Vermont Housing Finance Agency was awarded a contract to research and write a report for the City of Burlington.

The city's Community and Economic Development Office (CEDO) picked VHFA's proposal to produce its "Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing." The report, required as a part of Burlington's consolidated planning process, was last published in 1999.

The report will be produced by VHFA Research Analyst Leslie Black-Plumeau and returning University of Pennsylvania's Warton School intern Casey Klyszeiko, under the direction of Policy and Planning Manager Maura Collins.

The Washington Post published a story today about the Center for Housing Policy's recent housing affordability report, which we posted about yesterday.

Read the Post story online: "Housing affordability down even in real estate slump"

Read our post from yesterday: "Report: Housing affordability worsens"

The Vermont Department of Economic, Housing and Community Development (DEHCD) will release the 2010 Vermont Housing Needs Assessment at a press event Tuesday, Dec. 22.

The event will be held at 1 p.m. in the Cedar Creek Room at the Vermont Statehouse on State Street, Montpelier.

Copies of the report will be available online as PDF downloads soon.

The study focuses on housing needs of the state’s lower-income households, and examines challenges facing special populations, such as seniors and Vermonters with extremely low-incomes.

It consists of a synopsis and seven chapters devoted to specific housing topics:

A recent report from the Center for Housing Policy shows housing affordability has worsened, despite dropping home prices.

"Housing Affordability Trends for Working Households" reports the number of working families across the nation with "severe housing cost burdens" rose from 18 to 20 percent from 2005-08.

The number of working renters spending more than 50 percent of their income for housing stayed about the same: 22 percent.