VHFA Policy & Planning Manager Maura Collins joined host Jane Lindholm on today's "Vermont Edition" on Vermont Public Radio.
You can hear their discussion about the recently released Housing Needs Assessment. Listen online.
Listen for VHFA Policy & Planning Manager Maura Collins on Vermont Public Radio tomorrow.
Maura will appear in the second half of VPR's "Vermont Edition" — around 12:40 p.m. — speaking about the recently-published Vermont Housing Needs Assessment (HNA).
Maura co-wrote the publication, along with VHFA Research Analyst Leslie Black-Plumeau, under contract by the Vermont Department of Economic, Housing and Community Development (DEHCD).
Leslee MacKenzie, President of the Vermont Association of Realtors, join Neal Charnoff yesterday on Vermont Public Radio to talk about new numbers that show a slowing pace of home sales.
The federal government is offering nearly $600,000 in refunds to Vermonters who upgrade their household appliances to more energy efficient models.
The money is part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
The state is running a mail-in rebate program to help Vermonters replace older, inefficient appliances with new, high-efficiency Energy Star® qualified and ultra-efficient appliances.
The program for gas tankless water heaters, gas furnaces, and gas boilers is scheduled to begin this month. The program for clothes washers, refrigerators, and air conditioners is tentatively scheduled to begin in March.
The rebates will end when all the funds are depleted.
Eligible products include: