Source: Seven Days, June 10, 2010

By Shay Totten

“Residents at Wharf Lane apartments in Burlington  could be kicked out of their homes by next year, and now their plight is getting some additional attention.

Those residents have now started an online petition to gain public support and sympathy for their situation.

The petition “urges the owners of Wharf Lane Apartments to work cooperatively with Vermont Housing Finance Agency, Burlington Housing Authority, City of Burlington and other public and private interests to maintain the 37 apartments at 57 Maple Street in Burlington as affordable housing.”

As reported in Seven Days several weeks ago (“Will Burlington’s Affordable Housing Sell to the Highest Bidder?”), about 44 people could lose their apartments if the building’s owner — Pizzigalli Properties — decides to sell the building on the private market, rather than keeping it perpetually affordable…”

For full story:  Low-Income Residents Rally to Keep Their Homes