WCAX-TV Channel 3 aired a story last week about the challenges Vermont's homeless encounter when seeking help.

Watch or read the story online.

As a follow-up to Gov. Shumlin's June 7 "Housing the Homeless Summit," the Agency of Human Services is seeking your comments.

The Agency has created a Web site to accept your comments about the summit and the topics covered.

You'll also find a number of proposals presented at the summit available for download as PDFs.

Bonnie Black of Essex has joined VHFA as Homeownership Outreach Coordinator.

VHFA lowered our home mortgage loan interest rates today.

Our Government program — 30-year, 0 point, fixed rate — is 4.75% (4.75% APR).

Our Conventional program — 30-year, 0.25 point, fixed rate — is 4.875% (4.9% APR).