Fifteen homeless Vermont veterans will receive permanent housing assistance as part of a $58.6 million U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) rental assistance program announced last week.

We've created a Twitter account for the Vermont Statewide Housing Conference: @vtshc.

If you missed VHFA Executive Director Sarah Carpenter on Mike McNamara's "Housing and Communities" show on Channel 17 last night, you have a few more chances to catch it:

Last Friday, the U.S. House passed H.R. 4213, the “Tax Extenders Bill.”

The legislation provides $1 billion for the National Housing Trust Fund (NHTF), which will enable communities to build, rehabilitate, and preserve housing for very low income households.