Excerpt taken from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's "Multifamily Property Managers' Satisfaction with Service Coordination" report:

A recent study evaluated the level of satisfaction among property managers with the provision of service coordination that links residents of HUD-assisted, multifamily housing to needed supportive services.

Overall, the study found a high level of satisfaction with the program and a strong belief among property managers that service coordination improves residents' quality of life.

This morning's Burlington Free Press includes an opinion piece by Burlington attorney L. Randolph Amis.

Published as a follow-up to our recent release of "Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Housing and Wages in Vermont," he writes:

"I fear that soon the authors may need to change the title to 'Between a Rock and No Place' as more and more Vermonters are unable to find safe and secure housing."

Randolph is also a Board member of the Champlain Housing Trust.

Read the full article online.

VHFA received the President's Award from the United Way of Chittenden County.

Executive Director Sarah Carpenter accepted the award on behalf of the Agency at Wednesday night's United Way of Chittenden County Annual Meeting at the Sheraton Burlington Hotel and Conference Center in South Burlington.

VHFA has won the award a number of times over the years.  In 2005, we won the "Campaign of the Year," the United Way's top award.

The President's Award recognizes more than 80 percent employee participation in United Way fundraising, with employee giving of more than $75 per capita.

The Center for Housing Policy today released a report that shows Burlington, Vermont, is the 33rd most expensive metropolitan area in the country for housing rentals.

For homeownership, Burlington ties with Sacramento, Calif., as the 56th most expensive in the nation.

(San Francisco takes top "honors" on both lists.)

The numbers come from "Paycheck to Paycheck: Wages and the Cost of Housing in America," which examines the housing affordability of 210 metropolitan areas for 60 occupations.