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Welch seeks to hike funds for homeless

Posted July 23, 2010

Source: Brattleboro Reformer, July 23

By Howard Weiss-Tisman

“BRATTLEBORO — When Congress created the Projects for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness, or PATH, program in 1990, small states like Vermont were awarded funding based on a formula that helped them compete with states with larger populations.

The formula is based on the urban population of a state, compared to the urban population of the whole nation. [More ...]

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Legal Notice of Consolidated Plan Public Hearing

Posted March 15, 2010

“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.

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USDA RD Announces Funding for Section 538

Posted March 2, 2010

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 ...]

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National Housing Trust Fund Updates

Posted January 14, 2010

“Previously on the National Housing Trust Fund Campaign:  At the close of the first session of the 111th Congress last month, the House of Representatives had passed a “jobs” bill that includes $1,065,000,000 for the National Housing Trust Fund. Of the total, $1 billion is for capital grants and $65 million is for project-based vouchers to be coupled with NHTF units for extremely low income households.  [More ...]

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