This evening's "Live at 5:25" show on Channel 17 will feature an interview with VHFA's Policy and Planning Manager, Maura Collins. She 
In addition to FEMA's Public Assistance and Individual Assistance programs, federal mitigation funds are available to all Vermont towns through the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP).
Charged with administering the program, Vermont Emergency Management is now accepting HMGP applications from towns and agencies in all Vermont counties in connection with the Tropical Storm Irene.
Another round of awards will be made in the spring, with an application deadline of March 16, 2012.
The Obama administration sent Congress its FY 2013 budget this week, proposing changes to the housing credit program to provide incentives for creating mixed-income housing and to allow a 30 percent basis boost for some 4 percent credit, tax-exempt bond-financed preservation projects. It also proposes repealing the mortgage revenue bond (MRB) program purchase price limit and refinancing restriction.
VHFA’s Legal Coordinator, Brenda Howley, recently returned from a trip in India, following a path that began 27 years ago.