Source: Burlington FreePress, 8/4/11, by Virginia Munkelwitz

“Vermont Interfaith Action’s request to build affordable housing for Univer­sity of Vermont employees has been the subject of two news articles (“UVM urged to create employee hous­ing,” June 1; “Faculty hous­ing far from full,” June 9) and an editorial (“Afforda­ble housing outside UVM’s focus,” June 9) in the Bur­lington Free Press recently.

As president of the VIA board and author of the re­search report that was pres­ented to about 100 people on June 6, I would like to clarify VIA’s point of view. [More ...]

Source: Cathedral Square, Champlain Housing Trust, and Housing Vermont – Press Release, 6/13/11.

“Burlington, VT – Senator Patrick Leahy (D‐VT) joined with affordable housing developers and local, state and federal officials today to celebrate the construction of new affordable homes for families and seniors in Burlington’s New North End. [More ...]

Source: Burlington FreePress, 6/7/11, by Tim Johnson

“Four years ago, the University of Vermont’s president assured interfaith activists that UVM was committed to creating affordable housing for UVM employees.With that commitment still unfulfilled, members of the group — Vermont Interfaith Action — met Monday night to contemplate their next steps. The consensus seemed to favor keeping the pressure on UVM to make good on its pledge in the face of an exceedingly tight, exorbitant rental market. [More ...]

When: June 13, 2011, 9:30 AM | Where: New North End – old site of DMV, 1193 North Avenue, Burlington, VT

Cathedral Square Corporation, Champlain Housing Trust, Housing Vermont & EF Farrell invite you to join special guest Senator Patrick Leahy at a ground breaking ceremony in the New North End with housing for all ages and incomes.

More information: Cathedral Square, 802.863.2224, Event Flyer

Source: Burlington FreePress, May 26, 2011, by Matt Sutkoski

“Winooski and Burlington are unlike the rest of Vermont in at least two key respects, according to U.S. Census data released today.The two Chittenden County cities are much younger and have far more people renting their homes than owning them, compared with the rest of Vermont, the data show. [More ...]

Source: Burlington Free Press, May 6, by Joel Banner Baird

“In the wake of nail-biting negotiations, hammers and nails transform a Burlington apartment into a group home for 16 adults with mental illness.

The apartment building on St. Paul Street, owned by Champlain Housing Trust, will be reconfigured to replicate the family-like atmosphere of the adults’ former home on North Avenue, HowardCenter spokeswoman Gail Rosenberg said Thursday.

The new residents will move in at the end of August, she said. [More ...]

Champlain Housing Trust (CHT)  and the Howard Center are moving forward  to renovate 322 St. Paul into a group home for the residents of Lakeview, a home on the diocese property on North Avenue being purchased by Burlington College. The appeal period for the permits has passed, and Shay Totten of Seven Days has a blog post up about it: http://bit.ly/jSy8OY [More ...]