Today is your last chance to register for the 2008 Vermont Statewide Housing Conference for the early-bird registration fee of just $40.

The fee goes up to $50 at close-of-business today — still a bargain, considering you'll get:

Did we say registrations for the Nov. 18 Vermont Statewide Housing Conference hit 200? Make that 300, as of this morning.

There's scant little time left to register under the $40 early-bird deal. That offer expires at 6 p.m. Friday, and the fee goes to $50.

This is the latest of several quick bios we'll blog of speakers scheduled to appear at the Vermont Statewide Housing Conference, Nov. 18 in South Burlington.

Homelessness took front stage in this Sunday's Burlington Free Press.

Read Terri Hallenbeck's story "Homeless shelters fill up fast."