Housing Matters missed the chance last week to bid a more timely farewell to VHFA Staff Accountant Ashley Lamell.
Ashley finished up her two-year tenure with the Agency last Thursday to take an accounting position with Marsh.
We're currently hiring to fill her position. Read a full job description on our Web site.
Good luck, Ashley!
VHFA has an immediate opening for our Staff Accountant position.
Today's Wall Street Journal article "Vermont Mortgage Laws Shut The Door on Bust — and Boom" examines Vermont's low rate of foreclosure and attributes it, in part, to banking regulations and land use practices.
Property owners in Charlotte have until the end of August to apply for grants to help them convert or add an affordable unit or two to their existing property.
The money — a total of $40,000 each year for three years — comes from the town's Affordable Housing Trust Fund, approved at the 2007 town meeting.
Up to $5,000 is available for a feasibility study; $10,000 for construction of a single unit, up to $30,000 in construction grants per project.
According to Town Planner Dean Bloch in this morning's Burlington Free Press, so far this year no one has applied for a grant.