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Advocacy Resources
- 2008 Affordable Housing Briefing Book
- "From Housing Action Illinois, this Briefing Book is to help state legislators understand why so many of their constituents have trouble affording rents or keeping up payments on their mortgages – and what the legislators can do to help. It provides background information highlighting the need for affordable housing, and includes a section on federal and state resources. The Briefing Book summarizes recent years’ affordable housing legislation; and, perhaps most importantly, it outlines 13 state initiatives that legislators should support to ease constituents’ affordable housing problems."
- Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN)
- Audio for residents’ rights and participation webinar available
- "This is the first in a series of forums on issues raised by Obama Administration's proposed Preservation, Enhancement and Transformation of Rental Assistance Act (PETRA).
PETRA would institute new rules governing key rights of tenants in developments converted under the plan, including rights to organize and participate in development management, and the right to choose housing in a different location. Panelists will discuss the role of organizing and other resident rights in the management and preservation of public housing, and how PETRA would strengthen, weaken, or simply change the rights of residents." - Between a Rock and a Hard Place: 2007 Update
- Citizens' Housing and Planning Association/ New England Housing Network
- Guide to Housing and Mortgages for People with Disabilities
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Data Resources
- 2009 Consolidated Plan/CHAS Data
- HUD issued updated housing needs estimates (“2009 Consolidated Plan/CHAS data) for use in Consolidated Planning efforts. The data is based on 3- and 5-year averages of data from the American Community Survey (ACS).
- Chapter 117 Resources and Tools
- Multifamily Assistance and Section 8 Contracts Database
- HUD updated data for Section 8 project-based contracts database.
- Vermont Housing Data
- Vermont Planning Information Center
Federal Resources
- Congressional Delegation: Leahy
- Congressional Delegation: Sanders
- Congressional Delegation: Welch
- FY 2009 Continuum of Care Grants Awards
- Housing2008
- Housing2008.org is a non-partisan forum for discussing housing issues in the 2008 Presidential election debate.
- NLIHC Economic Recovery Plan Jan. 2009
- The National Low Income Housing Coalition and many other housing advocacy groups are urging the incoming Obama administration to include about $25 billion in housing funds in the stimulus bill expected to be acted upon shortly after January 20. To read the coalition's letters to the transition team and house and senate leaders, visit their website.
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Foreclosure Resources
Grant Opportunities
Green Affordable Housing
Housing News
- Vermont Rental Housing Codes
- The site provides guidance on the health and safety standards that existing residential rental housing in Vermont must meet. It outlines the legal rights and responsibilities of landlords and tenants throughout the rental process and explains the standards that municipalities and town health officers should enforce when inspecting rental housing.
- VHFA Vermont Housing Matters Newsletter
Land-use Planning
- Center for Housing Policy - Inclusionary Zoning Report, March 2008
- "Inclusionary zoning is a policy tool that ties the production of affordable homes to the production of new market-rate housing by requiring, or providing incentives to encourage, developers to reserve a share of units in new residential developments for low- or moderate-income households. While hundreds of communities have established inclusionary zoning programs since the first policy was adopted in 1972, relatively little is known about the effects of these programs on local housing markets.
This report helps to advance the current understanding of inclusionary zoning by answering the following questions about programs in three metropolitan areas:
1. What kinds of jurisdictions have adopted inclusionary zoning programs?
2. How much affordable housing has been produced by these programs, and what factors have influenced production levels?
3. What effects have inclusionary zoning programs had on the price and production of market-rate housing in these markets?
" - Smart Growth Vermont
Lead Safety
- LeadSafeVermont.org
- LeadSafeVermont.org is part of a comprehensive lead awareness program administered by the Vermont Housing & Conservation Board.
Nonprofit Resources
- 2010 Census Resources for Nonprofits
- Newest resources from Nonprofits Count! campaign, a nationwide effort to get nonprofits involved in the 2010 Census.
Publications
- Costs Associated With First-Time Homelessness For Families and Individuals
- HUD Report. March 24, 2010.
- Housing Solutions Handbook
- Although written for New Hampshire, this uses examples from both Vermont and New Hampshire to explain strategies on how to encourage affordable housing development. Chapter 3 discusses local planning specifically.
- Life After Transitional Housing for Homeless Families
- HUD Report. March 24, 2010.
- Strategies for Improving Homeless People's Access to Mainstream Benefits and Services
- HUD Report. March 24, 2010.
- Support Housing in Vermont Communities
- Published by the VT Association of Planning & Development Agencies, this booklet provides ideas for what towns can do to promote affordable housing through land use planning.
State Housing Resources
- Brattleboro Area Affordable Housing (BAAH)
- Dedicated to helping homeowners put apartments in their homes and a rental housing improvement program.
- Council on the Future of Vermont
- The Council on the Future of Vermont is seeking to learn about Vermont from Vermonters. For one year, CFV will take public input on the values, concerns and aspirations of people throughout the state, and, in 2009, will present a comprehensive assessment of its findings.
- Council on the Future of Vermont
- The Council on the Future of Vermont is seeking to learn about Vermont from Vermonters. For one year, CFV will take public input on the values, concerns and aspirations of people throughout the state, and, in 2009, will present a comprehensive assessment of its findings.
- CVOEO Renting in Vermont Handbook
- Directory of Housing Organizations
- Home Share of Central Vermont
- Home sharing is a wonderful alternative for seniors and people with disabilities who want to stay at home but need assistance. Home sharing is also a terrific choice for anyone willing to help with chores in exchange for affordable housing. Whether you’re seeking housing, looking for help, or concerned about your parents living alone, we invite you to learn more about central Vermont’s comprehensive and friendly home sharing program.
