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The latest sponsor of the Vermont Statewide Housing Conference is...

A user named "Wharf Lane Residents" has created a petition at Web site Care2 to encourage the owners of Wharf Lane Apartments in Burlington to keep the property affordable.

The 37-unit project might lose its affordability status if the owner sells to the private market. For more background, read the story from Seven Days newspaper.)

Fifteen homeless Vermont veterans will receive permanent housing assistance as part of a $58.6 million U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) rental assistance program announced last week.

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