We've created a Twitter account for the Vermont Statewide Housing Conference: @vtshc.

To facilitate discussion about the conference as we approach the Nov. 18 event, add the hashtag #vshc to your own tweets and we'll re-tweet your comments to the conference's followers.

If you missed VHFA Executive Director Sarah Carpenter on Mike McNamara's "Housing and Communities" show on Channel 17 last night, you have a few more chances to catch it:

Last Friday, the U.S. House passed H.R. 4213, the “Tax Extenders Bill.”

The legislation provides $1 billion for the National Housing Trust Fund (NHTF), which will enable communities to build, rehabilitate, and preserve housing for very low income households.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has posted the Choice Neighborhood FY10 Notice of Funding Availability Pre-Notice. It gives potential applicants guidance prior to the Choice Neighborhoods funding notice, which will be published this summer.