VHFA Policy and Planning Manager Maura Collins participated in an affordable housing panel discussion Tuesday night at Champlain College in Burlington.

BusinessWeek has named St. Albans Vermont's "most affordable" suburb.

"Housing prices across the nation are being flattened by the worst economic crisis in decades," Prashat Gopal writes, "but it's still not necessarily easy to find affordable suburbs.

The Federal Reserve Board has published "Innovative Ideas for Revitalizing the LIHTC Market," a collection of articles exploring ways to allow the Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) program help more low-income renters.

The Washington Post reported yesterday that a new report published by the Urban Institute shows homeowners having difficulty making their mortgage payments are 60 percent more likely to avoid foreclosure if they receive homeownership counseling than those who do not.

Those receiving counseling are also 60 percent more likely to have their mortgage payments lowered "significantly."