Vermonters who rely on two of Vermont's emergency fuel assistance programs might have trouble receiving help this year.

The Burlington Free Press reports the Warmth Program and the Shareheat Fund — both administered by the Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity (CVOEO) — are underfunded.

“We’ve never, ever gone into a heating season with this few resources,” says CVOEO Community Relations Director Tim Searles. “This is unprecedented."

You can send donations to Shareheat c/o CVPS, 77 Grove St., Rutland, VT 05701. Or to Warmth Program c/o CVOEO, P.O. Box 1603, Burlington, VT 15402-1603.

In response to a recent Time magazine cover story titled "Rethinking Homeownership," The Wall Street Journal today published a piece titled "10 Reasons to Buy a Home."

"Maybe there's more pain to come in the housing market," Brett Arends writes, "but when Time magazine starts running covers that declare 'Owning a home may no longer make economic sense,' it's time to say: Enough is enough."

Read the WSJ article online.

VHFA Director of Development Joe Erdelyi will be a panelist at next month's National Housing & Rehabilitation Association Fall Developer's Forum in Boston.

Joe will be part of the Oct. 19 "Financing Affordable Housing Part 1: State Tax Credit Allocators Roundtable."

Registration for the two-day event is open now.

Learn more about the event.

Earlier today we told you about Vermont Public Radio's "Vermont Edition" episode devoted to Vermont's Section 8 housing voucher crisis.

WPTZ-TV Channel 5 also aired a story about it last week.

Watch the video online.