The Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity (CVOEO) Fair Housing Project and VHFA have published a short report titled "Sub-Prime Lending in Vermont."
Subsidized housing managers/owners: We've posted the 2009 certification timeline and Application for Subsidized Rental Housing Certification online.
Act 68, passed by the Vermont legislature in 2003, affects the way subsidized housing buildings in Vermont are taxed. To assure your property is not taxed at the higher "non-homestead" rate, you must apply for the subsidized rental housing designation.
At its Dec. 18 meeting, the VHFA Board of Commissioners decided to suspend new activity under VHFA's multifamily and single-family Ventures pre-development loan program.
We hope to resume this program, which has helped fund start-up development costs for non-profit organizations, as soon as market conditions allow.
Michelle Kennedy's keynote address from last month's Vermont Statewide Housing Conference will air again on CCTV Channel 17 in Chittenden County: