Deborah Flannery of Essex has joined VHFA as the new Managing Director of Community Development. Deb has over 25 years’ experience of working for affordable housing and community development organizations, including three previous Housing Finance Agencies in other states. She has deep knowledge of public and private investment including multifamily finance and development, economic revitalization, and affordable homeownership.

Krista Malaney of North Ferrisburgh has joined VHFA as the new Public Relations Manager. She comes to VHFA from a year as the Executive Director of Homeward Bound, Addison County's Humane Society. Previous to that, she was the Strategic Communications Manager at UVM in HR, Diversity and Multicultural Affairs for eight years. 

On Monday, Vermont Housing Finance Agency (VHFA) released the second draft of the 2026-2027 Qualified Allocation Plan (QAP), which guides the Agency in making housing tax credit allocation decisions. Materials about the QAP update, including the full second draft of the 2026-2027 QAP, a memo that summarizes changes in this draft, and the current 2024-2025 QAP, are available on the VHFA website.