Quick reminder that the Directory of Affordable Rental Housing (DoARH) Web site lets all managers of subsidized housing in Vermont post their vacancies for free.

Visited by hundreds of people each week, the DoARH is an easy-to-use, central location to publicize your vacancies, and it helps meet your Fair Housing posting requirements.

We noticed that Vermont's largest city ended up on two lists at CNN.com recently.

Burlington ranks #4 on CNN's list of cities with the lowest number of foreclosures: 1 in 8,006 housing units.

Elsewhere on the site, the Queen City's listed as having the 23rd highest rental rates anywhere in the country.

You can see all the numbers under the "Costs" tab at CNN's Web site.

A recent report by Ernst & Young says if proposals made by Affordable Rental Housing A.C.T.I.O.N. are adopted by Congress, investment in affordable housing development will increase substantially.

The report estimates investment in large and small housing developments in metro and rural regions across the country is likely to increase by nearly 50 percent in 2010 and '11.

The financial crisis has reduced investment in the Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) program, the most successful program for boosting affordable housing production.

Since 1986, LIHTCs have financed 388 affordable rental homes a year in Vermont.

There's no shortage of places on the Internet to express your opinion about any number of topics, but this caught our attention: Someone recently posted a topic on the debate site SparkWords, which has generated a dozen responses — some thoughtful, some less so.

The question is: "What would be your number one concern if low-income housing came to your neighborhood?"

As advocates for affordable housing, VHFA and our partners have encountered our share of NIMBYism — folks who react to proposed development by taking a "Not in my back yard" attitude.