VHFA is seeking applicants for two immediate job openings: Director of Information Technology and Community Development Underwriter.
Need an affordable apartment?
Do you need an affordable apartment or know someone who does?
There are vacancies in 88 different apartment complexes across the state, according to the Vermont Directory of Affordable Rental Housing. Learn more about particular units by clicking on the development name below, or by visiting the vacancy profiles on the website.
Pictured: Hawk's Meadow Apartments in Essex
Home building is key to helping improve affordability market-wide
A recent study illustrates how new market-rate housing construction in one part of town, especially in markets with low vacancy rates, improves housing affordability for lower income residents in other parts. This occurs because newly built homes and low-income neighborhoods are connected to each other via a complex housing ecosystem, according to economist Evan Mast’s recent study for the Upjohn Institute. Through address matching, Mast traced the chain of moves triggered when new homes are purchased.
VHFA seeks public comment on Tax Credit Qualified Allocation Plan
Vermont Housing Finance Agency (VHFA) is seeking feedback and comments on the Qualified Allocation Plan (QAP) that guides the agency in making housing tax credit allocation decisions. The agency is opening the comment and feedback period effective April 23, 2019 and will close the period on Friday, May 24. The current version of the QAP is available on VHFA’s website.