HUD announced today the release of $21.6 million in community rebuilding funds to Vermont. This is one of the largest single awards of federal disaster relief funds in Vermont's history. The funds were awarded by a newly enacted appropriations bill, through the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program.
          
  
            Middle America home to the cheapest cities in the country
      
        
        
        
        
          
  
            
      
        
Most of the metropolitian areas in the United States with the least expensive sales prices for single-family homes in the first quarter of 2011 are in the mid-west, according to a National Association of Realtors study covered by the Washington Post.
          
  
            Residents gather to start planning for Burlington's future 
      
        
        
        
        
          
  
            
      
        
About 30 Burlington residents gathered at Contois Auditorium last night in the first of a series of public engagement sessions to help plan the future of the city's downtown and waterfront areas.
          
  
            Federal Reserve suggests ways to improve U.S. housing conditions
      
        
        
        
        
          
  
            
      
        
In a paper delivered to Congress last week, Ben Bernanke and his staff describe the complex and interdependent issues hampering today’s housing market.