More than 100 supporters traveled to the Statehouse for the recent Legislative Day to build awareness and support for the Vermont Housing & Conservation Coalition.
Burlington ranked 47th most expensive homeownership market
The Center for Housing Policy's "Paycheck to Paycheck" report, released today, ranks Burlington, Vt., the 47th most expensive homeownership market out of 206.
The city ranks the 35th most expensive rental market out of 210.
"Purchasing a home remains unaffordable for many key community workers despite historically low mortgage interest rates and steep drops in home prices," according to a release issued by the center.
Sugar Mae remembered 20 years on
Yesterday Mortgage Orb published an article by Phil Hall, Editor of Secondary Marketing Executive, recalling VHFA's Sugar Mae program from the early '90s.
"If Sugar Mae wasn't the right idea for its time, then at least it showed willingness to address thorny local issues in a creative manner," Hall writes. "On that point, it deserves to be remembered."
Report: Subsidized housing reduces childhood hunger
A new report from Children's HealthWatch in Boston indicates children living in subsidized housing are less likely to be hungry.
The report, "Rx for Hunger: Affordable Housing," is covered in a short article in this month's issue of Affordable Housing Finance magazine.
"The study makes the case that food-assistance programs alone cannot address childhood hunger," the article states. "Affordable housing is part of the solution."