The U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) awarded more than $216 million to nearly 700 new homeless programs across the country. The grants are $26 million more than last year’s, and, combined with renewal funding announced earlier this year, represent the most homelessness assistance ever awarded by HUD.

The Stowe Reporter published a story today about last week's "Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Housing and Wages in Vermont."

The article, "Poverty in Vermont: Housing costs put squeeze on poor," is the second in a three-part series devoted to challenges of the poor. Read the article online.

VHFA Policy & Planning Manager Maura Collins will be a featured speaker at tonight's "Put People First: Housing is a Human Right" event in Barre.

Presented by the Vermont Workers' Center in Burlington, the event examines the issue of how we can meet the needs of working class people to achieve housing justice.

Three reports from the Center for Community Capital conclude that job and income losses are driving today's foreclosures, and suggest solutions.