Source: St. Albans Messenger, June 24
By Leon Thompson
“Municipal program would create, not add to inspection expenses
ST. ALBANS CITY –– The city manager here is taking full responsibility for misinformation he recently gave to local landlords about charges for inspection of rental dwellings.
Dominic Cloud said he apologizes if he gave the impression at the June 14 city council meeting that the city wants to assume the state’s inspection of rental properties because of hikes in state fees.
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Tags: code enforcement, inspection, landlords, Rental Housing, safety, St. Albans
Source: WCAX, June 23, 2010
“A Swanton neighborhood is expanding.
Blake Commons is an affordable housing complex at an old meat packing facility across from the town ball fields. The complex is made up of 16 energy-efficient apartments, including 1, 2 and 3 bedroom units. Residents will start moving in next week. [More ...]
Tags: Blake Commons, Champlain Housing Trust, Swanton
From VHFA Housing Matters blog, June 18, 2010
“Since 2002, Vermont’s Statewide Housing Conference has celebrated the achievements and service of individuals by recognizing them through the Housing Hero Award.
The conference committee is seeking nominations of individuals whose leadership, vision and actions have brought about positive and lasting change in the way their community or the state regards housing.
Read more about the criteria and make your nomination online.
The most recent recipient was 2008’s Melinda Bussino of the Brattleboro Area Drop-In Center.”
Tags: Housing Hero Award, statewide housing conference
From VHFA Housing Matters blog, June 23, 2010
“The New England Public Policy Center published a report this month that shows Vermont’s housing is some of the least affordable of all New England states.
Specifically, “young professionals” 25- to 39-year-olds, out of school, holding bachelor degrees or higher have a harder time affording housing in Vermont than in any other New England state. [More ...]
Tags: Affordability, New England, Report, Vermont
Doug Dylla, a consultant for Freddie Mac is conducting an online survey to assess the needs of nonprofit housing agencies on behalf of several national funders. The survey is brief and will provide very helpful information about how agencies and other nonprofits are adapting to the current challenging economic environment. [More ...]
Tags: survey
On June 16, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) released the 2009 Annual Homeless Assessment Report (AHAR) to Congress. According to the fifth annual report, levels of homelessness in the United States stayed essentially the same between 2008 and 2009. Data showed a ten percent reduction among people experiencing chronic homelessness, but a rise in the number of families seeking shelter. [More ...]
Tags: AHAR, Homelessness, HUD
The Community Land Trust Reader brings together for the first time the seminal texts that inspired and defined the modern-day CLT. Many of the 46 essays and excerpts trace the heritage of this movement through the writings of Henry George, Ebenezer Howard, Ralph Borsodi, and Arthur Morgan, and through social experiments such as the Garden Cities of England and the Gramdan villages of India. [More ...]
Tags: Community Land Trust, Publications
On January 27, 2010, the Vermont Coalition to End Homelessness, in partnership with the Chittenden County Homeless Alliance, conducted the annual one-day count of homeless individuals and families in Vermont. [More ...]
Tags: Homelessness, PIT, Point in Time, Vermont Coalition to End Homelessness
There to comment on the report were Richard Walega, HUD Regional Administrator, House Speaker Shap Smith, Sarah Carpenter, VHFA, Rob Naylor, Naylor and Breen Builders, and Brenda Torpy, Champlain Housing Trust. Photo credit: Craig Bailey, VHFA
The 2010 report, Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Housing and Wages in Vermont, was released Tuesday, July 15, at a press event at Brookside Village in Colchester. There to comment on the report were Richard Walega, HUD’s Regional Administrator, House Speaker Shap Smith, Rob Naylor of Naylor & Breen Builders, and Brenda Torpy of Champlain Housing Trust. [More ...]
Tags: Between a Rock and a Hard Place, Housing and Wages, Report, VHFA
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