Source: St. Albans Messenger, Wednesday, June 16, 2010
By Leon Thompson
“ST. ALBANS CITY –– Fearing another fiscal burden on themselves and their tenants, a group of landlords here questions whether the city should localize the state inspection process and enact a fee schedule.
About 20 St. Albans City rental property owners packed the city council chambers Monday night to hear about the city’s plan to assume responsibility of the inspection program, starting July 1. [More ...]
Tags: inspections, landlords, St. Albans
Source: VHFA Housing Matters Blog, April 13, 2010
“VHFA Policy and Planning Manager Maura Collins will teach a graduate-level housing policy course at the University of Vermont in Burlington. [More ...]
Tags: Education, Housing Policy, University of Vermont
“The State of Vermont’s Department of Economic, Housing and Community Development (DEHCD) will conduct a public hearing to hear comments on its proposed HUD Consolidated Plan for 2010-2015 and its 2010 Action Plan on Monday, March 29, 2010 from 1:00-2:00 p.m. in the Calvin Coolidge room, at the National Life Building North Lobby, Sixth Floor, Montpelier, Vermont.
Tags: CBDG, Consolidated Plan, DEHCD, ESG, Federal Funding, HOME
VHFA’s Maura Collins and VAHC’s Erhard Mahnke offer counterpoints to Art Woolf’s analysis released yesterday in his Vermont Economy Newsletter. [More ...]
Tags: Affordability, Affordable Housing, Art Woolf, Erhard Mahnke, Maura Collins
To: Multi-Family Developers and Lenders—Vermont and New Hampshire:
USDA Rural Development has recently announced funding availability for the Section 538 Multi-Family Housing Guarantee Loan Program. Lenders interested in financing apartment projects in eligible rural areas served by USDA are invited to apply for the program. [More ...]
Tags: Federal Funding, Loan, Section 538, USDA
“Last Friday, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the Loan Modification Scam Prevention Network launched PreventLoanScams.org, a site where homeowners can report alleged scams. [More ...]
Tags: Foreclosures, Homeownership, HUD, Loan Modification
“Yesterday we substantially beefed up the mapping capabilities of the Vermont Directory of Affordable Housing (DoARH).
The DoARH, part of the Vermont Housing Data Web site, is a searchable database of all subsidized rental housing in the state — 12,826 units at last count. [More ...]
Tags: Affordable Housing, DoARH, Housing Needs Assessment, Mapping, Rentals, Vermont Housing Data
“SWANTON – A Swanton woman has been appointed to a position with the U.S. Department of Agriculture that oversees programs in Vermont and New Hampshire.
Molly Lambert, who was nominated by Democratic U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy, has been named the state director for rural development for the two states. [More ...]
Tags: Molly Lambert, USDA
By Lisa McCormack
“It could be a while before more affordable housing is built in Waterbury.
Town officials aim to finish a comprehensive housing plan before considering places where private developers or nonprofit groups could build affordable housing.
[More ...]
Tags: Affordable Housing, Central Vermont Community Land Trust, Planning, Waterbury
By Bruce Edwards
“Demand for home heating assistance is up again this winter as the sluggish economy continues to drive more Vermonters to seek help to pay their heating bills. [More ...]
Tags: assistance, fuel assistance, heating
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