By Bruce Edwards
“The recession continues to make its presence felt in Vermont as the number of homeowners facing foreclosure jumped 17 percent last year.
There were 1,928 foreclosures filed in the state in 2009 compared to 1,639 the prior year, according to the Department of Banking, Insurance, Securities and Health Care Administration. [More ...]
Tags: Economy, Foreclosures
By Louis Porter
“MONTPELIER – Cuts proposed by Gov. James Douglas for programs across the human service budget likely will result in the loss of more than 1,000 Vermont jobs if they go into place, according to a study by an economist working for the Legislature. [More ...]
Tags: budget cuts, Human Services, State Budget/Funding, Tom Kavet
By Rick Jacobus, David M. Abromowitz
“Homeownership continues to provide real social and economic benefits and remains a high priority for most American families, but the United States is experiencing significant declines in the ownership rate for the first time in decades. What we need is greater availability of targeted purchase assistance programs that address wealth barriers to homeownership…” [More ...]
Tags: Homeownership
“A New Way Forward: Finding a More Sustainable Strategy for Expanding Homeownership
February 24, 2010, 9:00am – 10:30am [More ...]
Tags: Brenda Torpy, Champlain Housing Trust, Foreclosures, Leahy
By Matt Sutkoski
“COLCHESTER — The 42 units of Brookside Village are almost fully leased even as the developers of the affordable housing complex on Monday celebrated the just-completed construction. [More ...]
Tags: Affordable Housing, Brookside Village, Champlain Housing Trust, Colchester, Housing Vermont, rental property
By Lynne McCrea
“(Host) Last February, VPR News began chronicling how the recession is affecting Vermonters in an occasional series called “Hitting Home.”
All this week, we’ll hear how people have been faring lately. We begin with a look at the building industry – an area that’s been one of the hardest hit by the downturn. [More ...]
Tags: Economy, Hitting Home, Vermont Public Radio
By Anne Galloway
“Proposed budget cuts to the Agency of Human Services could result in the permanent loss of 1,000 to 1,400 Vermont jobs, according to a memorandum from Tom Kavet, an economist for the Vermont Legislature. [More ...]
Tags: budget cuts, Human Services, Jobs, State Budget/Funding, Tom Kavet
By Peter Hirschfield and Louis Porter
“MONTPELIER – Proposed cuts to human services contained in the Governor’s fiscal year 2011 budget plan represent an “assault” on the dignity and welfare of Vermonters with disabilities, advocates said Wednesday. [More ...]
Tags: Advocacy and Policy, budget cuts, Human Services, people with disabilities
By Frank Eltman
“ROOSEVELT, N.Y. — Homelessness in rural and suburban America is straining shelters this winter as the economy founders and joblessness hovers near double digits — a “perfect storm of foreclosures, unemployment and a shortage of affordable housing,” in one official’s eyes. [More ...]
Tags: Homelessness, rural
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