Sunday's Rutland Herald examined a slow down in the volume of home sales in the state in 2011, interviewing VHFA's Excecutive Director Sarah Carpenter and other Vermont real estate experts. Cautious buyers, the elimination of the home buyer tax credit, and tight credit standards and down payment requirements were the primary causes cited.
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Fox 44's nightly newscast interviewed VHFA's Leslie Black-Plumeau, Research and Communications Coordinator, about the new website: Vermont Rental Housing Codes. As described in Housing Matters last week, the site provides guidance on the health and safety standards that existing residential rental housing in Vermont must meet.
WCAX News covered Vermont's new rental codes website today. The Rental Housing Codes website provides guidance on the health and safety standards that existing residential rental housing must meet.
VHFA launched a new website today: Vermont Rental Housing Codes. The site provides guidance on the health and safety standards that existing residential rental housing in Vermont must meet.
“Finally landlords, tenants, and municipalities have one place to look for rental codes, instead of searching through several different websites to cobble together what applies to them,” said Executive Director Sarah Carpenter. “For most renters –and landlords – it has been hard to know exactly what applies to them and who is responsible for what. This site tries to clarify the most common questions.”