earning less than 30 percent of the AMI. 65 percent of Vermont’s credits served extremely low income households, compared to a national average of just 9 percent.
Growing home size is one of many new home statistics released by Census Bureau
The average single-family house completed in the U.S. in 2011 was 2,480 square feet, compared to 2,392 the year before, according to results of the Census Bureau’s Survey of Construction released recently. The tidbits below as well as many other types of information about new homes are available on the U.S.