Source: The Wall Street Journal: Market Watch, August 20, 2010
“MONTPELIER, Vt., Aug 20, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) — The State of Vermont is continuing its efforts to use technology to reduce the cost of government by introducing an online registry for mobile home parks. [More ...]
Tags: efficiency, Mobile homes, on-line registration, technology, Vermont
Source: City of Burlington’s Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice, May 2010
“The Consolidated Plan for Housing & Community Development contains a certification to affirmatively further fair housing (AFFH) that requires all entitlement communities to undertake fair housing planning. The U.S.
Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) suggests that entitlement communities, such as Burlington, conduct fair housing planning at least once every three to five years. Fair housing planning consists of three components: (1) conducting an Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice, (2) identifying actions to eliminate any identified impediments, and (3) maintaining AFFH records. [More ...]
Tags: City of Burlington, Consolidated Plan, Fair Housing
Distributed by the National Low Income Housing Coalition, April 19, 2010
Below is a link to an excellent YouTube presentation about Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) and a PowerPoint is available by clicking “download file” above. Both are by Michael Allen, a long-time advocate who is currently working at a public interest law firm.
Even though the presentation is at Emory Law School, Michael’s presentation is to advocates.
Tags: Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing
Source: RealEstateRama, April 15, 2010
“MONTPELIER, Vt. – April 15, 2010 – (RealEstateRama) — Gov. Jim Douglas has signed a proclamation designating April as “Fair Housing Month” in Vermont. [More ...]
Tags: Fair Housing
Source: WCAX.com, April 9, 2010
“Housing discrimination claims continue to rise in Vermont, but an organization is confronting the issue head-on.
You may have seen these commercials on TV where landlords unlawfully discriminate against potential tenants. Now while the person you saw in the public service announcement was an actor, agencies in Vermont hire real live people, to visit landlords in person. They might send two people of the same socio-economic background, but of different races, to determine if a landlord is discriminatory. [More ...]
Tags: Discrimination, Fair Housing
Source: WCAX.com, April 8, 2010
“Native Texan Alexia Wilson moved to Vermont last month with her 19-month-old grandson. She rented an apartment– sight unseen. After being in the apartment for about a month, the landlord sent her a letter to vacate claiming her child was too loud, after neighbors complained about the noise coming from her apartment.
“She rented to me knowing that I had a child. Now she’s wanting to kick me out because I have a child,” Wilson said.
WCAX News contacted the landlord, Rose Jackson, who resides in Florida.
Reporter Melinda Davenport: She feels like she’s been discriminated against. Is that true? [More ...]
Tags: Discrimination, Fair Housing, Rentals
By Melinda Davenport
Source: WCAX.com, April 7, 2010
“In this tight economy, rentals across Vermont are in even more demand than usual with the vacancy rate at less than 1 percent– and apartment scams on the internet seem to be taking hold.
“A month ago, I was still looking and I found a three-bedroom house, $700,” Dennise Demers said, “and it just seemed too good to be true. It was, it was some sort of scam that the guys said it was from Nigeria, and was asking me for more information, and asking for first month’s rent without answering my questions, not having me look at the place.” [More ...]
Tags: Fair Housing, Rentals, Scams
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